Focus and Responsibilities
The general strategy statement of the department is to:
- Create an enabling environment for quality research
- Excel in providing support to develop research capacity
- Streamline and standardise research support processes to improve the quality of research
- Support towards enhancing excellence and visibility of researchers and research programmes
Our focus for 2024 is on:
Research Development
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Management of research funds
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Research Ethics and Integrity
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Management of Research Outputs Information
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Quality Improvement of Research
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Research Excellence and Visibility
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Contribution to NWU Annual Performance Plan 2024
Goal 2: Strengthen research and innovation with a strategic focus on impactful globalisation
- Improve research productivity through research excellence and global leadership
- Implementation of the higher degree improvement plan to ensure a better throughput rate of master and doctoral students
- Create and maintain a conducive, sustainable and supportive environment to advance research excellence
Goal 3: Integrate and align community engagement with teaching‐learning and research to develop a culture of active citizenship
- Promote the Scholarship of Engagement: Community Engagement, Engaged TL and Engaged research
We plan to contribute towards abatement of the following risks:
- Risk 3 – PG students
- Risk 43 – Digital business strategy;
- Risk 28 – Business processes;
- Risk 8 – Internationalisation
- Risk 2 – Student debt
- Risk 17: Academic integrity