The Emeritus professor of the University of Pretoria, South Africa, spent the last 20 years of his academic career in UP’s Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences. Besides lecturing in his South African home institution, he also regularly came to Bremen as a visiting lecturer. After already having received the Best Teacher Award of the Bremen University of Applied Sciences in 2010 and 2011, he was now once again chosen as Best Teacher for 2015/2016.
Following his retirement in January 2016, Prof. Heath continues supervising postgraduate students and has also been following his passion for tourism capacity-building by facilitating such a program for public and private stakeholders in Zimbabwe. For more information on his achievements, please have a look at the article of the University of Pretoria.