UCT Annual Report
Highlights 2012 CONTENTS
Foreword 2
About UCT 4 MISSION
UCT aspires to become a premier academic meeting point between Vice-Chancellor’s review 10 South Africa, the rest of Africa and the world. Taking advantage of expanding global networks and our distinct vantage point in Africa, Research 16 we are committed, through innovative research and scholarship, to Research highlights 18 grapple with the key issues of our natural and social worlds. We Faculty highlights 22 aim to produce graduates whose qualifications are internationally recognised and locally applicable, underpinned by values of A student-centred campus 30 engaged citizenship and social justice. UCT will promote diversity and transformation within our institution and beyond, including Teaching and learning 32 growing the next generation of academics. Organisational developments 37
Building a better South Africa 38 Transformation and employment equity 40 Social responsiveness 43
Campus highlights 44
Finance overview 49
page 1 FOREWORD INTSHAYELELO VOORWOORD
It gives me great pleasure to present this summarised overview of Kuyinyhweba enkulu kum ukwazisa isishwankathelo Dit is met groot genoeë dat ek hierdie opsommende oorsig van die bedryfs- en the operational and financial highlights of 2012. This report is a samagqabantshintshi aqaqambileyo kwicala lezimali nokusebenza finansiële hoogtepunte van 2012 aanbied. Hierdie verslag is ’n samevatting distillation of the broader annual report to government, which sets out kowama-2012. Le ngxelo sisishwankathelo sengxelo yonyaka ebanzi van die breër jaarverslag aan die regering, wat ’n uiteensetting is van wat die what UCT has achieved against its goals in the previous year. kurhulumente, echaza oko kuzuzwe yi-UCT kwiinjongo zayo kunyaka UK die afgelope jaar bereik het, gemeet aan sy doelwitte. I am pleased to report that UCT is a well-functioning, financially odlulileyo. 2012 was die laaste jaar van my eerste termyn as Visekanselier en ek is robust and sustainable institution that has the honour of being Africa’s Ndikholisekile kukuba i-UCT liziko elisebenza kakuhle, eliphilileyo verheug om te kan sê die UK is ’n goed werkende, finansieel gesonde en leading university. ngokwezimali nelizinzileyo elinenyhweba yokuba yiyunivesithi volhoubare instelling wat die eer het om as Afrika se voorste universiteit beskou Characterised by an ethos of excellence and impact, UCT has ekhokeleyo e-Afrika. te word. worked vigorously towards realising its strategic goals: transforming Iinempawu zesithethe sokubalasela nokuba nempembelelo, i-UCT Die UK word gekenmerk deur ’n etos van uitnemendheid en om ’n verskil UCT; internationalising UCT with an Afropolitan niche; working isebenze ngamandla ekuqondeni iinjongo zethu zesicwangciso- te maak, en het kragdadig daaraan gewerk om strategiese doelwitte te haal: towards a desired shape and size for the institution; developing qhinga: ukwenza utshintsho kwi-UCT; ukwazisa i-UCT kumazwe die transformasie van die UK; die internasionalisering van die UK met ’n our research; enhancing the quality and profile of our graduates; ngamazwe ngesithuba se-Afropolitan; ukusebenzela ekuzuzeni imilo Afropolitaanse nis; werk aan ’n toepaslike vorm en grootte vir die instelling; and enhancing our contribution to South Africa’s developmental nobungakanani beziko; ukuphuhlisa uphando lwethu; ukuqinisa die ontwikkeling van navorsing; die verbetering van die gehalte en profiel challenges. kubulunga neprofayili yabafundi bethu abafumana izidanga; van ons gegradueerdes; en die verhoging van ons bydrae tot Suid-Afrika se In this regard, I am indebted for guidance and support to nokuqinisa kwigalelo lethu kwimingeni yophuhliso yoMzantsi Afrika. ontwikkelingsuitdagings. the collective team of Deputy Vice-Chancellors, the University’s Kulo mba, ndibulela kakhulu isikhokelo nenkxaso evela kwiqela In hierdie verband is ek, ten opsigte van leiding en ondersteuning, baie senior leadership – both the academic and the professional and looSekela-ngqonyela, iinkokeli eziphezulu zeyunivesithi – abasebenzi verskuldig aan die kollektiewe span van Adjunk-visekanseliers, die universiteit administrative services staff – and our governing and advisory bemfundo ephakamileyo nengcali nabeenkonzo zolawulo – se senior leierskap – beide die akademiese en die professionele en bodies. amaqonga ethu olawulo nabacebisi. administratiewe dienstepersoneel – en ons beheer- en raadgewende liggame. The past year has been a season of change. Council’s term came Unyaka odlulileyo ibilixesha lenguqu. Ixesha lebhunga liye lafikelela Die afgelope jaar was een van verandering. Die Raad se termyn het in to an end in June and new appointments were made. We were esiphelweni ngoJuni kwaze kwaqeshwa abantu. Siye sachulumanca Junie tot ’n einde gekom en nuwe aanstellings is gemaak. Ons is verheug dat delighted that Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane made himself kukuba uBhishop omkhulu uNjongonkulu Ndungane uthe wazenza Aartsbiskop Njongonkulu Ndungane hom beskikbaar gestel het vir ’n tweede available for a second term as Chair of Council. wafumaneka nakule kota yesibini njengoSihlalo weBhunga. termyn as Voorsitter van die Raad. The highlights presented in this report reflect that we remain Izinto eziqaqambileyo ezaziswe kule ngxelo zibonisa ukuba sihlala Die hoogtepunte in hierdie verslag toon dat ons verbind bly tot ons rol as committed to our role as an institution of higher learning in our sizinikele kumsebenzi wethu siliziko lemfundo ephakamileyo kwilizwe ’n instelling van hoër onderwys in ons ontwikkelende land en vasteland. Dit developing country and continent. It illustrates that we are producing lethu eliphuhlayo nakwizwekazi. Ibonisa ukuba sivelisa ulwazi illustreer dat ons kennis produseer wat bydra tot die vooruitgang van die knowledge that contributes to the advancement of society, and olunegalelo kwinkqubela-phambili yoluntu nakubafundi abafumene samelewing, en gegradueerdes toerus om betrokke internasionale burgers te graduates equipped to become engaged global citizens. izidanga ezixhotyiselwe ukuba zizibandakanye nabemi behlabathi. word.
Dr Max Price uGq Max Price Dr Max Price Vice-Chancellor USekela-Ngqonyela Visekanselier
page 2 page 3 ABOUT UCT
page 4 page 5 EXECUTIVE STRUCTURE OF UCT
Chancellor Vice-Chancellor The Chancellor is the titular head and representative of the Dr Max Price is accountable to Council for the leadership of the University, and confers degrees in its name. The Chancellor is elected University as a whole, and for determining and implementing UCT’s for a ten-year term of office by an electoral college, which is chaired strategic goals. This includes accountability for the University’s overall by the president of convocation. Mrs Graça Machel was elected at financial health, academic standing, transformation and social justice its meeting on 18 September 1999 for her first term as Chancellor. interventions. Dr Price has executive oversight for Council accountability, In 2010 she was elected unopposed for a second term, which ends in fundraising and alumni initiatives, external relations, risk management 2019. and ceremonial functions.
Chancellor VICE-Chancellor Mrs Graça Machel Dr Max Price
Deputy Vice-Chancellors Deputy Vice-Chancellors form part of UCT’s executive management team and have specific portfolios which are updated and reassigned from time ABOUT UCT to time.
The oldest university in South Africa, UCT was founded in 1829 as the South African College and was formally established as a university in 1918.
UCT remains the highest-ranked African university in both the Times Higher Education World University Rankings and the Shanghai Jiao Tong Academic Ranking of World Universities.
In 2012, 26 050 students enrolled in UCT’s faculties of Commerce, Engineering & DEPUTY VICE-Chancellor DEPUTY VICE-Chancellor DEPUTY VICE-Chancellor DEPUTY VICE-Chancellor the Built Environment, Law, Health Sciences, Humanities and Science. The faculties Prof Thandabantu Nhlapo Prof Crain Soudien Prof Danie Visser Prof Sandra Klopper are supported by the Centre for Higher Education Development (CHED), which incorporates UCT’s Academic Development Programme. Registrar UCT prides itself on its top-notch research and teaching, and has created high-level The Registrar is accountable to the Vice-Chancellor. The Institutional Statute specifies that the Registrar is Secretary of Council, Senate and centres of cross-disciplinary research to meet the complex challenges of South African Convocation. The Registrar is responsible for the administration of the University. This includes: academic matters, academic administration, the society. administrative archive, and ensuring legal integrity.
REGISTRAR Mr Hugh Amoore page 6 page 7 FACULTY DEANS GOVERNING AND ADVISORY BODIES Deans have overall management responsibility for Faculties. They chair Faculty Boards as specified by the institutional statute, and are accountable to Senate on behalf of the Faculty Board. Deans are responsible for strategic academic planning, academic administration, staffing and financial management of the faculties. Council SENATE Senate is responsible for academic governance at UCT. It organises Council is the main governing body of UCT. Its responsibilities include the teaching, curricula, syllabi, examinations and research of the determining the University’s mission, objectives, goals and policies. It University. Senate comprises the Vice-Chancellor, Deputy Vice- also appoints the senior executive and ensures the institution’s financial Chancellors, professors, heads of department and the University health. It comprises 12 members appointed from within the UCT Librarian, as well as elected members and student representatives. community, and 18 external members.
faculty of commerce fACULTY OF ENGINEERING & FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES FACULTY OF LAW Prof Don Ross THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT Prof Marian Jacobs Prof ‘PJ’ Schwikkard Prof Francis Petersen
CHAIR OF COUNCIL DEPUTY CHAIR SeNATE CHAIR Most Rev Njongonkulu Ms Debbie Budlender Dr Max Price Ndungane
STUDENTS’ REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL FACULTY OF HUMANITIES FACULTY OF SCIENCE CENTRE FOR HIGHER GRADUATE SCHOOL OF The Student Representative Council (SRC) is the highest decision-making structure of student governance. It represents all students at UCT, Prof Paula Ensor Prof Anton le Roex EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS (DIRECTOR) and their overall interest and social well-being, in University committees. It is highly involved in policy-making and co-operative decision-making Prof Nan Yeld Prof Walter Baets on campus. The SRC is elected annually by the students and consists of 17 members who either represent other student organisations or are independents. The duties, functions, privileges and term of office are set out in the SRC Constitution and election by-laws approved by Council as institutional rules. EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS The executive directors are in charge of the units (professional, administrative and support services) that support the academic enterprise. They are part of the Senior Leadership Group of the University.
SRC PRESIDENT 2011/12 SRC PRESIDENT 2012/13 Insaaf Isaacs Lorne Hallendorff
COMMUNICATION AND development and alumni FINANCE HUMAN RESOURCES INSTITUTIONAL FORUM MARKETING Dr Jim McNamara Prof Enrico Uliana Miriam Hoosain The Institutional Forum is responsible for advising Council on issues affecting the institution, including but not limited to the implementation of the Gerda Kruger Higher Education Act 1997 and national policy on Higher Education; the policies pertaining to race and gender equity; the procedures for codes of conduct, mediation and dispute resolution; and for fostering an institutional culture that promotes tolerance and creates an environment conducive to teaching, research and learning. Comprising 30 representatives from the staff, student and executive constituencies, it has three co-chairs.
