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EXTRACT FROM MANAGEMENT REPORT OF THE RECTOR TO COUNCIL

Monday 26 September 2016

By Prof WJS de Villiers, Rector and Vice-Chancellor

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Table of content

1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 3

2. An accessible, inclusive institution ................................................................................................. 4

2.1 Employment Equity Policy and Plan .................................................................................... 4

2.2 New Policy on Unfair Discrimination and Harassment ....................................................... 4

2.3 Student demographics ........................................................................................................ 4

2.4 Residence placement .......................................................................................................... 5

2.5 Task Team on Rape Culture ................................................................................................ 5

2.6 #SULeads 2016 – ‘Decolonise, Re-imagine, Co-create’ ....................................................... 6

3. An innovative institution of excellence ........................................................................................... 7

3.1 SU the only SA university to improve in world rankings ..................................................... 7

3.2 Student success ................................................................................................................... 7

3.3 Student Affairs .................................................................................................................... 8

3.4 NRF approves Complex Systems in Transition programme ................................................ 8

3.5 EPPEI Phase 2 ...................................................................................................................... 9

3.6 NSTF awards ........................................................................................................................ 9

3.7 Sunskill Laboratory launched .............................................................................................. 9

3.8 Innovus ................................................................................................................................ 9

3.9 New SU trademarks policy ................................................................................................ 11

3.10 Personnel .......................................................................................................................... 11

4. Social impact for a better future ................................................................................................... 11

4.1 Social impact ..................................................................................................................... 11

4.2 Transformation ................................................................................................................. 13

4.3 Maties Sport ...................................................................................................................... 13

5. Systemic sustainability .................................................................................................................. 14

5.1 Mid-year financial report .................................................................................................. 14

5.2 Student fees ...................................................................................................................... 15

5.3 Executive Managers’ Meeting ........................................................................................... 16

5.4 Corporate Marketing (Communication) ........................................................................... 16

5.5 Campus Renewal Project .................................................................................................. 17

5.6 SRC election ...................................................................................................................... 21

5.7 Senior appointments ......................................................................................................... 21

5.8 New reporting lines ........................................................................................................... 22

6. SU in the news .............................................................................................................................. 23

7. Conclusion ..................................................................................................................................... 26

ADDENDUM: OP-EDS & COLUMNS ...................................................................................................... 27

Opinion editorials .......................................................................................................................... 27

Regular columns ............................................................................................................................ 30

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1. Introduction

This Council meeting takes place in challenging times. We have just passed step 50 of the comprehensive annual Stellenbosch University (SU) budgeting process, which now encompasses 82 steps to provide for all relevant stakeholders’ contributions. Already, a number of intense conversations have taken place, among others between deans and management. The budgeting process is becoming increasingly difficult within a context of chronic underfunding of higher education by the state, students’ reluctance to co-fund tertiary education, the uncertainty surrounding third-stream funding, and a general slowing down of the local and global economy.

Our broader societal and political context is also marked by turmoil and general uncertainty. Depending on decisions taken at this critical moment, anything can happen in an instant, including renewed student protests on fees. In this climate, it was important for us to make a submission to the Commission of Inquiry into Higher Education and Training (or the “Fees Commission”, as it has been dubbed), which we did in Cape Town on 6 September 2016.

I rely on the collective wisdom of all stakeholders inside and outside our institution to help us chart the best possible course through these challenging times. Let us keep communication channels open at all levels and at all times in the interest of the higher education sector and our beloved university.

In spite of all the challenges, it is important that we do not lose sight of our many strengths as an institution. SU is a national asset. It delivers highly sought-after graduates, has the highest research output per capita in the country, produced a record number of PhDs last year, and boasts a throughput rate that is among the highest – if not the highest – in the country. We need to build on these strengths and take advantage of all the opportunities that come our way in striving to be the best we can be. Let us remain focused on the future and on excellence in everything we do, without being elitist. Ours is a journey of continuous transformation and innovation.

We are making great strides in building the inclusive institution that we set out to achieve in our Institutional Intent and Strategy (IIS). Initiatives such as the establishment of the Equality Unit and the Transformation Office as well as the adoption of a number of new policies attest to our progress towards greater inclusivity.

Let me briefly refer to the Language Policy as one such instrument geared towards a more inclusive SU. This Council formally approved the Language Policy on 22 June 2016, with the concurrence of Senate. It allows us to do our work in fairness to all our students. I wish to sincerely thank Council for its active role in helping to craft a new Language Policy that supports inclusivity at the University.

More important work still lies ahead for us as Council members. At this meeting, you will be asked to develop principles for the revision of another important document, the SU Admissions Policy. The new Unfair Discrimination and Harassment Policy, as well as the Employment Equity Policy and Plan will also be tabled for Council approval; so too will be the final drafts of the Student Disciplinary Code and the Trademarks Policy. Let us continue the work of transformation and innovation, albeit in a difficult context. We face challenges, but nothing that cannot be overcome. Although we may sometimes get tired, let us always stay inspired.

This report covers the period from 6 June (the submission date for the previous meeting of 22 June) up to 12 September 2016 (the submission date for the current Council meeting). On behalf of SU management, I will now proceed to report on the most important events of the period under review. I welcome the opportunity to once again enter into discussion with members of Council, and I look forward to your feedback.

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2. An accessible, inclusive institution

2.1 Employment Equity Policy and Plan

A new draft Employment Equity Policy and Employment Equity Plan have been approved by Senate as well as the Institutional Forum. Council will consider these documents in September (at this meeting). The policy and plan will enable SU to comply with the requirements of the Employment Equity Act of 1998. The documents were compiled after thorough consultation on campus as well as an external audit of employment equity practices at the University, and are aimed at advancing the transformation imperative of building a staff corps that is diversified and equipped with transformation competencies. The policy and plan will be implemented with immediate effect once approved by Council.

2.2 New Policy on Unfair Discrimination and Harassment

In March 2015, the Vice-Rector: Learning and Teaching (VR:L&T) and the Chief Director: Human Resources asked for SU’s Sexual Harassment Policy to be reviewed. Later, the VR:L&T also requested the development of an overarching discrimination policy due to sporadic incidents of various kinds of discrimination that had occurred at the University and were of grave concern to management. The Director of the Centre for Student Counselling, Dr Munita Dunn-Coetzee, was appointed as the convenor of both task teams.

Having established the need for an overarching policy with which all other relevant SU policies should align, the task teams started collaborating on developing a single Policy on Unfair Discrimination and Harassment. Practical implementation of complaint procedures was initiated when the Institutional HIV Office moved to the Centre for Student Counselling and Development (CSCD) on 1 December 2015. This entity, which has been renamed the Equality Unit, now operates as one of the CSCD’s five units and serves as a central one-stop service for staff and students to report unfair discrimination, victimisation, harassment and sexual harassment (on the email address unfair@sun.ac.za).

The draft Policy on Unfair Discrimination and Harassment was approved by the Rector’s Management Team (RMT) on 21 June and by Senate on 26 August, and will be tabled at this Council meeting. As soon as approval has been granted, an extensive marketing and awareness campaign will be launched for both staff and students to ensure that all role-players are aware of the content of the new policy, which will thus replace SU’s former Sexual Harassment Policy.

2.3 Student demographics

SU has set itself certain strategic targets to broaden its students’ demographic profile. In 2012, the University had 25,9% black African, coloured and Indian (BCI) newcomer first-year students. This year (June 2016 census), 34,8% of newcomer first-years were from the BCI groups, while 3 300 of the total of 5 083 newcomer first-year enrolments were from the white population group. SU’s enrolment objective is to have 50% BCI newcomer first-years by the 2019 June census.

Our postgraduate student corps consists of 47,2% BCI students. Overall SU student demographics are reflected in table 1 below, which also indicates the objectives for the next five years. The data correlate with strategic management indicator 4 (SMI4) in SU’s Institutional Plan.

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Table 1: SU students by race

Racial distribution (all students)

Actual enrolments

Previous target

Projections for 2017-2021 according to faculties’ enrolment planning, June 2016

2016 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

White 18 907 18 793 18 920 18 625 18 144 17 732 17 423

BCI 11 947 12 536 12 683 13 120 13 758 14 488 15 023

TOTAL 30 854 31 329 31 603 31 745 31 902 32 220 32 446

% BCI 38,7% 40,0% 40,1% 41,3% 43,1% 45,0% 46,3%

SMI4 target 40,0% 41,1% 42,7% 44,5% 45,8% 48,3%

As table 1 above indicates, SU is falling behind on its targets for BCI enrolments. This is particularly the case at undergraduate level, where the composition of the student corps is largely determined by the intake of newcomer first-years.

As briefly mentioned in my report to Council on 9 May 2016, an opinion poll was conducted among BCI students who had been provisionally admitted to SU for registration in 2016, but eventually decided against registering. The aim of the poll was to establish the factors that played a role in their decision. The reasons vary among population groups:

The most common reasons among coloured students were the distance between SU and their homes (34% of respondents) and their inability to secure study finance (26%).

The most common reasons among black African students were the considerable use of Afrikaans in undergraduate teaching (44%), negative media reports on SU (33%) and the inability to secure study finance (26%).

SU’s new Language Policy for 2017 is intended to help improve access for all South African students. And over the past few years, our Centre for Student Recruitment has appointed additional black African and coloured student recruiters. This, combined with faculties’ specialised recruitment initiatives, is aimed at ensuring that SU achieves its targets in respect of student diversity and excellence.

