Dr Henri Jacobs

Dr Henri Jacobs

Director: WIL & Industry Liaison Bloemfontein Campus
Qualifications: DTech (Business Administration) | MA (Higher Education Studies) | Hons BComm (Economics) | BEcon (Economics) | Higher Education Diploma | Further Education Diploma (Computer Literacy)

Professional Background

Dr Henri Jacobs serves as the Director of Work-Integrated Learning and Industry Liaison at the Central University of Technology. With extensive experience in higher education, he specialises in strategy development, internationalisation, and the management and coordination of WIL programmes to enhance graduate employability.

Areas of Expertise

  • • Work-Integrated Learning
  • • Strategy Development and Implementation
  • • Internationalisation
  • • Management and Coordination

Selected Publications

  • • Winberg, C., Finn, F., Sheridan, I., Engel-Hills, P., Jacobs, H. & Kent, E. (2022). Finding a Work-integrated Learning Strategy that Enhances the Employability of Graduates of South African Universities of Technology: A Research Agenda. International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 23(4), 463-479.
  • • Jacobs, H. & Strydom, A. (2018). An Institutional Strategy Template to Optimally Enhance the Employability of Students through Work Integrated Learning. END 2018: International Conference on Education and New Developments, Budapest, Hungary.
  • • Jacobs, H. & Dzansi, D.Y. (2015). Finding a Work-integrated Learning Strategy that Enhances the Employability of Graduates of South African Universities of Technology: A Research Agenda. Journal of Economics, 6(2), 102-109.
  • • Jacobs, H. (2015). Determining best practice from graduate employability: a work integrated learning case study in hospitality management. The African Journal for Work-Based Learning, 2015(3)1, 41-54.
  • • Jacobs, H.S. & Teise, V.N. (2014). The Roles of Work-Integrated Learning in Achieving Critical Cross-Field Outcomes in a Hospitality Management Programme. Journal for New Generation Sciences, 12(1), 89-102.

Contact Us
Dr Henri Jacobs

Dr Henri Jacobs

hjacobs@cut.ac.za