INFORMATION AND PROPERTIES & SERVICES STUDENT AFFAIRS UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COMMUNICATION John Critien Moonira Khan Gwenda Thomas TECHNOLOGY SERVICES staff EXECUTIVE SRC Sakkie van Rensburg Assoc Prof Kevin Johnston Prof Crain Soudien Kwadwo Ofori Owusu VICE-CHANCELLOR’S REVIEW
Clockwise from top left: Students enjoy the warm weather that usual- ly graces the campus during the summer orientation programme, which in 2012 attracted large numbers of new students and visitors; Obz Square – an innovative student housing initiative – is in walking distance of the campus and has played a role in addressing postgraduate accommoda- tion requirements; a record number of 8 312 learners took part in the 2012 annual schools mathematics competition, run by UCT; the steps of the iconic Jameson Hall are the University’s most dynamic public space; a stilt walker depicts an aspect of traditional African folklore during a performance marking UCT’s annual Africa Month; students celebrate their academic achievements just after graduation.
page 10 page 11 and staff members have received scholarships for several GOAL TWO: TRANSFORMATION OF UCT RETENTION AND SUCCESS European universities. UCT participated in ema2SA II, the VICE-CHANCELLOR’S TOWARDS NON-RACIALISM – REDRESS, DIVERSITY, • The First-Year Experience (FYE) project was established to second iteration of the Erasmus Mundus Action II partnership, improve the retention and success rates of first-year students and successfully bid for further funding towards a continued INCLUSIVENESS AND THE RECOGNITION OF and should assist faculties in improving the teaching and learning REVIEW partnership. AFRICAN VOICES environment for all students. FYE incorporates an extended • UCT was awarded €2 million under the Mwalimu Nyerere/ Orientation Programme, workshops covering academic and non- 2012 saw significant progress being made towards realising our mission intra-ACP academic mobility scheme. The programme aims to 2012 saw the launch or consolidation of major initiatives which broadly academic support, and a system of early assessment to monitor to become one of the premier academic meeting points between South strengthen cooperation between higher education institutions in advance transformation. students’ progress, and to encourage students to seek help from Africa, the rest of Africa and the world. The year under review also the African region. Student Advisors if necessary. marked year three of UCT’s five-year strategic plan based on the six • Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Thandabantu Nhlapo led ADMISSIONS AND ACCESS • Across all faculties, the Education Development Units made strategic goals for the years 2010 to 2014. These institutional goals are: a UCT delegation to visit the Universities of Nairobi, Ibadan, • Council’s Student Admissions Commission reviewed UCT’s changes to support education transformation. Examples include: • To internationalise UCT with an Afropolitan niche; Addis Ababa, Ghana and the National University of Rwanda. admissions policy and presented its report and proposals. These are the restructuring of first-year curricula; dividing courses into • To transform UCT towards non-racialism through redress: by • The Vice-Chancellor continues to serve on the Council of the under consideration as part of a process to reduce the reliance on augmented semester courses or extended courses to meet different encouraging diversity and inclusiveness, and through the recognition University of Ghana. ‘race’ as a proxy for disadvantage in making admissions decisions. levels of preparedness; and the provision of additional support of African voices; • Professor Lungisile Ntsebeza was appointed to the AC Jordan The goal of the policy review is to ensure UCT achieves as diverse structures via tutorials and mentoring programmes. • To work towards a desired size and shape for UCT by increasing Chair in 2012 and championed the integration of African Studies a student population as possible in line with the University’s • Residence wardens were included in the early warning system and a postgraduate enrolment, and by raising the completion rate of both into research, teaching and learning across the institution. commitment to redress and transformation. Further refinements were residence tutors’ network was established, extending their capacity under- and postgraduates; • UCT’s annual Africa Month served to showcase research projects made to UCT’s standard application form to ensure that applicants’ to tutor students within the residence system through a referral • To develop and nurture research for greater impact and engagement; and other initiatives that gave expression to UCT’s Afropolitan biographical details are captured in more detail. This more nuanced mechanism. Student mentoring initiatives have been crucial in the • To enhance the quality and profile of UCT graduates; and vision. data will inform the proposed revisions of UCT’s admissions policy. drive to improve success. However, while every residence has a • To enhance and expand UCT’s contribution to South African • UCT’s financial aid policy was revised and the level of funding was mentoring programme, uneven provision across the faculties must development challenges. increased. The new policy enables many more students from lower- OTHER INTERNATIONALISATION be addressed. • The Vice-Chancellor visited the University of Tokyo, the Kyoto middle-income families to study at UCT. In 2012, 3 349 students were These goals underpin the University’s core business of high-quality • 19 large lecture theatres were fitted with ‘lecture capture’ video Science and Society Forum, the Global University Leaders recipients of UCT financial support; 2 738 students benefited from research, teaching and learning, and are based on the premise that the facilities to enable students to review and recap lectures online. Forum in Davos, and the UN Secretary-General’s Colloquium of financial aid; and there were 610 recipients of ‘gap’ funding. The latter institution remains financially robust. It is worth noting that routine University Presidents in Philadelphia. refers to financial assistance offered to those students who apply for operations remained stable during the year under review. INCLUSIVENESS, INSTITUTIONAL CLIMATE • UCT participated in the Worldwide Universities Network financial aid, but are above the National Means Test eligibility criteria. (WUN) and was awarded grants for collaborative research Students that apply for financial aid are automatically considered for • ADAPT, UCT’s institutional climate intervention programme, Using UCT’s strategic goals as a framework, the summarised review that projects. gap funding if they are ineligible for financial aid. continued to focus on developing intercultural competencies to follows provides details of institutional activities; projects and initiatives • UCT’s semester study abroad programme, which attracts about undertaken; successes achieved; and challenges faced. While some of the 1 000 students from across the globe, continued to grow in size projects and initiatives highlighted are faculty- and department-related, the and popularity. focus is generally on initiatives conducted at an institutional level. • The newly-launched Graduate School for Development Policy and Practice now trains both experienced and novice policy GOAL ONE: INTERNATIONALISING UCT WITH AN administrators from across the continent. AFROPOLITAN NICHE • The Centre for Comparative Law in Africa established projects in West, Central and North Africa, and co-operation agreements CREATING AN AFROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY were finalised with a number of institutions across the globe. Collaborative research with academics from other African countries • The Faculty of Health Sciences established links with and institutions continued to grow throughout 2012, both within the institutions across Africa to facilitate the training of faculties and through broader cross-disciplinary projects: postgraduate practitioners. To date more than 30 Fellows from • Donor funding was secured for seven ongoing collaborative six African countries have benefited from the African Paediatric grants as part of UCT’s Programme for the Enhancement of Fellowships Programme. Research Capacity (PERC), and to institute three new awards. • In partnership with the Universities of Zambia and Japan and PERC promotes Afropolitan research at UCT with the aim of the United Nations, the Faculty of Engineering & the Built strengthening collaborative research networks on the continent. Environment launched a new Master’s programme in Education To date PERC’s efforts have resulted in collaborations with for Sustainable Development in Mining and Minerals Processing. researchers in 14 African countries. • During 2012, 4 801 international students registered at UCT, • The Carnegie-funded ‘Next Generation of Academics’ project comprising 962 semester study abroad (SSA) students, plus supported 44 PhD and postdoctoral students, 33 of whom 3 839 largely full-degree (non-SSA) students. The non-SSA hailed from countries elsewhere in Africa. international group made up 15% of the total non-SSA • The University has been part of the Erasmus Mundus enrolment and included representatives from 106 countries, 39 While all faculties at UCT emphasise the importance of a top-notch degree, there is also a focus on the social education that one gains from the on- programmes since 2011, and scores of postgraduate students of which were countries in Africa (see table on page 35). campus experience.
page 12 page 13 create a better understanding of difference and ‘otherness’ along progressed on new buildings; while the University’s newest residence, • A faculty workshop with the engineering professional body helped SOCIAL RESPONSIVENESS lines such as race, class, gender and culture. Forty-nine workshops Obz Square, opened its doors in 2012. Further details can be found on interpret UCT graduate attributes at faculty level. An elective Social Responsiveness initiatives gained further momentum in 2012 and were held throughout the year and feedback from participants was page 37 under the section on Properties and Services. undergraduate course focusing on aspects of global citizenship and a number of these activities were associated with the Vice-Chancellor’s encouraging. ADAPT workshops aimed at students were also held engagement with communities was approved. four strategic themes, these being: the African Climate and Development for the first time in 2012. GOAL FOUR: A VISION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT • Half of all Faculty of Science postgraduate students attended at Initiative; the Safety and Violence Initiative; the Schools Improvement • Established in 2010 for the executive team, the 360° Leadership OF RESEARCH AT UCT least one international conference. Initiative; and the Poverty and Inequality Initiative. (Please refer to the Development Project was extended in 2012 to managers and • The Postgraduate Diploma in Health Professional Education was relevant section of this report on page 43.) leaders (both professional and academic) at other levels of the UCT implemented for the first time. Highlighted below are just some examples of the work being done in this • In 2012 UCT became the first tertiary institution from a developing structure. • The number of parallel sessions at UCT’s in-house Teaching and area: country globally to be placed in the Top 50 of the Times Higher • A staff census to gauge institutional climate was conducted. There Learning Conference increased from three to four, and 41 papers • Guy Lamb was appointed to head UCT’s Safety and Violence Education World University Rankings for clinical, pre-clinical and was a 48% response rate from all staff, and respondents’ experiences were delivered, compared to 34 in 2011. Initiative, which addresses the causes of crime and violence in South health universities. of working at UCT were significantly positive in most areas. • The Student Laptop Project was launched to expand the range of Africa. • UCT had the only Faculty of Law in Africa in the top 100 in the • UCT continued to focus on employment equity. (See page 40 for teaching and learning possibilities. • UCT hosted a national conference on poverty and inequality, with world in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) rankings. Research impact further details.) • UCT’s wireless network was extended across campus in 2012 and the support of the National Planning Commission. is the major driver of this. provides wi-fi coverage of 95%. • The Graduate School for Development Policy and Practice ran • Five new research groupings were accredited by the University CURRICULUM REFORM executive short courses that enhanced the management of municipal Research Committee (URC) in 2012. There are now 71 accredited • The First-Year Experience opened up faculty-based discussions on infrastructure development across South Africa. research groupings that meet the criteria and undergo cyclical GOAL SIX: EXPANDING AND ENHANCING how first-years approach their subject matter pedagogically, and • The Faculty of Humanities responded to scarce skills through the reviews to ensure standards are maintained. UCT’S CONTRIBUTION TO SOUTH AFRICA’S what they include in their syllabi. reintroduction of a qualification for Foundation Phase teaching. • Four new South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) chairs • Ongoing curriculum reform in the Faculty of Engineering & the DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES • The profile of UCT’s Knowledge Co-op continued to grow in 2012. were awarded, bringing the total number at the University to 33. Built Environment, especially in Chemical Engineering, took place. Serving as a broker with communities in need, the Knowledge Co- • The first phase of development of a research portal, ‘eResearch’, • The Education Development Unit in the Faculty of Commerce PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND PROFILE Op finds suitable partners in academic departments, and mediates was completed. The website seeks to offer staff and postgraduate reviewed the content for key subjects (including Accounting, • A number of Vice-Chancellor’s Open Lectures were hosted, as well between community partners and academics to develop appropriate students a central point from which to access research support, Mathematics, Economics and Information Systems). as the annual Steve Biko Memorial Lecture and TB Davie Academic solutions. In 2012 40 new topics for collaborative research or management tools and information. • The Academic Development Programme in Humanities officially Freedom Lecture. These and other public lectures promoted debate practical support were submitted to the Knowledge Co-op, bringing • In the 2012 cycle the Research Office submitted the highest became an Educational Development Unit (EDU), with significant on topical issues. the total number to 108 since its inception. expansion of the extended curriculum, as well as the provision of number of applications from one university in the history of the support structures via tutorials and mentoring programmes. NRF. The number of NRF-rated researchers at UCT continues to increase and there are currently 415 rated researchers. During GOAL THREE: WORKING TOWARDS A DESIRED 2012, four new A-ratings and two new P-ratings were awarded. Two of the new A-ratings were awarded to researchers in the SIZE AND SHAPE FOR UCT Faculty of Commerce – the first awarded to any commerce faculty in the country. • The implementation plan for institutional size and shape continued through the enrolment planning process, and postgraduate enrolments increased faster than undergraduate enrolments, in line with UCT’s GOAL FIVE: ENHANCING THE QUALITY AND strategic goal. PROFILE OF UCT’S GRADUATES • South African black proportional enrolment grew to 23%, from only 19% in 2008. White students made up the largest proportion of the GRADUATE ATTRIBUTES enrolment (34%), and this proportion has dropped steadily over the last 2012 saw a number of positive outcomes in this regard: five years from a level of just less than 40% in 2008. At the same time, • Overall standards and pass rates remained high. For example, in in terms of actual numbers, UCT gained 1 658 South African black 2012 the UCT pass rate for first-time writers of the South African students: this represents an increase of 38% on the 2008 base. Changes Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) Board exam was 92% in the proportions of South African coloured and Indian students over – well above the national average of 78%. this time were also significant. (See pages 33 and 34 for more detailed • IsiXhosa was introduced as a final-year elective in the LLB degree. information on student demographics.) • A graduate symposium focused on improving the quality of • The establishment of the Director of Postgraduate Studies post helped university graduates, while a graduate attributes workshop was further UCT’s goal of growing postgraduate numbers to 39% of total held later in the year. These events assisted in the development enrolment. of a research instrument project to ascertain trends in graduate • Space refurbishment for postgraduate students in the Arts Block, Leslie destination, as well as in transition periods. Social Science and the Humanities Building helped further promote • Approximately 150 students registered for at least one aspect of a postgraduate research culture by providing an appropriate learning the UCT Global Citizenship: Leading for Social Justice Programme. environment. This co-curricular programme exposes students to contemporary Nigerian poet and novelist Professor Ben Okri delivers the 13th Steve Well-known editor Ferial Haffajee delivers the 47th TB Davie Memorial • To accommodate an expanding postgraduate student body, construction global debates and issues of citizenship and social justice. Biko Memorial Lecture. Lecture. page 14 page 15 RESEARCH
Clockwise from top left: Computer Science researcher Professor Gary Marsden (far right) teamed up with the corporate sector to develop innovative mobile phone applications in response to unique African needs; Professor Kelly Chibale (middle) was presented the Alan Pifer Research Award in recognition of his establishment of the H3-D Drug Discovery and Development Centre – the first centre of its kind in Africa – of which he is the director; UCT’s efforts to intensify its research profile have been underpinned by a drive to attract more top-quality postgraduate students to its various faculties; UCT is becoming an international research hub for astronomy and astrophysics, following the SKA Science and Engineering Committee’s decision to assign a portion of the Square Kilometre Array of radio telescopes to Africa; the University’s vibrant Engineering & the Built Environment Faculty is home to several inter-disciplinary research projects which are tailored to the African and South African context.
