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ABBREVIATIONS

4IR Fourth Industrial Revolution
ACUSAfrica Advancing Critical University Studies across Africa
AI Artificial Intelligence
AIDC-EC Automotive Industry Development Centre – Eastern Cape
APQA Academic Planning and Quality Advancement
BAAP Black Academic Advancement Programme
BBBEE Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment
BES Business and Economic Sciences
CANRAD Centre for the Advancement of Non-Racialism and Democracy
“Once upon a time, universities were primarily focused on the specialised academic CIPSET Centre for Integrated Post-School Education and Training
pursuits of students, leaving them to navigate the complex world of knowledge on CMR Institute for Coastal and Marine Research
Collaborative Online International Learning
COIL
their own. Faculty members were experts in their respective fields, and their primary CoP Community of Practice
COVID-19 Coronavirus Disease
responsibility was to advance their scholarly expertise. Extending special attention CriSHET Critical Studies in Higher Education Transformation
to students who struggled was not always a priority. CYUEE Centre for Youth Unemployment, Employability and Empowerment
Centre for Women and Gender Studies
CWGS
DHET Department of Higher Education and Training
Universities must continue to be bastions of specialised high-level scientific DSI Department of Science and Innovation
DVC
Deputy Vice-Chancellor
knowledge. In our country, where we are grappling with issues of transformation EAP Economically Active Population
EBET
Engineering, the Built Environment and Technology
in higher education, this objective remains non-negotiable. However, universities ECAs Early Career Academics
should also utilise their expertise to facilitate the sharing of knowledge more EE Employment Equity
Employment Equity Act
EEA
broadly. EO Engagement Office
ERP
Enterprise Resource Planning
ESW Emthonjeni Student Wellness
It is not by chance that certain sectors of society are better equipped to access ETP Engagement and Transformation Portfolio
Full-Time Equivalents
FTE
the world of knowledge than others. It is not because those from disadvantaged GBV Gender-Based Violence
Hubs of Convergence
HoC
backgrounds or socially marginalised sectors possess less intelligence or skills in HEQSF Higher Education Qualifications Sub-Framework
knowledge acquisition. These disparities are socially and historically conditioned HR Human Resources
Information and Communication Technologies
ICT
and, therefore, can be addressed.” IO International Office
IRC Institutional Regulatory Code
ITP Institutional Transformation Plan
LT Learning and Teaching
LT Collab LT Collaborative for Success
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela LXD Digital Learning Experience Design and Innovation cluster
MANCO Executive Management Committee
MBChB Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
26 International Conference on MoU Memorandum of Understanding
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Improving University Teaching, Rand Afrikaans University, nGAP New Generation of Academics Programme
National Research Foundation
NRF
Johannesburg, July 2001. NSFAS National Student Financial Aid Scheme
OER Open Education Resources
PASS Professional, Administrative, Support Services
PG Postgraduate
PGRS PG Research Scholarship
PSET Post-School Education and Training
RADAR Integrated Data Tracking and Early Warning System
RPL Recognition of Prior Learning
SARChI South African Research Chairs Initiative
SIVTT Sustainability and Institutional Viability Task Team
SLP Short Learning Programme
SRC Student Representative Council
TD Teaching Development
TGP Total Guaranteed Package
TIMS Transdisciplinary Institute for Mandela Studies
TOR Terms of Reference
TVET Technical and Vocational Education and Training
Developed by the UADS Universal Accessibility and Disability Services
UCDG
University Capacity Development Grant
Office of the Deputy-Vice Chancellor: UG Undergraduate
Engagement and Transformation UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
University of South Africa
UNISA
USAf Universities South Africa
VA Virtual Academy
YoY Year-on-Year
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