German Rector

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German Rectors ConferenceEugene Cloete15
April 2013
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Excellence and Relevance
Poverty alleviation
Sustainable environment and competitive industry
Health and dignity
Democracy and human rights
Regional peace and security
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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

• Energy
• Education
• Economy
• Employment

• Technology
• Transformation

• Agriculture
• Access
• Anti -corruption

• Land
• Leadership
• Legal system

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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 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
Remove boundaries Establish interdisciplinary programmes Support entrepreneurial efforts and technology Redesign and personalise student support services Emphasise connected and lifelong learning Invest in technologically competent staff Build strategic alliances with others Incorporate learning technologies into strategic thinking Measure programme quality Achieve institutional advantage Transform bureaucracy, culture and assumptions Committed, passionate and visionary leadership is required Significant shift in the way students consume information, share ideas and communicate Talent / Human capacity and skills Diversity 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

• 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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Thank you
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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
Student Success
Diversity
Sustainability

• retain attract the best talent.

• higher pass rates.

• broadening access to the university.

• ensuring a successful future in every way.

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Research Entities _at_ SU
Centre for Development Policy and Partnership
Poverty alleviation
Bureau for Economics Research
Institute for Wine Biotechnology
Centre for Infectious Diseases (CID)
Laser Research Institute
Institute for Polymer Science
Desmond Tutu TB Centre
Institute for Plant Biotechnology
Sustainable environment and competitive industry
Health and dignity
Clinical Nutrition Research Centre
Centre for Agricultural Biodiversity
MRC Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology
Central Analytical Facility
Institute for Industrial engineering
Centre for Research on Science and
Technology (CREST)
African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)
Centre for advanced manufacturing
Centre for Applied Ethics
MRC Unit for Anxiety and Stress Disorders
Democracy and human rights
Regional peace and security
Institute for Thermodynamics and mechanics
Unit for religion and development research
SU Water Institute
Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy
Studies (CRSES)
Centre for Corporate Governance in Africa
Institute for Water and Environmental
Engineering
Africa Centre for Defence and Security Leadership
Centre for International and Comparative Politics
African Centre for HIV/AIDS management
MIH Media Laboratory
Centre for Chinese Studies
SUNSpace (SunSAT SumbandilaSAT)
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UITNEMENDHEID EN RELEVANSIE
Eradication of poverty, housing and
socio-economic vulnerability within the
constitutional dispensation
Poverty alleviation
Centre for Agricultural Leadership, Mentorship
and Agri-Business Extention
UKWANDA Rural Clinical School
Sustainable environment and competitive industry
Health and dignity
SU Food Security Initiative
Centre for Studies in Complexity
Graduate School in Arts and Social Sciences
TSAMA Hub
Promotion of Human Dignity
e-learning library
Democracy and human rights
Regional peace and security
Geographical Information technology
Centre for Human Performance Science
Energy and the environment
Communication and Information Systems
Unit for Corporate Governance in Africa
SIGLA _at_ Stellenbosch
Africa Centre for Conflict Resolution
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National Centres of Excellence and Research
Chairs two major national initiatives
Poverty alleviation
SASOL Chair in Polymer Science
Centre for Biomedical TB Research
Photonics, Ultrafast and Ultra-intense Laser
Science
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Meat Science
Biofuels (SANERI)
Sustainable environment and competitive industry
Health and dignity
Biomarkers for Tuberculosis
NiTheP
Electro-magnetic systems and EMI mitigation for
SKA
Post-harvest Technologies
Animal Tuberculosis
Mathematical and Theoretical Physical Biosciences
Mycobactomics
Integrated Wine Science
Anton Mostert Chair in Intellectual Property
Functional Nanostructured Materials
SACEMA
Democracy and human rights
Regional peace and security
Epidemiology (SACEMA)
Advanced Macromolecular Architectures
Experimental Petrology
Economics of Social Policy
Genetic Tailoring of Biopolymers
Centre for Invasion Biology
Property Law
Oppenheimer Chair in Human Rights Law
NEPAD Water CoEs Host (Stellenbosch Water
Institute)