For more detail, see the separate report of the VR:L&T to Council.

2.4 Residence placement

SU’s strategy is to achieve excellence through diversity. The transformed Residence Placement Policy 2014 has succeeded in spreading diversity (in terms of race, language, first-generation status, international students and socio-economic [dis]advantage) evenly throughout residences. It has also allowed more academically vulnerable students to be placed in SU residences to improve their chances of graduating. In 2012, for example, only 28% of all students in undergraduate residences were first-years; by 2016, this percentage had increased to 34%. In 2012, only 29% of SU residence students were from the BCI population groups. For the 2016 intake, this number had risen to 40%.

For more detail, see the separate report of the VR:L&T to Council.

2.5 Task Team on Rape Culture

In March 2016, the Rector’s Management Team (RMT) established a task team on rape culture, chaired by Dr Birgit Schreiber, Senior Director: Student Affairs. Members include a diverse group of staff and students. The task team examines attitudes, behaviours and beliefs about gender, violence, power and patriarchy that, in one way or another, contribute to the deepening of gender violence within the SU community.

The past five months, the task team has made substantial progress, and it expects to present a full set of recommendations to the RMT in October 2016 on how some of these deep-seated attitudes

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and practices can be challenged and addressed. A rape culture website has been created with news and information about this important matter. A student campus climate survey has gone live, and the data collected in this way will provide valuable insight. Feedback and input was also requested from staff and students – firstly, via the dedicated e-mail address ttrc@sun.ac.za, and secondly, in two feedback sessions held on our Stellenbosch campus. The task team has expressed its gratitude for the many contributions received, which have strengthened its resolve to eradicate gender violence and rape culture. The only way to succeed is by tackling these matters together as the SU community.

2.6 #SULeads 2016 – ‘Decolonise, Re-imagine, Co-create’

SU’s annual student leadership conference called #SULEADS was held on 4 and 5 September 2016. The successful event has grown from 450 participants in 2010 (mainly limited to residences and PSO wards) to more than 1 200 this year, making it the largest conference of its kind in South Africa. It seeks to inspire and empower young leaders to be active citizens, not only within their own student communities, but also in the greater South Africa and beyond.

The conference was attended by both elected and non-positional student leaders from a variety of structures across SU. These included the Students’ Representative Council (SRC), Tygerberg Student Council (TSR), the Military Academy, the Academic Affairs Council, the Societies Committee, house committees, prims, residence and PSO mentors, cluster conveners and SU’s Listen, Live and Learn community. Also present were participants from the universities of the Western Cape (UWC) and Cape Town (UCT), Cape Peninsula University of Technology, the Western Cape provincial government’s Year Beyond programme, as well as learners and representatives of various schools.

#SULEADS was organised by SU’s Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert (FVZS) Institute for Student Leadership Development, with input from the rest of the Student Affairs Division and the Transformation Office. Its main theme was “Decolonise, Re-imagine, Co-create”, which was in turn subdivided into:

critical engagement, innovation and inclusivity;

leadership, active citizenship and social responsibility;

democracy, justice and human rights; and

repositioning SU as a New African university.

In my opening address (click here for a video), I highlighted the need for students to be well informed so as to be able to hold their own in the open conversation about the place and role of the university in society. An important theme that has returned to the agenda of higher education worldwide is the decolonising project1 – a challenge with two sides.

Firstly, we need to put Africa at the centre of knowledge production, not at the periphery as has been done for too long. The continent’s universities should not be seen as a mere extension of the West. SU should not aspire to be an Oxford or a Harvard of the South, but to be our own university in Africa. I pointed out that SU has embarked on a process of curriculum renewal, which should involve not only including thinkers from the Western canon, but also African thinkers. Secondly, being rooted in Africa, we need to bear fruit for the people of the continent. It has been argued that “the African university must be distinguishable by its innovative fields of study and research agendas that are directly informed by the desire to solve pressing African problems and challenges”.2 I pointed to the many ways in which SU is helping to produce thought leaders and knowledge for human development in Africa, although we can do even more.

1 Achille Mbembe, “Decolonizing Knowledge and the Question of the Archive”. URL: http://wiser.wits.ac.za/system/files/Achille%20Mbembe%20-%20Decolonizing%20Knowledge%20and%20the%20Question%20of%20the%20Archive.pdf 2 Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni, “Decolonising the African University”, in The Thinker, May 2013.

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I also highlighted our institutional culture as a challenge – the need to be cosmopolitan in outlook, and welcoming to all. Creating the conditions that would allow black staff and students to feel at home here means that we have to ask some difficult questions and confront hard realities. We should have the open conversation, but always in a constructive way. My message to student leaders was that if we want to create a community of social justice and human dignity, our own conduct in the conversation about these issues should also reflect it.

3. An innovative institution of excellence

3.1 SU the only SA university to improve in world rankings

Among the foremost research-driven universities in the country, SU is the only South African institution that has improved its position on the QS World University Rankings 2016/17, which was released in the second week of September. Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) ranked SU in 395th place‚ up from the 401-410 band in 2015. UCT dropped to 191, and Wits to 359. The University of Pretoria and Rhodes University both fell from the 501-550 band to the 551-600 band, while the University of KwaZulu-Natal slipped into the 651-700 band from 551-600 a year ago. Newcomers to the QS rankings are UWC and North-West University – both in the 701+ band.

SU’s view on rankings has always been clear: We take note of rankings, as they seem to be the global academic currency of our time. However, we do not compromise on our academic excellence; we put quality first and do not try to influence our position in an artificial manner. The entire University community deserves credit for the QS achievement.

3.2 Student success

Student success is regarded as a combination of students’ academic performance in the programme for which they have registered, as well as their co-curricular achievements during their time at university.

Academic measurement

One measure of academic success that is already well established at SU is to determine whether a significant portion of undergraduate students pass their modules, and whether postgraduate students obtain their degrees within a reasonable time. For the purposes of measuring and goal setting at module level, SMI2 in SU’s Institutional Plan is used. It is pleasing to note that the module success rate has steadily increased over the past six years, reaching a new high of 86,7% in 2015, as reflected in table 2 below.

Table 2: Module-based success rate of undergraduate and postgraduate students, and future objectives

Measured (available data to date)

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

83,2% 83,4% 84,9% 85,9% 85,1% 86,7%

Objectives (for the next 5+ years)

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

85,4% 85,3% 85,2% 85,1% 85,0% 85,0%

For measuring and goal setting at graduate level, SMI3 in SU’s Institutional Plan is used. This is currently done at the institutional level in respect of a combination of undergraduate and postgraduate success. Table 3 below shows the percentage of the first-year intake graduating within the minimum programme duration plus two years, or sooner. SU’s long-term goal would be to raise this graduation success rate to 80%, without lowering the performance standards expected of students.

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Table 3: Graduation rates of undergraduate and postgraduate students, and future objectives

Measured (available data to date)

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

70,1% 72,7% 72,8% 72,3% 74,0% 74,5%

Objectives (for the next 5+ years)

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

75,0% 75,5% 76,0% 76,3% 76,5% 77,0%

Co-curricular development

An important aim of learning and teaching is to develop graduate attributes in students that will benefit them personally as well as in their careers and will make them engaged citizens and sought after in the workplace. Themes explored through short courses and critical discourse sessions include transformation, gender, race, citizenship, disability, minority rights and social justice. A task team has been established to investigate the possibility of developing a first-year “Maties 101” module to help students adapt to university life and thrive in a multicultural student community. The task team’s recommendations, which are expected in November 2016, will assist the University in preparing a comprehensive, textured and modularised co-curriculum that is aligned with the SU graduate attributes.

The Academic Affairs Council, which represents the academic interests of students, has worked with the Division for Institutional Research and Planning to develop systems to formally recognise students’ co-curricular achievements. As a result, starting this year, leadership, sports, cultural and other outstanding achievements will be indicated on a co-curricular transcript, which will be issued along with students’ degree certificates.

For more detail, see the separate report of the VR:L&T to Council.

3.3 Student Affairs

SU’s Division for Student Affairs is widely recognised as a critical role-player in overall higher education student success; yet, the professionalization and capacitation of this sector has remained largely overlooked. SU strives to substantially contribute to the development of university staff involved in student affairs. To this end, Stellenbosch will be hosting the Global Summit on Student Affairs in October this year, where 60 thought leaders from across the globe will meet to discuss the UNESCO 2014-2021 strategic plan and generate implementation recommendations. In November, the Division for Student Affairs will also be hosting the Southern African Federation for Student Affairs and Services (SAFSAS) conference. These and other events contribute to SU’s positioning as a leader in student affairs.

For more detail, see the separate report of the VR:L&T to Council.

3.4 NRF approves Complex Systems in Transition programme

The global economy is highly unequal in terms of economic prosperity, and due to rapid population growth and industrialisation, our environment is not ecologically sustainable. Rapidly developing countries such as South Africa face particular challenges in this regard. Fundamental societal transitions are necessary to achieve a just society, whilst at the same time addressing the challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss, global socio-political conflict and economic growth.

The primary objective of SU’s new Complex Systems in Transition (CST) programme is to conceptualise how such complex systems can go through transitions, based on which specific strategies can be proposed for managing what the National Development Plan calls a “just transition

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to a sustainable development pathway”. The importance and relevance of the CST programme will advance the strategic objectives of SU, in particular with reference to sustainability science. National Research Foundation (NRF) seed funding will enable SU to leverage funding from other sources.

