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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)