The CPUT-based South African Research Chair in Teacher Education and the Centre for International Teacher Education (CITE) invites applications to conduct teacher education research.

Applications are invited from suitable candidates to conduct research that contributes to the long-term development of research capacity in this field as from January 2015.

CITE has vacancies for three Post-doctoral Fellowships as well as scholarships for three doctoral candidates and three Master of Education full-time students.

The fellowship candidates will be required to contribute to the centre’s research activities and outputs as well as supervision and teaching where appropriate.

To qualify for the fellowship candidates must have completed their doctorates no more than five years ago, have excellent research and writing skills and should have proven ability to conduct research and produce academic journal articles.

Generous funding is available on a competitive basis for Doctoral and Masters Scholarships and candidates have to show knowledge of academic research as well as an interest in research in the field of teacher education.

An advanced degree in education or relevant social sciences together with some professional experiences is required to be considered for a scholarship.

Applications are accepted until 25 November 2014 and interviews will be held in December.

For full details and how to apply please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or visit http://www.cput.ac.za/research/centres/cite for further information.

Alternatively one may call Prof. Yusuf Sayed, Director and SARCHi Chair, on (021) 959 5833/2 or Prof. Azeem Badroodien, Deputy-Director, on (021) 953 8787.

Written by Kwanele Butana
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Research and innovation activities at CPUT have received a welcome boost with the appointment of the institution’s first research chair holders.

Professors Yusuf Sayed, Wentzel Gelderblom, and Roger Mason are the trio who will be pushing research activities at the institution.

Sayed has been appointed as the South African Research Chair in Teacher Education, Gelderblom holds the Chair in Biomedical and Microbial Biotechnology, while Mason is the Chair in Wholesale and Retail Leadership.

The chairs are a huge feat for CPUT, with the goal of each to increase research publication units and develop research capacity.

Sayed, a renowned education policy specialist, will drive research in focused areas in the education sector that will contribute to knowledge about teacher education and will provide important insights into how education quality in South Africa can be improved.

Multi-disciplinary research into solving relevant health problems in South Africa associated with food, water safety, nutrition and chemoprevention through integrated research in biotechnology, will be at the top of Gelderblom’s agenda.

Gelderblom says the chair will also contribute to the development of scarce skills areas such as biocatalysis and nanobiotechnology that will play key roles in the realisation of South Africa’s bio-economy strategy.

Launched last week, the Wholesale and Retail Leadership Chair, which is the only one of its kind in Africa, will help CPUT contribute to the development and growth of the wholesale and retail sector.

Mason, who was formerly based at the Durban University of Technology, says five contract research projects covering SMME retailing, E-Business, retail activities into Africa, retailing and the National Development Plan, and employment equity are already underway.

Written by Candes Keating
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