up annual review 2014

University of Pretoria Annual Review

UP – an engaged University

Our visionTo be a leading research-intensive university

in Africa, recognised internationally for its

quality, relevance and impact, and also for

developing people, creating knowledge and

making a difference locally and globally.

Our goalsn to be a leading research-intensive university

n to strengthen the University’s international

profile

n to strengthen the University’s impact on

economic and social development

n to pursue excellence in teaching and learning

n to increase access, throughput and diversity

Contents

EngagEmEnt fOr PUBLIC gOOdMessage from the Chancellor 4

SkILfUL navIgatIOn tOwardS StratEgIC fOCUSMessage from the Chairperson of Council 6

targEt-drIvEn PErfOrmanCEMessage from the Vice-Chancellor and Principal 8

CHaPtEr 1Student engagement 12

CHaPtEr 2Working with society, for society 23

CHaPtEr 3UP’s impact on the African continent 31

CHaPtEr 4UP’s international outreach 35

CHaPtEr 5Top-rated staff 39

CHaPtEr 6Sport and culture 46

fInanCIaL StatEmEntS 49

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UP as an engaged UniversityThe University of Pretoria is an institution that is engaged with society at large, and that operates on the basis of the public good. This identity guides how we shape students’ appreciation of their tertiary experience, how we empower staff to be more than conduits of knowledge, and how we contribute to – and sometimes set – national and international agendas.

The vision and strategic goals of the University of Pretoria (UP) deliberately position the University as a central player in the country’s transformation and socio-economic development. In

this context, the University strives to be an institution that is engaged with the broader society and operates on the basis of the public good. We see ourselves as a university that fosters mutually beneficial interaction with our communities and contributes to their advancement. Our purpose is to impact society meaningfully, be socially responsive and contribute to South Africa’s socio-economic development.

Our identity as an engaged institution finds expression in our vision of becoming “a leading research-intensive university in Africa, recognised internationally for its quality, relevance and impact, and also for developing people, creating knowledge and making a difference locally and globally”.

As a university, our primary functions are to generate, transmit, apply and preserve knowledge. But this is not done in isolation. The University is aware that its political, social and economic context demands of it to be an active agent of transformation and socio-economic change.

In the pursuit of knowledge, one of our top priorities is cutting-edge research that benefits society. We help secure the future of our country and our continent by focusing our research efforts on issues such as food, nutrition and well-being, energy and water security, urbanisation and its impact on the environment, and animal and human health.

We are already among the top research-intensive universities in South Africa and are recognised globally for our contribution to plant and animal sciences, molecular biology, genetics, forestry and agricultural sciences, clinical medicine, environment and ecology, engineering and social sciences, including law.

One of the cornerstones of our mission is to increase the diversity of our student population. In our view, providing opportunities to South Africa’s diverse citizenry is the only way to achieve social justice, socio-economic stability and the sustainable development of our country. Our efforts are bearing fruit in terms of student numbers as well as academic and support staff.

Attending university should not only broaden students’ knowledge and skills; it should also prepare them for the challenges of a diverse and changing world, and equip them to contribute to society through critical citizenship and civic responsibility. To achieve these goals, we have implemented an inquiry-led, student-centred educational approach. We also run a well-developed and well-managed community

engagement for PUBLiC

good

As a public institution, the University of Pretoria cannot

afford to be insular, an “ivory tower” removed from

the reality of everyday life. We also choose not to be. Instead, we enlist the best

academia has to offer to help answer society’s questions and solve its problems. We

are proud to proclaim UP an engaged university.

Prof Wiseman nkuhlu

Message from the Chancellor


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engagement programme, currently involving projects at 931 university-accredited sites.

The key to community engagement is linking the research and teaching skills of staff and students to the specific needs of communities. In turn, student life and the attributes students develop while studying are enriched through their community service and engagement.

As an engaged university, UP strives to have a positive impact on its immediate and broader communities and environments. To understand our progress in this regard, we published a study in 2013 that measured our contribution to the broader South African economy. The results showed that UP generates value that far exceeds the monetary worth of its resources, including the subsidies it receives from government.

It is, for instance, one of the largest producers of skilled graduates in the country in fields such as engineering, life and physical sciences, initial teacher education and health and animal sciences. The University has also created and/or sustains more than 30 000 formal sector jobs as a result of direct employment or its multiplier effects in the national economy. Many of the jobs we generated were in skilled occupations.