page 16 page 17 science faculty from the developing world has been acknowledged in these Women Scientist – Physical and Engineering Scientists, while Dr Sindiso centres/nodes is to act as hubs for research and development in fields RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS discipline-specific rankings. Mnisi-Weeks won the award in the Emerging Researcher category. UCT identified as strategically important to South Africa. The centres/nodes postgraduates also performed particularly well in the DST category for up- hosted at UCT include members from universities around South Africa. RESEARCH AWARDS and-coming researchers, with five Master’s students receiving five out of the They enjoy significant student involvement and serve as important research UCT is making significant headway in moving towards its long-term goal Many UCT academics received international and national recognition six Fellowships in that category, and three PhD students being awarded half training sites for postgraduate students. of becoming a research-intensive university. All important indicators for their research in 2012. Among the most notable were Professor Jill of the six DST Fellowships for doctoral students. reflect this progress, including: positive international rankings; a high Farrant, who became the fourth South African and the third UCT academic Research groupings publications count; the volume of research income, grants and contracts; to receive the L’Oréal-UNESCO Award, and Emeritus Professor Les National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF) – BHP At the end of 2012 there were 71 research groupings formally recognised and the record ratings UCT achieved through the National Research Underhill, who received the Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship for 2011/2012. Billiton Awards by the University Research Committee at UCT. They included nine Foundation’s (NRF) rating system, which serves as an international Professor Bongani Mayosi was recognised for his contributions to Science, groupings which are jointly accredited by the Medical Research Council benchmark of research quality. UCT took home the lion’s share of national research awards, which Engineering, Technology and Innovation through management and related (MRC) and UCT, as well as five new research groupings which received encourage and reward excellence in scientific research, technological activities; Professor Heather Zar was acknowledged for her contribution UCT accreditation in the course of the year. In addition, UCT’s multidisciplinary strategic initiatives – the African Cli- innovation, education, capacity building and science communication. to research and its outcomes over the last five to 10 years; and Dr Amanda mate and Development Initiative, the Policy and Inequality Initiative, the Weltman was recognised as an emerging researcher. Intellectual Property and Innovation Safety and Violence Initiative and the Schools Improvement Initiative – National Research Foundation ratings In 2012 there was significant activity in several areas, specifically fund-raising successfully contributed towards South Africa’s developmental challenges In the 2012 National Research Foundation (NRF) evaluation and rating South African Medical Association (SAMA) Awards for innovation to support commercialisation of UCT intellectual property through co-ordinating engaged, policy-relevant teaching and research. In cycle UCT also celebrated a record number of NRF ratings, with 47 Two members of the Health Sciences Faculty were also honoured in 2012. (IP); the formation of start-up companies; and the conclusion of significant turn, this has increased the opportunities for UCT students to become first-time applicants being rated. UCT submitted the highest number of Professor Lynette Denny was the recipient of the SAMA Extraordinary licensing, or option, agreements. directly involved in socially-responsive learning and research. applications in the history of the rating system (118), and there are currently Service to Medicine Award, while Professor Dan Stein was awarded the 415 rated researchers at UCT (compared to 379 in the previous cycle). SAMA Fellowship in the Art & Science of Medicine. Professor Stein was Income received from the licensing and sale of IP doubled in 2012. Over World rankings During 2012, UCT was awarded four new A-ratings – bringing the total of also awarded one of the highest awards that can be made to a scientist in the past 12 years UCT has raised some R8.8 million in revenue from IP UCT was ranked highest in Africa, and maintained a strong presence in A-rated researchers to 33. Two new P-ratings (NRF President’s Awards) South Africa, namely the 2012 S2A3 South African Medal (Gold), for his commercialisation. The UCT IP Portfolio comprises some 149 patent the three main global university ranking systems. These include the Times were also announced in 2012. In addition the NRF also bestowed Specific dedication to the advancement of science. applications and 152 active granted patents. The patents link to 95 different Higher Education World University Rankings (113), the Quacquarelli Category Awards on Professors Tim Noakes, Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan inventions. Symonds World University Rankings (154), and the Shanghai Jiao Tong and Kelly Chibale for their contribution to scientific research. Publications Academic Ranking of World Universities (200 – 300 range). On the publications front UCT’s output remained healthy, with the 2012 Signature Themes DST Awards publication count (ie research outputs produced in 2011) experiencing a UCT’s Signature Themes policy is intended to provide a framework There have also been some singular successes in specific fields. The The DST awards recognise and reward excellence by women scientists 4.9% growth over the 2010 output. for multi-, inter-, and transdisciplinary research to be done on an inter- performance of the Health Sciences Faculty in the Times Higher Education and researchers, and are aimed at profiling leading women scientists who departmental and inter-faculty basis. The Signature Themes are grounded World University Rankings’ Clinical, Pre-Clinical and Health category is are role models for their younger counterparts. They also encourage and Research funding in existing areas of internationally recognised excellence and aligned a case in point. This year the Faculty was placed in joint 50th place with reward younger women who are starting their careers. In the former Financially, UCT’s research enterprise remained robust, with total research to institutional, regional and national priorities. The current Signature the University of Manchester. This marks the first time that a health category Professor Alison Lewis received the top award: Distinguished income more than doubling since 2006. Research income increased by Themes at UCT are: African Centre for Cities, Brain and Behaviour R48.7 million (5%), from R894.1 million in 2011 to R942.8 million in 2012. Initiative, Marine Research Institute, Minerals to Metals, Drug Discovery & This includes an increase of 6% (R52.7 million) in research income from Development Centre, and the African Climate and Development Initiative. external sources (R893.8 million in 2012 compared to R841.1 million in 2011). Strategic Initiatives In his 2008 installation address the Vice-Chancellor, Dr Max Price, A gratifying increase in postgraduate funding was recorded during the identified institution-wide initiatives that would be established at UCT to year under review. While 6 215 students were registered for postgraduate address critical social challenges facing South Africa and the rest of the degrees, of these, 2 464 students (40% of all postgraduate students) continent. These initiatives underpin UCT’s strategic research drives: climate received awards to a total value of R159 455 046. This represents an change in Africa, security and violence, improving school education, and increase of 18% on the R135 million awarded to postgraduate students poverty and inequality. during 2011. AFRICAN CLIMATE AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE National Centres of Excellence and Competence The African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI) was announced in Centres late 2010, with the aim of advancing interdisciplinary, cross-faculty research UCT is home to two of the seven national Centres of Excellence awarded and teaching on climate change from an African development perspective. by the Department of Science and Technology, through the National 2012 represented the first full year of the ACDI after the appointment of Pro Research Foundation: the DST/NRF Centre of Excellence at the Percy Vice-Chancellor Professor Mark New in mid-2011. FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, Birds as Keys to Biodiversity Conservation, and the DST/NRF Centre of Excellence in Catalysis, The ACDI accepted its first cohort of nine students on the Masters in Climate Professor Jill Farrant, winner of an international L’Oreal-UNESCO Women Emeritus Professor Wieland Gevers (left) congratulates Emeritus Professor c*change. In 2011, UCT became a co-host to a node of the DST/NRF Change and Sustainable Development programme, all of whom graduated in Science Award in 2012, stands in front of a poster of herself on the Les Underhill (right) on receiving the Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Centre of Excellence for Biomedical TB Research. UCT also co-hosts the in June 2013. This MSc programme breaks new ground at UCT, offering an Champs-Elysees in Paris, France, where the award ceremony was held. Award. The award will provide funding for his project to develop a Hydrogen Catalysis Competence Centre with Mintek. The aim of these integrated approach to climate change issues, with contributions to core and toolkit for biodiversity monitoring in South Africa. page 18 page 19 Professor Mark New Emeritus Professor Francis Wilson Guy Lamb Dr Jonathan Clark African Climate Development Initiative Poverty and Inequality Initiative Safety and Violence Initiative Schools Improvement Initiative elective courses from all UCT faculties, and offering students the opportunity The group, under the chairmanship of Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Highlights included a public lecture titled ‘Young children’s self-control’ on University-wide resources including student organisations, and by forging to undertake dissertation research in a range of departments across the Crain Soudien, met Minister Trevor Manuel of the National Planning in August. The lecture considered the importance of childhood self- links and developing collaborations with education-related groupings outside University. Commission (NPC) to present its ideas and discuss possible synergies with control for the health, wealth and public safety of adults. the University. Khayelitsha, a large community in the Cape Town Metropole, government. In addition to the support of the NPC, the Vice-Chancellor High levels of gang violence plague Hanover Park, a poor area on the was chosen as the initial focus of the SII’s work. The ACDI organised a range of internal and public events during 2012. A was also able to persuade the Carnegie Corporation of New York – main Cape Flats. Consequently, the City of Cape Town’s Violence Prevention public forum in January 2013 reflecting on the outcomes of the Durban funder of the two earlier Carnegie Commissions/Inquiries into Poverty in through Urban Upgrading initiative approached SaVI to host a joint During the course of 2012 a close collaboration was forged with climate conference (COP17) was a particular success, with a panel including South Africa (in the 1930s and 1980s) – to support this initiative, both by seminar on youth and lifestyle support programmes that could reduce government officials responsible for supporting the schools in the township. Professors Harald Winkler and Bruce Hewitson from UCT engaging in lively providing significant seed money and by allowing the University to use the violence in Hanover Park. The seminar, held in November, brought At the Initiative’s launch in Khayelitsha in May 2012, the Provincial MEC debate on the positives and negatives of the COP. Throughout the year a Carnegie name. together representatives from the community and NGOs in Hanover for Education, Mr Donald Grant, confirmed the status of the Initiative as a series of colloquia, termed ‘Melting Pots’, were organised, in which four Park, with government officials and academics. strategic partner with the Western Cape Education Department. speakers from different disciplines each spoke on a common topic and then Emeritus Professor Francis Wilson was appointed Pro Vice-Chancellor took part in an open debate and discussion. for Poverty and Inequality until March 2013. His main responsibility was Because of the high levels of violence in Khayelitsha, a sprawling At the core of the SII’s engagement is a university-school partnership model. to organise a national conference, the Carnegie III Conference on Poverty township of both informal and formal housing, SaVI hosted a public To this end, in 2012 two primary (Intshayelelo and Ummangaliso) and two A highlight on the research front was the initiation of a Carnegie and Inequality – Phase 1, to inform and influence the work of the National seminar on safety and violence in Khayelitsha. The aim of the seminar secondary schools (Matthew Goniwe and COSAT) were designated UCT Foundation-supported interdisciplinary research inquiry that explored Planning Commission. was to discuss conditions in Khayelitsha in relation to other areas in Partner Schools. A key focus of the initiative’s work is to strengthen teachers’ climate and development issues in the Berg River area of the Western Cape Town, and how UCT can play a constructive role in promoting professional development and the schools’ organisational development. This Cape. This project brings together UCT researchers from seven different A call for papers went out in May 2012. More than 300 papers from 19 safety in such areas. Approximately 120 people attended the seminar in is achieved through University-accredited qualifications backed by school- departments and a range of participants in the Berg River municipal area – universities were submitted and 500 people attended the conference in December, the majority of whom were Khayelitsha residents. based support. In 2012, a total of 60 educators and school managers in 26 from regional and local government, commercial agriculture, industry, and September 2012. The attendees included not only academics, but officials Khayelitsha primary and secondary schools were enrolled in one of the nature conservation. The project has led to the development of several from all levels of government, ranging from the Deputy President through Three SaVI research projects were undertaken in 2012: University’s Advanced Certificate in Education (ACE) courses. collaborative interdisciplinary research projects, where the research questions to those at provincial and local level. Another notable feature was the • Violence interrupters: establishing a specialised cohort of domestic and methods are produced collectively between researchers and practitioners. presence of many representatives of non-governmental organisations, violence social workers through an evidence-based violence The SII also serves as a conduit for a greater level of engagement by Several other research projects were initiated in 2012. These included whose contributions gave the conference an immediacy and urgency. intervention approach. (Principal investigator: Professor Lillian Artz) University-based social-responsiveness initiatives and programmes in projects that explored: sustainable development scenarios for the Saldanha • Violence and substance abuse at a Cape Town trauma centre. Khayelitsha schools. In April, the SII facilitated the participation of more Bay region; decadal climate change, agriculture and food security in Africa; Following the conference, a report on the main insights from the conference (Principal investigator: Andrew Nicol) than 500 learners from 13 of the township’s secondary schools in the UCT and community adaptation to climate change in four small developing island was prepared as a ‘Rough Guide’ which was later circulated to all participants. • The development of a brief intervention for substance abusers Mathematics Competition. states in the Caribbean and the Indian Ocean. At the same time, planning for the next stage of the Carnegie III process is attending Western Cape trauma clinics. (Principal investigator: under way. Katherine Sorsdahl) The 100-UP programme addresses the under-representation of Khayelitsha POVERTY & INEQUALITY INITIATIVE learners at UCT. One hundred academically-gifted Grade 10 learners – The Poverty & Inequality Initiative (PII), comprising high-profile members SAFETY AND VIOLENCE INITIATIVE SCHOOLS IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVE five from each of the 20 secondary schools in Khayelitsha – are recruited from diverse disciplines, was set up at UCT to tackle the question of why, The work of the Safety and Violence Initiative (SaVI), under director Guy Under the leadership of Dr Jonathan Clark, the Schools Improvement annually to participate in the three-year programme. A second group joined in a country so rich in resources, poverty and inequality are persisting and Lamb, gained momentum in 2012 with the hosting of a series of topical Initiative (SII) serves as a vehicle for extending the University’s in 2012, bringing the total number of learners involved in 100-UP to 200 perhaps even increasing. events and the implementation of three research projects. engagement in improving primary and secondary education by drawing participants.
