Annual Report - University of Namibia

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curriculum review exercise for postgraduateprogrammes.In terms of staff development and overallcapacity building, the Faculty was guidedby a profi le depicting a priority list oflecturers, senior lecturers and professorswho are annually scheduled for both staffdevelopment and post doctoral researchprogrammes. This has resulted in studentand lecturer exchange programmes thatwere co-funded both by UNAM and itspartners to the benefi t of staff members.Four staff development fellows and onepost doctoral researcher were supported.A number of new academic programmeswere designed and implemented in 2009.During the same period, the Diploma inLocal Government Studies was also offeredon the distance mode. The Department ofAccounting, Auditing and Income Tax alsointroduced the Diploma in Accountingand Finance, an Advanced Diploma inAccounting and Finance, as well as aMaster of Accounting and Finance.Research and PublicationsStaff members in the departments ofPolitical and Administrative Studies,Economics and Accounting, Auditingand Income Tax contributed immenselytowards the realisation of the Faculty’sresearch objectives. Two internationalconferences were successfully hostedin Namibia. Following these twoconferences, a series of peer reviewedpapers are due for publication. Staffmembers accelerated their efforts towardsproduction of chapters in books, researchpapers and other relevant manuscriptsthat address current issues at nationaland international levels. The contributionto the body of knowledge has particularlysurfaced in the areas of accounting andfi nance, decentralisation and publicadministration, governance and globalwarming.Other areas of research in which staffmembers of this Faculty were engagedincluded: regional and local governance;peace building; global warming;economic relations and economicpolicy development; SME development;privatisation and outsourcing; corporategovernance; and globalisation andenvironment.Community EngagementThe Dean served as the DeputyChairperson of the Board of Trustees of theNamibia Business School, a Liaison Offi cerof the Organisation for Social ScienceResearch in Eastern and Southern Africa(OSSEREA) Namibia Chapter. He wasalso a member of SADC-NET for BusinessSchools of Southern Africa, and served as amember of the quality assurance team ofthe Offi ce of the Prime Minister. Secondly,T. Chata served as a Board Member ofNAMFISA, P. Swartz as a member of CIMAand SAIBA, Prof Hayes as member of ICAN,Deputy Dean, Dr. Kakujaha as a Directoron the Bank of Namibia Board of Directors,Dr. Kaakunga was also a member of theAfrican Economic Research Consortium(AERC) and Mr. Mac Hengari as aManaging Trustee of the Board of Trusteesfor the Namibia Business School.Annual Report 2009 -26-
Apart from the foregoing, staff membersof this Faculty were engaged in nationalendeavours that include: Evaluation ofthe NDP3; Training needs analysis forregional and local government institutionsin Namibia; Rolling out of the BalancedScore Card to Public institutions of thestate; Prognosis of the national budget;Global warming; Namibia CompetitionCommission; Crafting of cabinetdocuments; Implementation of educationpolicy programmes; Involvement in thedevelopment of NIPAM; Rolling out ofthe Performance Management Systemof government; Collaborative researchprogrammes in conjunction with UCCBand MRC on government programmesand projects; and investigation on thestate of preparedness for decentralisationof rural water supply and rural sanitation.Annual Report 2009 -27-
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Page 10 and 11: Dr Sam S. NujomaFounding President
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Page 14 and 15: Professor Filemon AmaamboChief Spec
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Page 18 and 19: Annual Report 2009 OverviewThe 2009
Page 20 and 21: Professor Lazarus HangulaPREAMBLETh
Page 22 and 23: 1Table 1: Faculties and Centres Aca
Page 24 and 25: The University now has a ResearchCo
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Page 28 and 29: Overview of Key ActivitiesSTUDENT E
Page 30 and 31: FACULTY QUALIFICATION FACULTYTOTALS
Page 32 and 33: 5Table 5: CES EnrolmentUNAM REGIONA
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Page 38 and 39: Activities of Faculties & CampusesF
Page 40 and 41: 2, 4-D and metalachlor. Journal of
Page 44 and 45: FACULTY OF EDUCATIONDean: Prof Reha
Page 46 and 47: members, all of them with PhDs. The
Page 48 and 49: staff were fully funded by the Gove
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Page 55 and 56: FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCESSCHOOL OF
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Page 59 and 60: centres in the Southern Hemisphere.
Page 61 and 62: UNAM OSHAKATI CAMPUSDirector: Ms Pa
Page 63 and 64: participated in the National Immuni
Page 65 and 66: Activities of Academic Centres
Page 67 and 68: esources. The information resources
Page 69 and 70: services were supported by regional
Page 71 and 72: Advanced English for Academic Purpo
Page 73 and 74: than four research groups were crea
Page 75 and 76: out along the coast north of Hentie
Page 77 and 78: 5 & 10 ‰ saline water hydroponics
Page 79 and 80: Activities of other Units
Page 81 and 82: was reviewed by the Steering Commit
Page 83 and 84: TEACHING AND LEARNING IMPROVEMENT U
Page 85 and 86: RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS OFFICEMan
Page 87 and 88: ZERIProject Coordinator: Dr Percy C
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Page 91 and 92: HUMAN RIGHTS AND DOCUMENTATION CENT
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Financial Matters
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Personnel and related costs amounte
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Senior Office Bearers
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