Perspectives of Students and Staff in South African Higher Education on Generative Artificial Intelligence: An Exploratory Study

You are invited to participate in a research study exploring perspectives on the use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in higher education, including awareness, use, benefits, challenges, and ethical considerations.

Participation involves completing an anonymous online survey, which will take approximately 10–15 minutes. Participation is entirely voluntary, and you may withdraw at any time before submitting your responses.

Participants may choose to enter a lucky draw, in which 10 participants will be selected to receive a prize. Contact details for the lucky draw will be stored separately from survey responses and cannot be linked to survey data.

Principal Investigator:
Mrs Jodie I. Layman-Lemphane
Division of Clinical Anatomy, Stellenbosch University
Email: jilayman@sun.ac.za

Supervisor:
Professor Nadine Rampf
Stellenbosch University
Email: nrampf@sun.ac.za

Survey Link:
Students:

https://redcap.sun.ac.za/surveys/?s=W3D7Y7M49R9HLFDR

Staff:

https://redcap.sun.ac.za/surveys/?s=LTALDP4C9N7TFAPA

Ethical approval for this study has been granted by the Research Ethics Committee: Social, Behavioural and Education Research, Stellenbosch University (Project ID: 32390). Institutional permission has been granted by the University of KwaZulu-Natal.

Please see the attached Ethics Approval Letter and UKZN Gatekeeper Approval Letter for further information.

Attachments
Ethics approval.pdf Online Lemphane UKZN Gatekeepe >>>>
Notice Details
Category Research
Posted 24 June 2026
By Bharat Ramkissoon
Tel 031-260-2026
From UKZN
Audience
Howard College Staff  Howard College Students 
Edgewood Staff  EdgWood Students 
Medical School Staff  Medical School Students 
PMB Staff  PMB Students 
Westville Staff  Westville Students