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Strategic overview

Professor Heather Nel October 2018

Overview

Vision 2020 strategic plan Listening campaign

VC’s inaugural address

Our iconic namesake

One of 6 comprehensive universities in South Africa 28 404 students 74% of our students come from the Eastern Cape 1516 international students from 56 countries 4870 staff 7 faculties 7 wi-fi enabled campuses (including the 1st dedicated

• cean sciences campus in

South Africa)

Our institutional profile: 2018

Our vision

Our mission

To offer a diverse range

• f life-

changing educational experiences for a better world.

• Re-imagining

institutional identity & strategic positioning

• Inclusive,

transformative institutional culture

• Teaching,

learning & curriculum

• Research & postgrad studies
• Financial sustainability
• Human resources
• Agile, responsive institutional

systems & processes

• Student-centric support

Listening campaign themes

• Institutional culture, posture and identity -

legacy and values of Nelson Mandela

• Transformation - transformative leadership;

equity and redress; institutional culture; social cohesion & inclusion; curriculum & research; T&L; & community engagement

• Academic heartland -
• Decolonisation of the curriculum
• Relevance to local and global contexts
• Transdisciplinarity
• Re-imagining and revitalising the humanities
• Humanising pedagogies
• Develop emerging and socially-diverse academics
• Hubs of convergence
• Agile, people-friendly, responsive and efficient

systems and processes

• Financial sustainability
• Student-centric support

Vice-Chancellor’s inaugural address

Vice-Chancellor’s inaugural address

Integrative student life, social solidarity, multi-culturalism and diversity Vibrant intellectual, social, cultural, sport, recreational campus life. Active student engagement in communities to solve societal challenges – hubs of convergence Enhance the quality of student life through implementing student centric programmes. Student leadership development programme produces 21st century leaders in line with graduate attributes.

T&L and curriculum Scholarship and engagement Governance Institutional culture Student support Language Disability Diversifying staff profile M&E and reporting Complaints mechanisms

Our transformation priorities

Strategic positioning Programme viability & curriculum transformation Fit-for-purpose, strategy-aligned

• rganisational

design Revenue mobilisation & cost management Re-engineered business processes & innovative

• perating

models

Our sustainability plan

ORGANISATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY

• Transformative institutional culture
• Engaged, high-performing staff
• Financial sustainability and revenue

mobilisation

• Responsible environmental & resource

stewardship

• Integrated sustainability planning,

budgeting & reporting

• Modernised infrastructure
• Re-engineered, streamlined &

digitised systems & processes

INNOVATIVE & ENGAGED SCHOLARSHIP

• Research outputs – Improve quantity

and quality

• Staff workload and career path -

Balance between T&L, research & engagement

• Staff qualifications profile
• Develop next generation of academics
• Strategic partnerships – local, national,

continental and global

• Public good and societal impact

TEACHING & LEARNING EXCELLENCE

• Widening access for success
• Academic development and support
• Humanising pedagogies
• Curriculum renewal & transformation
• Technology-enabled T&L
• Language policy and practices
• Diversify academic staff profile
• Internationalisation
• Graduate attributes – employability

and entrepreneurship

STRATEGIC POSITIONING AS NELSON MANDELA UNIVERSITY

• An innovative, African University

embracing the values and legacy of Nelson Mandela

• Comprehensive programme mix with

diverse range of quality educational

• pportunities and articulation

pathways

• New strategic academic directions
• University of choice for talented staff

and students with the potential to succeed

STUDENT ACCESS AND SUCCESS THROUGH EXCELLENCE IN:

Teaching & Learning Engagement Research Vibrant campus life Internationalisation Co-curricular activities Inclusive institutional culture

Recognition and reward systems Holistic development of staff & students

2017

• Vision 2020 review
• Institutional

Transformation Plan approved by Council

2018

• VC’s inaugural address
• VC's listening campaign
• Revised Vision 2020

strategic plan approved by Council

• Organisational redesign

2019

• Finalise implementation
• f org redesign
• Craft Vision 2030 in

consultation with key internal and external stakeholders

Our planning milestones

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