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institutionAl trAnsformAtion PlAn – Alignment with vision2030

dAy 2, presentAtion 1 │ Prof Heather Nel

Prof Nel’s overview included factors that informed V2030 as engaged very broadly with internal and external stakeholders
they relate to transformation; indicators that are being/ about what it means to be Mandela University; and how do
have been/will be tracked (which will be shaped by the inputs stakeholders see us moving forward; what would they like
made at the Transformation Indaba); how should indicators us to be known for; and what should we stand for as a uni-
be tracked; and who is responsible for oversight at different versity. Much of that was centered around our identity as
levels. She reminded us that it’s not always easy to track and Mandela University - living our values; taking good care of
measure transformation. In response to the panelists’ inputs our people (employees, students, surrounding communities,
and participant discussions focusing on what it means to be stakeholders); living into ethical leadership; and really just
Mandela University and how that shapes the transformation playing the qualities of transformational and transformative
our identity and our institutional culture, Prof Nel wished to leadership; as we take the university forward in the service of
both confirm and affirm contributions made because much society. She reported that innovation as a differentiator
of what was discussed during the Indaba had also emerged came through very strongly from multiple stakeholders and
from the engagements in developing V2030. Her office explained that innovation is another dimension of trans-

university nAme Responsibility that comes with the powerful and impactful value of the University’s name.

living the vAlues Move beyond the rhetoric and posters - need to LIVE the values. A human “face”.

Prioritise holistic student and employee wellbeing - mental health, safety & security,
holistiC wellbeing
eradicate GBV & discrimination, etc.

The role of the University in cultivating ethical, responsible, visionary and socially
visionAry, ethiCAl leAdershiP
conscious leadership.

ACAdemiC exCellenCe University must be known for quality academic programmes, particularly in certain niche
& soCietAl imPACt areas, and improved PG enrolments and research outputs.

Need for vibrant living and learning spaces on all campuses and student centric
vibrAnt student life
approaches to facilitate student access for success. Sport, residences, arts & culture, etc.

solutions-driven Foster graduate employability, entrpreneurship and innovation - provide ecosystem of
innovAtion support to translate innovative ideas into viable enterprises.

digitAlisAtion & modernised Improve efficiencies and agility through digitalisation. Modernise infrastructure.
infrAstruCture

sustAinAbility Need to diversify funding sources and embrace strategy-aligned budgeting.

theMes eMergiNg froMe stakeholder iNpUts

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