The study confirmed the University’s value and status as an engine of economic growth to the City of Tshwane, the Gauteng Province and South Africa as a whole. This achievement is only possible because of our philosophy – and practice – of engagement.

As you turn the pages of this report, it will become abundantly clear that for the University of Pretoria “engaged” is not an adjective; for us it is a verb and we work very hard, every day and in all we do, to bring the word to life in its broadest sense.

Prof Wiseman NkuhluChancellor

12 416Graduates in 2014

222Doctorates awarded

1 485Master’s graduates capped


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How does one measure the impact and achievements of an organisation as complex and dynamic as a university? And how does one ensure that it keeps progressing towards ever-

increasing relevance and sustainability? The answer lies in a robust strategy that is inspired by a compelling vision and reflected in every action and decision.

The University of Pretoria’s Strategic Plan, better known as UP 2025, is our north star. It provides the roadmap and navigational markers that guide the University to achieving, by 2025, the vision and strategic goals it has set for itself.

Our overarching aim is to strengthen the University’s position within the cluster of research-intensive universities in South Africa, and within the highly competitive international arena of higher education. We want to achieve this in each of our core functions of research, teaching and learning, as well as the community engagement activities integrated into these.

Achieving such ambitious goals requires planning, as well as rigorous monitoring. Our approach follows a nested institutional model whereby UP 2025 is supported by a five-year implementation plan (2012-2016) that identifies broad implementation strategies, and one-year implementation plans.

The one-year implementation plans are derived from a review of the performance of the previous year and the extent to which the implementation strategies and priorities were effective. Therefore, every year, the University’s planning process prioritises activities and initiatives, and determines which activities need to be reshaped and which are to be discontinued.

In this planning process, Council and its committees consider in detail the University’s performance as measured against the strategic goals, targets and key performance indicators contained in UP 2025.

As a result, we can confidently say that the University remains on track to achieve its vision. Evidence of this statement is captured in this report. The overall picture that emerges is that the University is truly an engaged institution. Responsiveness to the needs and aspirations of its stakeholders and society as a whole permeates all aspects of its academic enterprise.

As a public university, our priorities are aligned with the national imperatives expressed in the White Paper on Post-School Education and Training. The University’s policy framework and planning processes are

skiLfUL navigation

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foCUsMessage from

the Chairperson of Council

The members of the University Council are

responsible for governance, determining the strategic direction of the University

and approving major developments. It is a task

we approach with care, diligence and pride.

ms futhi mtoba


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LeadershiP of the highest caLibreThe Chairperson of Council, Ms Futhi Mtoba, received an honorary doctorate from the University of Limpopo (UL) in recognition of her contribution to society and to the accounting profession.

She was also appointed to the African Union Foundation, established by the African Union Assembly, which aims to finance African priorities through voluntary contributions.

Two external Council members were honoured for their business leadership and contribution to South Africa’s economic growth in the 2014 Sunday Times Top 100 Companies Awards. Mr Laurie Dippenaar, Chairperson of FirstRand financial group, received the Lifetime Achiever Award and former UP Vice-Chancellor and Principal, and current Group Chief Executive Officer of Sanlam, Dr Johan van Zyl, was voted 2014 Sunday Times Business Leader of the Year by executives of the Top 100 companies.

well-aligned with the objectives and goals targeted for achievement in 2030, the target year specified in the White Paper.

We furthermore took our cue from the White Paper when preparing our 2015 Institutional Plan. Together with the trend of an ever-increasing demand for university places, the White Paper played an important role in the deliberations on enrolment targets as agreed with the Department of Higher Education and Training, and in the development and refinement of the University’s smart growth policy during 2014. As a result of these actions, we are satisfied that UP’s core functions are optimally aligned with national needs and priorities. This level of national alignment is fundamental to achieving sustainability – one of the pillars of UP 2025.

We recognise that stakeholder engagement is essential for UP’s effective governance, addressing the various challenges that confront us and, ultimately, the realisation of the University’s vision and strategic goals. The University has many stakeholders, the main ones being students, staff, government, parents, alumni, communities, business and industry, and funders.

Social capital is a multifaceted driver of sustainability. In the UP context, we focus on instilling social capital-enhancing attributes in our students and using research – in areas as varied as governance innovation and food science – to build social capital in the broader society.