page 20 page 21 FACULTY HIGHLIGHTS FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT The Faculty continues to produce excellent results in both the depth and FACULTY OF COMMERCE breadth of its research and teaching. In line with Dean Prof Don Ross’ vision to expand the research focus of the Faculty, four new research units were accredited during 2012. In December 2012, the new taught radar masters course celebrated its first cohort of graduates. Established at the request of industry, The units included: the Research Unit for Behavioural Economics and the programme has a focus on radar and electronic defence, and is Neuroeconomics (RUBEN), the first centre for experimental research supported by the CSIR, international partners and national industry. It economics on the African continent; the UCT Tourism Research has attracted students from around the world, with lecturers – all experts Unit; the Policy Research in International Services and Manufacturing in their specialist fields – recruited from Italy, the Netherlands, the UK (PRISM); and the African Collaboration for Quantitative Finance & and the US. The scope of the programme is already expanding, with the Risk Research (ACQuFRR). Universities of Stellenbosch and Pretoria contributing new courses to the curriculum. A highlight for the period under review was the breakthrough in NRF ratings. A-ratings were awarded to Professors Don Ross and Harold As technology advances rapidly, the Faculty works hard to maintain Kincaid in recognition of global leadership in their fields. This is the its cutting edge in both research and teaching with the best equipment first time that A-ratings have been received by members of a commerce available. The HySA/Catalysis Centre, in partnership with UCT’s Centre faculty in South Africa. In addition, the cohort of A and B researchers for Catalysis Research, acquired two new pieces of equipment which will Dr Olaf Conrad Professor Edgar Pieterse more than doubled, with new B ratings awarded to Professors Ojelanki strengthen development and testing of catalysts – the substances that Director of HySA/Catalysis Director of the African Centre for Ngwenyama and Paul Dunne, and an upgrade awarded to Prof Murray underpin hydrogen fuel cells by separating hydrogen from water molecules Cities Leibbrandt. and fossil fuel, and then splitting those hydrogen molecules into ions and variety of gases, liquids and solids. As the Centre’s focus is on catalysts electrical current. Both machines will allow researchers to test several produced from expensive platinum, this equipment will provide excellent The Graduate School of Business, with its striking architecture, was ranked Another strength in the Faculty is the focus on socially-engaged catalysts simultaneously, and in the case of one of these to work with a returns in both time and cost savings for this important research. Director among the best business schools in the world. research initiatives. The UCT Unilever Institute of Marketing, under of HySA/Catalysis Dr Olaf Conrad has noted that these new technologies the directorship of Emeritus Professor John Simpson, completed a will now put their research endeavours on a par with industry and research research project during 2012 titled The Majority Report. The study found institutions around the world. that 21.5 million adults and 14.5 million children live in South African households with a combined income of R5 000 or less. This group Other noteworthy research partnerships included seminal work The Centre for Materials Engineering has also benefited from the constitutes 70% of the population and spends an estimated R220 done with the Southern Africa Sustainable Development Initiative acquisition of new equipment, thanks to an NRF special equipment billion annually. (SASDI) and Knowledge Pele, alumni-linked education partnerships. award. The Gleeble 3800, worth R10 million, is a fully integrated digital closed-loop control thermal and mechanical testing system which can very The Faculty also contributed to UCT’s social responsiveness aims closely simulate actual industrial metal manufacturing processes. This will with insightful research into the country’s unemployment status. A put the Centre at the forefront of research into the behaviour of materials study by Dr Haroon Bhorat of the Development Policy Research during manufacture, allowing researchers to investigate novel materials. Unit (DPRU) found that jobseekers with a tertiary qualification, but no degree, have a 50% chance of finding a job, while the chances of This research and the training of postgraduate students, with an emphasis those with a degree rose to 83%. on technical innovation, will provide a much-needed knowledge base and a core of local expertise in the science that underpins manufacturing The UCT Graduate School of Business (GSB) was again ranked processes. In addition, this technology will provide opportunities for among the best business schools in the world. The School’s collaboration with local metals-producing industries that were not possible MBA programme was also the only full-time MBA programme previously, due to the limitations of existing equipment in South Africa. in Africa to feature in the Financial Times (FT) Top 100 Global MBA Ranking. In 2012, the GSB MBA was ranked for the eighth The African Centre for Cities (ACC) is a collaborative venture between consecutive year by the FT, rising six places to 54th place. the Faculties of Engineering & the Built Environment, Science and Humanities, and is housed in the Faculty. A highlight in 2012 was the It remains one of two South African business schools to have full ‘hosting’ of a roving international competition that recognises and EQUIS (European Quality Improvement System) accreditation rewards projects which improve the physical conditions in working-class from the European Foundation for Management Development. communities, and the lives of their residents. The competition was granted During 2012 it received further accreditation from the Association to Cape Town after being held in Mumbai, Sao Paulo, Istanbul and Mexico Professor Don Ross Professor Harold Kincaid of MBAs (AMBA), the international authority on postgraduate City in previous years. ACC Director Prof Edgar Pieterse headed the Dean of the Faculty of Commerce Director of the Research Unit for MBA education. The AMBA accreditation is considered the global international jury that reviewed over 250 entries for the R750 000 prize. Behavioural Economics and Neuro- benchmark for MBA, DBA and MBM programmes, and represents Construction on the new Engineering building progressed well during The winner, ‘Mothers Unite’ from Lavender Hill, was announced at a economics the highest standard of achievement. 2012. function held at the Civic Centre in Cape Town.
page 22 page 23 FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES contributions to the University by Lord Wolfson of Marylebone and FACULTY OF HUMANITIES In 2010, the Faculty’s stated aspiration was to achieve a position in the the Wolfson Foundation. The keynote address was given by Baron Looking back over 2012 the Faculty has made exceptional progress, top fifty health sciences faculties in the world by 2017. This goal was Peter Piot of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, which is reflected in the excellence of its research, the quality of achieved in 2012 – five years ahead of target. UCT became the first and UCT showcased the work of its top five scholars working in the its teaching and the success of its graduates. The commitment tertiary institution from any developing country with a placing in the area. of both staff and students to contributing to UCT’s surrounding Top 50 of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings for communities was also exemplary. clinical, pre-clinical and health universities. The ‘At the Limits’ meeting series was begun by the Department of Clockwise from top: Medicine’s Professors Lionel Opie and Derek Yellon 14 years ago. The In the year under review a merger between four previously distinct Professor Lungisile Ntsebeza, AC The Faculty’s ranking was strongly influenced by research performance, meetings provide a forum for the exchange of science in cardiology academic departments resulted in the creation of the School of Jordan Chair in the Centre for with scores of 89% for citations and 96% for innovation. Although between African and European countries, and have engendered a close African & Gender Studies, Anthropology and Linguistics (AXL). African Studies; Professor John many criteria are used in calculating these rankings, research-related relationship and collaboration between UCT and the University College The merger has already had results in the form of cross-functional Higgins and Jeremy Wanderer, both recipients of a Distinguished factors are pivotal. of London. For the first time in 2012, the meeting was attended research collaboration. Teacher Award. by specialists in the fields of cardiology and diabetes. The meeting The Faculty also celebrated its centenary in 2012. The South African discussed the latest findings and trends across these areas, as well Another important milestone for the Humanities Faculty has been Medical Journal published a special edition with a supplement that as highlighting the role of the Pan-African Society of Cardiology in the establishment of the Centre for African Language Diversity showcased Faculty highlights over the past 100 years. Various events to promoting treatment and prevention of cardiovascular disease, and in (CALDi), a research unit based in AXL. Language diversity remains mark this significant milestone were organised, including a centenary training, public education and fundraising for research. one of Africa’s richest intellectual treasures. CALDi aims to academic debate on the topic ‘Cholesterol is not an important risk factor stimulate the study and documentation of African languages to for heart disease, and current dietary recommendations do more harm During the year under review, two significant NRF awards were bestowed promote linguistic diversity on the continent. than good’. The Faculty’s Prof Tim Noakes and opponent Dr Jacques on Faculty researchers: Prof Tim Noakes of the Department of Human Rossouw of the National Institutes of Health in the USA gave lively Biology (MRC/UCT Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports To safeguard the future of South Africa’s languages, the African presentations on this controversial topic, which were live-streamed on Medicine) received a Lifetime Achievement Award, and Prof Kelly Language Archive (TALA) was also established in 2012. Both the internet to over 1 000 people and then uploaded to YouTube. Chibale, working in the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular CALDi and TALA are headed by Dr Matthias Brenzinger, who Medicine (IIDMM) and the Department of Chemistry in the Faculty of has dedicated a considerable portion of his academic career to The inaugural Wolfson Memorial Colloquium ‘Generating knowledge Science, received recognition as a Champion of Research and Capacity researching African languages in different parts of the continent. In against poverty’ was held in 2012, in recognition of the substantial Development at Higher Education Institutions in South Africa. line with UCT’s commitment to being an Afropolitan university, the Faculty’s intention is that CALDi will become the research hub for African linguistics not just at UCT, but on the continent as a whole.
Professor Lungisile Ntsebeza was appointed to the AC Jordan Chair in the Centre for African Studies. This prestigious chair was established at UCT in 1993 and is named after Archibald Campbell Mzolisa Jordan, who was a pioneer in the field of African Studies during the apartheid era.
The year also saw the launch of a new fundraising drive to support the invaluable work of the opera school at the South African College of Music. The Opera School Endowment Fund offers financial support by partnering with the donor community to provide bursaries for needy students, as well as to support excellence in teaching. The school has a tradition of discovering talented singers and vocalists with potential in disadvantaged communities. Its reputation for academic and performance excellence is recognised internationally, and its graduates can be found on opera stages throughout the world.
