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TRANSFORMATION GOAL 5: ENSURE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAMMES AND MEASURES DESIGNED TO ACCELERATE FOCUSED
RECRUITMENT, CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT, GREATER REPRESENTATION AND RETENTION OF DESIGNATED AND UNDER-
REPRESENTED GROUPS IN THE ACADEMIC WORKFORCE, ESPECIALLY SENIOR ACADEMIC POSITIONS / 28
- WORKFORCE PROFILE / 28
- DIVERSIFICATION OF THE ACADEMY / 30
- Professors Project / 30
- New Generation of Academics Programme / 30
ABBREVIATIONS / ii - Black Academics Advancement Programme / 31
OFFICIAL SIGN-OFF / vi - ACADEMIC CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES / 31
INTRODUCTION / 1 - Academic Leadership / 31
TRANSFORMATION – INSTITUTIONAL IMPLEMENTATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY MODEL / 2 - Beginning Your Journey (BYJ) / 31
METHODOLOGY / 2 - Early Career Academic Advancement Programme / 31
TRANSFORMATION GOAL 1: ACHIEVE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE THROUGH CURRICULUM TRANSFORMATION TO ENSURE - LT Collab / 31
THAT IT IS SOCIALLY RELEVANT AND RESPONSIVE TO THE DEVELOPMENT NEEDS OF THE COUNTRY / 3 TRANSFORMATION GOAL 6: INCREASE COLLABORATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER INSTITUTIONAL TYPES TO SHARE
- PROGRAMME QUALIFICATION MIX - STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT TRAJECTORIES / 3 KNOWLEDGE, RESOURCES, AND ASSIST WITH CAPACITY BUILDING AND ARTICULATION / 32
- Ocean Sciences / 3 - RESEARCH EXCELLENCE – RESEARCH CHAIRS AND RATED RESEARCHERS / 32
- Medical School / 3 - RESEARCH CHAIRS / 32
- Revitalising the Humanities / 4 - RATED RESEARCHERS / 33
- Transdisciplinary Sustainability Sciences / 4 - RESEARCH-RELATED OUTPUTS / 33
- CURRICULUM RENEWAL AND TRANSFORMATION / 5 - RESEARCH MANAGEMENT / 33
- Critical Pedagogies / 5 - ENHANCING RESEARCH CAPACITY / 33
- Mandela Posture and Identity / 5 - Patents and commercialisation of intellectual property / 34
- Faculty-Based Curriculum Renewal Initiatives / 5 - INTERNATIONALISATION / 35
- DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING / 6 - International Student Recruitment / 35
- Blended Learning Spaces / 6 - Partnerships – BRICS , Asia, Global North, and Expansion of African Footprint / 35
- Technology-Enabled Resources / 7 - REIMAGINING ENGAGEMENT / 35
- Open Resources and Textbooks / 7 - CENTRE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF NON-RACIALISM AND DEMOCRACY / 36
- QUALITY ADVANCEMENT FRAMEWORK / 7 - CENTRE FOR WOMEN AND GENDER STUDIES, AND DSI-NRF SARCHI CHAIR FOR AFRICAN FEMINIST
- EXCELLENCE IN LEARNING AND TEACHING / 7 IMAGINATIONS / 36
TRANSFORMATION GOAL 2: ACHIEVE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE THROUGH BROADENING STUDENT ACCESS, PARTICULARLY - CHAIR FOR CRITICAL STUDIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION TRANSFORMATION / 37
THOSE WITH DISABILITIES AND FROM HISTORICALLY DISADVANTAGED GROUPS / 8 - CHAIR FOR YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYABILITY AND EMPOWERMENT, AND CENTRE FOR
- DIVERSIFY THE UG AND PG STUDENT PROFILES / 8 INTEGRATED POST-SCHOOL EDUCATION AND TRAINING / 38
- POSTGRADUATE STUDENT PROFILE / 11 - TRANSDISCIPLINARY INSTITUTE FOR MANDELA STUDIES / 38
- BROADENING ACCESS / 13 TRANSFORMATION GOAL 7: ENSURE THAT THE UNIVERSITY ENVIRONMENT AND EXPERIENCE FOR EMPLOYEES, STUDENTS,
- African International Students / 13 AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS REFLECT RESPECT FOR HUMAN DIGNITY, INCLUSIVITY, DIVERSITY, AND A HUMAN RIGHTS
- Articulation / 13 CULTURE / 39
- Recognition of Prior Learning / 14 - INSTITUTIONAL CULTURE / 39
- Stackable Online Short Learning Programmes / 14 - TRANSFORMATION OFFICE / 39