However, one of our most important contributions to sustainability is with regard to preparing students for success. The University actively supports efforts to improve student success and is committed to achieving equity in student outcomes across population and social groups. The University has endeavoured to establish an educational environment where all students have the best opportunity to succeed, and a commitment to equity which ensures that achieving high rates of success and completion for all students is possible.

In short, ensuring student success is central to our role as an engaged public university.

Ms Futhi MtobaChairperson of Council Mr Laurie Dippenaar dr Johan van Zyl


CHAIRPERSON’S MESSAGE |

The year 2014 was a successful one for the University of Pretoria. We made solid progress towards realising the UP 2025 strategy by attaining almost all the targets we

have set ourselves. Success is intentional at UP. We set ourselves inspirational and aspirational targets, underpinned by a clear vision. We remain focused and on course to achieving our vision and strategic goals.

UP has positioned itself as a research-intensive university in a differentiated post-school higher education and training system in South Africa. The University has an established reputation for excellence in research and is regarded as one of the top five research-intensive universities in the country. As an engaged public university, our priority is to pursue research that is inspired by the “grand” challenges of the world. Through focusing our research enterprise on central issues such as food, nutrition and well-being, energy, the environment and sustainability, human and animal health, and sustainable development, governance and human rights, UP intends to build world-class research capacity that will produce knowledge that improves the human condition, and advances the future of our country and that of the African continent.

Without the appropriate profile of academic and research staff it will be impossible for us to realise our desired identity as a research-intensive university. It is therefore pleasing to note an increasing number of academic staff gaining in international stature through highly cited publications, membership of scientific academies and participation in international scholarly networks.

Postgraduate education is central to broadening the University’s research base. Accordingly, it is a strategic priority to increase postgraduate enrolment, particularly in doctoral programmes. In 2014 the University made steady progress in increasing postgraduate enrolments and in attracting postdoctoral fellows.

As an engaged university, UP is intensely aware of its developmental role and has deliberately positioned itself as an important actor in the social and economic advancement of South Africa. The most visible contribution UP makes to the South African economy and society is in the number of graduates produced. This contribution is more pronounced with regards to the urgent scarce skills areas identified by the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) in fields such as engineering, life and physical sciences, initial teacher education and health and animal sciences.

target-driven PerformanCe

Prof Cheryl de la rey

Message from the Vice-Chancellor

and Principal

Success is intentional at UP. We set ourselves

inspirational and aspirational targets, underpinned by

a clear vision. We remain focused and on course to

achieving our vision and strategic goals.


| VICE-CHANCELLOR’S MESSAGE

In 2014, a total of 4 257 UP students graduated in these areas and about 45% of contact-enrolled students were registered in scarce skills-related study programmes.

Another important strategy through which UP contributes to the country’s socio-economic development is community engagement. The University has a well-developed and well-managed learning-directed community engagement model. Currently, the University’s community engagement projects are spread across 931 University-accredited sites, most of them located in Mamelodi, Eersterust, Pretoria North, Pretoria West, the Pretoria inner city including Sunnyside and Hatfield, and parts of Mpumalanga.

The pursuit of excellence in teaching and learning at UP is integral to the research-intensive identity and the international profile the University continues to pursue. Our goal is to create a learning experience in which teaching and research interact to promote discovery, creativity and innovation. We seek to prepare our students for the challenges of a diverse and changing world and promote the values of critical citizenship and civic responsibility. The University fosters excellence in teaching and learning through various strategies, inter alia, an inquiry-based teaching and learning orientation, in-class technologies that enhance students’ engagement in class, utilisation of Online Educational Resources and high quality student support. A success rate of 82.67% was achieved in 2014, again raising the bar in line with the consistent improvement shown since 2012. Providing access to university study to the diversity of South African citizens and ensuring their success is central to UP’s role as a public institution. Equally, we are committed to creating a non-discriminatory, inclusive and enabling environment in which staff and students can thrive; and further, to embracing diversity so as to enrich the intellectual, social, work and study environments.

We use enrolment planning as a mechanism to attain a “shape and size” that is aligned with our vision and the institutional goals we pursue. This means maintaining a balance between general formative and professional qualifications at undergraduate levels, focusing on scarce and critical skills areas, and pursuing strong growth at postgraduate research levels. We are pleased to report that at both postgraduate and undergraduate levels, the percentage of black students exceeded the targets for 2014, and that women accounted for 58% of all undergraduate students.

