PREDAC short course
Predac is the SU short course for the Professional Educational Development for Academics in their teaching role.
The Predac short course is annually presented for newly appointed academics at SU free of charge.
During this course, participants will, together with other newly appointed lecturers from different faculties, be given the opportunity to reflect on their views, knowledge, and assumptions about teaching, learning, and assessment within the context of current thoughts on university teaching. Practical and innovative approaches towards teaching, learning and assessment tasks will be addressed throughout the course. National and institutional frameworks which direct Higher Education in South Africa and at Stellenbosch University (SU) will be covered as well.
Participants will be challenged to judge how knowledge and policy can be applied in a meaningful way in their own subject areas. They will develop a conceptual framework that will enable them to reflect on teaching, learning, and assessment in order to plan and expand their own teaching practices.
The course also provides a unique opportunity for participants to forge relationships with colleagues from their own faculty as well as other departments and faculties in a collegial atmosphere. In addition, they will be introduced to the institutional culture of SU, which will hopefully help them feel at home more quickly.
Offering:
- NQF level 8, ten credits, and 100 notional hours
- One intake per year, from February to November
Dates of contact sessions:
Dates | Focus of contact session |
| 2 - 5 February 2026 | Contact session 1 |
| 10 April 2026 | Contact session 2 |
| 12 June 2026 | Contact session 3 |
| 16 - 18 November 2026 | SU SoTL Conference |
Structure of the short course:
- Vice Deans (T&L) nominate participants for the PREDAC-short course.
- Participants are expected to participate in all activities.
- Participants also attend the SU SOTL conference to present their posters at the end of the short course.
- Peer feedback opportunities and support from the CTL are available throughout the short course.
Dates of contact sessions:
Dates | Focus of contact session |
| 2 - 5 February 2026 | Contact session 1 |
| 10 April 2026 | Contact session 2 |
| 12 June 2026 | Contact session 3 |
| 16 - 18 November 2026 | SU SoTL Conference |
Structure of the short course:
- Vice Deans (T&L) nominate participants for the PREDAC-short course.
- Participants are expected to participate in all activities.
- Participants also attend the SU SOTL conference to present their posters at the end of the short course.
- Peer feedback opportunities and support from the CTL are available throughout the short course.
REFLECT
...on being and becoming a lecturer
...based on own experiences and literature
CONNECT
...with knowledgeable others
...to create professional network
COLLABORATE
...with peers
...to refine module design
....culminating in a poster presentation
CONTEXTUALISE
...teaching and learning principles
...in own module design
ENGAGE
...in a community of peers
...to create mutual support
...while becoming a reflective practitioner
SHARE
...with peers during most phases
...by giving, receiving and responding to feedback
...to enhance professional growth
Dates of contact sessions:
Dates | Focus of contact session |
| 2 - 5 February 2026 | Contact session 1 |
| 10 April 2026 | Contact session 2 |
| 12 June 2026 | Contact session 3 |
| 16 - 18 November 2026 | SU SoTL Conference |
Structure of the short course:
- Vice Deans (T&L) nominate participants for the PREDAC-short course.
- Participants are expected to participate in all activities.
- Participants also attend the SU SOTL conference to present their posters at the end of the short course.
- Peer feedback opportunities and support from the CTL are available throughout the short course.
