Many departments do not have Professors and/or Senior lecturers. They are served by one or two lecturers and part-time and/or contract lecturers, and this may compromise quality and results with low throughput and pass rates. Part-time and contract lecturers are not always available for consultations with undergraduate students, and they have limited ability in providing professional guidance to post-graduate students. Some departments remain reliant on retired academic staff members to function. 3. FOCUS AREA 2: ENHANCING STUDENT SUPPORT AND DEVELOPMENT. (Including career and curriculum advising, life and academic skills development, counselling, student performance monitoring and referral) 3.1 aspects of your institution’s Strategic Plan relate to this focus area? (Please quote from the strategic plan) KPA 1: Learning and Goal 3: To promote Objective 3.2: To improve Expected outcomes: 3.2.1. Teaching. (Read, Section excellence in student access and Improved access; 3.2.2. 4.2.1. on Learning and undergraduate and success Improved throughput and Teaching Development Plan, postgraduate studies. success rates. including Strategic Initiatives, Measures/Indicators and Timeframes) KPA 9: Student Experience Goal 9.1. To promote Objective 9.1.1. To Expected outcomes: 9.1.1.1. (Read, Section 4.2.1. on holistic student promote student academic Student academic Learning and Teaching development and welfare development programmes development programmes Development Plan, including Expected outcomes: 9.1.1.2. Strategic Initiatives, Infrastructure for student Measures/Indicators and personal development Timeframes) Objective 9.2 To promote Expected Outcome 9.2.1 student personal Infrastructure for student development and welfare personal development Expected Outcome 9.2.2 Student personal development Objective 9.5 To improve Objective 9.2 To promote Expected Outcome 9.2.1 the quality of student student personal Infrastructure for student services in line with development and welfare personal development Affordable best practice. Expected Outcome 9.2.2 Student personal development CHE Institutional Audit Recommendation 4 The HEQC recommends that Walter Sisulu University strengthens its reporting and monitoring mechanisms in all areas with special focus on student success, throughput and graduation rates and ensure that the appropriate divisions take responsibility for the implementation of policies and plans. CHE Institutional Audit Recommendation 22
Many departments do not have Professors and/or Senior lecturers. They are served by one or two lecturers and part-time and/or contract lecturers, and this may compromise quality and results with low throughput and pass rates. Part-time and contract lecturers are not always available for consultations with undergraduate students, and they have limited ability in providing professional guidance to post-graduate students. Some departments remain reliant on retired academic staff members to function. 3. FOCUS AREA 2: ENHANCING STUDENT SUPPORT AND DEVELOPMENT. (Including career and curriculum advising, life and academic skills development, counselling, student performance monitoring and referral) 3.1 aspects of your institution’s Strategic Plan relate to this focus area? (Please quote from the strategic plan) KPA 1: Learning and Teaching. (Read, Section 4.2.1. on Learning and Teaching Development Plan, including Strategic Initiatives, Measures/Indicators and Timeframes) Goal 3: To promote excellence in undergraduate and postgraduate studies. Objective 3.2: To improve student access and success Expected outcomes: 3.2.1. Improved access; 3.2.2. Improved throughput and success rates. KPA 9: Student Experience (Read, Section 4.2.1. on Learning and Teaching Development Plan, including Strategic Initiatives, Measures/Indicators and Timeframes) Goal 9.1. To promote holistic student development and welfare Objective 9.1.1. To promote student academic development programmes Expected outcomes: 9.1.1.1. Student academic development programmes Expected outcomes: 9.1.1.2. Infrastructure for student personal development Objective 9.2 To promote student personal development and welfare Expected Outcome 9.2.1 Infrastructure for student personal development Expected Outcome 9.2.2 Student personal development Objective 9.5 To improve the quality of student services in line with Affordable best practice. Objective 9.2 To promote student personal development and welfare Expected Outcome 9.2.1 Infrastructure for student personal development Expected Outcome 9.2.2 Student personal development CHE Institutional Audit Recommendation 4 The HEQC recommends that Walter Sisulu University strengthens its reporting and monitoring mechanisms in all areas with special focus on student success, throughput and graduation rates and ensure that the appropriate divisions take responsibility for the implementation of policies and plans. CHE Institutional Audit Recommendation 22
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