During the past year, we registered growth in the number of international master’s and doctoral students and around 51% of papers

toP 1%UP is among the top 1% of institutions internationally in the fields of agricultural sciences, clinical medicine, engineering, environmental sciences/ecology, plant and animal sciences, and social sciences.

(Web of Science (WoS) Essential Science Indicators (ESI))

toP 50At 42nd place the University’s business school, GIBS, is ranked among the top 50 worldwide.


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published by UP researchers were with international collaborators, both of these indicators being manifestations of the University’s internationalisation strategy. Universities function in a world where connectivity is ubiquitous and international alliances are being forged to address the more complex challenges that shape our daily lives. The central premise of the University’s internationalisation strategy is that through collaboration and partnerships globally, the University will be in a position to leverage increased capacity, visibility and impact in the national, regional and international arena.

Prof Jan verschoor (seated), professor in the department of Biochemistry, with Carl Baumeister, one of his students. the marti (mycolic acid antibody real-time inhibition) tuberculosis diagnostics team won the gauteng accelerator Programme (gaP) innovation Competition for novel technologies and innovations in the biosciences. UP will fund a start-up company to patent and commercialise the marti technology. the venture was also selected to represent south africa in the swiss-south african venture Leaders Programme in switzerland in June 2014.


fUndIng and fInanCIaL HEaLtHThe University has two main revenue streams, namely state funding and tuition fees. However, to maintain its financial health in the context of the resource-constrained environment in which it operates, UP has to generate income from alternative sources.

We raise this so-called third-stream income from individuals, companies, foundations and trusts, embassies and international donors, local government, local and international non-profit organisations, local and international aid agencies, and sponsorships. Third-stream income is used for innovations in teaching, institutional research, bursaries for financially challenged students and the development of infrastructure.

Without the generosity of a large number of external parties, we would not be in a position to offer our students and our stakeholders the value we currently do.

The University’s overall financial position is satisfactory. We concluded the 2014 financial year with a positive sustainability ratio (indicating that the University can continue with its core business without new funding in the next financial year) and a positive cash flow position.

Overall, during 2014, the University of Pretoria made meaningful strides towards achieving its strategic objectives as set out in the UP 2025 Strategic Plan and concomitant shorter term plans. We will continue to pursue our vision with vigour and enthusiasm. We remain committed to the improvement of the human condition through cutting-edge research, strengthening of the country’s social and economic fabric, the provision of a holistic learning experience to our students, and the creation of a non-discriminatory, inclusive and enabling environment in which staff and students can thrive. As Vice-Chancellor and Principal I wish to express my heartfelt appreciation to the staff and students of the University for their commitment, hard work and loyalty to the University. I also wish to thank the Chairperson of the Council and Council members for the exemplary manner in which they execute their governance mandate and for their support. It is also a special privilege to have as the Chancellor of the University, Prof Nkuhlu, who is a role model for our university community.

The University of Pretoria can only achieve its goals with the support of the wide variety of stakeholders we interact and collaborate with. These include the DHET and other government departments, our many local and international research partners, donors and funders, professional bodies, corporates, employers, members of faculty advisory boards and the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality. Our network of alumni is a valuable asset to the University, as are our community partners and the parents and families of our students. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your support, which is integral to the achievements of our staff and students highlighted in this Annual Review.

Prof Cheryl de la ReyVice-Chancellor and Principal

200UP is ranked among the top 200 universities in the world for Geography (top 150), Agriculture and Forestry (top 100), Development Studies (top 100), English Language and Literature (top 150), Linguistics (top 200), Education (top 150) and Law (top 150).

13A-rated researchers recognised as leading international scholars


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A student’s tertiary education success depends on a multitude of factors, some as tangible as funds; others as imperceptible as esprit de corps. Recognising this fact, UP’s response to our

students’ needs is equally multifaceted and nuanced.

Quality learning and teachingOne of the immutable realities of tertiary education is that students who have a record of success or who have the potential to succeed, given additional support, benefit most from the experience. Quality undergraduate education therefore has to start with the careful recruitment of students. To this end, and to foster greater transparency and consistency, the Senate reviewed admission criteria in the past year. In some programmes (notably architecture, drama, medicine and veterinary science) additional selection criteria, over and above the APS and other subject-specific requirements, are set. These might require, for instance, interviews, portfolios or supplementary tests.

