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PRINCIPAL’S REPORT TO COUNCIL
26 APRIL 2006
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PRINCIPAL’S DIARY
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19 January: Workshop – Taking Unisa into the Future: the
Tuition model revised
20 January: SENEX
23/24 January: AU Summit of Heads of State and
Government, Khartoum, Sudan – delivered keynote address
25 – 27 January: ACDE Executive Board Meeting,
Khartoum, Sudan (Chaired meeting)
2 February: Opening of Academic Year
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PRINCIPAL’S DIARY (contd)
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3 February: HRCOC
6 February: HESA Exco meeting
6 February: Dinner with Minister of Education
8 February: Meeting with Ms Nthobi Angel, ESKOM
9 – 11 February: Management workshop, Kloofzicht
23 February: SENEX
24/25 February: Unisa Foundation Trustees breakaway,
Mount Grace
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PRINCIPAL’S DIARY (contd)
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24 January: Mayoral Invitation: Recognition of Service
Excellence. Delivered keynote address.
27 January: Unisa 2015 Strategic Plan implementation
presentation.
26 – 28 January: National Conference on the Strengthening
of African Studies in Africa and south Africa in Particular.
Participated in panel discussion- Opening Address
3 March: HRCOC
5/6 March: Meeting of SADC ministers responsible for HE,
Kasane Botswana
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PRINCIPAL’S DIARY (contd)
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7 March: As Chair of HESA, hosted a dinner at Cloghereen
for Dr Johnetta Cole, 14th President of Bennet College for
Women in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
9 March: Visits to registrations, Student Admin, Examinations
and Student Support
10/11 March: Council Workshop, Kloofzicht
13/14 March: Planning Meeting for AGI Workshop on
Governance, Pretoria
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PRINCIPAL’S DIARY (contd)
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14 March: Combined Union meeting to discuss MRF
15 March : SENATE
17 March: NBP addressed Unisa SRC National Congress
22 – 25 March: South Africa Week in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
27 March: JIPSA Launch, Pretoria
28 March: Visit to Call Centre, Florida Campus
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PRINCIPAL’S DIARY(contd.)
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29 March: SENEX
30 March: HESA Board of Directors Meeting
30 March: Extraordinary Meeting of Council (by invitation)
31 March: Interview: Documentary “Breaking the Rules”
(examining the history of the anti-apartheid struggle)
• 31 March: Meeting with H E Ms Nomvume Magaqa, S A
Ambassador in Thailand
• 31 March : Opening Address: Launch of New National Union of
Students, Stellenbosch University
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PRINCIPAL’S DIARY (contd.)
• 2 April: Open 8th World Conference on Injury Prevention and
Safety Promotion, ICC, Durban
• 5 – 13 April: Participated in Association of Commonwealth
Universities Conference of Executive Heads, University of
Adelaide, Australia
• 18 April: Keynote address and participation in Plenary Session:
SASCE 2006 International Conference, Vereeniging
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PRINCIPAL’S DIARY (Contd.)
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19 April : Breakfast Meeting with Minister N Pandor
attended by Vice Chancellors
19 April : Presidential HE Working Group Meeting
20 April: National Awards Ceremony, Union Buildings
20 April: Inauguration of Chancellor and Vice Chancellor of
the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth
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PRINCIPAL’S DIARY (Contd.)
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21 April: Meeting Managing Director of Old Mutual, Cape Town
21 April: Unisa Brand Launch – Zevenwacht Wine Estate, Cape
22 April: Graduation Ceremony: Wellington
24 April: Meeting with combined unions
25 April: Graduation Ceremony: Mr Dannie Jordaan
26 April: Council Meeting
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FORTHCOMING EVENTS
• 2 May: Graduation Ceremony: Pretoria Campus
• 3 May: Visits to Colleges: Human Sciences, Law, Economic
and Management Sciences, Science, Engineering and
Technology
• 4 May: HESA Exco
• 4 May: Honorary Degree Ceremony: Mr A Knott-Craig
(Vodacom)
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FORTHCOMING EVENTS (Contd.)
• 6 – 19 May: Visiting USA – Signing of Memorandum of
Agreement between Unisa and Thomas Edison State College,
Trenton, NJ and visits to other universities and Foundations
within the US
• 25 May: HESA Board of Directors Meeting
• 2 June: HRCOC
• 5 June: Polokwane – 2015 and Unisa Brand Launches
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FORTHCOMING EVENTS (Contd.)
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7 June: Visit to Learner Support Dept.
8 June: SENEX
8 June: Meeting Prof M Mboya, NEPAD Secretariat
9 – 14 June: ICDE SCOP 2006 Conference, Lillehammer,
Norway
• 14 June: SENATE
• 23 June: Exco of Council
• 23 June: Meeting with SRC
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FORTHCOMING EVENTS (Contd.)