TRANSFORMATION GOAL 3: ENSURE THE IMPROVEMENT OF STUDENT SUCCESS/THROUGHPUT, PARTICULARLY THOSE - EMPLOYEE HEALTH AND WELLNESS / 40
WITH DISABILITIES AND FROM HISTORICALLY DISADVANTAGED GROUPS / 15 TRANSFORMATION GOAL 8: ENSURE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAMMES AND MEASURES DESIGNED TO ACCELERATE
- GRADUATE PROFILE AND SUCCESS RATES / 15 FOCUSED RECRUITMENT, CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT, GREATER REPRESENTATION AND RETENTION OF DESIGNATED AND
- IMPROVED THROUGHPUT RATES / 16 UNDER-REPRESENTED GROUPS, INCLUDING PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, IN UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT AND
- TARGETED UG STUDENT SUCCESS INTERVENTIONS / 18 PROFESSIONAL, ADMINISTRATIVE, AND SUPPORT SERVICES EMPLOYEES / 41
- Student Success Framework / 18 - EMPLOYMENT EQUITY PLAN IMPLEMENTATION / 41
- Learning Analytics / 18 - WORKFORCE PROFILING AND TALENT MANAGEMENT / 42
- Knowledge Assessments to Enhance Learning / 18 - EMPLOYEE REMUNERATION, REWARDS AND RECOGNITION MODEL / 43
- UNIVERSAL ACCESSIBILITY - ENHANCING TEACHING AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR STUDENTS - INCLUSIVE PROMOTIONS POLICY / 44
WITH DISABILITIES / 18 - CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES AND SPEND / 44
- PG SUCCESS INTERVENTIONS / 19 - EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINE AND CODE OF CONDUCT / 45
- LANGUAGE / 20 TRANSFORMATION GOAL 9: ENSURE ETHICAL LEADERSHIP AND ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH IMPROVED EFFECTIVENESS
TRANSFORMATION GOAL 4: ENSURE THE IMPROVEMENT OF HOLISTIC STUDENT SUPPORT (ACADEMIC, PSYCHOSOCIAL, OF GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES, INCLUDING COUNCIL, INSTITUTIONAL FORUM, SENATE, STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES
FINANCIAL, INFRASTRUCTURE) TO ENABLE INCREASED STUDENT SUCCESS/THROUGHPUT, PARTICULARLY THOSE FROM COUNCIL, AND THE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL / 46
HISTORICALLY DISADVANTAGED GROUPS / 21 - GOVERNANCE AND ETHICAL LEADERSHIP / 46
- HOLISTIC STUDENT DEVELOPMENT / 21 - NEW AND REVIEWED INSTITUTIONAL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES / 46
- Student Representative Council / 21 - RISK AND ETHICS ADVISORY / 46
- Student Leadership, Training and Development / 21 - STRENGTHEN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY GOVERNANCE PROCESSES / 46
- Student Complaint Mechanisms / 21 TRANSFORMATION GOAL 10: FOSTER SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE STEWARDSHIP WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY / 47
- Social Consciousness and Sustainable Futures / 21 - BROAD-BASED BLACK ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT / 47
- Collaborative Online International Learning / 22 - FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS / 47
- STUDENT SUPPORT / 22 - SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE GENERATION / 49
- Financial Aid / 22 - Long-Term Financial Planning / 49
- SRMA-related bursary funding / 24 - VIRTUAL ACADEMY / 49
- Student Employability and Entrepreneurship / 24 - SUPPORT SERVICES / 49
- Student Housing / 24 - STRATEGIC RESOURCE MOBILISATION AND ADVANCEMENT / 49
- Student Nutrition / 25 - Engagement Project Funding / 50
- Student Transport / 25 - ENABLING WORKING ENVIRONMENT / 50
- Campus Safety and Security / 25 - Enhancing Business Processes Through Digital Transformation / 50
- Student Campus Health Services / 25 - Infrastructure Masterplan and Space Optimisation Strategies / 51
- Counselling / 26 CONCLUSION / 52
- Madibaz Sports / 27
- Arts, Culture and Heritage / 27

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