The specific outcomes of the programme are intended to be the following.

(a) In terms of energy, research will be conducted on how to make a nationwide system of rooftop renewable-energy systems financially, technically and institutionally viable.

(b) In the water sector, research will focus on the Western Cape’s Berg River system, which is facing an ecological crisis with major negative impacts on agricultural and urban systems.

(c) Food systems research will explore the potential of peri-urban food production systems to meet cities’ requirements.

(d) In the urban studies field, the focus will be on urban infrastructure, with specific reference to water, sanitation, waste, energy and mobility.

It is anticipated that by the end of the fifth year, the CST programme would have established itself as a major, internationally recognised centre of research excellence – located in the global South, but engaged within the wider global research field of sustainability transitions.

3.5 EPPEI Phase 2

Taking electrical power to more people across South Africa and the rest of the continent is considered critical for economic and human development. Economic growth will be severely harmed without additional electricity generation capacity. For this reason, government has made industrialisation and infrastructure investment a priority.

An Eskom Power Plant Engineering Institute (EPPEI) funding agreement was signed with the universities of Cape Town, Witwatersrand, North West, Pretoria, KwaZulu-Natal and Stellenbosch on 19 July 2016. Phase 2 of the EPPEI programme, with an initial budget of R155 million, is due to run from 2017 to 2021. Its aims include funding master’s and PhD studies.

3.6 NSTF awards

Prof Bert Klumperman, distinguished professor in the Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science, and Prof Michael Samways, distinguished professor in the Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, won National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF)/South32 awards on 30 June 2016. These awards recognise, celebrate and reward outstanding excellence in science, engineering, technology (SET) and innovation in South Africa.

3.7 Sunskill Laboratory launched

Long-term collaboration between SU and global medical technology corporation Medtronic has yielded an investment of R120 million in health-care training and education in South Africa. This will take the form of the Sunskill Laboratory, a state-of-the-art, integrated clinical training laboratory in the Division of Anatomy and Histology of SU’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Tygerberg.

The purpose-built Sunskill Laboratory will offer eight fully simulated theatre operating stations, a ‘dry’ laboratory, a 100-seater lecture theatre and a virtual intensive care unit – all complemented and connected with breakthrough audio-visual capabilities. The laboratory is geared to train up to 1 200 physicians within its first year of operation.

3.8 Innovus

As SU’s university-industry interaction and innovation company, Innovus is responsible for technology transfer, entrepreneurial support and development as well as innovation at the University. The company manages the commercialisation of SU’s innovation and intellectual-property portfolio through patenting, licensing and the formation of spin-out companies. It recently

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opened an office on Tygerberg campus also. Updates on some other Innovus initiatives follow below.

LaunchLab

A nanosatellite developed by SU and CubeSpace, an Innovus company in the Nedbank SU LaunchLab business incubator, is scheduled to be launched along with 49 other nanosatellites from the International Space Station in January 2017. The satellite team worked under the supervision of CubeSpace founder Prof Herman Steyn, who is associated with SU’s Faculty of Engineering.

Another exciting development has been progress with the LaunchLab business model. Although the business incubator continues to see consistent growth in the number of supported start-ups (having welcomed 13 new start-ups in the last quarter), its focus has shifted from renting space to entrepreneurs to providing a platform to industry through which LaunchLab sources breakthrough innovations on industry’s behalf, and then helps incubate the best solutions. Clients include MultiChoice, Santam and the Atterbury Property Group.

Technology transfer

Food Science competition: Innovus continues to encourage innovation disclosures from the Department of Food Science by offering cash prizes for the three most innovative final-year projects in both semesters. One of last year’s winning teams won an overall second prize in the International Union of Food Science and Technology’s product development competition, “Food Science Students Fighting Hunger”, held in Ireland from 21 to 25 August 2016. They developed S’coolBeans, a nutritious chocolate-flavoured sandwich spread made from sweet potato and sugar beans. The spread is high in protein and contains the necessary vitamins and minerals for development and growth in children, especially those from low-income environments. Three of the team members are furthering their master’s degree studies at SU this year, while the other three have already started working in the industry.

Innovation with impact: Having received 29 invention disclosures thus far this year, Innovus has assisted academic inventors with effectively protecting their intellectual property using strong patent applications. To date, a total of nine provisional patents and seven international PCT applications have been filed. Innovus has successfully concluded the negotiation of 12 commercial licence agreements on various patented technologies. In addition, 177 staff members and students have already been reached this year through intellectual property awareness events and workshops.

Aquaculture

On 30 June 2016, the Department of Science and Technology (DST) approved the continuation of two aquaculture pilot projects currently undertaken by SU, with a combined funding allocation of R9 million over the next two years.

The Mozambique Marine Finfish Sea Cage Farming Project is a collaborative undertaking between DST, the Mozambique Ministry of Fisheries and SU to determine the technical, environmental and financial feasibility of farming dusky kob in sea cages in Nacala in the Nampula Province of Mozambique. The DST SU KZN Aquaculture Development Project is based in Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, and aims to produce 40 tonnes of dusky kob with an estimated market value of R2,4 million over the next 11 months.

The ultimate objective is to commercialise both projects, most likely as joint venture companies, with Innovus playing a key facilitation role. Innovus was previously involved in the commercialisation of Diamond Coast Abalone (Pty) Ltd, a majority black-owned company engaged in abalone farming in the Northern Cape.

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3.9 New SU trademarks policy

SU is known for excellence in learning and teaching, research and innovation, as well as social impact. This reputation, which attracts top-quality students, lecturers, researchers and other stakeholders, is closely linked to SU’s visual identity. The SU brand, as captured in various trademarks, is one of the University’s most valuable assets.

In order to retain SU’s trademarks as unique identifiers of the University, the way in which these marks are used needs to be protected, controlled and monitored. A new policy to promote and enhance the use of SU’s trademarks will be tabled at this Council meeting as the final step in the process of institutional consultation and approval.

The policy has been developed to protect the integrity of SU’s trademarks and ensure that they are used appropriately. The licencing provisions of the policy will enhance the image of the University by authorising the use of its marks only in circumstances that reflect positively on and generates revenue for SU. The document is also aimed at preventing misleading or inaccurate portrayals of the University’s association with others or activities, and to prevent others from taking advantage of SU’s goodwill.

The policy was developed under the leadership of SU’s Senior Director: Innovation and Business Development, guided by SU’s Chief Operating Officer. Faculties and other environments were consulted, and will continue to play a role in implementing the document.

The responsibility of regulating and granting approval for the use of SU’s trademarks, and of processing and approving licence applications, has been delegated to Innovus, the division tasked with protecting and managing SU’s portfolio of intellectual property. A Trademark Office will be housed within Innovus to handle the day-to-day operations for the implementation of the policy. SU’s Corporate Marketing (Communication) Division will work closely with Innovus on the trademark policy, as the former maintains a related instrument, the SU Corporate Identity Guide, and has SU brand identity management as one of its strategic focus areas.

3.10 Personnel

Universities of the 21st century are extremely complex organisations, and SU is no exception. This has a direct impact on leaders at all levels of the University. To assist them, an individualised mentoring and coaching service is to be introduced. Participation will be voluntary. At the same time, in recognition of the important role played by chairpersons of academic departments, their leadership and management development is also to be prioritised. The customised programme currently presented by Human Resources in partnership with the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences is to be adapted for the University in general and replicated across the organisation.

The Task Team on Viable Sourcing has met to discuss workers’ and their representatives’ formal and verbal feedback on the draft process for viable sourcing and the accompanying code of conduct. The team’s views and the documents will be presented to the RMT in September for its consideration and final decision. The RMT’s decision will then be communicated to the task team, and the approved process and code will be implemented.

Colloquiums on service delivery, which will amongst others reflect on viable sourcing, will be initiated in the second semester. The Transformation Office, Human Resources and the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences will coordinate these discussions.

4. Social impact for a better future

4.1 Social impact

The development of a Social Impact Policy and Plan is now in the first phase of the final draft. This entails a review of the draft completed by the Task Team on Social Impact. Consultation with

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faculties will follow, after which the process of approval by all relevant institutional forums will commence.

During June 2016, the South African Higher Education Community Engagement Forum (SAHECEF) hosted a critical roundtable discussion on institutional models for community engagement in South Africa at the annual conference of the South African Sociological Association (SASA). Participants expressed strong support for the idea of community engagement as a cross-cutting, integrated catalyst for sustainable impact, instead of a so-called “third function” of universities. A full presentation on SU’s approach of social impact through engaged scholarship was delivered at the conference.

One of SU’s important contributions to the development of communities in close proximity to the University is to build their capacity to actively take part in their own development. During July 2016, the Division for Social Impact and the FVZS Institute offered a joint short course, “Leadership in Community Engagement”, to 22 members of Stellenbosch communities. This is the first time that the course has been offered to community members as part of the partnership between the e’Bosch network, which mainly focuses on heritage, and SU. The feedback was overwhelmingly positive.