Once students start their studies, they are supported in numerous ways. Both our Hatfield and Mamelodi campuses run successful BSc and BCom foundation programmes, while the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and IT offers an augmented programme (ENGAGE). Augmented modules deliver the necessary background knowledge and develop the conceptual understanding and problem-solving skills students need to succeed in the mainstream modules.

As of 2014, first-year students have access to UPO 101, our new online academic orientation programme that is available to them anytime, anywhere throughout their first year.

UP places great emphasis on the role of contact between lecturers and students to support learning. We make sure our students enjoy the full benefit of lecturers that are recruited specifically for their outstanding disciplinary and research credentials.

Contact extends beyond the lecture hall into high-impact practices such as mentoring, tutoring, summer and winter schools, and opportunities for workplace and/or community learning.

Technology supports human contact at UP. We have a state-of-the-art learning management system, called clickUP, and other discipline-specific technology. Technology also supports our so-called flipped classroom approach, which involves pre-class online reading or viewing and quizzes, and in-class use of clickers to assess students’

The University’s main function is to prepare

students for the world of work, and to function as responsible members of

society. We pursue this goal both through teaching

and learning and how the curriculum, through student engagement, can be applied

to impact meaningfully to the broader society of

South Africa.

stUdent engagement

OUr PILLarS Of qUaLIty UndErgradUatE EdUCatIOnn Face-to-face contactn Technology n World-class library n Excellent lecturersn Mentoringn Tutoringn Summer and winter schoolsn Workplace/community

learning


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understanding of conceptual issues. Class time is increasingly used for in-depth discussion and peer learning.

In an exciting new development, the University Council has approved a proposal for the development of a hybrid model of instruction that will promote the wider of use of technology, particularly online, in future.

We already teach more than three-quarters of our undergraduate modules with online as an important complement to the contact mode of delivery; many postgraduate programmes have an online presence as well. A few master’s programmes are fully online and a Veterinary Science master’s programme celebrated a decade online in 2014.

A highlight of the past year was UP securing a Siyaphumelela (“We succeed”) grant from the Kresge Foundation. Funding to the value of

Contact between lecturers and students extends beyond the lecture hall into practices such as mentoring and tutoring.


$100 000 per year for the next three years will enable us to further develop our data-driven approach to improving first-year student success. Specific initiatives include technological innovations (such as the design of a mobile application to provide course choice advice from as early as Grade 9 in schools) and more blended learning. We will also use the grant to pilot another high-impact practice, namely learning communities, and to review high-risk first-year modules.

Learning about our studentsAlthough our student engagement levels are already quite high and deliver positive results, we know that our students are a complex and ever-changing community that can only be served effectively if we continuously improve our understanding of it.

The University therefore has a unit that actively studies student success at an institutional level. Its ongoing longitudinal study into first-year students confirmed once again that course choice is the main reason for dropout. Other research in 2014 related to student academic readiness; the relative predictive validity of the NSC and NBT for the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences; the mentorship programme; the orientation programme and practical modules.

Furthermore, and courtesy of the Teaching Development Grant, the University participated in the South African Survey of Student Experience (SASSE). The survey offers actionable data on student experience, enabling universities to put interventions in place that use resources effectively.

Supporting financially challenged students is a priority for us and an expression of our belief in equitable access to good quality education. As a public institution, our admission policy is need-blind; in other words, a student’s ability to pay tuition fees is not a factor in determining admissibility.

investing in tomorrow’s researchersGiven UP’s vision of being a leading research-intensive university, we focus on broadening our research base, growing postgraduate enrolment in research master’s and doctoral degrees, and streamlining the postgraduate administrative processes.

We achieve these objectives through the Graduate Support Hub (GSH) that provides support in three areas:n Funding applications and support;n Academic and technical research skills and broader life skills

development; and

Percentage of top achievers in the national Senior Certificate exam

who choose UP

Percentage of new first-year students in 2014 who came from public

schools

Percentage of our graduates who are employed within

six months of graduating

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n Through the Postgraduate Forum, opportunities for transdisciplinary conversations and fostering a sense of belonging to a community of scholars.

The GSH partners with UP academics to offer workshops on specific topics. Significant among these are the week-long statistics boot camps presented by our Internal Statistics Consultation Service (ISCS). In 2014, ISCS also ran a winter school on descriptive statistics.

