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Rector's Management Report to Council RECTOR’S MANAGEMENT REPORT TO COUNCIL Monday 2 December 2019 Prof WJS de Villiers, Rector and Vice-Chancellor 1 Table of contents INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................... 4 THEME 1: A THRIVING STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY ............................................................................... 5 1.1 Strategic Fund allocations ................................................................................................... 5 1.2 Combating gender-based violence at SU ............................................................................ 6 1.3 Constitutional Court rules in favour of SU Language Policy ............................................... 6 1.4 SU gains chair in Afrikaans language practice ..................................................................... 7 1.5 Promoting multilingualism at SU ........................................................................................ 7 1.6 Independent investigation into allegations of interference ............................................... 7 1.7 Investigation into research article ...................................................................................... 8 1.8 Institutional Transformation Committee ............................................................................ 8 1.9 Faculty Charter for Medicine and Health Sciences ............................................................. 9 1.10 Integrated communication campaigns ............................................................................... 9 1.11 External communication (SU in the news) ........................................................................ 10 1.12 SU in the rankings ............................................................................................................. 11 1.13 Risk Management ............................................................................................................. 12 1.14 Reputation management framework ............................................................................... 12 1.15 Crisis communication and media training masterclasses ................................................. 13 1.16 SU brand positioning and visual identity .......................................................................... 13 1.17 Visual roll-out of vision and strategic framework ............................................................. 13 1.18 Strategic management indicators ..................................................................................... 14 1.19 Financial dashboard .......................................................................................................... 14 1.20 Systems renewal ............................................................................................................... 15 1.21 Academic management decision-making at SU ................................................................ 15 1.22 Fundraising highlights from the third quarter of 2019 ..................................................... 16 1.23 Snappy cashless payments now possible .......................................................................... 19 1.24 University Technology Fund .............................................................................................. 19 1.25 Innovus update ................................................................................................................. 19 1.26 LaunchLab update ............................................................................................................. 19 1.27 Capital projects ................................................................................................................. 20 1.28 SU plans to bring Business School back to Stellenbosch .................................................. 22 1.29 Improved Huis ten Bosch set to reopen in 2021 ............................................................... 22 1.30 Keeping SU safe ................................................................................................................. 23 1.31 Keeping SU healthy ........................................................................................................... 23 1.32 SU Museum exhibitions .................................................................................................... 24 THEME 2: A TRANSFORMATIVE STUDENT EXPERIENCE ....................................................................... 24 2.1 Student recruitment ......................................................................................................... 25 2.2 Ikusasa Student Financial Aid Programme (ISFAP) ........................................................... 26 2.3 Rector’s Awards for Students ........................................................................................... 27 2.4 Application trends ............................................................................................................. 27 2.5 Growing continental student mobility .............................................................................. 28 2.6 Matie Community Service ................................................................................................. 29 2.7 Promoting entrepreneurship among students ................................................................. 29 2.8 Maties Sport ...................................................................................................................... 29 THEME 3: PURPOSEFUL PARTNERSHIPS AND INCLUSIVE NETWORKS ................................................. 30 3.1 Internationalisation Strategy ............................................................................................ 30 3.2 Expanding the SU brand into new international markets................................................. 30 3.3 Global Alliance of Universities on Climate (GAUC) graduate seminar .............................. 31 3.4 SU joins prestigious consortium of global universities ..................................................... 31 3.5 Minister receives SASUF declaration on HE partnerships ................................................ 31 3.6 Bilateral agreements ......................................................................................................... 32 2 3.7 International partner engagements .................................................................................. 33 3.8 Focus on Africa .................................................................................................................. 33 3.9 Visiting delegations ........................................................................................................... 34 3.10 Visits to China and Germany ............................................................................................. 35 3.11 International education conference ................................................................................. 36 3.12 Internationalisation of PhD studies .................................................................................. 36 3.13 Inaugural National Higher Education Conference ............................................................ 36 3.14 In conversation with the Dalai Lama ................................................................................. 37 3.15 Alumni engagement .......................................................................................................... 37 3.16 Stellenbosch Network launched ....................................................................................... 39 3.17 Reaching out to Swellendam ............................................................................................ 39 3.18 Social Impact Symposium ................................................................................................. 40 3.19 Transformation Indaba ..................................................................................................... 41 3.20 Woordfees, WOW and SU Choir ....................................................................................... 41 3.21 Centre for Sport Leadership symposium .......................................................................... 41 3.22 Stakeholder engagement around national days and strategic themes ............................ 41 3.23 Health partnerships .......................................................................................................... 42 THEME 4: NETWORKED AND COLLABORATIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING ......................................... 42 4.1 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning conference ........................................................... 42 4.2 Collaborative Online International Learning ..................................................................... 43 4.3 Postgraduate skills further enhanced ............................................................................... 43 4.4 HealthyUS course .............................................................................................................. 43 4.5 Race and racism workshops .............................................................................................. 43 4.6 SU Hackathon .................................................................................................................... 44 4.7 Coaching workshop ........................................................................................................... 44 4.8 Training community leaders ............................................................................................
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