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ANNUAL REPORT 2019 ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. ACRONYMS ........................................................................................................................................... 3 II. INSTITUTIONAL GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT INFORMATION ............................................. 4 Organisational Structure ....................................................................................................................... 4 Rhodes University Governance & Management Organogram in 2019 ................................................ 4 1. ANNUAL PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT REPORT OF THE APP ..................................................... 5 1.1 Background .................................................................................................................................. 5 2. REPORT BY THE CHAIRPERSON OF COUNCIL ................................................................................. 9 3. COUNCIL STATEMENT ON GOVERNANCE ...................................................................................... 10 3.1 Statutory Governance Information ............................................................................................. 10 3.2 Composition of Council .............................................................................................................. 11 3.3 Summary of Attendance at Meetings of Council and Committees of Council ............................ 11 3.4 Major Statements/decisions of council ....................................................................................... 12 Policies/Reports/Plans Approved in 2019 ..................................................................................... 12 3.5 Statement on IT Governance ..................................................................................................... 13 IT Governance Framework ........................................................................................................... 13 Management and Monitoring of IT Assets .................................................................................... 13 Significant IT Investment ............................................................................................................... 13 IT Related Policies/Committee ...................................................................................................... 14 4. COUNCIL STATEMENT ON SUSTAINABILITY ................................................................................... 15 5. COUNCIL STATEMENT ON TRANSFORMATION .............................................................................. 17 6. THE REPORT OF COUNCIL ON RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF RISK .................... 18 7. REPORT ON INTERNAL ADMINISTRATIVE/OPERATIONAL STRUCTURES AND CONTROLS ..... 19 8. VICE-CHANCELLOR’S REPORT ON MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION ............................... 20 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 20 New staff ....................................................................................................................................... 20 Financial Position .......................................................................................................................... 20 Infrastructure renewal, upgrade and development ....................................................................... 21 Enhanced student experience ...................................................................................................... 22 Research & Innovation highlights ................................................................................................. 23 NRF Ratings.................................................................................................................................. 23 DST/NRF SARChI Chairs ............................................................................................................. 24 Research related funding .............................................................................................................. 24 Nurturing academics, researchers and scholars of tomorrow ....................................................... 26 Postgraduate Fellowship Programme ........................................................................................... 28 Nurturing Emerging Scholars Programme .................................................................................... 28 Conferences, Workshops and other scholarly meetings ............................................................... 28 Notable visitors to our University................................................................................................... 32 Rhodes University African Studies Centre (RUASC) .................................................................... 33 Page 1 ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019 African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) Centre for Water ................................................ 34 Community Engagement and our place in Makhanda/Grahamstown ........................................... 34 Institutional Research, Planning and Quality Promotion not in header ......................................... 37 Advancing equity and transformation ............................................................................................ 37 Personal and Professional achievements of Staff and Students .................................................. 38 Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Awards....................................................................................... 40 Graduation ceremonies ................................................................................................................. 41 Keeping contact with our alumni ................................................................................................... 42 Rhodes University Distinguished Alumni Award recipients ........................................................... 43 Challenges .................................................................................................................................... 43 In memoriam….............................................................................................................................. 44 Conclusion .................................................................................................................................... 45 9. SENATE'S REPORT TO THE COUNCIL ............................................................................................. 47 9.1 Composition of Senate & Attendance of Meetings in 2019 ........................................................ 47 9.2 Major decisions of Senate in 2019 ............................................................................................. 48 10. REPORT OF THE INSTITUTIONAL FORUM TO THE COUNCIL ....................................................... 51 Role of the Institutional Forum ...................................................................................................... 51 Membership of Institutional Forum in 2018 ................................................................................... 51 Summary of Attendance of Meetings of the Institutional Forum in 2018....................................... 51 Progress on Major Deliberations of the Institutional Forum – Notes on Implementation .............. 51 11. THE REPORT OF THE RHODES UNIVERSITY AUDIT COMMITTEE ............................................... 53 12. 2019 ANNUAL FINANCIAL REVIEW .................................................................................................... 55 12.1 Review of Financial Results .................................................................................................................. 55 12.2 Council’s Statement of Responsibility for the Consolidated Financial Statements ............................... 58 12.3 Auditors' report ...................................................................................................................................... 59 12.4 Consolidated financial statements ........................................................................................................ 67 APPENDIX I: MEMBERS OF COUNCIL IN 2019 ....................................................................................... 119 Address Queries to the Director: Institutional Planning Unit, Dr RC Nnadozie, email: [email protected] Page 2 ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019 I. ACRONYMS ACRONYM/TERM DEFINITION APP Annual Performance Plan CA Communications and Advancement CE Community Engagement CHERTL Centre for Higher Education Research, Teaching & Learning DHET Department of Higher Education and Training DVC: A & SA Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic & Student Affairs DVC: RD Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research & Development ED: IOF Executive Director: Infrastructure, Operations & Finance FTE Full Time Equivalent The number of students who graduated within a year in relation to the number of enrolled students within the same year (including GRADUATION RATE cancellations). Graduated (Year n)/Enrolled (Year n) x 100 HE Higher Education HEIS Higher Education Institutions HELTASA Higher Education Learning and Teaching Association of Southern Africa HEQC Higher Education Quality Committee HEQSF Higher Education Qualification Sub-Framework HR Human Resources ICT Information and Communication Technologies IEF Infrastructure & Efficiency