Mandela Week activities SU at took place from 18 to 22 July 2016. This year, activities were planned in collaboration with multiple internal as well as external partners, such as Stellenbosch Municipality, Rachel’s Angels and the Stellenbosch Work Centre, an institution where people with disabilities are trained for gainful employment. Staff and students on the Stellenbosch, Tygerberg and Saldanha campuses gave 67 minutes of their time to enrich other people’s lives during this week. Tangible outcomes included a newly painted workshop for the SWC, 10 000 sandwiches for feeding schemes around Stellenbosch, a soccer pitch for Lückhoff High School, and comfort packs for mothers with sick children at Tygerberg Hospital. Profs Nico Koopman, Amanda Gouws and Rachel Jafta also shared their perspectives on Mandela Day in the media and at a discourse café respectively.

The University Museum contributes to transformative social impact by continuously broadening access to the University. To date, 800 learners from historically disadvantaged schools have participated in the Access to Visual Arts programme, which is aimed at introducing learners to museum exhibitions. They also receive an opportunity to visit SU’s Department of Visual Arts and the Botanical Gardens. As a result, some learners have demonstrated a desire to study at SU. The programme recently received a cash injection of R50 000 from Het Jan Marais Nationale Fonds, in addition to initial funds from the National Arts Council. A full-time position of education and public programmes officer has been created, and is expected to be filled by September 2016. The Museum is increasingly becoming one of the public faces of the University, recording 19 174 visits so far this year (up to 9 September). The facility has established partnerships with institutions such as the Michigan State University, the Nelson Mandela Museum and the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation. The University Museum also recently assisted the community of Pniel with museum exhibitions. In addition, the national minister of arts and culture recently appointed the Director of the University Museum, Mr Bongani Mgijima, to the council of Ditsong Museums. All of this shows that the Museum’s impact extends far beyond its walls.

The Stellenbosch University Choir has again performed brilliantly at the World Choir Games, recently held in Sochi, Russia, retaining their number one position in the world. The results were:

Spiritual: 1st place (96,88%)

Sacred a cappella: 1st place (92,75%)

Contemporary: 1st place (98,25%)

Locally, the choir is taking part in the first Varsity Sing competition and has qualified for the semi-finals after competing against UCT and UWC. The choir’s rendition of Karen Zoid and Francois van

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Coke’s song “Toe vind ek jou” in the first round of Varsity Sing went viral and was viewed online more than 100 000 times across different social media platforms (click here to view). A big weekend reunion to celebrate the 80th birthday of the SU Choir is planned for 28-30 October 2016.

One of the physiotherapists of SU’s Campus Health Service (CHS) accompanied the South African team to the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in September. In addition, a memorandum of cooperation has been finalised between CHS and the Institute for Sport and Exercise Medicine (ISEM) on the Tygerberg campus. This memorandum advances cooperation in research, learning and teaching, as well as social impact.

4.2 Transformation

Progress has been made with formulating the first Transformation Implementation Plan. The Institutional Transformation Committee is finalising a draft for university-wide discussion. It is expected that the draft will be finalised by the end of November.

A detailed report on transformation at Stellenbosch University was submitted to the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) in June 2016. This report outlined SU’s response to and progress with regard to the transformation resolutions of the National Summit on Transformation in Durban in October last year.

The Transformation Office continued rolling out a staff training programme in partnership with the Equality and Disability offices. A total of 27 participants, including professional and academic staff, attended a three-day training session on decolonisation, racism, disability, gender and rape culture, and the impact of this on institutional culture and the vision of becoming a world-class university rooted in Africa. A similar transformation staff series was also launched in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, with a total of 30 staff members completing the first two sessions during June and July 2016. This collaboration also resulted in the development of an institutional terminology, definitions and reading list for staff and students to encourage informed discussions, practices and policy development.

Youth Day reflections on the 1976 Soweto uprising took place at SU in collaboration with the Social Impact Division. A guided excursion to historic sites in Athlone, Langa and Cape Town took place on 8 June 2016, during which 20 students, alumni and staff members reflected on anti-apartheid activism. The group interacted with activists and affected community members to explore the impact of the past 40 years.

The Transformation Office also participated in the first regional transformation meeting between the four Western Cape universities and initiated a working group to refine and unpack a workable indicator list based on the proposed National Transformation Barometer.

The RMT recently approved three new positions in the SU Legal Services Division – that of legal adviser to the Director: Legal Services, administrative officer, and Head: Student Discipline. One appointment has been made and recruitment is under way for the other two positions.

4.3 Maties Sport

Maties Sport wants to achieve a dominant position within focus sports at tertiary, regional, national and international level, develop world-class sportsmen and women, deliver an excellent university sport experience, and raise the percentage of sportsmen and women who also achieve academic success. In the past few months, results have shown that it is on track to achieve these goals.

Olympics (August): In Rio, athlete Justine Palframan represented South Africa in the 200 m and 400 m, SU alumna Mari Rabie finished 11th in the triathlon, and cyclist Vera Adrian represented Namibia in the road race.

Paralympics (September): Fifteen members of the Maties Parasport Club as well as three coaches were included in South Africa’s 44-member squad for the Rio Paralympics. Ernst van Dyk lined up for

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his seventh Games – an unprecedented achievement – while Zanele Situ, a five-time participant, was named flag-bearer for Team SA. Well-known athletes Ilse Hayes, Fanie van der Merwe and Arnu Fourie were no strangers to the Games either.

Six of the athletes selected for the Olympic and Paralympic Games are registered students at Stellenbosch University and recipients of the High-Performance Integrated Medicine & Science (IMAS) bursary. This bursary is awarded to athletes who have shown exceptional performance in their sport, and assists the athlete to enhance his/her performance through integrated interventions across the areas of sport medicine, performance enhancement and empowerment. Maties Gymnasium, Winelands Radiology and Campus Health Services have also contributed to these athletes’ success through their individual sponsorship of services.

Other international news: Two Maties were part of the South African universities netball team who won the World University Netball Championship in Miami recently, while four Maties were included in the South African u-21 netball team who competed against Wales in a test series in June 2016. Two Maties rugby players were included in the South African u-20 team for the Junior Rugby World Cup in June 2016, while one Maties cricketer represented South Africa at u-19 level against Sri Lanka.

University Sport South Africa (USSA): There were top-three finishes for most of Stellenbosch University’s USSA teams during the holidays. The Steinhoff Maties men’s hockey team, Maties cycling team and Maties gymnastics team brought home gold medals from their respective competitions. Maties Rugby, Maties Surfing, Maties Badminton and Maties Squash all won silver, the Maties women’s hockey team won bronze, while Maties Netball ended fourth after a narrow defeat in the bronze-medal play-off. The Maties men’s basketball team finished sixth (out of 16 teams) in their debut USSA tournament, thereby qualifying for the Varsity Sports tournament.

PACER programme: Maties Sport is into its second year of implementing the PACER programme, which aims to empower high-performance student athletes to succeed not only on the sports field but also academically. PACER is an acronym for persistence, achievement, commitment, effort and resilience. Three workshops were presented to student athletes in the course of the year. The themes were study skills for first-years, thinking skills for second-years, and flourishing skills for third-years.

Community interaction: A group of 42 learners from schools in the Stellenbosch community attended a four-day holiday programme hosted by Maties Sport in collaboration with the Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science as well as Maties Gymnasium. The theme was “Holistic development with sport as medium”.

Football: The SU Football Programme aims to elevate the skills, expertise and prestige of the Maties first football team, and at the same time invest in football skills development at grassroots level in local communities. After Innovus managed the programme for a while, it is now being handed over to Maties Sport in phases. The student environment and SAB team were transferred in July, with the youth environment to follow at the end of September 2016.

5. Systemic sustainability

5.1 Mid-year financial report

In terms of the requirements of the DHET, the University had to submit an audited mid-year financial report by 30 June 2016, which also needs to be approved by Council. This report, along with the necessary additional and explanatory information, was presented to the Executive Committee of Council (EC[C]), which has recommended it to Council for approval.

In short, the report shows that SU’s available resources and net asset value have increased and that the institution is financially sound. Working capital enables SU, as a leading research-driven university, to continue contributing to the country and continent, despite the considerable expenses

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associated with advanced research, much-needed bursaries, essential campus renewal and vital upgrades to information and communications technology.

In terms of the report, the most important risks to be considered include:

the impact of #FeesMustFall and the subsequent student protests about study fees;

the impact of protests about the outsourcing of certain services;

the unknown effect of the anticipated change in the subsidy formula on the University’s first-stream income;

the impact of the sluggish global economy on revenue from donations and research contracts; and

students’ ability to settle their student accounts.

The University will tackle these challenges through its strategic approach to financial planning and management, and in accordance with its chosen business model. More information is contained in the submission to the EC(C).

5.2 Student fees

Since the previous Council meeting, the issue of student fees has remained high on the national agenda. See my communique to the campus here. There have been a number of meetings in the higher education sector, and the University also made a presentation to the Commission of Inquiry on Higher Education and Training (the so-called Fees Commission) in Cape Town on 6 September 2016 (click here for complete written version, and here for the PowerPoint presented).

Along with the rest of the sector, SU acknowledges the inequalities of the South African society, which comprises a very affluent and upper middle-class group that can afford university education, but also a large component of students who cannot pay their way. Unfortunately, the quality of the academic project and the long-term sustainability of the sector are being threatened by close to two decades of underfunding, protest action and turmoil, the 0% increase in tuition and accommodation fees for 2016, as well as increasing pressure from the DHET to increase the intake of students and improve throughput rates.