Two Faculty staff members were awarded UCT’s highest accolade in recognition of teaching excellence. Professor John Higgins of the UCT alumna Pretty Yende is one of many UCT-trained opera singers who Department of English Literature and Dr Jeremy Wanderer of the have made a name for themselves internationally. In 2012 the school Medical students gain practical experience in a ward at Groote Schuur Hospital, under the Professor Tim Noakes, recipient of an NRF Department of Philosophy were both honoured with Distinguished launched a fundraising drive which will support talented vocalists in their guidance of Professor Bongani Mayosi, Head of the Department of Medicine (second from right) Lifetime Achievement Award Teacher Awards in 2012. studies.
page 24 page 25 FACULTY OF LAW FACULTY OF SCIENCE The Faculty holds five externally funded chairs. These include: the Claude The Science Faculty enjoyed a very successful 2012. Good progress was Other highlights included the inauguration of Professor Daya Reddy as Leon Foundation Chair in Constitutional Governance (Prof Pierre de made towards implementing agreed strategic goals; a number of staff the president of the Academy of Science of South Africa, a post he will Vos); the SARChI Chair in Customary Law (Prof Chuma Himonga); received prestigious research and teaching awards; and postgraduate numbers occupy until 2016. Reddy, who holds the South African research chair the now well-established SARChI Chair in Security and Justice (Prof reached an all-time high. PhD graduates increased significantly over 2011 and in computational mechanics in the Department of Mathematics and Clifford Shearing); the Chair of Comparative Law in Africa (Prof a number of exciting research breakthroughs were achieved. Applied Mathematics, also won the Georg Foster Research Award from the Salvatore Mancuso) – an initiative supported by the VC’s Strategic Funding prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany, in recognition Programme; and the Chair in Intellectual Property Law and Policy (Prof In 2011 the Faculty adopted a set of strategic goals for improving the of his accomplishments in research and teaching. Julian Kinderlerer), funded by the Department of Trade and Industry. The overall performance of the Faculty, one of which was aimed at addressing chairs all remain active in the generation and dissemination of research. poor undergraduate throughput. During 2012 the final structure of a new Professor Cesareo Dominguez from the Department of Physics also student support programme and four-year degree structure was approved received the Humboldt Research Award in recognition of his academic and Prof Chuma Himonga hosted a seminar ‘Children: Rights and Ethics’ in for implementation in 2013. The Faculty has high hopes for its successful research accomplishments, and has been invited to undertake research in October 2012. The seminar was presented by Professor Michael Freeman, implementation as it is rolled out in the coming years. collaboration with colleagues in Germany. a renowned scholar on Children’s Rights, and UCT’s Associate Professor Anne Pope, an expert on research ethics. Kramer Law Building Innovative ideas have not been limited to the extended degree programme, Professor Kelly Chibale received the Alan Pifer Award – which rewards and departments have embraced the need for curriculum improvement contribution to the advancement and welfare of the disadvantaged – for The Chair of Comparative Law in Africa and the members of the Centre Committee considered and approved an initiative entitled ‘UCT Law across the board to ensure that UCT Bachelor of Science graduates are his drug discovery in Africa. Later in the year he was named the NRF’s for Comparative Law in Africa (CCLA) held their first Comparative Advice Programme (LAP)’, co-ordinated by Senior Lecturer in the Private competitive and are well equipped to enter either postgraduate programmes Champion of Research and Capacity Development at Higher Educational Law methodology workshop in October 2012, entitled ‘Building African Law Department Dr Alistair Price. The initiative will link members of the or industry. Staff worked hard to ensure that increasingly, the degrees we Institutions in South Africa. Scholarship in Comparative Law: Teaching and research methodology’, Faculty with the Legal Resources Centre (LRC), and Faculty members will offer are recognised by universities and employers across the world. and attracted participants from various African law faculties as well as from provide legal advice in a number of areas of law as and when required by The NRF also recognised the exceptional work of Professor Anusuya Europe and the United States. the LRC. The Faculty is proud of the increasing numbers of registered postgraduate Chinsamy-Turan (Department of Biological Sciences), who received students, which aligns well with UCT’s Size & Shape strategy of expanding the Transformation of Science Cohort Award for her achievements as a As part of the Vice-Chancellor’s Open Lecture series, in July 2012 the When the Traditional Courts Bill was published in the Government Gazette its postgraduate enrolment. In 2012 the Science Faculty had 380 registered palaeobiologist. Centre for Criminology, together with the Institute for Security Studies, in December 2011, it received much criticism from a broad spectrum of PhD students and 420 Master’s students, an overall increase of some 4%. hosted leading criminologist Professor John Braithwaite, who offered civil society. In response, the Centre for Law & Society co-hosted a national It is particularly pleasing to note that postdoctoral fellows also continued important ideas on how South Africa could address crime in his talk conference for rural community-based organisations and NGOs on the to increase, despite funding pressure. They now stand at an all-time high ‘Restorative Justice: Republican vision and justice as a better future’. Bill, resulting in the establishment of a national co-ordinating committee. of 124, which represents almost half of the total number of postdoctoral enrolments at UCT. Further highlights from Law-based research units included an Expert A number of awards were garnered by members of staff during 2012. Roundtable for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Dr Sindiso Minisi-Weeks received the Department of Science and The Faculty is confident of the ongoing strength of its research enterprise, hosted by the Refugee Rights Research Unit in September, and a seminar, Technology’s Emerging Researcher’s Women in Science Award for her but is concerned about the decrease in government funding for fundamental jointly hosted by the Centre of Criminology and the Democratic work on the development of rural women, while previous Director of research from the National Research Foundation (NRF). Governance & Rights Unit, given by Willie Hofmeyr, currently the Deputy Research Prof Hanri Mostert was runner-up for the Distinguished Young National Director of Public Prosecutions and Head of the Asset Forfeiture Women Scientist in Social Sciences & Humanities. In their pursuit of excellence in research a number of staff were rewarded Unit, who spoke on ‘Using Asset Forfeiture to fight Crime and Corruption’. with prestigious national and international awards. It was particularly The role of Director of Research is crucial in promoting research in the gratifying to see the strength of the Faculty’s younger staff in this regard. The Faculty has also maintained its tradition of engaging in socially Faculty. Prof Loretta Feris, who officially took on the directorship at the The number of staff with high-ranking international research profiles as responsive research. The Faculty’s Research and Social Responsiveness beginning of 2012, continues to encourage and support research. judged by the NRF (i.e. A & B ratings) increased to 80 (close to half of the Science Faculty’s academic staff).
Professor Ed Rybicki from the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology joined the Faculty’s celebrated group of NRF A-rated scientists when he was awarded an A rating during the year. Five staff members were awarded P ratings. P ratings are awarded to young researchers who are considered likely to become future international leaders in their fields. These ratings were granted to: Dr David Braun and Dr Shadreck Chirikure from the Department of Archaeology; Dr Ake Fagareng from the Department of Geological Sciences; Dr Andrew Hamilton from the Department of From left to right: Physics; and Dr Amanda Weltman of the Department of Mathematics and Award-winners Prof Hanri Mostert Applied Mathematics. Dr Weltman also received the TW Kambule Award and Dr Sindiso Minisi-Weeks; Prof Clockwise from top: for an Emerging Researcher for an outstanding contribution to Science, Loretta Feris, officially appointed as Professor Ed Rybicki, Professor Daya Reddy, Professor Kelly Chibale, and Director of Research. Engineering, Technology and Innovation through research and its outputs. Professor Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan.
page 26 page 27 Centre for Higher Education Development (CHED) In 2012 the Centre for Higher Education Development (CHED) continued CHED provided both the platform and expertise to contribute to the to focus on those activities that enhance quality and ensure equity across the ongoing professionalisation of academic staff during the year under the board, in line with UCT’s fifth strategic goal. umbrella of the Higher and Adult Education Studies Development Unit (HAESDU). In late 2012 the former head of the Higher Education Quality Committee, Dr Lis Lange, conducted a review of CHED. The review affirmed the The Centre for Open Learning (COL) continued to make the University’s academic nature of CHED and its leadership and recommended some intellectual resources available to a wider range of participants. In relatively minor structural changes. particular COL explored innovative and effective ways of using ‘third- term’ teaching and learning time (including evenings and the student Two developments, along with the intensive discussions and proposals vacations) to facilitate student throughput and offer a wider choice of arising from the Lange review, will position CHED well to make more courses. effective contributions in the future. The developments include UCT’s newly established Teaching and Learning Committee and the establishment of a CHED’s OpenUCT Initiative (OUI) made progress in making UCT’s mirror Teaching and Learning Committee in CHED. The former is already research, teaching and community-focused scholarly resources freely making a significant difference by providing direction to CHED’s core work available online. In 2012, the OUI worked closely with eight academics and ensuring that major teaching and learning issues can be addressed at from the African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI) in a pilot an institutional level. The mirror committee is being set up to help with the project on content curation. internal prioritisation and resourcing of CHED’s work. CHED’s Multilingual Education Project (MEP) continued to give effect Hosted by CHED, UCT’s annual Teaching and Learning Conference to the University Language Policy by promoting access to effective proved extremely successful, and Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Sandra academic literacy in English for students and staff; promoting access Klopper facilitated a panel discussion on ‘Research-led Teaching’ which to the other two regional languages (IsiXhosa and Afrikaans); and received positive feedback. addressing areas of institutional culture relating to language.
CHED’s faculty-based Educational Development Units recorded several As discussed on page 13, the First Year Experience (FYE) project was notable achievements in 2012. They include: launched in 2012. Aligned to UCT’s Teaching and Learning strategy, • A diversification of course offerings in the Commerce Educational FYE is a multi-faceted project to help students negotiate the transition Development Unit (EDU) enabled students in economics and from school to university and impress upon them the many on-campus mathematics to be placed on either an augmented semester course, or an resources available that will help them achieve their full potential. extended course. • The Humanities Faculty’s Academic Development Programme (ADP) officially became an EDU. • The Intervention Programmes in Health Sciences grew considerably with CHED’s support. • The Faculty of Law’s extended programme facilitated the introduction of several curriculum adjustments to alleviate any ‘unevenness’ in load across years, and re-positioned the courses at an appropriate level of study.
The Language Development Group and Numeracy Centre continued to work alongside the faculty-based ADP units, as well as increasingly with other departments and initiatives within CHED. The Alternative Admissions Research Project once again played an important role in entry-level student assessment – for admissions and placement purposes – nationally as well as at UCT, primarily through the National Benchmark Tests project.
The Centre for Educational Technology made significant progress in 2012 across all portfolios, while the Learning Technologies team supported the ever-increasing use of Vula and other services. The latter unit also launched the lecture recording project and contributed to the restructuring of teaching venue equipment and support services through the Classroom Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Sandra Klopper adresses academics at Renewal Project. UCT’s annual Teaching and Learning conference.
page 28 page 29 A STUDENT-CENTRED CAMPUS
For most students who pass through the halls of academia at UCT, lectures and seminars are only part of the experience. The University also provides a rich cultural experience where community work, entertainment, sport and technology form part of day-to-day living.
page 30 page 31 TEACHING AND LEARNING TABLE 1: TOTAL STUDENT ENROLMENTS: 2008-2012 Total undergraduate plus postgraduate head-count student enrolments UCT’s dedication to providing a quality educational experience for permitted to submit three applications for the award for 2012. A students is reflected in the attention to teaching and learning in every total of 38 nominations were received from across South Africa, and Faculty 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Average department across the faculties. Professor Gary Marsden of the Department of Computer Science was annual change selected as one of the five awardees. One such initiative was the First-Year Experience (FYE) project which Commerce 5 370 5 479 5 618 5 837 6 031 2.9% was rolled out in 2012. The FYE project focuses on promoting first-year STUDENT ENROLMENT 24% 23% 22% 23% 23% success by working alongside faculties and service structures to improve • A total of 26 050 students (17 622 undergraduates and 8 428 GSB 878 939 952* 885* 1007* 3.5% student learning. It will play an important part of an emerging Teaching postgraduates) enrolled at UCT in 2012. The 2012 enrolment and Learning Strategy to improve undergraduate completion rates by represented a 2% increase on the 2011 figure. The average annual 4% 4% 4% 3% 4% 2020. While the project was only halfway through its two-year planning growth rate between 2008 and 2012 was 3.6%, i.e. somewhat lower EBE 3 612 3 968 4 037 4 143 4 205 3.9% phase, there are indications of the contribution it can make in facilitating than that for the previous five-year period (4.5% p.a.). The rate of 16% 17% 16% 16% 16% the transition from school to university, and in increasing retention rates. growth in undergraduate enrolments was 2.2% per annum over this period, while postgraduate enrolments grew at an average Health Sciences 2 966 3 136 3 242 3 520 3 677 5.5% Thanks to a Teaching Development Grant from the Department rate of 6.8% per annum. The postgraduate proportion of the 13% 13% 13% 14% 14% of Higher Education and Training, UCT was able to develop and enrolment (including the Postgraduate Diploma and Honours Humanities 6 277 6 790 7 441 7 401 7 282 3.8% implement an intervention for improving postgraduate throughput rates levels) remained level at 32% of the total enrolment in 2012. in 2012. A major issue identified in the postgraduate area is that of slow • In all faculties other than Humanities, the 2012 undergraduate 28% 28% 30% 29% 28% throughput or high dropout rates, particularly with Master’s degrees, enrolment was larger than the 2011 figure. Humanities nevertheless Law 867 945 1 062 1 047 1 122 6.7% due to the extended writing requirements for which many students are remains the largest faculty, with 7 282 students. The second-largest 4% 4% 4% 4% 4% underprepared. The project thus aimed to establish and evaluate the faculty, Commerce, had 6 031 registered students in 2012. utility of a five-day intensive Research Literacies short course aimed at • At the undergraduate level, the 2008-2012 enrolment growth rates Science 2 638 2 755 2 662 2 675 2 726 0.8% Honours and Master’s candidates. in Engineering & the Built Environment (3.6% per annum) and 12% 11% 11% 10% 11% Humanities (3.4% per annum) were markedly higher than the TOTAL 22 608 24 012 25 014 25 508 26 050 3.6% Another area of significant progress is the physical teaching average annual growth at this level. environment. Following a formal review that included audits, interviews • At the postgraduate level, the GSB grew most rapidly (by 12.7% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% and electronic surveys to determine the preferences of UCT academics, per annum over the 2008-2012 period). Postgraduate enrolments *Including AIM students who are not included in the funded totals. the Classroom Renewal Project was established in November with a view in Law and Health Sciences also grew at rates well in excess of the to upgrading all classrooms at UCT over the next three to five years. average at this level (by 10.8% and 9.1% per annum respectively) Notes: This includes extending the use of information technology to support followed by Commerce (7.2% per annum). 1. In a head-count total, students are counted as units even if they are part-time students taking less than a full-time curriculum. teaching. Examples include the use of laptops in Chemical Engineering 2. The 2008-2012 head-count totals shown were extracted from the HEMIS Sub 3 student tables for each year. Unique, unduplicated head counts were extracted using and Physics, and the development of blended learning technologies. DEMOGRAPHICS the derived head-count enrolment data element 589. Enrolments in unfunded certificate programmes (such as the AIM) were added to these totals. South African black, coloured and Indian students together made up 3. A faculty’s head-count total is the total of students enrolled for the various degrees, diplomas and certificates.
