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FACULTY OF ECONOMIC &
MANAGEMENT SCIENCES

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

CANDIDATE: NAMWEYA Nambata B N What’s your fit?

CURRICULUM VITAE Physicist

Nambata Benita Namweya was born at a village named Oshipinya, Researcher
Okankolo in the Oshikoto Region. She was amongst the only five learners
who matriculated from Immanuel Shifidi Secondary school that year. Scientist
Her qualifications include National Diploma in Commerce; Bachelor of
Economics and Masters in General and Strategic Management.
Statistician
Her professional career started at Standard Bank Namibia, working after being nominated having passed
with distinctions in Business Management and Economics. She worked as Information and Marketing Mathematician
Officer at Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Investment Promotion Executive at the Namibia
Investment Centre; Business Development and Sales Manager at Namibia Broadcasting Corporation; Biologist
Corporate Services Manager at SmartSwitch Namibia; External and International Relations Office
Administrator; and a Project Coordinator at the University of Namibia. Nambata also served as a Board
member at Lironga Eparu. She was appointed as a member of the African-Latin Institute (ALAI) working Chemist
group, initiated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a member of German-Namibian Business Initiative
Working group, initiated by the Ministry of Trade & Industry.

Her academic career started as a Lecturer at Community Development College and a part-time lecturer
before her permanent appointment at the University of Namibia where she is currently working. She has also
been a Course Writer, Tutor Marker and subject moderator for NAMCOL. Nambata also served as a board
member for Concordia Secondary School. Her research interest is in internationalisation, entrepreneurship,
management and policy development.

CANDIDATE’S DISSERTATION

ENHANCING INTERNATIONALISATION PRACTICES IN HIGHER EDUCATION: A CASE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
NAMIBIA

The doctoral study was undertaken and completed under the supervision of Prof Charles Keyter as Main-
Supervisor and Dr. Hendrik Beukes as Co-Supervisor, both from the University of Namibia.

After its existence in 1992, there have been remarkable achievements in a relatively short period of time to
deepen internationalisation at the University of Namibia (UNAM). However, the problem remains that the
institution still lacks a coherent policy that adheres to effective internationalisation practices. It is against this
background that UNAM was the case for this study, investigating whether academic and administrative
staff experience challenges while embracing internationalisation activities and programmes. This study
explored a central research objective namely, to propose a guideline for internationalisation at UNAM.

The interviewees represented by a sample population of eighteen individuals from which sixteen were
interviewed. Data was collected through face-to-face interviews, revealing that UNAM does not have
a standardised policy to guide departments and faculties when practising internationalisation at the
institution. The challenges, obstacles and constraints were evident due to a lack of an internationalisation
policy that provides clear guidance to the institution. Five recommendations were made of which guidelines
for the development of an internationalisation policy at UNAM was proposed amongst others.

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