Rate My Professor Linda du Plessis

Prof Linda du Plessis serves as Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Teaching and Learning at North-West University, a role to which she was appointed by the NWU Council in November 2024 after acting in the position since August 2024. She previously held the position of Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Planning and Vanderbijlpark Campus operations from July 2017. Earlier appointments at the university include serving as the first female vice-rector of the Vanderbijlpark Campus from September 2008 to June 2016 and as rector of that campus from September 2016 to June 2017. With more than 30 years of experience in higher education, she began her career in the IT industry as a systems analyst before transitioning to academia.

An alumna of North-West University, Prof du Plessis earned her BSc, BScHons and master’s degree in information systems from the institution. She completed doctoral studies in 2002 at the former Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education. In 2020 she became the first South African to complete an international Doctor of Business Administration degree from the University of Bath in the United Kingdom, receiving the Richard Mawditt Prize for best doctoral student performance. Her DBA thesis is titled “A Phenomenological Study of Sense-making and Legitimacy During Institutional Radical Change.” She has been widely published, led numerous national and international projects, and maintains research interests in leadership, radical change and institutional theory. Her professional email address is not publicly listed on official university sources.