Campus-wide access to wi-fi also facilitated a decision to identify 43% of the total 2012 enrolment (43% in 2011). The proportional under-utilised spaces as potential areas where students can sit and work enrolments of international students from the rest of Africa and the between classes. Following consultation with the users of buildings on rest of the world remained level at 11% and 6% respectively. The TABLE 2: Head-count student enrolments by population group 2008-2012, showing percentage all campuses, more than 28 locations were identified as part of the initial white South African proportion dropped by one percentage point to growth on baseline phase of the MySpace@UCT project, and prototype furnishings were 34% in 2012. developed for installation during 2013. % growth At the undergraduate level, the proportion of white enrolments UCT’s new Teaching and Learning Charter formalises the need for dropped from 37% in 2008 to 32% in 2012. During the same period, 2008 2009 2010 2011* 2012* 2008-2012 responsibility, accountability and co-operation in the teaching and the proportion of South African black enrolments increased from 22% SA African 4 354 5 068 5 221 5 700 6 012 38% learning environment. One of the important tools in maintaining such to 27%. At the postgraduate level the proportion of South African SA coloured 3 252 3 623 3 654 3 559 3 530 11% an ethos is the system of electing class representatives, who are at the black, coloured and Indian students increased by one percentage SA Indian 1 522 1 630 1 681 1 673 1 701 12% ‘coal face’ of ensuring that student representation and governance is point to 34% of the total enrolment in 2012. The proportion of effective. During 2012, each faculty student council ran workshops for international postgraduate students from the rest of Africa dropped SA white 8 768 8 983 9 183 9 101 8 814 0% class representatives and encouraged academic staff to help facilitate by one percentage point to 15% in 2012, while the proportion of International 4 320 4 307 4 644 4 652 4 801 11% their effective functioning. international postgraduates from the rest of the world increased by Other 392 401 528 758 1 192 304% a further three percentage points to make up seven percent of the Excellence in teaching is also valued and given recognition through postgraduate total. Total 22 608 24 012 25 013 25 532* 26 050* 15% the National Excellence in Teaching and Learning Awards, aimed at demonstrating support at a national level and at generating public The overall number of SA black, coloured and Indian enrolments *2011 and 2012 numbers include AIM students who are not included in funded student number tables. Total funded student numbers for 2011 and 2012 were awareness about what constitutes teaching excellence. Institutions were increased from 9 128 in 2008 to 11 243 in 2012, or by 23%. 25 301 and 25 736 respectively. page 32 page 33 Headcount student enrolment by population group 2008-2012 showing % of total TABLE 3: INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Total UCT students enrolled 22 608 24 012 25 013 25 301* 26 050* SA African 4 354 5 068 5 221 5 700 6 012 Total UCT students (excl. SSA)** 21 768 23 168 24 002 24 684 25 088 % of total (incl. Int) 19.3 21.1 20.9 22.5 23.1 Total international students (excl. SSA) 3 480 3 464 3 633 3 810 3 839 % of total (excl. Int) 23.8 25.7 25.8 27.4 28.3 % international students (excl. SSA) 15% 15% 15% 15% 15% Number of countries represented 96 97 104 109 106 SA coloured 3 252 3 623 3 587 3 559 3 530 Number of African countries represented 31 31 35 39 39 % of total (incl. Int) 14.4 15.1 14.6 14.0 13.6 Total SADC students 2 075 1 987 2 113 2 131 2 113 % of total (excl. Int) 17.8 18.4 18.0 17.1 16.6 % SADC students at UCT 9% 9% 8% 8% 8% Total non-SADC international students (excl. SSA) 1 405 1 478 1 434 1 307 1 726 SA Indian 1 522 1 630 1 666 1 673 1 701 Total non-SADC international students from Africa 442 567 641 640 642 % of total (incl. Int) 6.7 6.8 6.7 6.6 6.5 Total Semester Study Abroad students 840 842 1011 824 962 % of total (excl. Int) 8.3 8.3 8.3 8.0 8.0 Total International students incl. SSA/non-degree-seekers 4 320 4 307 4 644 4 634 4 801 % All international student registrations at UCT 19% 18% 19% 18% 18% SA white 8 768 8 983 9 183 9 101 8 814 Total international undergraduates 2 788 2 676 2 951 2 751 2 890 % of total (incl. Int) 38.8 37.4 36.7 35.9 33.8 Total international postgraduates 1 532 1 631 1 692 1 883 1 911 % of total (excl. Int) 47.9 45.6 45.3 43.8 41.5 *Including AIM students **Semester Study Abroad International 4 320 4 307 4 644 4 652 4 801 % of total (incl. Int) 19.1 17.9 18.6 18.3 18.4 COMPLETION AND SUCCESS RATES which was slightly higher than the 2011 undergraduate success rate, and among the highest success rates in the country. In five out of six A total of 6 884 students (6 584 in 2011) qualified with a degree or a faculties, success rates at the crucial first-year level (or 100-level) were Other 392 401 528 758 1 192 diploma, while a record total of 198 doctoral students completed their all in excess of 81%, while the success rate in 100-level Science courses % of total (incl. Int) 1.7 1.7 2.1 3.0 4.6 degrees in 2012. (which includes service courses taken largely by Health Sciences and The overall success rate in undergraduate courses in 2012 was 85.7%, Engineering & the Built Environment students) was 78.2%. % of total (excl. Int) 2.1 2.0 2.6 3.6 5.6 Total 22 608 24 012 25 013 25 352 26 050 TABLE 4: QUALIFIERS % of total, including international students The table below illustrates the numbers of qualifiers for the 2012 academic year. % of total, excluding international students 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Total Excl. Int 18 288 19 705 20 267 20 791 21 249 Undergraduate diplomas 122 330 398 385 356 3-year bachelor’s degrees 1 556 1 544 1 685 1 738 1 941 Professional bachelor’s degrees 1 362 1 267 1 294 1 339 1 389 PG diplomas 646 884 869 945 1012 INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS Honours degrees 828 820 866 929 907 The 4 801 international students registered at UCT in 2012 comprised 2012, and made up 55% of the total non-SSA enrolment. The total 962 semester study abroad (SSA) students, plus 3 839 largely full-degree international enrolment – 4 801 students, or 18% of the enrolment total Master’s degrees 836 868 1 009 1 085 1 081 (non-SSA) students. – comprised 2 890 undergraduate (60% of all internationals) and 1 911 Doctorates 151 178 160 163 198 The non-SSA international group made up 80% of the total non-SSA postgraduates (just less than 40% of the international component). Total qualifiers 5 501 5 891 6 281 6 584 6 884 enrolment and included representatives from 106 countries, 39 of which In summary, international students made up 16% of the 2012 were countries in Africa. SADC student enrolments totalled 2 113 in undergraduate cohort and 23% of the postgraduate enrolment. Total students 22 608 24 012 25 013 25 508 26 050
page 34 page 35 DEPARTMENT OF STUDENT AFFAIRS Organisational DEVELOPMENTS A vital service hub, the Department of Student Affairs (DSA) oversees magazine, and the successful initiative of the ‘Meet the VC’ social evenings all non-academic aspects of student life at UCT, including student for sports teams. Properties and Services in safe and comfortable library space. Statistics indicated high usage by development, funding and administration, housing and wellness. Some For the most part, work on the capital projects planned for 2012 students during the year-end exam period. Provision has been made highlights from the year under review are mentioned below. The Emerging Student Leadership Programme, in partnership with the proceeded according to plan and within budget. for an additional 24/7 study area with 120 seats, which will be made Careers Service, was held in July. Ninety students participated from all available as demand requires, in the new extension on Hlanganani level The 2012 Orientation programme was attended by approximately 5 290 faculties and from all years of study. The programme focused on exploring As stated elsewhere in this report, the 880-bed Obz Square residence 6 of the Chancellor Oppenheimer Library. first-year students, including those from the Semester Study Abroad different leadership paradigms, as well as on the promotion of the values opened at the beginning of the year and represents UCT’s biggest and programme, with a 94.8% attendance rate. During the second semester of social justice and good citizenship. most successful building project to date. of 2012, 250 students were trained as Orientation Leaders. UCT hosted a delegation from the Department of Higher Education and Work progressed on the New Engineering Building, with occupation Extra-curricular activities are highly valued at UCT, and actively Training with the purpose of sharing best-practice procedures regarding set for mid-2013. The new building will house the Civil Engineering supported by the DSA. Over 100 student societies operated in 2012, student financial aid, with the emphasis on the provision of bursaries, and the Chemical Engineering departments, and has additional with a collective membership of over 14 000. The DSA facilitated grant scholarships and loans. laboratories and seminar rooms which will allow for increased student interviews, provided society induction and information sessions, and numbers in the future. convened skills training workshops. The newly-opened Obz Square residence retained a 100% occupancy rate throughout the year and proved very popular with students. A new student The Snape Building was demolished in December 2012, allowing Sports membership totalled over 4 000 students, with 48 different governance system was introduced at this residence and an interactive living UCT’s Properties and Services (P&S) to create more space for the competitive and recreational activities offered through student sports and learning community was established on each floor. The residence fitted new Teaching and Learning Building (TLB) which will have a number clubs. Sporting highlights included UCT’s participation in the USSA in well with the Observatory community, and students established social of state-of-the-art lecture theatres. The new TLB will also house the Summer Sports tournaments, with wins for Chess, Water Polo and outreach programmes in a neighbouring home for senior citizens. Construction Economics Department, which will relocate from the Yachting. In addition the Rowing Club dominated the SA University and Centlivres Building. Construction for the TLB is to start in May 2013 Open Rowing competitions. The ‘First Things First’ campaign was convened in early 2012, in which and is scheduled for completion in mid-July 2014. students and staff were invited to be tested for TB/HIV. Support was Other highlights included the establishment of a Sports Transformation provided by TB/HIV Care Association staff, while the Desmond Tutu In order to reduce the UCT community’s carbon emissions by Fund, with a contribution of R50 000 from the Office of the Vice- HIV Foundation provided a service from their mobile van at the Health promoting carpooling, bicycle use and public transport, the Traffic Chancellor, a competition to rebrand Sport at UCT through the Sciences campus. Positive results from just over 1 500 people tested were Department and UCT’s Green Campus Initiative created the Ridelink designing of a new Sports logo, publication of the UCT Sports 2012 gratifyingly low. Carpooling System. A key component is the Campus Carpooling system – an online database that matches interested staff and students with others who live in their area. A parking lot reserved exclusively for vehicles with two or more passengers has proved successful in encouraging students and staff to share lifts to campus. P&S is looking at expanding this system as part of the Campus Access Management Plan.
UCT Libraries One of the oldest buildings on campus, the Jagger Library underwent extensive restoration. The project, which started in 2011, saw the library restored to the aesthetic of its architect, Sir Herbert Baker – reclaiming the lost grandeur of the original building.
Another of the Libraries’ recent building operations was the installation of a dedicated Digitisation Unit in the Oppenheimer Institute Building, where UCT’s institutional digital repository is being created. The digitisation of many of the Library’s unique collections will make them more easily accessible to researchers, and will ensure their preservation.
