Africa

South Africa

Ph.D; Senior Lecturer

University of Natal, Durban, South Africa

weirj@nu.ac.za

Quality Promotion Unit
Memorial Tower Building
University of Natal
King George V Avenue
Durban
4001
South Africa

phone: +27 (0) 31 260 3262
fax: +27 (0) 31 260 1056

South Africa

Research is in precolonial Zulu history.

Ph.D. was entitled "Ideology and religion: The missing link in explanations for the rise and persistence of the Zulu state."

Works in the area of quality assurance and enhancement in higher education.

Particularly interested in issues affecting women's development in academe.

Weir, J. (2000) 'I shall need to use her to rule': The power of 'royal'
Zulu women in pre-colonial Zululand, South African Historical
Journal, 43, (Nov), pp. 3-23.

Weir, J., Radloff, A., & Hudson, H. (2000) Collaborative staff development
for quality teaching and learning in the Free State, The South African
Journal of Higher Education.

Weir, J. (ed.). (1999) Towards a quality culture in higher education:
Processes, outcomes and challenges, Australia South Africa Institutional
Links Project, Bentley, Curtin University of Technology.

Weir, J. (ed.). (1999) Collaborative staff development in South African
further and higher education, Australia-South Africa Institutional Links
Project, Bentley, Curtin University of Technology.

Weir, J. (1998). The humble overhead and other visual aids, in Murphy, E.
Lecturing at University, Bentley: Paradigm Books Curtin University of
Technology.

Weir, J. (1998). Presenting at conferences, in Murphy, E. Lecturing at
University, Bentley: Paradigm Books Curtin University of Technology.

Parker, L., Radloff, A., Weir, J., & Zadnik, M. (1997). Case study of a
systematic approach to meeting the needs of new faculty, Journal of
Program and Organisational Development. 14, (2).

Parker, L. Latchem, C., & Weir, J. (1996). Policy and planning for the
development of university students' communication skills, Journal of
Institutional Research of Australasia.

Parker, L., Weir, J., Radloff, A., & Zadnik, M. (1996). Gender dilemmas in
the development of new academic staff: Views from two universities,
Different approaches: Theory and Practice in higher education, Proceedings
of the Annual Conference of the Higher Education and Research Development
Society of Australasia (HERDSA) Conference, ACT: HERDSA, pp. 634-638.

precolonial Zulu ; women's development ; higher education ; gender dilemma ; ...