• 28 June: Unisa Foundation Trustees’ Meeting
• 29 June: HESA Board of Directors Meeting
• 29 June: Guest speaker at Gala Dinner: 4th Annual SADC
Conference on Assessment in Education, hosted by Umalusi
• 30 June: Black Management Forum Meeting, hosted by Unisa
GSBL
• 13 July: SENEX
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14 July: HRCOC
19 – 21 July: Visit to African Development Bank, Tunisia
27 July: HESA Exco
28 July: Council Meeting
31 July – 1 Aug: HELM Programme for Vice Chancellors
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PRO VICE CHANCELLOR’S OFFICE
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Establishment of a Customer Care Committee
College promotional week project
Checkers Women Award 2006
Workshop on Effective Allocation of HR within the Teaching and
Learning Environment
• Moving towards service excellence at the Call Centre
• Discontinued modules
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LEARNER SUPPORT AND ICT
• Mission to Ethopia – establishment of a Learning Centre in
Addis Ababa
• Durban and Sunnyside Learning Centres
• ICT migration plan – Systems integrated, finalising last aspects
– Move to new servers ICT platform complete
• Development of ICT Training Centre
• Smart Card/RFID, access control – in progress
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STUDENT AND ALUMNI AFFAIRS
• SRC elections complete - new SRC President: Lucky Phosa
• Alumni Chapters established in Lesotho and Kimberley
• Financial Aid Bureau: Efforts to disburse R5 million - post grad
(M and D), aim to raise input and output subsidy
• ARCUSA: 623 students with disabilities assisted
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ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH
• Tuition Model revised
• Active student policy
• BMR report: academic, vocational and professional academic
needs
• Roundtables
• Research Initiatives on Genocide and International Relations
• SANTED, SARCHI initiatives
• Centre for Advanced Studies of the African Society
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REGISTRAR
• Contact/Call Centre new premises occupied at Florida, 3
March, operational from 31 March.
• Workshop for Contact Centre, 2nd week May, (Prof Mathabe to
sponsor)
• Total of 51 graduation ceremonies (Autumn), approx 13, 500
students will receive certificates
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REGISTRAR
• 29/30 March: Student Admission and Registrations workshop
• 223 060 registrations as at 21 April 2006 (41, 038 on line)
• Improvement of registration facilities and processes
– Masters, Doctoral registrations now electronic
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Training and Quality Assurance
– Registration information standardized
– Complaints office
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REGISTRAR
• Discontinued modules
• Zimbabwe Open University: fees for students who are
sponsored members of the University’s staff
• ICDE International Conference, China
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OPERATIONS
• Unisa Bargaining Forum: Management negotiating team
awaiting feedback form Unions
• APSA arbitration award
• Directors’ issues
• Comprehensive job evaluation results
• Unisa In-House Week, 12-15 June 2006
• Unisa Health Day – hugely successful
• Renewal of contracts – EDs
• Performance Management System
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FINANCE AND UNIVERSITY ESTATES
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Post retirement medical aid funding – Report
Professors working from home
Strategic plan for outsourcing
Cafeteria – Fedics update
Durban learning Centre – SABC and Hoy Park properties
Sunnyside learning centre
Appointment of new ED: Finance - progress
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STRATEGY, PLANNING &
PARTNERSHIPS
• Policy: Overseas Travel by Management
• Second HEMIS submission
• International Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety
Promotion
• Unisa enrolment plan
• 2015 Strategic Plan Implementation
• International Relations & Partnerships Policy
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STRATEGY, PLANNING &
PARTNERSHIPS
• Quality Assurance
• SANPAD evaluation
• Poetry evening
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VICE CHANCELLOR’S OFFICE
• Principal: one-to-one discussions with executive and senior
management re: 2007.
• Dr Sidzumo- Mazibuko – Harvard Course on Change
Management
• Operational Plan 2006: College Boards and management
committees, April/May
• Mandate Molefe on Change Management
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VICE CHANCELLOR’S OFFICE
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Enterprise risk management policy framework
Disciplinary matters
Subsidy issues and risks
Monthly monitoring of Operational Plan
Sudan project
Unisa Foundation Initiatives:
– Convocation ring project
– Chairs: Primedia, Netcare, Eskom/Oliver Tambo
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VICE CHANCELLOR’S OFFICE
– LSSA Bursary Fund (Hortors)
– Unisa/Fifa partnership
– Sun International Wild Coast Sun, Mbizana Learning Centre
• Office newsletter (Addis Ababa Initiative)
• Unisa Corporate profile
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CRITICAL CHALLENGES
• Effective Systems Management: Registrations,
Despatch, Assignments
• Customer Care & Service Excellence
• Labour relations and social cohesion
• Student satisfaction
• New management
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