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
Contribution to NWU Annual Performance Plan 2022
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
Our focus for 2022 is on:
Research Development
Focus (Relevant APP Goal) |
Programme(s)/Project(s) |
Responsibility
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Contacts |
Research Development APP Goal 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 |
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0182994856 |
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0182994849 |
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Phathizwe Gwebu | 0183892377 |
Management of Research funds
Focus (Relevant APP Goal) |
Programme(s)/Project(s) |
Responsibility |
Contacts |
Management of Research funds APP Goal 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
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Pre-Award Management
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0182994892 |
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Boitumelo Mdluli | 0182994892 | |
Post-Award Management Verifications, Compliance monitoring, Funds transfers, Disbursements, Claims processing and submission to funders, Recovery of unspent funds, Financial reporting, Audits for:
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Johann Du Plessis | 0182994854 | |
Compilation, signing off and submission of grant documents (e.g. conditions of grants); Processing and submission of progress reports for:
Payments for NWU Postdocs
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0182994855 |
Projects and Research Information Management
Focus (Relevant APP Goal) |
Programme(s)/Project(s) |
Responsibility |
Contacts |
Projects and Research Information Management APP Goal 2.1, & 2.3
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0817405655 |
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Tinus Vorster | 0836546549 |
Research Ethics and Integrity
Focus (Relevant APP Goal) |
Programme(s)/Project(s) |
Responsibility |
Contacts |
Research Ethics and Integrity APP Goal 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
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0182994849 |
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Amanda Koto | 0182994531 |
Management of Research Outputs Information
Focus (Relevant APP Goal) |
Programme(s)/Project(s) |
Responsibility |
Contacts |
Management of Research Outputs Information APP Goal 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
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0182994853 |
Quality Improvement of Research
Focus (Relevant APP Goal) |
Programme(s)/Project(s) |
Responsibility |
Contacts |
Quality Improvement of Research APP Goal 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
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0169103444 |
Research Excellence and Visibility
Focus (Relevant APP Goal) |
Programme(s)/Project(s) |
Responsibility |
Contacts |
Higher Degrees APP Goal 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
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0182852076 |