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VAAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGYANNUAL REPORT 2018Council Agreements with the Minister of Higher Education and TrainingEnrolment TargetsThe VUT’s Enrolment Plan for the 2015-2019 academic years was reviewed as per the DHET mid-term enrolment planning review. Therevised enrolment plan was approved by the VUT Council on 16 September 2016, and was submitted to the DHET, receiving approvalon 18 October 2018.Below are the targets achieved against the revised enrolment plan, up to 31 December 2018:Key Performance IndicatorTarget % orNo.AchievedCommentsA. AccessHeadcount totalsFirst-time enteringUndergraduates5 111 4 988*Headcount Enrolment 19 263 21 067Headcount Enrolments(Foundation Provisioning)Headcount Enrolments: TotalUGHeadcount Enrolments: TotalPGEnrolment by Major Field of Study180 0• Students entering for a qualification into Higher Education forthe first time.• Fee-free education resulted in a spike in prospective students.• Higher rate of students eligible for Higher Education from schoolsystems.• Increased capacity in extended programmes.• Growth in PQM eg. New B.Ed and Advanced Diploma inPolicing increasing the no.’s.• Students returning to complete phasing out qualifications.• The first intake for extended programmes in 2018 was 1 315students.• Students were able to enrol due to the programmes beingconditionally approved.• Conditions were not met and as a result the target was notachieved.• For reporting purposes, and as per the request of DHET, thefoundation status of the students has not been changed on theHEMIS database.18 467 20 267 Students returning to complete phasing out qualifications.539 548Delayed completion of laboratory building in Applied andComputer Sciences resulted in lower Postgraduate enrolment thananticipated in the faculty.Science, Engineering,Technology10 388 11 252Business/Management 5 835 6 102Fee-free education and the extended programmes resulted inaccess for more students.Fee-free education and the extended programmes resulted inaccess for more students.Education 300 368 The new B.Ed qualification was initiated in 2018.89
VAAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGYANNUAL REPORT 2018Key Performance IndicatorTarget % orNo.AchievedOther Humanities 3 427 3 345*Distance EducationEnrolmentsB. Success0 72Graduates UG 3 427 4 395CommentsThe slight difference is meant to compensate for the B.Ed.enrolment.The programme is phasing out.Outstanding students are returning to finish the programme beforeit is phased out. Students that completed the National Diploma,we were contractually obligated to register them for BTech. This isanticipated to be last enrolment for the students involved.• Faculties identified students with only 1 or 2 modulesoutstanding, and encouraged them to complete theirqualifications.• A number of pipeline students in the old ND programmesgraduating because of the teach-out dates and the introductionof the new Diplomas in the different faculties.Graduates PG 194 209Success Rate 74% 76.2%Total Output by Major Field of StudyScience, Engineering and TechnologyBusiness/ManagementEducation2 069 2 1051 464 1 724133 139Comment for positive variance:PG Dip in Higher Education was included in Postgraduate, whichhad a positive impact.Master’s Graduates:• The feedback turn-around time with the external examiners isvery long.• Shortage of supervisors.Actions:• Try to implement a publication guideline for academic staff.• Writing retreats for faculty specific staff and students.• Increase resources to improve research culture/environment.• More support for Postgraduate students, through supervisors.Interventions like tutors and peer assistants are yielding positiveresults.• Faculties identified students with only 1 or 2 modulesoutstanding, and encouraged them to complete theirqualifications.• A number of pipeline students in the old ND programmesgraduating because of the teach-out dates and theintroduction of the new Diplomas in the different faculties.• Improved subject success rate.• Faculties identifying students with 1 or 2 outstandingmodules and encouraged them to register.• Increased academic and tutorial support.• The high quality and enrolment in PGDHE has a positiveimpact.90
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