SU has set itself the objectives of supporting academically deserving students in financial need, while ensuring world-class academic qualifications and long-term sustainability. To achieve these objectives, the University supports the following principles:

That funding/fees is a sectoral challenge that requires a sectoral solution

That fee-free higher education is currently not feasible.

That higher education is both a public and a private good. Therefore, SU supports a cost-sharing model. Individual, philanthropic and industry funding should augment, but never replace state grants.

That the sector should support subsidised higher education for the poor. SU regards bursaries as a strategic instrument to ensure access for academically deserving students in financial need.

That a differentiated financial support model linked to annual household income be followed instead of a differentiated student fees model.

I would like to reiterate that SU follows a differentiated approach: Increases in tuition and accommodation fees are mitigated through financial support to academically deserving poor students, which is linked to their combined annual household income. SU’s own bursaries also keep pace with increases in tuition and accommodation fees. Between 55% and 60% of our annual income from student fees is returned to students in the form of financial aid.

Government’s expected announcement on recommendations for student fees for 2017 was postponed to mid-September. In a statement released on 30 August 2016, Minister of Higher

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Education and Training Dr Blade Nzimande appealed to all stakeholders to exercise patience and cooperate with government to find solutions to the prevailing societal challenges.

To assist the SU community to better understand the complexities of funding in higher education, of who qualifies for NSFAS support, SU’s own bursary allocations, the impact of the 0% fees increase as well as jargon such as “CPI” and “HEPI”, we have created a webpage with relevant information.

We are doing our utmost to steer our institution through the current challenges in the sector. We want to ensure that we will leave an even better institution to those who come after us, while at the same time not excluding academically deserving students due to their socio-economic circumstances.

5.3 Executive Managers’ Meeting

The annual Executive Managers’ Meeting (EMM) – comprising SU management, deans and key support staff – was held from 20 to 21 July 2016 at L’Ermitage in Franschhoek. (Already in Prof HR Botman’s time as Rector, the EMM replaced the Winter Institutional Planning Forum [IPF]. It has now become customary for the EMM to be held at the start of the second semester as a follow-up to the broader Summer IPF in March every year.)

The EMM agenda covered the following topics:

The nature, role and positioning of SU

Systemic sustainability of SU

The budgetary model and risks to SU’s sustainability

The following three task teams, which will report to the RMT and the Executive Committee of Senate (EC[S]), were formed:

A task team to start the revision of SU’s Institutional Intent and Strategy

A task team on business information

A task team to review the SU budgeting model

Systemic sustainability was emphasised as a key theme at the EMM, as well as the need to work in an integrated and consultative way. The EMM also prepared very concretely for a follow-up meeting between deans and management that was held on 28 July 2016. Both conversations formed part of an 82-step framework for institutional planning and development of the 2017 integrated budget and the 2018-2022 financial planning.

5.4 Corporate Marketing (Communication)

June to August 2016 was a productive time for our Corporate Marketing Division (a name change to Corporate Communication is being envisaged), which has made steady progress with the development of the Integrated Communication Strategy for SU, and at the same time launched three new digital publications.

New digital publications under the @StellenboschUni brand

Effective communication with all staff members and optimal utilisation of internal communication channels are imperative. For this reason, Corporate Marketing conducted a channel audit and survey in June 2016, inviting all staff members to indicate their communication needs and preferences in terms of format, language use and topics. The findings of the survey, in which several hundred staff members participated, served as the basis for redesigning the internal communication channels.

As a result, four new digital publications for staff were designed and developed under one brand, namely @StellenboschUni. The following three have already been launched:

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bulletin@StellenboschUni was introduced on 10 August to communicate priority news from the Rectorate and other key environments at the University. It is distributed whenever there is priority news from management to share.

news@StellenboschUni is a weekly e-newsletter featuring important SU and campus news, a brief message from management, and an overview of media coverage of the University for the week, and was introduced on 25 August. The publication includes news on research, staff achievements and SU policies, and also contains a link to the revamped staff page, Staffnet@StellenboschUni, on the University’s website.

info@StellenboschUni was launched on 31 August as a weekly e-notice carrying news of important staff events, notices and announcements.

The fourth new digital publication is an e-magazine which is expected to be launched in November. It will be a quarterly product carrying relevant articles in the human-interest style featuring SU’s people, research and activities.

Separate English and Afrikaans editions of all of the above mentioned publications will be distributed in accordance with the language preferences of users.

Integrated Communication Strategy

The purpose of the Integrated Communication Strategy is to create a competitive advantage for the University by strategically positioning and differentiating its brand, implementing effective communication programmes, and optimising stakeholder relationship management. The intention is to enable SU to realise its aspiration of being an inclusive, innovative and future-focused institution.

Starting in January 2016, the first step in the process was to develop an eight-point roadmap to inform the development of the strategy. This was followed by the compilation of a strategic agenda for the Corporate Marketing Division. The roadmap and strategic agenda were approved in principle by the RMT, which meant that work on the design and development of the strategy could proceed apace.

The Senior Director: Corporate Marketing established the Strategic Planning Team to guide the development of the strategy. With the assistance of subject matter experts, the team then participated in five planning workshops, of which the final one took place on 25 August 2016. These workshops culminated in a draft Integrated Communication Strategy, which is now the subject of extensive consultation among key internal stakeholders.

The proposed strategy has been well received thus far, and stakeholders have provided meaningful verbal and written feedback. Once the consultation process has been completed at the end of September, the feedback received will be incorporated into the final version of the strategy, which will then be presented to the RMT in October.

5.5 Campus Renewal Project

SU’s Campus Renewal Project (CRP) comprises large-scale, complex initiatives across various sites and with multiple clients. The Facilities Management Division is responsible for implementing the project. To date, R66 million has been spent and R103 million committed. Updates on various components of the project follow below.

Engineering complex

An overarching Facilities Master Plan for the Faculty of Engineering has been drawn up, addressing current needs as well as growth scenarios up to 2020. Sub-projects are now being identified and prioritised. The principal quantity surveyor has completed the provisional estimates for upgrading different departments, and the final scope must now be determined and aligned with the available

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budget. The appointment of consultants and detailed project planning for sub-projects will be taking place from July to December 2016.

Student Communities and Student Affairs

In addition to a contribution of R1 million from the Learning and Teaching Responsibility Centre, CRP funds have been made available to the project to refurbish the University house at 11 Bosman Street for the Centre for Student Structures and Communities, which is currently located in Admin A. Construction started on 26 January 2016 and was nearing completion at the time of writing this report.. The Division of Student Affairs, which is currently spread across Admin A and B, can then be consolidated in Admin A, which will also extend the one-stop service for students in that building.

PSO/residence hubs

In the CRP funding plan, R50 million was allocated for the building of four PSO/residence hubs. However, the true cost of a standalone hub (furnished according to the requirements of Student Communities) was recently estimated at R25 million. It will therefore be possible to fund only two hubs from the CRP. According to Student Communities, the highest priorities are the Victoria Hub (Monica, Harmonie, Huis de Villiers, Wilgenhof, Oude Molen and Silene) and the Rubix Hub (Nerina, Heemstede, Metanoia, Pieke and Venustia). As soon as a final decision has been taken on whether or not the construction of a new residence between Wilgenhof and Monica will proceed, the detailed planning of the Victoria hub will continue.

Sports facilities

Consultants for the most urgent sports facilities have been appointed. Investigations and sketch-plan proposals are in process. All the projects line up with the SU Sports Masterplan, which is an integrated spatial development framework for sports and recreation, and includes integration with broader municipal and community initiatives. The highest priorities are as follows:

Athletics stadium: Upgrading of offices and cloakrooms for multipurpose use

Vergenoeg: Upgrading of fields and irrigation, and new cloakrooms

Huis Neethling: Upgrading for use as sports residence (Phase 1, namely work on the bedrooms, has been completed.)

Lentelus: New cloakrooms and clubhouse; new grass field and upgrading of existing fields; installation of floodlights at B field

Coetzenburg C field: Installation of floodlights

Coetzenburg athletics track: Replacing track surface

Van der Sterr and Accounting & Statistics buildings

For these buildings, the CRP entails the densification of existing spaces, and constructing additional lecture halls where lecture hall 1039 burnt down. The additional block that is being built in the courtyard (see picture below) will consist of four new lecture halls with a total of 1 040 seats, as well as a multipurpose seminar room. Repairs started soon after the fire in early 2015, while CRP construction started in January this year. The occupation date of the lecture halls is January 2017, and May 2017 for the rest of the building.

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Arts and Social Sciences building

The project for the densification of only the fourth level of the Arts and Social Sciences building initially started with funding from the DHET. The CRP now extends densification to the third, fifth and sixth levels also. Considerable additional space will be made available. Master planning for all the levels must be completed before detailed planning can start. The layouts are currently being adapted in consultation with the various departments according to their needs. The programme will depend on the extent to which departments can be moved to make parts of the building available for construction. The biggest logistical challenge will be to find suitable decanting spaces.

In addition, a new annexe is being planned as a four-storey lightweight construction on the roof of the lecture halls on the first and second levels. It will be an extension on the southern facade of the building and will be linked to the existing building by way of a passage on each level.

Drama

Planning and tender documents for the Drama Renewal Project, including the proposed new “Little Theatre”, have been completed. The tenders have been evaluated and detailed project documentation is being prepared for management approval. Construction should be completed by December 2017. Decanting space for Drama has been provided in Eikestad Mall for the duration of the project. The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is drawing up a business plan for the additional space that is being created in the building. This will inter alia deal with the viable use of new facilities, such as a television studio.

