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INK area of eThekwini Municipality –in contribution

and support of entrepreneurship and skills

development amongst Blacks and in particular the

marginalised Africans (INK is one the presidential

nodes in KZN).

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Department of Economic Development

Tourism and Environmental Affairs (KZN-

EDTEA) – R2 780 000

• Skills Development in the Chemical industry – two

Learnership programmes were implemented in

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Chemical Industries Sector Education and

Training Authority (CHIETA)- R775 800

MoAs Deliverables:

TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AGENCY

• The Service Level Agreement entered into by and

between MUT and the Technology Innovation

Agency required that a total of 90 SMMEs be

serviced during the year, the TSC achieved 120%

success rate.

CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES EDUCATION AND TRAINING

AUTHORITY (CHIETA)

Successful delivery on the following MoAs:

• GETC – Chemical Operations Learnership Level 1

(14 learners qualified and 11 enrolled for 2015-16)

• NC – Chemical Operations Level Learnership 2 (19

learners enrolled for 2015-16)

• Bursaries Chemistry and Chemical Engineering –

National Diploma levels

• Bursaries Chemistry and Chemical Engineering –

BTech level

• Internship: WIL Chemistry and Chemical

Engineering

KZN DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,

TOURISM AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS (KZN

EDTEA)

Successful delivery on training SMMEs and cooperatives

in the INK area.

UMGENI WATER BOARD

Through this MoA, MUT provides stipends for WIL

Chemical Engineering students for a period of 12 months

while Umgeni Water Board provides workplace learning.

The learners received another year of training to provide

them with additional industrial experience with stipends

being paid by Umgeni Water. During the year 2015, 22

students were placed at various Umgeni Water Treatment

Plants.

ACCREDITATION

The MUT-TSC maintained the following accreditations in

support of its operations:

• ISO 9001:2008 through SABS

• Chemical Operations level 1 to 4 by the CHIETA.

5.10. Significant Developments and

Achievements in Respect Of

Quality Management

The Quality Management Directorate is a section of MUT

that has the mandate to ensure and promote quality,

and facilitate the enhancement of quality of teaching

and learning in MUT. It does so in order to support the

achievement of the strategic goals of the University. The

following are the core activities of the Quality Management

Directorate:

• Monitor the implementation of strategic priorities

through appropriate review processes;

• Conduct programme reviews;

• Assist with the approval and (re)accreditation

process of academic programmes and short

courses;

• Conduct departmental evaluations;

• Provide strategic advice and support to academic

departments;

• Assist academic and support departments in the

implementation of improvement plans;

• Conduct user surveys;

• Assist the institution in the preparation for

institutional audits;

• Participate in institutional planning;

• Facilitate capacity development; and

• Execute the mandate of the Student Ombudsman.

Below are significant developments and achievements in

respect of quality management in 2015.

Programme Reviews

The responsibility for the maintenance, enhancement and

further development of quality academic programmes

lies with MUT. As per Senate mandate every 5 years

programme reviews take place in the expectation that

through departmental self-evaluation, and evaluation by

the review panel this would yield reliable information for

programme-related planning, and further development.

In 2015 the QMD facilitated the programme reviews in the

Faculty of Management Sciences with the Departments of

Accounting, Human Resource Management, Marketing,

Office Management and Technology, as well as Public

Management. All in all, in the period August – October

2015, ten academic programmes in the Faculty were

reviewed by Review Panels consisting of MUT senior staff