A collaborative partnership between the Libraries and SRC saw The restoration of the Jagger Library entrance vestibules and their mosaic the establishment of the first 24/7 study area in the Chancellor floors entailed the repair and reinstatement of panelling and joinery, as All students have access to well-maintained technological equipment while studying at UCT. Oppenheimer Library. This allowed after-hours access to 98 study seats well as the repainting of the library in its original colours.
page 36 page 37 BUILDING A BETTER SOUTH AFRICA
Clockwise from top left: The campus experience includes a rich cultural component; students are actively involved in community-based projects in the hope of building a better South Africa; an interactive ‘statue’, designed by the HIV/AIDS, Inclusivity and Change Unit (HAICU) and Michaelis School of Fine Art students, was among several installations at UCT’s annual HIV/AIDS candlelight memorial; the annual Pink Week event highlights the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people in the region; several graduation ceremonies take place in June and December every year.
page 38 page 39 TRANSFORMATION AND EMPLOYMENT EQUITY Employment equity in UCT’s Professional and Administrative Support Staff • Staff development: UCT has invested substantial time, money and accessible to students who are hard of hearing. With induction loop (PASS) is improving, with the majority (72%) of staff being black. Almost human capital in devising programmes to accelerate and support technology, a loop of cable is installed around a lecture theatre which During 2012 the University made some Employment Equity (EE) 100% of PASS staff in pay classes 1 to 4 are black, while in pay classes 5 academic careers. UCT’s Emerging Researchers Programme, for generates a magnetic field picked up by hearing aids. It allows the progress in certain areas of professional and administrative staffing, to 7, 85% of PASS staff are black, which meets UCT’s employment equity example, is designed to support young academics by providing sound source of interest to be transmitted clearly, and free of other but there has been slower progress with regard to academic staff. target. In pay classes 8 to 10 UCT is close to achieving its target of 68%, mentoring and training, and the evidence suggests that these distracting noise in the environment. while progress is being made towards reaching a target of 43% for black programmes are producing results. Over the past five years there has been little shift in the proportion staff in pay classes 11 to 12. At the most senior levels the percentage of • Some institutional interventions have been devised to promote In 2012, the Disability Service admitted its first deaf student of black academics, but black professors and associate professors black members of PASS staff has increased from 32% to 45% over the past attitudinal change and multicultural skills development, in order to and employed its first full-time sign language interpreter. The increased by just over one percentage point, and senior lecturers and five years. create a corresponding change in UCT’s climate. introduction of a sign language interpreter at the June graduation lecturers stayed approximately the same. marked the first time the University has provided this service to Strategies for ensuring employment equity success hearing-impaired graduates and guests at graduation ceremonies. One of the reasons there are still few black professors at UCT is in UCT remains committed to greater transformation, especially at the TRANSFORMATION ServiceS part because of the historical legacy of apartheid and the time it takes academic level. The following strategies are in place: The unit has also made progress in drafting an extensive set of to consolidate an academic career. Two faculties to make noteworthy Transformation at UCT has always been framed within the context ‘universal design’ building guidelines for people with mobility, advances are Humanities, which increased by two percentage points, • Staff recruitment: Individual EE targets are reviewed in consultation of human rights, and this element underpins the activities of UCT’s hearing and visual impairments. Further expansion of barrier-free and Law, which increased by six percentage points. with each faculty and department. Recruitment advertisements appear in Transformation Services Office (TSO). The TSO co-ordinates the work access took place, with several more key offices and buildings being targeted media and carry an employment equity statement indicating that of the Discrimination and Harassment Office (DISCHO); the HIV/ made accessible to staff and students with mobility impairments. A complicating factor in reviewing employment equity is that UCT’s where possible, UCT seeks to employ candidates from designated groups. AIDS, Inclusivity and Change Unit (HAICU); and the Disability Service. overall staff numbers have risen rapidly over the past five years, making An analysis of appointments is due to be conducted to determine how Each of these offices continues to operate under the usual mandate Discrimination and Harassment Office EE progress more difficult to chart. For example, during the past five many new black and disabled staff are applying for academic positions and with their own staff and leadership. The TSO, however, offers an The Discrimination and Harassment Office (DISCHO) serves as years the number of lecturers grew from 338 to 405, an increase of and how many are appointed from these groups. This will also include a umbrella structure to support these important services and develop UCT’s office of first report, advice and support on all matters of 20%. description of the pool of eligible black candidates from which UCT can synergies in their approaches. discrimination and harassment on campus. In 2012 it continued to attract applicants. During the year under review there was much activity in the provide members of the campus community with a range of legal The number of black lecturers grew by 17%, while the number of • Staff retention: Staff who resign are interviewed confidentially by the transformation arena. While this report deals primarily with the strategies advice and trial assistance, as well as a 24-hour support service for white lecturers also grew by 17%; and to make up the balance, the Transformation Services Office director to find out whether there is and activities of the TSO, it should not be read in isolation, as every victims of sexual assault and harassment. number of foreign lecturers grew by 41%. anything UCT could have done to retain them. faculty and department has specific transformation strategies appropriate for their operational area. DISCHO’s role has grown in scope to incorporate policy work, policy implementation, and education and awareness, as well as the Disability Service training and deployment of Anti-Discrimination Advisors (ADAs) PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF UCT ACADEMICS BY RACE 2008-2012 Traditionally, disability units at tertiary institutions focus on providing and Sexual Harassment Advisors (SHAs). The latter played an services and facilities to students and staff with visual and mobility increasingly important role in the unit’s ability to manage cases impairments. However, the profile of students with disabilities is and created a better understanding of UCT discrimination and 100% changing, and wherever possible the UCT Disability Service is adapting harassment policies and procedures. A combined training session 90% its operations to provide a wider range of services. between existing and newly recruited members (SHAs and ADAs) took place during April. 80% In 2012 this ranged from creating access to inaccessible venues, to lobbying for accessible residential and work environments, to creating DISCHO’s volunteer Student Support Officers (SSOs) assisted the 70% lecture and study materials for people with sensory impairments, to unit with a range of student-related cases involving gender violence, providing a range of support for people with physical and mental and played a significant operational role during the year. During their 72.8% 72.7% 72.6% 72.1% 73.2% 60% disabilities, including learning disabilities, epilepsy, and other less visible training SSOs become acquainted with the justice system, and are impairments. In recent years there has been an increase in the number of equipped to support and accompany fellow students to the University 50% students who are diagnosed somewhere on the autism spectrum and who Tribunal and/or the Magistrate’s Court when needed. need differing levels of support. 40% White DISCHO has been instrumental in designing the ADAPT programme To identify students showing signs of dyslexia and other specific learning – the TSO’s campus-wide initiative to encourage bridge-building 30% Not specified disabilities, software was purchased to screen students before sending and create safe spaces for dialogue on a range of transformation them for expensive diagnostic tests which are required by UCT before issues. During 2012 ADAPT continued to facilitate transformation 6.8% 7.4% 7.3% 7.1% 7.3% 20% Indian permission is granted for certain concessions, such as extra time for tests across campus in a methodical way, and 49 staff workshops were 12.0% 11.3% 11.8% 12.1% 12.3% Coloured and exams. implemented. In 2012 a student branch of this programme was 10% established which had two dimensions: the first was the Student 0% 6.9% 7.2% 6.8% 7.2% 6.3% African During the year, progress was made in serving students with significant Training ADAPT programme (STAP) that involved recruiting and hearing impairment. Fourteen lecture theatres were fitted with induction training students to become workshop facilitators; the second 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 loop technology. This brings to 20 the total number of venues that are involved hosting student workshops facilitated by the STAP trainees.
page 40 page 41 The ADAPT@UCT Facebook page was set up to advertise seminars, conceptual challenges, the course components fill in gaps in knowledge create awareness of the programme, and share relevant articles. During about HIV/AIDS. DISCHO’s annual lekgotla, held in December, independent monitoring and evaluation specialists reported positively on the gains made by the Further developments in HIV-related curricula include the digitisation of ADAPT programme. teaching and learning material to increase accessibility of content. This also ensures that students’ responses are stored, collated and analysed for HIV/AIDS, INCLUSIVITY AND CHANGE UNIT evaluation and research purposes. The HIV/AIDS, Inclusivity and Change Unit (HAICU) is responsible for co-ordinating a collaborative, university-wide response to HIV and AIDS A co-curricular aspect of HAICU’s education work involves public in the areas of management, teaching, research and social responsiveness. awareness events, and the unit’s student peer-educators – the AIDS Community Educators or ACEs – are trained to conduct HIV-awareness The University remains committed to producing graduates who have workshops. During the year 100 workshops were conducted across a strong sense of social justice and who understand the importance of campus. ACEs are also encouraged to engage informally with fellow valuing diversity. During 2012 HAICU continued to play an active role students to impart knowledge and dispel myths about HIV and AIDS. in equipping UCT graduates with the professional and personal skills to In conjunction with HAICU, ACEs challenge stigma and shed light on respond appropriately to HIV. This objective is aligned to UCT’s strategic risk-taking behaviour at events held during term-time. In May HAICU objective of creating future professionals and leaders who will contribute hosted the annual Candlelight Memorial Ceremony, where the Vice- to combating HIV and AIDS in their chosen discipline. Chancellor recommitted the University to breaking down the barriers of HAICU once again developed and implemented undergraduate curricula HIV-related stigma. In July HAICU also hosted a competition for the in collaboration with the Faculty of Commerce (Evidence-Based Engineering & the Built Environment students to develop and design a Management); the Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment sculpture symbolising the ‘role of engineers in constructing an AIDS- (Professional Communication Course); the Faculty of Humanities competent community’. HAICU’s third-term campaign, ‘Understanding (Michaelis School of Fine Art, Social Development and Psychology); and Sexual Concurrency and the risk for HIV infection’ saw first-year Michaelis the Faculty of Health Sciences (Becoming a Professional: ‘Me and HIV/ School of Fine Art students create and exhibit installations that explored AIDS’). These discipline-specific HIV/AIDS course components have sexual concurrency, and helped students and staff to reflect on HIV-related been evaluated, and the findings show that although students have some issues. Members of the Green Campus Initiative clear invasive reeds from the Liesbeeck River wetlands. At UCT, students and staff alike are engaged in commu- nity-based projects which are designed to protect the environment and provide sustainable assistance to those in need, in a country characterised by deep socio-economic inequality.
SOCIAL RESPONSIVENESS
Following a Senate and Council review of UCT’s Social Responsiveness Inequality Initiative, the Safety and Violence Initiative, and the Schools policy in 2012, the revised policy provides a new definition in Improvement Initiative. which the umbrella term ‘social responsiveness’ embraces engaged scholarship. Engaged scholarship refers to the utilisation of scholarly Approximately 3 000 students participated in various activities related to and/or professional expertise with an intentional public benefit, addressing development challenges facing society. They included students in collaboration with communities. This encompasses academic from Amnesty International, the Black Law Students’ Forum, Engineers research, civic engagement involving students’ community service, Without Borders, the Green Campus Initiative, Habitat for Humanity, and professional engagement involving PASS staff using their SHAWCO Education, and Ubunye. Several UCT sports clubs also professional expertise. It can help to generate new knowledge, or organised activities in disadvantaged communities and schools. promote knowledge integration, the application of knowledge, or the dissemination of knowledge. UCT’s continuing education programmes represent an important and valuable form of teaching-oriented social responsiveness. In 2012 more During the year under review a multitude of socially responsive than 5 000 people participated in continuing education classes under the activities were conceptualised, or took place, on and around campus. auspices of the Centre for Open Learning; Summer School; the Faculties These activities saw UCT engage with a wide range of constituencies of Commerce, Law and Engineering & the Built Environment; and the and demonstrated the extent to which staff and students are drawing UCT Graduate School of Business. on their scholarship to address the challenges facing the country and the continent. Their activities involved a diverse range of issues that One academic and one research unit received a UCT Social cover almost every field of human endeavour. Responsiveness Award in 2012. Mohamed Adhikari received his award for his book, Against the Current: A Biography of Harold Cressy, 1889-1916, Occupational therapy student Dene Benjamin (centre) poses with young community members in Lavender Hill, where she carried out her ‘Where is the In addition to faculty-based activities, the institution-wide initiatives while the Environmental Evaluation Unit received an award for its work Love’ project. It was part of her practice placement, a mandatory exercise for all UCT health sciences students. Across faculties and departments, all made progress in their respective fields. These initiatives include in promoting an understanding of the governance of complex human- students are encouraged to take part in socially responsive projects in under-resourced communities. the African Climate and Development Initiative, the Poverty and ecological systems through collaborative interdisciplinary research.
page 42 page 43 CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS
Clockwise from top left: Sport plays an important part in the socio-cul- tural aspects of the campus experience at UCT; the Vice-Chancellor Dr Max Price and Chair of Council Archbishop Emeritus Njongonkulu Ndungane congratulate Archbishop Thabo Makgoba who received his PhD; students enjoy access to a wide range of print and digital publications during their time at UCT; the famous ‘Jammie’ steps that serve as an informal meeting place during term, quieten down during the summer vacation when most students vacate the campus.
page 44 page 45 HIGHLIGHTS 2012
May January Africa celebrated Obz Square UCT dedicates the month to Africa as it hosts a four-week celebration of its UCT’s new state-of-the-art residence, Obz Square, opens its doors. The 880- African connections, highlighting its relationships and collaborations with bed residence represents one of the biggest investments in UCT’s history and academics throughout the continent. provides modern, self-catering accommodation for senior and postgraduate students.