Upgrading of teaching spaces

An overarching list of all teaching spaces on Stellenbosch campus – with proposed upgrades for each venue – has been drawn up by the Department of Planning and Development in the Division of Facilities Management. The priorities for each year will be determined by the Lecture Hall Advisory

A new lecture hall block takes shape in the courtyard of the Van der Sterr and Accounting & Statistics buildings, which were both fitted with new roofs following the fire in February 2015.

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Group, with funding drawn from the CRP and the Facilities Management capital plan. Lecture Hall Advisory Group funds were recently used for an Engineering lecture hall and Theology auditorium. Currently, the first-year chemistry lecture halls as well as the installation of wireless networks in all lecture halls are the highest priorities.

Tygerberg backlog maintenance project

In 2010, Council approved funding for phases 1 and 2 of the upgrading of the Tygerberg campus. The project consisted of an external facade and roofing upgrade, with a budget of R105 million. This work has been completed.

In 2012, Council approved phases 3 and 4 of the project (internal upgrade and compliance), with a budget of R164 million. This entails upgrading the floors of the Education and Clinical buildings, with statutory compliance work taking priority; and upgrading internal wall and floor finishes, ceilings, doors, etc. The project methodology requires individual floors to be vacated and the staff relocated while the work is being carried out. On completion, staff are moved back, and work on the next floor starts.

The Education Building has been completed, with the seventh and eighth floors of the Clinical Building to be completed by December 2016. Phases 3 and 4 are nearing completion, with 83% of the budget having been spent. The remaining 17% of the budget is to be spent by December 2016.

Tygerberg Campus: Fisan research facility

This project comprises a new four-storey building (with basement parking) as an extension to the Fisan Building, and the upgrading of the existing Fisan Building so that the two buildings as a whole can serve as one modern research facility addressing current needs as well as growth scenarios up to 2030. Although funds will only be made available in the CRP in 2017, the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences has already provided a portion of the professional fees for the appointment of consultants to undertake the needs assessments, draw up preliminary sketch plans and do elementary estimates for the project.

Detailed research and laboratory needs have already been determined in collaboration with the Faculty. Spatial planning for the optimal positioning of entities and best use of spaces has been done, as have provisional cost estimates. The business model to determine the feasibility of this specialised, service-intensive facility has been compiled by the Faculty to ensure that the facility will be run sustainably. This will also be used in applying for additional funds from the DHET and other sources, which will be done as soon as possible.

Tygerberg library

All the relevant parties were consulted to ensure that a modern, 21st-century library will be built. Final sketch plans have largely been approved by the Faculty and SU’s Library and Information Service. The move of the library to a temporary venue in the Education Building will take place from mid-November to mid-December 2016. Construction is expected to take the whole of 2017, with the library scheduled to reopen in January 2018.

Bellville Park

Priorities on Bellville Park campus that are addressed in the CRP are additional lecture halls, study areas, breakaway rooms and a library refurbishment. The project also includes accessible outside areas and office spaces. All extensions and repurposing of facilities will occur in the vicinity of the Main Building. Additional funding for the full scope of the project will need to be sourced and a business plan to support this is being drawn up. Construction is expected to start in February 2017.

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5.6 SRC election

The election of the SRC at SU is guided by the SRC Constitution. It is aimed at adhering to the processes stipulated in the Statute of Stellenbosch University and enabling students to experience the democratic process, which forms part of delivering graduates who will be active citizens.

Voting in this year’s election was scheduled to commence on 2 August. However, one day before, a complaint was received that seven candidates, all standing on an AfriForum platform, disregarded the rules on electioneering by using extraordinary funds and unacceptable mechanisms to advertise. (As AfriForum is currently regarded as a non-political party, the candidates were permitted to stand as such this year.) The complaint was laid at the Student Court, a structure within SU’s Faculty of Law, and not the Election Convener. The Student Court took the case and halted the election pending the Election Convener’s report on the alleged transgressions. The affected candidates appealed this decision to the Student Appeal Court, also operating in the Faculty of Law. Their appeal was refused, as they had to await the outcome of the process set in motion by the Student Court.

The candidates subsequently approached the High Court for relief, which indicated that it would not hear the matter until all internal remedies available to the candidates have been exhausted. The University and the candidates accordingly agreed that they no election would be held until the candidates have made use of all internal remedies. Following the Student Court’s final ruling that the applicable candidates were not allowed to partake in elections as they had transgressed the election rules and obtained an unfair advantage, the candidates again took the decision on appeal to the Student Appeal Court. On 7 September, the Student Appeal Court found that the complaints of 1 August should have gone to the Election Convener and not to the Student Court, and that the Student Court had therefore taken the case in error.

Setting the Student Court decision aside, the Student Appeal Court effectively reinstated the situation as on 1 August 2016. This meant that the election could commence as if it had never been interrupted and the complainants could approach the Election Convener about their concerns by 17:00 on 12 September, with a ruling by the Election Convener to be made by 14 September.

Meanwhile, the current 2015/16 has extended its term until the end of September, with room for individual members to withdraw, depending on their circumstances. SRC chair Mr Axolile Qina has for instance done so in order to focus on his studies and handed over his duties to vice-chair Mr James de Villiers. Essential SRC functions, including liaison with SU Student Affairs and management, are being fulfilled by the remaining members as well as other student leadership structures and affiliated bodies.

5.7 Senior appointments

Vice-rectors

Prof Nico Koopman took up the position of Vice-Rector: Social Impact, Transformation and Personnel with effect from 1 July 2016. He had been acting in this position since 1 June 2015.

Prof Hester Klopper, former chief executive of the Forum for University Nursing Deans of South Africa (FUNDISA), now holds the newly created position of Vice-Rector: Strategic Initiatives and Internationalisation, having been appointed with effect from 1 August 2016.

The first terms of the Vice-Rector: Learning and Teaching as well as the Vice-Rector: Research, Innovation and Postgraduate Studies will come to an end on 31 July 2017 and will be dealt with in terms of prescribed procedures.

Chief Operating Officer

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A final shortlist of potential successors to Prof Leopoldt van Huyssteen, who will be retiring at the end of 2017, has been compiled. Council is expected to decide on this appointment at this meeting.

Deans

Theology: The process to fill this position, which was previously occupied by Prof Nico Koopman, has started. (Prof Hendrik Bosman is currently serving as acting Dean.) Council is expected to appoint a new Dean at its meeting scheduled for 28 November 2016.

Law: Prof Sonia Human’s current term will expire on 31 July 2017. As she is not available for a second term, the process to fill this position has commenced. A new Dean is expected to be appointed at the Council meeting of 28 November 2016.

Engineering: Prof Hansie Knoetze’s current term will expire on 31 August 2017, and he has indicated that he will be available as Dean until 30 June 2017 only. The process to fill the position has therefore commenced. A new Dean is expected to be appointed at the Council meeting of 28 November 2016.

Education: Prof Maureen Robinson’s current term will expire on 31 March 2017. As she is not available for a second term, the process to fill this position has been initiated. A new Dean is expected to be appointed at the first Council meeting of 2017.

Military Science: Prof Sam Tshehla’s reappointment as Dean for a second term was referred to the Joint Appointments Committee of Council for discussion on 20 September and is to be reported on at this Council meeting.

Registrar

Dr Ronel Retief, former Deputy Registrar: Tygerberg Campus, has been appointed Registrar with effect from 1 September 2016. She succeeds Mr Johann Aspeling, who is retiring after 37 years in the University’s employ (15 of which as Registrar). We sincerely thank him for his tireless service.

Director: Centre for Student Leadership and Governance

The reconceptualised position of Dean of Students has been filled following due procedure. Ms Tonia Overmeyer commenced duties on 1 September 2016 with the function of directing the Centre for Student Leadership and Governance in the Student Affairs Division. Having graduated from the University of Cape Town (UCT), she spent her early career managing the Raymond Ackerman Leadership Academy. She then joined the University of the Western Cape (UWC) as manager of its Leadership and Social Responsibility Department, and later became acting director of the Centre for Student Support Services. She impressed SU’s selection and interview panel – made up of staff and students – with her insight into and knowledge of the higher education landscape and her experience in the student representation and leadership domain. She will complement the directors in the SU Student Affairs Division and will also participate in the RMT.

5.8 New reporting lines

The reporting lines of a number of divisions have been changed to align with the portfolios of the members of the Rector’s Management Team (RMT). The changes took effect on 1 September 2016.

The International Office component of the Postgraduate and International Office (PGIO) now reports to the Vice-Rector: Strategic Initiatives and Internationalisation, while the Postgraduate Studies component remains in the reporting line of the Vice-Rector: Research, Innovation and Postgraduate Studies.

The reporting line of the Registrar’s Office changes from the Vice-Rector: Learning and Teaching to the Rector and Vice-Chancellor. The Legal Services Division, which previously formed part of the responsibility centre of the Vice-Rector: Social Impact, Transformation and Personnel, now reports to the Registrar.

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6. SU in the news

Over the past three months, the University continued to enjoy positive news coverage on cutting-edge research and other achievements. I would like to congratulate our researchers and other newsmakers, as well as the staff of the Corporate Marketing Division and the respective faculty communication officers who facilitate media releases and media liaison. Some of the achievements are highlighted below (click on the hyperlinks to view the relevant reports/articles) as well as elsewhere in my report. Of course, SU makes headlines for reasons other than research achievements also. In the period under review, language affairs and, to a certain extent, the #FeesMustFall movement were of particular interest. As University management, we do not shy away from opportunities to use media platforms to state and defend our views on these issues.

