Advancing Sustainable Development Goals in Higher Education

Kaitano Dube is a full professor of tourism geography at Vaal University of Technology and a visiting professor at Emirates Aviation University. He is currently director of Center of Sustainable Livelihood at Vaal University of Technology. He has distinguished himself as a researcher in tourism, aviation, climate change and sustainability. He has published 16 book chapters and several journal articles and book chapters which has been highly cited and has helped shaped policy and practice. He is a mentor and research consultant of note. Dr. Liemiseng Masebala Tjabane is an Academic Staff Development Manager at Vaal University of Technology’s Centre for Academic Development. She is currently in the Academic Staff Development Unit at the Centre for Academic Development. He job involves contributing to various teaching and learning development initiatives aimed at enhancing scholarly and evidence-based teaching and learning. She studied education in the global South context and hold a Master's degree in Education from the University of the Witwatersrand and a PhD in Education policy from the University of Pretoria. She is also involved in teaching and supervising education studies at the postgraduate level and serve as an advisor on the national Teaching Advancement in University (TAU) project. She has published in higher education policy, educational development, teaching excellence, Action Research and Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). In addition, she is a member of the Higher Education Learning and Teaching Association of South Africa (HELTASA) and currently participating in a project on Teaching and Learning in Society 5.0 based on the Telagogy framework.

• 1 Advancing Sustainable Development Goals in Higher Education.- 2 Cultural Influences on Peer Group Evaluation: The Role of Ubuntu and Shared Intentionality in Higher Education.- 3 Reflective Teaching Through Character Strengths: A Self-Study of Reciprocal Educator–Student Growth in the Teaching Advancement of Universities (TAU) Programme.- 4 The Significance of Using Hip Hop Pedagogy as a Teaching Method In Poetry at a Selected School in Gauteng.- 5 Examining the implementation of Extended Curriculum Programmes in a Rural-Based University in South Africa.- 6 Proposing A Multidimensional Protocol for Identifying At-Risk University Students.- 7 Assessing Student Success Through Alumni Achievements in Visual Arts and Design.- 8 Information and Communication Technology Education Level II: Subjects Delivered Through Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning.- 9 Design and Implementation of a Smart Client Server Attendance Register for Academic Classrooms to Minimize Latency and Enhance Flexibility.- 10 Role of Higher Education in Green Technology Revolution: A Global Perspective.- 11 A Practice-Based Exploration of Camera Obscura and Smartphone Photography as a Sustainable and Economical Artistic Practice.- 12 The Role of Internationalization on Research Impact.- 13 Innovative Approaches to Teaching, Learning, and Student Success in South Africa, an SDG Perspective.