Contact and Collaboration
We can learn from each other, support each other, and find innovative ways to incorporate AI in an ethical and responsible way in higher education.
NWU’s AI experts
AI Steering Committee (AISC)
All faculties and most entities of the NWU are represented on the AISC. [Click here for the AISC name list – I have the latest one]
AI related experts at the NWU
Our internal resources and AI skills are developing fast, and we have specialists from AI and law to AI and academic integrity.
NWU AI Hub
Prof Anné Verhoef is the director of the AI Hub.
NWU AI Contact us
NWU and other AI support
NWU Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL)
CTL offers training opportunities through Coursera and OLC as part of their Continuous Professional Learning program.
TELIT-SA
This NWU research entity – Technology Enhanced Learning and Innovative Education and Training in South Africa (TELIT-SA) – conducts research to promote innovative learning and teaching through technology, like AI.
AICSA and AIWG
The AI Circle in South Africa (AICSA) for higher education is a forum or network which discuss how, Higher Education Institutions in SA are dealing with AI, including policy development, guidelines, Teaching and Learning, research, training, resources, events, implementation and to support each other in doing it better. Prof Anné Verhoef is the convener of AICSA.
The Academic Integrity Working Group (AIWG) is chaired by the Registrar and helps to develop guidelines for the ethical and responsible use of AI.
IEC/UCL/AAU
As the AI Project Lead within the Innovative Engineering Curriculum (IEC) team—a collaborative platform that brings together engineering faculties across South Africa to drive innovation and strengthen Engineering Higher Education, lead by Prof. Lelanie Smith from UP. — Dr. Cila Botha from NWU serves as the National Lead Coordinator for AI initiatives across the network. In this role, she coordinates and advances the integration of Artificial Intelligence in Engineering Higher Education at a national level, working in collaboration with strategic partners, including colleagues from University College London (UCL) and Aalborg University (AAU), as well as a broad network of academics and institutions across South Africa. Her focus is to facilitate informed, critical, and forward-looking dialogue on the role of AI in teaching, learning, and professional formation within engineering. Through coordinated initiatives, workshops, and research engagement, she aims to guide the national conversation, support capacity development, and contribute to shaping a responsive and future-oriented Engineering Higher Education landscape.