College of Business and Economics | Annual Report 2022 41 The South African Research Chair Initiative (Sarchi) in Entrepreneurship Education Prof Cecile Nieuwenhuizen Chair: SARChI in Entrepreneurship Education College of Business and Economics OVERVIEW The South African Research Chair Initiative (SARChI): Entrepreneurship Education was established to build capacity and create knowledge on post-school entrepreneurship education. The Chair’s success in 2022 was driven by the core team of three female professors, Cecile Nieuwenhuizen, Natanya Meyer and Thea Tselepis who collaborated nationally and internationally. Khethukuthula Gumede is the administrator of the SARChI. Each team member contributed uniquely, resulting in a synergistic whole to achieve various successful projects and outputs. In this report, the highlights are shared as they relate to the objectives and specialisation of the core members. The highlights include the following: TALENT MANAGEMENT AND CAPACITY BUILDING All core members are involved in postgraduate and postdoctoral supervision, represent the Chair at various national and international events and are involved in some operational aspects. Members of the Chair supervised more than 25 postgraduate students during 2022, including honours, postgraduate diplomas, master’s, and doctoral students. Prof Natanya Meyer and Prof Thea Tselepis teach entrepreneurship modules to undergraduate students and develop programmes and materials to promote entrepreneurship and business development. POLICY AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS AND ACTIVITIES With teams of authors from various universities, Prof Nieuwenhuizen contributed as editor and author to 52 books and re-worked the fifth edition of Entrepreneurship, a South African perspective with Prof Tselepis as co-editor, to include more African case studies as well as more examples on local entrepreneurship for interdisciplinary disciplines. Prof Nieuwenhuizen also represented the Chair as a member of the Community of Practice (CoP), an initiative by the National Entrepreneurship Development of Higher Education (EDHE) platform. In 2022 Prof Meyer became a co-researcher, author, and presenter of the South African National Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM). This annual report is the biggest globally and includes over 50 countries. She reached thousands of viewers, listeners, and readers through various events and presentations in 2022. Prof Meyer is also the Chair of the Research Community of Practice of Entrepreneurship in Higher Education (EDHE). In 2022, she presented research findings to an audience of 500+ at their annual conference. Prof Thea Tselepis collaborated with the SETA retail chair on a research project linked to an entrepreneurial mindset. The report was presented at the annual SETA conference. She is also a member of the CoP of Learning and Teaching initiated by EDHE. A teaching methodology on incubation applied in an international collaboration was shared on the EDHE annual Lekgotla. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES Most of the research conducted by the core team members is focused on post-school entrepreneurship. In 2022 the team (core team, postdocs and visiting professors) produced 48 peer-reviewed articles, up from 38 in 2021 and 20 in 2020. Scholarship of teaching and learning, as well as publications on 4IR, were amongst the publications. Ten international visiting professors are appointed to the Chair, who assist in creating knowledge.
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