Our young researchers are already making their presence felt, as is illustrated by the following awards that students received during 2014:

n Leoné Walters and Mariska Steyn, postgraduate students from the Department of Economics, received Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) scholarships. ERSA is a research programme funded by the National Treasury of South Africa.

n Lungile Sitole and Cynthia Joan Henley-Smith, both PhD students, won Department of Science and Technology (DST) fellowships in the DST Women in Science Awards.

n Dr Steven Hussey, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Genetics and the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI) in the

in 2014, UP allocated bursaries to the value of r712,48 million to deserving students. r153,63 million was awarded from the University’s own funds.

UP continuously aims to improve its understanding of students’ experience of university life. these students studying in the mining engineering study Centre bear testimony to high levels of engagement.


Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, was awarded a Biotech Fundi Student Award for his PhD research. The award was made by the Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (GDARD), in partnership with The Innovation Hub.

n Victoria Rautenbach, a PhD Geoinformatics student in the Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, received the SABS Young Standards Professional Award for her exceptional contribution to the standards development fraternity.

n James Shorten won first prize in the 2013 National Student Project Competition of the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers (SAIEE) for his project “Image-guided robotic feeding system for disabled people”.

n Werner Cordier, a PhD student in pharmacology, won the Innovative Pharmaceutical Association of SA (IPASA) award for the best research in basic pharmacology.

n Stefan de Bruin, a BSc (Hons) (Geoinformatics) student from the Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, was awarded first prize in the category Best Student Project at the first annual STATS SA Isibalo Award Evening for his presentation on the use of official statistics in evidence-based decision making.

an environment of excellenceUP is a people-centred institution that believes in providing its staff and students with a physical environment that is conducive to, and supportive of, achieving success. To this end, our campus master

the tuksmonate dining hall opened its doors in 2014 and can accommodate approximately 900 students of the maroela, mopanie, katjiepiering, taaibos, Boekenhout and olienhout residences. the new dining hall incorporates a multifunctional hall that can be used for events or can serve as a study area for students since it offers internet and Wi-fi access.


plan serves as a blueprint for the maintenance and development of infrastructure to support our future growth.

2014 saw several highlights in terms of university facilities. UP and the City of Tshwane (CoT) signed a formal land swap agreement transferring the Hammanskraal Campus to the CoT in exchange for land next to to the High Performance Centre (hpc) and the LC de Villiers Sports Campus in Hatfield. The new multifunctional TuksMonate dining hall, which serves all five residences on the TuksRes Hillcrest Campus (as well as the self-catering TuksVillage on demand), comprises a consolidated dining area, a coffee shop and study area with Wi-Fi, and a mini-market.

A state-of-the-art language laboratory complex and resource centre, aimed at training students in African and other languages, and the promotion of and research on multilingualism at UP, opened in the Humanities Building on the Hatfield Campus. The complex is on par with the best of similar facilities internationally.

A discussion on the University’s facilities would not be complete without noting the work done by the Disability Unit in the Department of Student Affairs. Over the past year, the unit supported 538 students with assistive technologies, special test and examination assistance and by providing dedicated facilities. The unit also guided departments to provide reasonable accommodation for students with disabilities.

staying in touchPast students are a highly regarded stakeholder group and the University goes to great lengths to ensure they remain involved with their alma mater.

TuksAlumni promotes ongoing engagement and participation through alumni functions. Seven regional events took place in four provinces and international events were hosted in London, Australia, Toronto and New York. Travelling academics hosted alumni in Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Adelaide, New York, Toronto and Oxford. There are regular business breakfasts featuring well-known figures in the corporate world and the annual TuksAlumni Laureate Awards that honour alumni who have distinguished themselves. The various alumni clubs, such as Tuks Club60+, and interest groups arrange social events like wine tastings and get-togethers.

The Young Alumni and Student Committee (YASCOM), was established in 2013 to cultivate a spirit of philanthropy amongst current students. In 2014 the YASCOM “R5 Pledge” event raised a substantial amount in donations from staff and current students to assist students in need.


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30 000 Students who access the UP teaching management system, clickUP, via mobile devices

600Trained tutors employed at UP

8 428 Students accommodated in University facilities

Mr Laurie Dippenaar, chairperson of the FirstRand financial group, was a speaker at one of the regular tuksalumni business breakfasts.

