Our university just announced that Saleem Badat will be our new VC. I am hugely excited about this, he is an incredible man and I believe they made a great choice. I cam to know of Saleem Badat while a member of our universities Quality Assurance committee, which was readying itself for the Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC) audit that occurred this year. Prof. Badat was chair of the Council for Higher Education (CHE) and I had the honour of meeting him at last year's national SRC conference. His knowledge of the higher education landscape of South Africa and what an institution needs to do to maintain excellence will be invaluable.

Unfortunately I won't be at Rhodes during his reign, but I know my degree will only be worth more in a few years time.