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Mangosuthu University of Technology Annual Report

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Strategic Goal

Summary of achievements

Goal 3: To be the preferred

higher education employer for

academic and support staff

MUT has exceeded its target of a 90% appointment rate of new I/R staff with at least

Masters’ or equivalent qualification and achieved 100% in that regard.

MUT has also exceeded its target of a 90% appointment rate of new support staff with

required qualifications & experience and achieved 100% in that regard.

MUT has awarded 4 teaching excellence awards and 14 research performance rewards

to its best performing I/R staff.

Goal 4: Implement

undergraduate and

postgraduate academic

curricula aligned to the

HEQSF, industry and

entrepreneurial requirements

MUT has succeed in ensuring that 100% of its programmes requiring professional

accreditation have been accredited by relevant professional bodies.

Goal 5: Increase MUT’s applied

research in niche areas

MUT have been unable to achieve its Research Output target of 30 and its target

per I/R staff member of 0.12. MUT’s poor performance in this regard is as a result of

a high teaching load per I/R staff member and the absence of Masters and Doctoral

students.

Goal 6: Contribute to the

socio-economic advancement

of historically disadvantaged

communities

MUT has managed to exceed both its targets of the number of reported Community

Outreach projects and the number of reported Student Volunteerism projects.

Goal 7: Promote good

governance e and

management principles at MUT

MUT has not succeeded in reaching an average of 95% attendance of relevant (board)

meetings and only achieved an average of 88%.

However, in terms of its strategic planning, MUT has managed to ensure Council and

DHET approval of its Strategic and Annual Performance Plan for 2015.

Goal 8 : Promote academic

excellence and compliance to

CHE quality requirements

MUT has succeeded in ensuring that 100% of all of its currently offered formal

programmes are aligned to the HEQSF and that all of its programmes are accredited

by the CHE/ HEQC.

Furthermore, MUT has also assured that 100% of all new programmes which it has

submitted for PQM clearance at DHET, have been internally quality assured.

Goal 9: Enhance the physical

environment to promote the

academic enterprise of the

university

MUT IEF expenditure on infrastructure projects was a total amount of R82 874 155.

The students’ social space projects was successfully completed while other projects

are at various stages of completion.

Goal 10: Establish sustainable

resource bases for the

university

MUT has managed to exceed its targeted number of third stream income projects

and sources, but did not succeed in meeting its target of a total income from third

stream sources of R 2 million. MUT only generate a total amount of R1 432 772.

MUT has succeeded in keeping within its % annual budget versus expenditure

variance of 3% and scored a 2.27% variance.

MUT has furthermore ensured that it did not receive any adverse audit findings for

2015.

Goal 11: Become a centre of

innovation and a preferred

provider of technology

solutions to Commerce,

Industry, SMMEs and the

Community

MUT has managed to establish and maintain its target of 6 industry-based

innovation projects.

Furthermore, MUT has exceeded both its targets for the number of students

involved in technology transfer projects (22/25) and the number of external trainees

who have benefitted/ will benefit from MUT technology transfer projects (90/108)