Recent research/consultancy:
- UWC – key initiator for development of lifelong learning policies and practices at university over last 10 years
- Provincial Government – Action research into conception of learning region; also development of indicators for a learning region
- NIACE Commission into strategy for Lifelong Learning, UK - A paper on African experiences September 2007
- National Minister of Education Task Team to develop a Green Paper on Adult Education and Training, South Africa, September 2007
- Convenor, International Conference on Researching Work and Learning, December 2007
Recognitions, positions, memberships:
- PhD – Adult Education; PhD (Hon Causa), University of Linkoping, Sweden
- Chair of the network of government, civil society, higher education, labour, for 4 years to run the provincial Learning Cape Festival (2002-2005)
- Founding Chair of a grassroots women’s NGO, Women’s Hope Education and Training Trust (WHEAT TRUST)
- South African National Ministers of Education and Labour – appointed to chair the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) from 2004 to present
- Inducted into Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame, USA, 2005