Celebrating Teaching Excellence
OUTSTANDING: Dr Pieter Steenkamp won the individual award for Established Teacher at Institutional level.
Thursday, 27 March 2025
Outstanding educators were honoured during the 2024 Institutional Teaching Excellence Awards Ceremony, recently held at the Cape Town Hotel School.
Faculty and Institutional Award winners were recognised during the event with Dr Pieter Steenkamp from the Faculty of Business and Management Sciences walking away with the individual award for Established Teacher at Institutional level.
Steenkamp is a Senior Lecturer in the Marketing Department and has more than 20 years of experience as an academic. He obtained a PhD from Stellenbosch University Business School with a specialisation in brand strategy. His research has been published in major academic journals, including the Journal of Brand Management. He is a co-author of the Services Brand Management textbook.
The following award winners were announced:
Faculty Winners
Faculty of Applied Sciences – Dr Sune Henning
Faculty of Business and Management Sciences – Prof Brendon Knott
Faculty of Education - Dr Tanja Coetzer and Dr Cisca de Kock
Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment - Dr Gunjan Gupta, Dr Rumbidzai Muvunzi and Prof Asis Patnaik
Faculty of Health and Wellness Sciences – Gerhardus Koch and Anthea Pinto-Prins
Faculty of Informatics and Design - Gingirikani Maswanganye, Dr Waldon Hendricks and Dr Belinda Verster
Institutional Winners - Team Teaching
Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment – Dennit Adams, Dr Basirat Olayemi Bello, Samantha Daffue, Dr Christélle Ekron, Felicity Harris, Kay Jaffer, Luvuyo Kakaza, Dr Mzukisi Kepe, Naasirah Mohamed, Kajal Singh Nundlal, Ayesha Reiners and Dr Bronwyn Swartz.
Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Learning and Teaching, Prof Rishidaw Balkaran, said the winners’ contributions would go a long way in helping the students to become leaders.
“We are acknowledging you, not only because you have achieved in this space, but because you are a beacon of hope for the university.”
Dr Xena Cupido, Director Fundani CHED congratulated the winners and said the recognition was well deserved.
The guest speaker at the event was Prof Denise Zinn, Programme Leader for the national Women in Leadership Programme under the auspices of Universities South Africa (USAf) and its Higher Education Leadership and Management division (HELM), for the past 5 years.
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