Non-perishable food, toiletries and clothes were also collected via the annual “Bins of Hope” project.

The visibility of Alumni Relations, the role of active alumni and the importance of giving back to UP amongst students were promoted actively. The Tuks Club 60+ alumni also donated towards the Tuks Scholarship Fund, reinforcing the notion of inter-generational giving back to the alma mater. In keeping with the spirit of giving back, TuksAlumni Pretoria East launched a young alumni mentorship programme aimed at supporting young alumni in the workplace.

financial supportEnsuring access and participation of students from diverse backgrounds is a mission-critical priority for UP. However, the University is aware that many students experience financial difficulties that prevent them from participating successfully in higher education.

Traditional sources of financial support for students, such as the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS), cannot keep pace with growing demands. Not wanting students with academic merit to be excluded for financial reasons, the University administers a comprehensive financial aid programme. We also provide merit-based aid to attract and support high-achieving students. In terms of our own funds, we have been running the

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UP-NSFAS programme for a number of years and the intention is to raise the amount of funding for this programme significantly in 2015.

The Tuks Scholarship Fund is a new addition to our own funding portfolio. The Vice-Chancellor and Principal established the fund in 2014 in response to the difficulties that the NSFAS was experiencing. Our staff, students and alumni responded generously to a widely publicised appeal for regular structured giving to the Tuks Scholarship Fund, which boosted UP’s own available funds for bursaries for deserving students.

We also actively seek external funding to support students and to improve their chances of success. The first MasterCard Foundation Scholars registered in 2014 and three students who were enrolled for honours programmes will graduate in 2015. The programme took in its first cohort of 19 students from the intended 347 students over the next nine years.

The Michael and Susan Dell Foundation Young Leaders Programme (DYL) was extended to a further 50 students in the past year, bringing the total number of students on the programme to 147. The first students who registered for three-year programmes will graduate in 2015.

the mining engineering study Centre on the Hatfield campus boasts the largest rain water harvesting system integrated with a building in the southern Hemisphere. the rain water collected in a 130m3 underground tank is used to irrigate the University’s botanical garden.


giving students a voiceWe believe that participation in decision-making is one of the best ways to prepare students for the future leadership roles in business and society.

The UP’s Student Representative Council (SRC) is elected and functions in accordance with the Constitution for Student Governance. Through the SRC, students are represented on all the major governance bodies of the University, including the Council, Senate and the various Senate Committees, Faculty Boards and the Institutional Forum. They are invited to participate in selection committees that appoint academic staff members, as well as support services staff in the departments of Student Affairs and of Residence Affairs and Accommodation.

The SRC’s numerous portfolios give students ample opportunity to get involved and to develop their leadership skills. These areas include academic matters, residences, student societies/associations, culture and sport, transformation, study financing, day students and external campuses, community engagement, international students, communication and facilities.

oUr stUdent sUccess ratesAverage undergraduate module pass rates for contact students, 2011 – 2014

term number of mPP % ePP % dP % aP % modulesTotal 2011 2 440 79.2 88.4 7.7 2.8 2012 2 425 80.3 88.8 7.1 2.5 2013 2 346 80.2 88.8 7.8 2.0 2014 2 172 81.7 90.1 7.6 1.8

kEy: mPP = module pass percentage: Proportion of students who passed the examination in relation to the total

number of initial registrations expressed as a percentage.EPP = examination pass percentage: Proportion of students who passed the examination in relation to the

number of students who wrote the examination, expressed as a percentage.dP = drop-out percentage: Proportion of students who dropped out (cancellations PLUs exclusions) in

relation to the total number of student registrations, expressed as a percentage.aP = absenteeism percentage: Proportion of students who were absent from the examination in relation to

the number of students admitted to the examination, expressed as a percentage.

faculty student advisors support students with:n Time managementn Workload managementn Stress managementn Study skillsn Test-taking skillsn Career and course

advicen Curriculum structuren Personal problems



Students also serve on the board of TuksFM, the campus radio station of which the University is the licence holder, and on structures of other providers of services to students.

The executive committee of the SRC meets regularly with the Vice-Principal responsible for student affairs, other members of the Executive, along with the directors of Student Affairs and of Residence Affairs and Accommodation. The aim is to afford the Executive a first-hand account of students’ experiences and their responses to some of the policies and decisions that are taken at the senior and middle management level, and to jointly seek solutions to pressing issues. The Vice-Chancellor also hosts quarterly breakfast sessions with the SRC.

