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DEFSA conferences
DEFSA promotes relevant research with the focus on design + education through its biennial conferences, to promote professionalism, accountability and ethics in the education of young designers. Our next conference is a hybrid event. See above for details.
Critical skills endorsement
Professional Members in good standing can receive a certificate of membership, but DEFSA cannot provide confirmation or endorsement of skills whatsoever. DEFSA only confirm membership of DEFSA which is a NPO for Design Education in South Africa (https://www.defsa.org.za/imagine).
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Photography, Film & Multimedia (16)
Design Education Research (40)
Product & Industrial Design (24)
Design Education Strategy (79)
Architecture & Built Environment (18)
design education (13)
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curriculum (19)
design process (14)
ethics (30)
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business skills (10)
collaboration (18)
visual communication (15)
sustainability (19)
multi-disciplinary education (13)
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human-centred design (11)
teaching approaches (13)
design philosophies (9)
4IR (15)
cultural influence (30)
indigenous design (10)
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learning approaches (14)
Durban University of Technology (13)
Cape Peninsula University of Technology (23)
Central University of Technology (5)
Tshwane University of Technology (34)
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Vaal University of Technology (22)
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Nelson Mandela University (21)
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