German Rector’s Conference
Eugene Cloete
15 April 2013
Excellence and Relevance
Poverty
alleviation
Sustainable
environment
and
competitive
industry
Health and
dignity
Regional
peace and
security
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Democracy
and human
rights
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National development plan = Creating
WEALTH
Water
Health
Energy
Technology
Agriculture
Land
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National development plan = Creating
WEALTH
Water
•Women
Health
•Housing
Technology
•Transformation
Land
•Leadership
•Legal system
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Energy
•Education
•Economy
•Employment
Agriculture
•Access
•Anti -corruption
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HIGHER EDUCATION TRENDS WORLDWIDE:
THE 21ST CENTURY UNIVERSITY
• Most universities are in “Transformation mode” due to
• Demand or change in societal needs
• Shortage of space in traditional universities
• A growing population and resource limitations
• Requires: transforming structures, missions, processes and
programmes
• Institutions need to be more flexible and responsive to changing
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societal needs
The boundaries of some institutions have already been extended
(through technology-enhanced (virtual) learning and/or “blended”
model (face-to-face supported by advanced learning technologies that
mostly serve working adults).
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21st CENTURY POSITIONING towards 2018
Challenges faced by HEIs
KEY TRENDS OF IMPORTANCE
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Remove boundaries
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Establish interdisciplinary programmes
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Support entrepreneurial efforts and technology
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Redesign and personalise student support
services
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Emphasise connected and lifelong learning
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Invest in technologically competent staff
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Build strategic alliances with others
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Incorporate learning technologies into strategic
thinking
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Measure programme quality
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Achieve institutional advantage
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Transform bureaucracy, culture and assumptions
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Committed, passionate and visionary leadership is
required
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Significant shift in the way students consume
information, share ideas and communicate
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Talent / Human capacity and skills
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Diversity
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Evergreen students
Globalisation
Technical and information literacy
Enrolment, retention and branding
Mobility
Safety and security
Pedagogical centres and innovative campus
commons
Evolution of teaching and learning
Collaboration
Strategic plans and technology
Edutainment
Green
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International students at SU
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Visiting German students 2012
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22 German academics visited during 2012
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Institutional collaboration
1. Erasmus Mundus Action 2
EMA2SA, Eurosa. Partner universities: Freie Universität Berlin and Leipzeig
(Eurosa)
2. DAAD Higher Education partnerships
Partner universities: Göttingen and institutions in Chile, Colombia and
Indonesia
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Joint degree programs
1.
2.
3.
Friedrich Schiller Universiteit Jena – Joint PhD in
Physics
Universität Leipzig – Double Masters degree and Joint
PhD
Göttingen – Double Masters degree in development
economics
In progress:
1. Humbolt Universität – Berlin – Joint PhD
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AFRICAN UNIVERSITIES
• Makerere University (Uganda)
• University of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)
• UNAM (Namibia)
• Universite Eduardo Mondlane (Mosambiek)
• University of Ghana (Ghana)
• University of Botswana (Botswana)
• University of Malawi (Malawi)
• University of Nairobi and Kenyatta University (Kenya)
HOPE INTERNATIONAL
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Dalarna University
Malmö University
Linköping University
Gävle University
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Thank you
MANAGEMENT VISION 2030 & MISSION
VISION 2030
Stellenbosch University is inclusive, innovative, and future focused: a place of discovery
and excellence where both staff and students are thought leaders in advancing knowledge
in the service of all stakeholders.
Mission
Stellenbosch University achieves its vision through sustained transformation and on its journey of discovery
through academia in the service of the stakeholders to:
•Create an academic community in which social justice and equal opportunities will lead to systemic
sustainability
•Investigate and innovatively implement appropriate and sustainable approaches to the development of Africa
•Align our research with a wide-ranging spectrum of challenges facing the world, Africa, our country and the
local community
•Maintain student-centred and future-oriented learning and teaching that establish a passion for lifelong
learning
•Invest in the innovative scholarship and creative ability of all its people
•Leverage the inherent power of diversity
•Establish and extend synergistic networks in which the University is a dynamic partner
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Institutionl priorities
Knowledge
Base
• retain &
attract the
best talent.
Student Success
• higher pass
rates.
Diversity
Sustainability
• broadening
access to the
university.
• ensuring a
successful
future in every
way.
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Research Entities @ SU
Institute for
Wine Biotechnology
Laser Research Institute
Centre for
Agricultural
Biodiversity
Institute for
Industrial
engineering
Centre for
advanced
manufacturing
Centre for Infectious Diseases
(CID)
Poverty
alleviation
Institute for Polymer Science
Institute for
Plant
Biotechnology
Centre for Development Policy
and Partnership
Bureau for Economics
Research
Sustainable
environment
and
competitive
industry
Desmond Tutu TB Centre
Clinical Nutrition
Research Centre
Central Analytical Facility
Centre for Research on Science and Technology
(CREST)
African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)
Centre for Applied Ethics
Centre for Renewable
and Sustainable Energy Studies
(CRSES)
Institute for Water
and Environmental
Engineering
Regional
peace and
security
Africa Centre for Defence
and Security Leadership
Democracy
and human
rights
Centre for International
and Comparative Politics
MIH Media Laboratory
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SUNSpace (SunSAT; SumbandilaSAT)
MRC Centre
for Molecular
and
Cellular Biology
MRC Unit for Anxiety
and Stress Disorders
Institute for
Thermodynamics and mechanics
SU Water Institute
Health and
dignity
Unit for religion and
development research
Centre for Corporate
Governance in Africa
African Centre for
HIV/AIDS management
Centre for Chinese Studies
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UITNEMENDHEID EN RELEVANSIE
Eradication of poverty,
housing and socio-economic
vulnerability within the
constitutional dispensation
Centre for Agricultural
Leadership, Mentorship and
Agri-Business Extention
Sustainable
environment
and
competitive
industry
Poverty
alleviation
UKWANDA Rural Clinical School
Health and
dignity
SU Food Security Initiative
Centre for Studies in Complexity
Graduate School in Arts and Social Sciences
TSAMA Hub
e-learning; library
Promotion of Human Dignity
Geographical Information
technology
Energy and the environment
Communication and
Information Systems
SIGLA @ Stellenbosch
Regional
peace and
security
Democracy
and human
rights
Centre for
Human Performance
Science
Unit for Corporate Governance in Africa
Africa Centre for Conflict Resolution
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National Centres of Excellence and Research Chairs; two
major national initiatives
SASOL Chair in Polymer Science
Centre for Biomedical TB Research
Photonics, Ultrafast and
Ultra-intense Laser Science
NiTheP
Electromagnetic
systems
and EMI
mitigation
for SKA
Poverty
alleviation
Meat Science
Biofuels (SANERI)
Sustainable
environment
and
competitive
industry
Experimental Petrology
Genetic Tailoring
of Biopolymers
Centre for Invasion Biology
NEPAD Water CoEs Host
(Stellenbosch Water Institute)
Biomarkers
for Tuberculosis
Post-harvest
Technologies
Health and
dignity
Mathematical and Theoretical
Physical Biosciences
Integrated Wine Science
Functional
Nanostructured
Materials
Advanced Macromolecular
Architectures
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Animal
Tuberculosis
Mycobactomics
Anton Mostert Chair
in Intellectual Property
SACEMA
Epidemiology (SACEMA)
Regional
peace and
security
Democracy
and human
rights
Economics of Social Policy
Property Law
Oppenheimer Chair in
Human Rights Law
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