Feel free to visit the page “In the News” on the SU website for relevant media reports. It has been expanded to now also include articles on research and institutional affairs (in addition to reports on transformation and language matters).

Rankings

SU was mentioned in coverage of the QS World University Rankings 2016/17. Some reports include SA’s universities slide down global rankings (Business Day Live), Are South Africa’s universities on the slippery slope? (Rand Daily Mail), Funding clamp hurts top SA universities’ reputations internationally (Times Live) and South African universities struggle in global ranking as fee debate begins to bite (Business Tech). Rankings always elicit a lot of media coverage. Interestingly, a number of media reports linked South African universities’ drop on the rankings to the current turmoil in higher education in the country. See “In the News” for more.

Student fees

Hundreds of news reports, feature articles and op-eds on higher education funding and student fees appeared the past few months. The media reported on SU’s presentation to the Fees Commission, along with that of the University of Cape Town and the subsequent disruption of the session. Among others Die Burger, the Daily Sun, Cape Times, Cape Argus, Business Day and Mail & Guardian reported on submissions.

Language

Council’s approval of the Language Policy took up hundreds of centimetres of column space in newspapers (see “In the News” for a selection of articles) and generated a large number of inserts on radio and even TV, not to mention discussions on social media. Since June, SU-generated articles and press releases on this topic included the following: “‘Promote Afrikaans and expand English’ – SU Council Chair”(3 Jun), “Senate adopts draft Language Policy with large majority” (9 Jun) and “New SU Language Policy to promote access and multilingualism” (27 Jun).

Alleged blackfacing

The commissioner tasked by Council with investigating the University’s handling of the matter concluded her work, and at the time of compiling this report, her findings were expected to be discussed at this Council meeting.

Institutional

The University received a R30 million endowment from the South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL) in August. The endowment will continue to fund the SANRAL Chair in Pavement Engineering in SU’s Civil Engineering Department and will help SANRAL address the broadening skills gap in this highly technical field.

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In celebrating Youth Day, a number of staff members also shared their views in opinion pieces, which appeared in various publications. Staff members also contributed opinion pieces to mark Women’s Day (“Women still fighting for equality”).

In June, the Human Resources Division started to implement a decision by the RMT to eliminate the last remaining instances of inequality in the remuneration of men and women. This also generated some media interest.

Research

The University has a duty to inform the public and other stakeholders of its activities and research. In the reporting period, a range of media releases generated excellent publicity for the institution.

One of SU’s biggest stories of the year was the research on South Africa’s great white shark heading for extinction, conducted by Dr Sara Andreotti of the Botany and Zoology Department. The research received international exposure – including on platforms such as BBC (“South Africa’s great white sharks ‘facing extinction”), CNN (“Great white sharks in South Africa on the path to extinction, study says”), Canada News (“South Africa’s great white sharks on verge of extinction, new research”), Sky News Australia (“South Africa shark pop in ‘double jeopardy’”), The Guardian (“South Africa’s great white sharks face extinction, says study”), Reuters UK (“South Africa’s great white sharks could die out: study”) and National Geographic (“Let’s Put Teeth Into Protecting Great Whites, Before We Lose Them Forever”). A special thank you to Ms Wiida Fourie-Basson and colleagues of the Faculty of Science’s communication office for facilitating the media release and a well-attended media briefing in Cape Town in August.

Other stories that also generated good media exposure included research on potholes; SU researchers’ plans to help remove space debris; the benefits of exercise and a healthy diet in fighting diabetes, and a new training laboratory that is set to boost skills development in Africa.

A nanosatellite that was built by Stellenbosch University engineers also received considerable media coverage. ZA-AeroSat, weighing in at only 2 kg, is the only satellite from Africa forming part of the international QB50 project, which is scheduled to launch 50 nanosatellites known as “CubeSats” – each about 10 cm x 10 cm x 20 cm in size (smaller than a shoebox) − from the International Space Station in January 2017 to gather measurements from the lower thermosphere, 200-400 km above earth.

Other reports, articles and media releases that made the news included “A healthy, longer life is a walk in the park”; “Five new velvet worm species from South Africa”; “Stellenbosch University scientists develop a rapid screening tool for TB”; “Poison information available in 11 languages”; “What do we know about mommy sharks and their babies?”; “Lifestyle changes help boost male fertility”; “‘Chameleon” of the dragonfly world quickly changes colour when temperatures change”; “New book shows how watching dragonflies can help to monitor SA’s water”; “New male contraceptive a ‘game changer’, says expert”; “People with disabilities struggling to access healthcare” and “Research publication highlights SU’s societal impact”.

Alumnus Dr Noel du Toit’s involvement in a NASA experiment (“Matie teams up with NASA for extreme underwater mission”) also received good publicity in South Africa.

In terms of SU’s own publications, the 2015 edition of Research at Stellenbosch has been released. July 2016 also saw the launch of SU’s first full-fledged free and open online course (or MOOC). Click here for a preview. Congratulations to Prof Yusef Waghid, distinguished professor associated with the Faculty of Education, who is presenting the course. The MOOC is coordinated by the Division for Learning and Teaching Enhancement.

‘The Conversation’

I would also like to draw your attention to The Conversation, an external web platform creating substantial exposure for the University. Let me list a few examples: Prof Amir Zarrabi’s article “A new

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male contraceptive could help men bear the family planning burden” has already attracted more than 65 000 readers, while Dr Andreotti’s article (mentioned above) “I spent the past seven years counting white sharks – the findings are troubling” has been read by nearly 40 000 people.

In terms of republication of articles that appeared on The Conversation, the article “It will take more than $36 billion every year to end AIDS” by Prof Charles Wiysonge of the Centre for Evidence-Based Health Care appeared in The Star; Daily News; The New Age and Business Report; Prof Amanda Gouws’article “How South Africa’s young women activists are rewriting the script” was published in Daily Dispatch, The New Age and The Witness, and Prof Lindy Heinecken’s article “Military women need to trouble gender relations and roles for peace’s sake” was published on TimesLive, enca, SABCNews and in The New Age, Daily News and Mail & Guardian. Prof Lesley le Grange’s piece “Decolonisation involves more than simply turning back the clock” has attracted more than 5 000 readers worldwide.

Staff members making headlines

Congratulations to the various staff members who have received awards or been recognised in different ways:

Prof Hester Klopper , Vice-Rector: Strategic Initiatives and Internationalisation, received an honorary doctorate from Oxford Brookes University in the UK.

Dr Willie Visser, an SU dermatologist, was awarded a L’Oréal research grant.

Dr Charles Awortwe of the Division of Clinical Pharmacology received the Carl Duisberg Scholarship from the Bayer Science and Education Foundation.

Drs Charles Kyriakakis, Jen Holness and Leigh van den Heuvel each received a four-year scholarship in the clinical research programme of the Medical Research Council (MRC).

Prof Lou-Marie Kruger and Ms Caroline Pule, two top female researchers at SU, received national acclaim when they were honoured with the Department of Science and Technology’s Women in Science awards.

Dr Moleen Zunza, an expert in the field of breastfeeding by HIV-positive mothers, received the Janssen/CTN international postdoctoral fellowship.

Agricultural economist Prof Nick Vink was elected to the Reserve Bank board.

Dr Karl Storbeck has been awarded the South African Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology’s silver award.

Dr Eleanor Ochodo of the Centre for Evidence-Based Health Care has been awarded a fellowship in Public Health and Tropical Medicine by the Wellcome Trust.

A newly discovered yeast species Saturnispora bothae has been named after SU scientist Prof Alf Botha.

Dr Eric Decloedt was named Educator of the Year by the South African Society for Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. Microbiologist Prof Andrew Whitelaw has been appointed to the ministerial advisory committee on antimicrobial resistance.

I have been done the honour of being appointed to the Advisory Board of the international journal, Gastroenterology.

Students

The past few months also saw many of our students making the news for various projects and achievements. A successful Matie Identity Week, themed “Reimagining Matie Identity”, was held. In addition, the student newspaper Die Matie celebrated its 75th anniversary recently. This is indeed a huge milestone.

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Congratulations also to PhD student Mr Nick Mdika Tembo on winning the Timothy Dow Adams award, and Ms Sindiswa Busuku-Mathes, also a PhD candidate, on having her poetry collection published.

Sport

Maties Sport generated a number of articles in relation to the recent Olympic and Paralympic Games. These include “Research makes Games safer for Paralympic athletes”; “Ilse wants to serve as role model and mentor”; “Roxy’s eyes firmly set on Rio”; “Olympic dream a reality for small-town athlete”; “Three Maties coaches off to Rio”; “15 Maties Parasport Club members to represent SA in Rio” and “Maties off to Rio”.

Op-eds and regular columns

In conclusion, I would like to use this opportunity to highlight the contribution of members of the University community who harness the opportunities offered by the media. As you can see in the list attached as addendum, a significant number of articles by member of the SU community appeared in the media. A word of appreciation to Dr Alec Basson of the Division of Corporate Marketing, who facilitated a number of these. Comment and analysis of this nature help establish SU as a place of thought leadership on a wide range of issues. The critical nature of the contributions is also in line with the open conversation that should characterise all universities.

