General Staff Orientation 2016 · • Refurbishment and expansion of former Science complex to relocate : Computer Science, Information Systems, Maths and Statistics. • Build new

General Staff Orientation

2016

Larry Pokpas Institutional Planner &

Executive Assistant to the Rector

27 January 2016

COPYRIGHT UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE

Tell me about a successful and most energising day in your life recently


UWC as an Engaged University integral to the intellectual project in a society in transformation

Founded in 1960, UWC has a proud tradition of critical engagement, repudiated its apartheid founding, and its intellectual seriousness about the transformation of the South African society and its global participation

“Engagement resonates with our unfolding sense of ourselves and of the ways in which we were facing the challenge of being an excellent university in a global environment, while at the same time being responsive to the social and economic development imperatives of our country.”


Policy Framework on Differentiation in the Post-school System (July 2014)

• Differentiated system to: – Diversify programmatic offerings;

– Increase participation and success rates;

– Enable niches to respond to national; developmental needs;

– Allow effective and focused ways to distribute public funds.

• Seek programme of purposeful differentiation of university system and adoption of institutional missions agreed between Minister and universities.


Regulations for Reporting by Public Higher Education Institutions (May 2014)

• All public higher education institutions must: – Produce Strategic Plan and update it at least every five years

(UWC IOP) – Annually submit a Council approved Annual Performance Plan

to the DHET (annually by 15 Dec, but 2015 by 15 Jan 2015) • With performance targets aligned to Strategic Plan

– Identify a core set of indicators to monitor institutional performance

– Adopt a mid-year reporting system and annually submit a Mid-Year Performance Report (30 Nov)

– Ensure alignment between Strategic Plan, Annual Performance Plan, Annual Report, Budget documents and Mid-Year Performance Report.

Alignment


2015 Transitional Planning Period

2010-2015 2015-2019


Focus on learning

needs of 21st century

graduates

UWC as a catalytic anchor

institution

Strong international partnerships

Establish a new sense of community

Collective leadership

pursuing the best

outcomes

Extracts from Inaugural Address (Dreaming after all is a form of Planning)


University community is in the process of deliberating its future direction and strategic priorities against the backdrop of 5 themes:

The university in the digital age

The 21st century graduate

Research intensiveness

Innovation

Internationalisation

This process will culminate in a (draft) White Paper and final adoption of a new IOP by March 2016


• Connect as anchor institution to help regeneration

• Connect as a reliable player in the Western Cape region’s social and economic life.

• Connect nationally to earn our rightful position as a research-led university within our national system of higher education.

• Connect internationally to raise visibility and stature to improve its chances to participate in the global knowledge economy.

• Improve digital connectedness in this digital age

• Connect intellectually to build an ethical community.

Process seeks renewed connectedness


IOP 2015-2019

IOP

Faculty & Professional Unit Plans

IOP

IOP

Tactical Plans

Budget alignment,, Operational Risk registers , M&E, target-setting &

execution capabilities

3-5 Years Research, T+L, Enrol

Strategic - 5 Yrs Goals

Operational Annual Cycle

Towards 2030 Vision


Previous phases focused on completion of Life Sciences complex (co-funded by Atlantic Philanthropies & Kresge), SA Institute for Advanced Material Sciences for research into renewable energy (co-funded by PetroSA) and the Chemical Sciences Building.

Expansion of Infrastructure DHET supported buildings in New Science Precinct

Life Science Complex Chemical Science


New Capital Projects include:

• Refurbishment and expansion of former Science complex to relocate : Computer Science, Information Systems, Maths and Statistics.

• Build new complex for Multi-lingualism and Diversities Research and postgraduate activities in the Humanities.

• Decanting and expanding South Campus (Sciences) to consolidate the Education Faculty.


Tygerberg Dentistry Infill project

Former J S Marais Hospital in Bellville CBD to be refurbished to accommodate Health Science Departments


The way a team plays as a whole determines its success

Looking for our shared capacity to evolve, endure and be responsive to a larger system

“The only way to do great work is to love what you do” (Steve Jobs)

“We must consolidate on our strengths maximizing on what makes us distinctive”

“Solution talk creates solutions, problem talk creates problems. “

“By producing graduates who can think critically and who have a passion to change the world. “

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Thank you


Documents

General Staff Orientation 2016 · • Refurbishment and expansion of former Science complex to relocate : Computer Science, Information Systems, Maths and Statistics. • Build new