HERANA NOVEMBER 2016 UCT INPUT: Marilet Sienaert

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HERANA NOVEMBER 2016 UCT INPUT: Marilet Sienaert and Jane Hendry Students: Enrolments and Graduations 2000 to 2006: annual internal enrolment planning, faculty level – aggregated up to institutional level: UG applicant pool, offers and offer take-up Physical constraints (e.g. studio space, lab. space, students per bedside on clinical platform) Funding available for research students Equity considerations – race and gender targets 2006-7: first DHET national enrolment planning exercise, combined with annual internal process: Agreed headcount (24 000 by 2010) and full-time equivalent enrolments (20 300 by 2010) Agreed shape ito discipline – 41% SET, 25% business/management, 34% broad humanities Agreed shape ito qualification level – 69% UG incl occasional, 13% PG < master’s, 18% master’s and doctoral DHET focus on efficiency, hence course success rate (85% @ UG level) and graduate output targets (28% of enrolled students should graduate) 2010: Second national DHET enrolment planning exercise (to 2013), combined with annual internal process linked to new strategic plan: Focus on growing enrolments to improve national HE participation rate Focus on growing enrolments in key scarce skills areas such as Engineering, Sciences, Health and Teacher Education Concern regarding efficiency ito course success rates & graduate outputs But recognition of limited capacity for growth in some institutions Overlaid on UCT realities/limits in relation to projected enrolment growth: 2012 UCT Size and Shape Plan (Council Approved): Concerns that actual growth was greater than laid out in Strat. Plan Task team looked at growth scenarios in relation to Strat Plan, external environment, need for physical and infrastructure development Financial viability irt Size and Shape Outcomes Set out planned enrolment to 2020 (up to ~28 000), modelled in relation to efficiency improvements; rejected possibility of a satellite campus and part-time study expansion UG intake projected to remain flat, but completion rates to be at least 75% in all qualifications Substantial growth at PG level, especially Master’s and Doctor’s, up to 39% PG Marked increase in research outputs Addressing projected needs ito physical space and infrastructure 2012/3: third DHET national enrolment planning exercise (6 years, up to 2019/20), combined with annual internal process: Key focus on expansion with goal of 23% participation by 2030 Expansion of distance education Improved research capacity and output Addressing shortage of academics Improved foundation provision All within context of available funding Academic Staff Academic Staff by Highest Formal Qualification and Rank: Appointment and Promotion Note data issue 2003 to 2005 In