7. Conclusion

I wish to express my appreciation to all my colleagues in the RMT and the rest of management whose efforts to take SU forward have enabled me to present such a comprehensive report. I also wish all Council members strength, ingenuity and inspiration for what still lies ahead in the remaining months of the year.

Prof WJS de Villiers Rector & Vice-Chancellor

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ADDENDUM: OP-EDS & COLUMNS

Opinion editorials

AUTHOR DEPARTMENT HEADLINE PUBLICATION (HYPERLINKED)

Dr Llewellyn MacMaster Social Impact Youth Day a good time for inter-generational talks

Cape Argus (15 Jun)

Prof Amanda Gouws Political Science How South Africa’s young women activists are rewriting the script

The Conversation (15 Jun); Daily Dispatch (17 Jun); The New Age (17 Jun); The Witness (20 Jun)

Dr Michael le Cordeur Curriculum Studies In die koue van 1976 Die Burger (16 Jun)

Joan van Dyk BA (Journalism) student Word wit mense twee keer gebore?

Eikestadnuus (16 Jun)

Dr Leslie van Rooi FVZS Institute for Student Leadership Development

Het die Soweto-opstande iets te make met vandag se studenteprotesaksies?

Litnet (17 Jun)

Prof Xikombiso Mbhenyane & Irene Labuschagne

Human Nutrition & Nutrition Information Centre

Sub-Saharan Africa has a long way to go before it cracks food insecurity

The Conversation (19 Jun); The New Age (21 Jun)

Nelene Koen Human Nutrition If food labels aren’t simple, consumers may ignore them

The Conversation (21 Jun)

Dr Michael le Cordeur Curriculum Studies ‘Die taal is nou Kaaps in die hemel’

Die Burger (27 Jun)

Heindrich Wyngaard SU Business School Nóg 40 jaar in die woestyn Die Burger (29 Jun)

Prof Anton van Niekerk Philosophy Om te doen wat jy dink Die Burger (7 Jul)

Dr Phoebe Runciman Institute of Sport and Exercise Medicine

Exercise in childhood benefits those with cerebral palsy in later life

The Conversation (10 Jul)

Prof Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela Research Chair in Social Change and Transformation

Complicity in the academic patriarchy

City Press (10 Jul)

Prof Lesley le Grange Curriculum Studies Decolonisation involves more than simply turning back the clock

The Conversation (11 Jul); The New Age (13 Jul); The Weekly (15 Jul)

Prof Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela Research Chair in Social Change and Transformation

Becoming active partners for change

Cape Times (11 Jul)

Prof Amanda Gouws Political Science Reflections on building the South Africa of Nelson Mandela’s dreams

The Conversation (15 Jul); EWN (17 Jul); Moneyweb (23 Jul)

Prof Nico Koopman

Vice-Rector: Social Impact, Transformation and Personnel

Celebrate Mandela Day by working together

Cape Argus (18 Jul); Diamond Fields Advertiser (18 Jul)

Dr Klaas-Douwe Dijkstra Conservation Ecology and Entomology

Les libellules, symbole d’une foisonnante biodiversité dont nous ignorons presque tout

The Conversation (18 Jul)

Prof Michael Samways & Dr John Simaika

Conservation Ecology and Entomology, and Soil Science

Dragonflies as sentinels for freshwater conservation

The Conversation (19 Jul)

Prof Charles Wiysonge Centre for Evidence-Based Health Care

It will take more than $36 billion every year to end AIDS

The Conversation (19 Jul); The Star (21 Jul); Daily News (21 Jul); The New Age (21 Jul); Business Report (24 Jul)

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AUTHOR DEPARTMENT HEADLINE PUBLICATION (HYPERLINKED)

Dr Sara Andreotti Botany and Zoology I spent the past seven years counting white sharks – the findings are troubling

The Conversation (21 Jul)

Dr Ross Shackleton Centre for Invasive Biology How South Africa’s second most invasive tree can be managed better

The Conversation (26 Jul); enca (27 Jul)

Heindrich Wyngaard SU Business School Triomf vir die Grondwet Die Burger (27 Jul); Beeld (30 Jul)

Prof Yusef Waghid Education Policy Studies African philosophy of education: a powerful arrow in universities’ bow

The Conversation (29 Jul)

Dr Amir Zarribi Urology A new male contraceptive could help men bear the family planning burden

The Conversation (29 Jul)

Prof Suzette Viviers & Dr Nadia Mans-Kemp

Business Management Listed companies with more female directors are better corporate citizens

The Conversation (29 Jul); all4women (29 Jul); workinfo (30 Jul); moneyweb (31 Jul)

Dr Monique Andersson Medical Virology The risk of early liver cancer is spurred by a combo of hepatitis B and HIV

The Conversation (31 Jul)

Prof Peter Weingart, Dr Lars Guenther & Marina Joubert

Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology

Science communication is on the rise – and that’s good for democracy

The Conversation (3 Aug)

Heindrich Wyngaard SU Business School Business needs to see what is coming

Mail & Guardian (5 Aug)

Dr Collette Schulz-Herzenberg Political Science Unpacking political parties support in the metros

SABCNews (7 Aug)

Prof Lindy Heinecken Sociology and Social Anthropology

Military women need to trouble gender relations and roles for peace’s sake

The Conversation (8 Aug); TimesLive (9 Aug); enca (10 Aug); SABCNews (10 Aug); The New Age (11 Aug); Daily News (11 Aug); Mail & Guardian (12 Aug)

Farai Mubaiwa BCom (Hons) student Black Magic? No, just a normal, imperfect black womxn

The New Age (10 Aug)

Dr Itziar Iraola-Arregui Process Engineering A fresh focus on new approaches to recycling tyres is needed

The Conversation (10 Aug)

Prof Lizette Rabe Journalism Op die kuber-brandstapel Die Burger (11 Aug)

Prof Suzette Viviers & Dr Nadia Mans-Kemp

Business Management Shareholders should stand up and demand more transparency

Business Day (11 Aug)

Marina Joubert Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology

People-powered science in Africa: a boost for democracy and knowledge

The Conversation (11 Aug)

Dr Ubanesia Adams-Jack Political Science Celebrations should include joining forces to restore the dignity of women

Cape Times (12 Aug)

Dr Dirk Brand School of Public Leadership South Africans have made their voices heard. Now what for local councils?

The Conversation (15 Aug); ewn (16 Aug); polity (16 Aug); SABCNews (17 Aug)

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AUTHOR DEPARTMENT HEADLINE PUBLICATION (HYPERLINKED)

Dr Nuraan Davids & Prof Yusef Waghid

Education Policy Studies How to unlock the value of Islamic ethics in a violent, dangerous world

The Conversation (17 Aug)

Prof Lizette Rabe Journalism Filosoof op die markplein Die Burger (18 Aug)

Heindrich Wyngaard SU Business School Uit die buitenste baan Die Burger (20 Aug)

Marina Joubert Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology

Scientists have much to gain by sharing their research with the public

The Conversation (23 Aug)

Dr Hannes Smit Philosophy Online courses a link to low-cost education

Business Day (24 Aug)

Dr Jason Bantjes & Valentina Iemmi

Psychology, and London School of Economics and Political Science

More research needed on poverty and suicide

Cape Argus (29 Aug); Diamond Fields Advertiser (31 Aug)

Patrick Kadima BA (Social Dynamics) student Unstable world needs new vision for peace

The New Age (31 Aug)

Prof Kennedy Dzama & Tawanda Marandure

Animal Science How agriculture can be intensified in Africa without causing harm

The Conversation (1 Sep)

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Regular columns

AUTHOR DEPARTMENT HEADLINE PUBLICATION (HYPERLINKED)

Prof Johan Fourie

Economics

How to boost tourism in SA Finweek (16 Jun)

How glasses or a cup of tea can change the world

Finweek (30 Jun)

Beware mercantilist sentiments

Finweek (14 Jul)

Wat Lucas Maree nie vir ons gesê het nie

Rapport (7 Aug)

How ‘movers and shakers’ move and shake

Finweek (11 Aug)

How fintech must disrupt to be effective

Finweek (25 Aug)

Prof Amanda Gouws

Political Science

Dié studente stel voorbeeld Die Burger (14 Jun)

Die reg is nie áltyd reg nie

Die Burger (28 Jun)

Die ANC kry wat hy verdien Die Burger (9 Aug)

ʼn Kommissie sonder tande Die Burger (23 Aug)

Jan Greyling Agricultural Economics Elektriese trekkers boere se voorland?

Landbouweekblad (29 Jul)

Prof Nico Koopman

Vice-Rector: Social Impact, Transformation and Personnel

Woorde is ʼn voertuig vir transformasie

Die Burger (8 Jun)

Die mense verdra nie sulke dinge nie

Die Burger (15 Jun

SAUK laat ons voel apartheid is nog met ons

Die Burger (6 Jul)

Suid-Afrika se kerke is eintlik nasionale bates

Netwerk24 (13 Jul)

Onthou visie van ʼn nuwe samelewing

Die Burger (3 Aug)

Diskriminasie bly ons kultuur besoedel

Die Burger (10 Aug)

Dit is nou ʼn tyd om harde vrae te stel

Die Burger (31 Aug)

Prof Anton van Niekerk Philosophy By Maties is daar geen sameswering nie

Die Burger (18 Jun)