Ms Martha Namutuwa is a Human Resources Management Lecturer in the Department of Governance and Management at the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST), where she also served as the Acting Director for the Cooperative Education Unit. She has over 12 years of professional experience in Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) and employability programme coordination, as well as academic industry partnership management, training, and leadership. Her career background further includes industry experience in human resource management, microfinance credit and sales management, and customer relationship management within the local banking sector. She holds a Master’s Degree in Human Resource Management, a Management Development Programme Diploma, a Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education, a Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resource Management, a National Diploma in Human Resource Management, and a Bachelor of Economics. Her professional interests and passion lie in collaboration, research, learning and development, and strategic partnership engagement. She has successfully coordinated and managed two international projects, fostering collaboration between industry and partner universities.