June February Medical milestone O-week! June 6: The Faculty of Health Sciences celebrates its remarkable achievement of Over 4 000 first-year freshers register at UCT and participate in Orientation turning 100. The first medical school buildings, Anatomy and Physiology, were opened Week. Here, students Khanyisile Masango and Phthiswa Magangane model on Hiddingh Campus in 1912, and since then the Faculty has built a strong track self-designed ‘outfits’ as part of the HIV/AIDS Institutional Co-ordination record and reputation for teaching and research excellence. It has also been the site of Unit’s Condom Fashion Show during O-Week. The event serves to remind the great medical advances – including the world’s first successful human heart transplant, campus community of the importance of practising safer sex. in 1967, as well as the research that led to the development of the CAT scanner.
March Groundbreaking surgery July UCT engineers and a local clinician make medical history in the first two of International sports arena four ground-breaking reconstruction surgeries of the maxilla (upper jaw) Professor Wayne Derman (left) of the UCT/Medical Research Council where part was removed due to cancer. UCT mechanical engineer Dr George Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine is selected as the chief Vicatos, his MSc student James Boonzaier and maxillo-facial oral surgeon medical officer for the South African team participating in the London 2012 Dr Rushdi Hendricks apply a technique known as distraction osteogenesis Paralympics. The International Paralympic Committee commission Derman and in which new bone is created in the space of the missing bone. This, in turn, colleague Professor Martin Schwellnus (right) to conduct pioneering research allows the gap to seal itself and heal the patient. This later earned the team on athletes’ injuries and illnesses. a Popular Mechanics awards for South Africa’s ‘Inventor of the Year’.and ‘Cutting Edge Technology’.
April August GREENING campus BAXTER THEATRE WORLD PREMIERE UCT’s Green Campus Initiative (GCI) launches the campus’ annual Chuma Sopotela and Grant Swanby appear in Waiting for the Barbarians at Green Week, which showcases a range of activities that bring the the Baxter Theatre Centre. The opening marked the world premiere of debate around sustainability to the fore. Alexandre Marine’s stage adaptation of the acclaimed novel by Nobel laureate and UCT Emeritus Professor JM Coetzee.
page 46 page 47 FINANCE OVERVIEW September Low growth in the national economy resulted in government departments R44 million. The recurrent operations generated a surplus of R14 million FIGHTING POVERTY AND INEQUALITY receiving smaller allocations. The Department of Higher Education and (2011: R86 million), being 0.7% (2011: 4.6%) of total operating revenues, UCT hosts the Carnegie III conference: Strategies to Overcome Poverty & Training was treated more fairly than most. Nevertheless, subsidies were lower emphasising the tight margins within which UCT functions. Inequality. The conference sees over 300 papers presented by academics than previously anticipated, and the effect on UCT’s spending capacity was from 19 South African and seven international universities, which advances significant. The robust University Financial Policies – in particular those with Research revenues increased by 12.2% to R1 431 million (2011 R1 275 the national debate. The Vice-Chancellor, Dr Max Price (left), tasked regard to the target operating surplus and the boundaries within which UCT million). However, government-related grants fell by 16.4% from R324 million Emeritus Professor Francis Wilson (right) with setting up the conference, holds free cash reserves – enabled the University to continue to operate and to to R271 million, while contract research continued to expand, growing by which assessed the state of our knowledge and laid the basis for a three- maintain strategic initiatives. 16.4% to R603 million. The growth of 73% in research activity over the five- year research programme. year period from 2007 has placed significant demands on core administrative Total recurrent operating income increased by R147 million (7.8%) to R2 024 departments, which in most cases received little real increase in resources. million, mainly from increases in state subsidy of R25 million (2.5%) to R1 027 million and an increase in tuition and other fee income of R95 million The University’s intellectual property portfolio – which is managed by the October (12.9%) to R830 million. The increase in tuition fees comprised a general Research Contracts, Innovation and Patents Office – now comprises 149 increase of 9.4% (R72 million); increased enrolments generated a further patent applications (at various stages of application and prosecution) and 152 International acclaim for UCT researcher R23 million, mainly in the Faculties of Humanities and Science, as well as the active granted patents. These patents link to 95 different inventions. Director of UCT’s Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine Semester Study Abroad programme. Professor Valerie Mizrahi is one of 13 of the world’s leading basic-science Donations and gifts of R263 million were 13.9% above the amount raised researchers to receive a prestigious Senior International Research Scholar award, Expenditure grew by R219 million (12.2%) to R2 010 million, mainly due to in 2011 (R231 million), a notable achievement given current economic made by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in the United States. an increase in personnel costs of R129 million (11.2%) to R1 283 million. conditions. Expenditure other than personnel increased by R90 million (6.4%) to R727 million. Bursaries and other financial aid from the operating budget increased Staff and Student Housing has been required to cover its costs and provide by R24 million (26.7%) to R114 million. Other operating expenses increased resources for long-term maintenance, and to contribute towards extending by R60 million (11.4%) to R587 million. The main increases were for repairs housing stock. However, given the magnitude and the pace of increasing and maintenance, R11 million (9.8%); general services outsourced, R15 million residence space, it is not feasible for Housing to fully fund the required (17.4%); Library acquisitions, R8 million (21.1%); software costs, R5 million expansion. This places pressure on University finances; therefore, alternative (27.8%); and lease expenses, R4 million (13.3%). financing opportunities may be considered.
November UCT undergraduate students received R451 million in total financial support, Housing fee revenues increased by 22% to R244 million, generating a surplus up from R407 million in 2011. This support came from various sources. of R2.3 million, but failed to meet student housing internal debt repayment Smash-hit play Corporate and other external bursaries supported students to the value of obligations. The increased fee revenue in the student housing area arose mainly Mies Julie, the Baxter Theatre’s most successful production to date, R207 million, and NSFAS provided loans amounting to R105 million. UCT from the increase in beds from the newly-opened Obz Square residence (880 embarks on its US national tour and stages its premiere in New York. contributed R95 million from Council-controlled funds. In addition, income beds), as well as from increased fees of 10.5% on accommodation and 10% Pictured outside St Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn are (from left) director from endowments and other funds available to the University contributed on food. Yael Farber and cast members Nofirst Lungisa, Thoko Ntshinga, Bongile Mantsai and Hilda Cronje. *RECURRENT INCOME *RECURRENT EXPENDITURE
SALES OF GOODS & BURSARIES – R114 million PRIVATE GIFTS & OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES SERVICES – R153 million GRANTS – R14 million – R587 million
December
End of an era Over 5 000 graduates celebrate the successful completion of their studies and honorary doctorates are bestowed on UCT alumni and master puppeteers Adrian Kohler and Basil Jones of the Handspring Puppet Company, who introduce guests at their graduation ceremony to one of their creations – Peter STATE APPROPRIATIONS TUITION & OTHER the Chimpanzee. World-renowned artist Marlene Dumas, pioneering physicist – SUBSIDIES & GRANTS Jonathan Ellis and legal expert Nicholas Haysom also receive honorary FEE INCOME – PERSONNEL – – R1 027 million DEPRECIATION MINOR doctorates from the University. R830 million R1 283 million CAPITAL ITEMS– R26 million
* Main University operations – excludes staff and student housing and externally-funded research. page 48 page 49 UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS AT UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2012 31 DECEMBER 2012
(All amounts in R’000) 2012 2011 R r’000 R’000 education and General ASSETS 6,342,914 5,661,595 Specifically Student and Non-current assets 5,030,812 4,428,467 Council- Funded Staff Property, plant and equipment 2,040,679 1,866,702 Controlled Activities housing 2012 Change Unrestricted Restricted Sub-Total restricted tOTAL % Investments 2,985,452 2,547,847 Investments in associates - - Non-current receivables and pre-payments 4,681 13,918 Recurrent revenue 2,112,134 1,431,127 3,543,261 270,382 3,813,643 10.8
State appropriations, subsidies Current assets 1,312,102 1,233,128 and grants 1,026,883 270,943 1,297,826 - 1,297,826 (2.1) Inventories 493 398 Tuition and other fee revenue 830,277 - 830,277 243,823 1,074,100 14.9 Accounts receivable and pre-payments 215,540 233,221 Income from contracts 1,376 603,070 604,446 - 604,446 16.6 Loans to employees 2,058 1,621 Rendering of services 150,896 201,877 352,773 23,929 376,702 51.5 Student fees receivable 47,362 40,378 Donations and gifts 14,387 248,576 262,963 - 262,963 13.7 Cash at bank and cash equivalents 1,046,649 957,510 Sub-total 2,023,819 1,324,466 3,348,285 267,752 3,616,037 11.0 Interest and dividends 88,315 106,661 194,976 2,630 197,606 7.2
ACCUMULATED FUNDS AND LIABILITIES 6,342,914 5,661,595 Recurrent expenditure 1,982,824 1,266,527 3,249,351 268,107 3,517,458 14.0 Accumulated funds 5,335,604 4,743,773
Non-distributable funds 2,289,829 1,905,537 Personnel 1,282,517 525,418 1,807,935 35,400 1,843,335 11.8 Endowed funds 1,683,945 1,515,275 Other operating expenses 586,503 477,298 1,063,801 200,951 1,264,752 15.6 Revaluation reserve 605,884 390,262 Financial aid and scholarships 114,310 238,622 352,932 - 352,932 19.4 Restricted funds designated for specific activities 1,646,003 1,578,585 Depreciation 26,287 25,186 51,473 4,941 56,414 22.5 Education and general 1,507,800 1,442,271 Sub-total 2,009,617 1,266,524 3,276,141 241,292 3,517,433 14.0 Net finance costs (26,793) 3 (26,790) 26,815 25 (68.8) Student and staff accommodation 138,203 136,314 Finance costs (5) 3 (2) 27 25 (68.8) Unrestricted council-controlled funds 1,399,772 1,259,651 Interest on internal borrowings (26,788) - (26,788) 26,788 - -
Non-current liabilities 648,601 613,379 RECURRENT SURPLUS 129,310 164,600 293,910 2,275 296,185 (17.2) Interest-bearing borrowings - 23 Deferred revenue – government grants 314,342 316,426 NON-RECURRENT ITEMS 3,857 76,551 80,408 (384) 80,024 (32.3) Provisions – employee benefits 334,259 296,930 Loss on disposal of property, plant & equipment (351) (7,697) (8,048) (440) (8,488) 5,447.7 Realised profit on sale Current liabilities 358,709 304,443 of investments 6,218 122,559 128,777 74 128,851 (0.4) Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 265,413 221,553 Fair value movement on fair value through Deferred revenue – government grants and project income 6,823 12,134 profit and loss financial instruments (1,171) (25,272) (26,443) - (26,443) 100 Student deposits 48,174 39,327 Impairment of available-for-sale Provisions – employee benefits 38,276 31,135 investments (839) (13,039) (13,878) (18) (13,896) 39.2 Current portion of interest-bearing borrowings 23 294 NET OPERATING SURPLUS 133,167 241,151 374,318 1,891 376,209 (20.9) Transfer between funds (7,543) 7,545 2 (2) - - SURPLUS FOR THE YEAR* 125,624 248,696 374,320 1,889 376,209 (20.9)
* This surplus should be read in conjunction with the Annual Financial Review, with particular reference to sustainability and designated activities.
page 50 page 51 UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2012
2012 2011 R r’000 R’000 CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES Cash receipts from students, government and private sources 3,222,693 2,984,009 Cash paid to employees and suppliers (3,002,713) (2,619,154) Cash generated from operations 219,980 364,855 Investment income – interest 160,768 153,963 Investment income – dividends 36,838 30,289 Finance costs (25) (80) Net cash inflows from operating activities 417,561 549,027
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES Additions to maintain property, plant and equipment (239,949) (434,561) Proceeds on disposal of property, plant and equipment 1,070 378 Net addition to investments (89,250) (57,367) Ukukhula Trust loan 1 (240) Net cash used in investing activities (328,128) (491,790)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES Decrease in long-term interest-bearing borrowings (294) (659) Increase in deferred revenue – government grants - 103,100 Net cash inflows from financing activities (294) 102,441
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents 89,139 159,678 Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 957,510 797,832 Cash and cash equivalents at end of period 1,046,649 957,510
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