Annual Report to the Minister of Higher Education and Training for the year ending 31 December 2015 Produced by the Office for Institutional Planning 10 June 2016 CONTENTS 1. Chairperson of Council’s Report ......................................................................................... 1 V2020 Strategic Plan – Integrated Transformation Plan ............................................................ 2 Council Performance Objectives: 2015 ....................................................................................... 3 Statement on Effective Ethical Leadership and Corporate Citizenship ................................... 3 Quality of Student Life .................................................................................................................. 4 Quality of Staff Life ........................................................................................................................ 5 Excellence in Teaching and Learning ......................................................................................... 5 Excellence in Research and Engagement .................................................................................. 6 Infrastructure and Support Services ........................................................................................... 7 Financial Sustainability ................................................................................................................ 8 Conclusion ..................................................................................................................................... 8 2. Council’s Statement on Corporate Governance ................................................................. 9 Status and Role of Council ........................................................................................................... 9 Council and Council Committees ................................................................................................ 9 Statement on worker and student participation ....................................................................... 17 Statement on code of conduct ................................................................................................... 17 3. Statement on sustainability ................................................................................................ 18 4. Report on Transformation .................................................................................................. 20 Staff Development Initiatives ..................................................................................................... 20 Promoting an inclusive Institutional culture ............................................................................. 22 Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment ......................................................................... 23 5. Senate Report ...................................................................................................................... 25 Composition of Senate ............................................................................................................... 25 Admissions .................................................................................................................................. 25 Enrolment Trends ........................................................................................................................ 26 Qualification and Success Rates ............................................................................................... 27 Undergraduate outputs by scarce skills ................................................................................... 28 Financial Aid Matters .................................................................................................................. 29 Establishment of New Units, Centres, Entities and Institutes ................................................ 38 Quality Advancement and Enhancement .................................................................................. 38 New and/or Revised Policies / Frameworks / Protocols .......................................................... 39 Academic Excellence: Awards, Accolades and Recognition ................................................. 40 Academic Events ......................................................................................................................... 41 Deepening Academic Excellence (Teaching, Research and Engagement) ........................... 44 Academic Excellence: Teaching and Learning ........................................................................ 44 Academic Excellence: Research and Engagement ................................................................. 51 Public Advocacy and Engagement Events ............................................................................... 61 ii 6. Report of the Institutional Forum ....................................................................................... 64 7. Report of the Vice-Chancellor ............................................................................................ 66 Statement of self-assessment .................................................................................................... 66 V2020 Strategic Plan – Integrated Transformation Plan .......................................................... 67 Academic Excellence .................................................................................................................. 68 Future Trajectories and Strategic Academic Planning ............................................................ 68 Building an Affirmative & Vibrant Institutional Culture for Students and Staff ..................... 69 Vibrant Student Life .................................................................................................................... 69 Human Resources: Unlocking and Maximising Staff Potential .............................................. 70 Improving Quality of Operations, Infrastructure and Support Services ................................ 74 Alumni .......................................................................................................................................... 76 Financial Sustainability .............................................................................................................. 77 Conclusion ................................................................................................................................... 77 8. Report on Internal Administrative/Operative Structures and Controls .......................... 79 9. Report on Risk Exposure, Assessment and Management .............................................. 80 10. Audit and Risk Committee Report ..................................................................................... 81 11. Annual Financial Review (including consolidated financial statements) ...................... 83 ANNEXURE 1 ............................................................................................................................. 122 ANNEXURE 2 ............................................................................................................................. 130 ANNEXURE 3 ............................................................................................................................. 136 iii Table of Tables: Table 1: NMMU Financial Sustainability Indicators: 2013 – 2015 ................................................... 8 Table 2: Council membership for the period under review ............................................................ 14 Table 3: Success Rates per Qualification Type for 2014 and 2015 .............................................. 27 Table 4: Undergraduate outputs by scarce skills for years 2013 to 2015 ..................................... 28 Table 5: Student Financial Support for 2014 and 2015 ................................................................. 29 Table 6 : NMMU Honours scholarship awards for 2015 ................................................................ 29 Table 7: NMMU Masters and Doctoral scholarship awards for 2015 ............................................ 30 Table 8: Internal Research Bursary allocations for 2015 .............................................................. 30 Table 9: Total number and value of Honours scholarships from external funders for 2015 .......... 31 Table 10: NRF Honours & BTech Scholarships in 2015 ............................................................... 31 Table 11: NRF Bursaries and Scholarships for Honours and BTech Students in 2014 and 2015 31 Table 12: Summary of NRF Masters and Doctoral Freestanding allocations made in 2015 per Qualification, Faculty and Discipline .............................................................................................. 31 Table 13: Percentage variance between total Masters and Doctoral Freestanding and Grantholder NRF awards in 2014 and 2015 ...................................................................................................... 32 Table 14: Summary of NRF Grantholder allocations made in 2015 per Qualification, Faculty and Discipline ....................................................................................................................................... 33 Table 15: List of External Funders (excluding NRF) allocations made in 2015 per Qualification, Faculty and Discipline ................................................................................................................... 33 Table