The University’s Residence Advisory Board involves all residence heads (30) as well as the elected student chairpersons of the house committees (30). The board deals with issues of student housing and related concerns and advises the management of the portfolio.

An innovative channel of student participation is the Constitutional Tribunal. It is a body of student “judges” appointed from the ranks of top-performing senior law students, whose responsibilities include ensuring that students’ rights are protected in disciplinary processes. The “judges” sit on the panel of the Committee for Discipline for students and the Student Discipline Advisory Panel.

the UP stUdent bodyContact studentsUndergraduates (33 774):men . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 443Women . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 331

Postgraduates (14 269):men . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 226Women . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 043

total contact students = 48 043Black contact students = 50,3%international contact students = 9%

distance education studentsUndergraduates (2 388): men . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 753Women . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 635

Postgraduates (11 146):men . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 585Women . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 561


COmmUnIty EngagEmEnt In nUmBErS

931 University-accredited community project sites

109 Community engagement modules included in curricula

1 000+ Community sites of learning

10 000 Students doing community projects for credits

5 000 Students involved in community projects as volunteers


One of UP’s strategic goals is to strengthen its impact on South Africa’s economic and social development. We do this in a multitude of ways. Our research efforts cover topics ranging from nutrition to

the broader intellectual debate on self and community. Our staff share their time and expertise in national forums and we create opportunities and platforms for the robust exchange of ideas.

Working with communities, in communitiesThe University’s community engagement projects are a continuous source of pride and inspiration for us. On the one hand, they link the research and teaching skills of staff and students to the specific needs of a community. On the other, staff and students are enriched through their community service and engagement.

The following two examples illustrate these principles in action.

During the year, 120 students from the Faculty of Veterinary Science at Onderstepoort participated in a mass treatment and vaccination programme of livestock and pets in Rust de Winter. They treated 4 035 cattle, 1 200 goats and 358 sheep, and vaccinated 68 dogs and 12 cats against rabies. The programme, a joint venture between UP, the Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and the farmers, focuses on farmers from Gauteng and Limpopo. It provides a valuable service to the farming community, while the students benefit from the practical experience of working with livestock.

The South African-Washington International Programme (SAWIP), which promotes student service and leadership, was launched at UP in 2014. The programme was previously offered at the three Western Cape universities only, but has now been extended to Gauteng, with UP as the first SAWIP partner in the north. Three UP students were selected to participate in the programme. SAWIP consists of weekly workshops with professionals and leaders, field trips to historic sites and 30 hours of community service for each participant. The second stage of the programme includes four to five weeks spent in Washington DC in the USA. Nolo Mokoena, a final year BCom (Economics) student, was also chosen to serve as a member of the SAWIP Leadership Programme 2014.

Research that offers solutionsThe pursuit of knowledge for the sake of knowledge has merit and is necessary, but it cannot be all a university does. At UP we pay specific attention to research initiatives that build social capital in the broader society.

One of society’s most pressing issues is food insecurity. The Institute for

The purpose of our academic programmes is to prepare students for the challenges of a diverse and dynamic world, contribute to greater adaptability and promote the values of critical citizenship and civic responsibility. As an institution we model these behaviours through our engagement with our immediate and broader communities and environments.

Working WitH soCiety, for soCiety


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Food, Nutrition and Well-being (IFNuW) at UP involves seven of our nine faculties and facilitates the exchange of information and research findings through transdisciplinary projects, platforms and think tanks. The DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Food Security is co-hosted by the University of Pretoria and the University of the Western Cape.

An example of the practical results flowing from this concentrated effort by IFNuW is the biscuit that Prof John Taylor of the Department of Food Science and his students have spent several years developing. This inexpensive rusk, based on sorghum and cowpeas, is high in protein and antioxidants, gluten-free and rich in dietary fibre. It is an effective means of combatting protein-energy malnutrition. Training communities to produce the biscuits as a means of earning income is part of a bigger project sponsored by the Howard G Buffet Foundation through the Norman Borlaug Institute.

On a different, but no less important, topic the Sentech Chair in Broadband Multimedia Communications is doing research into broadband wireless connectivity and educational products. The goal is to improve access to education in remote locations.

We are also proud of the fact that our research projects successfully bridge the gap into commercialisation, putting our results in the hands of people who need it most.

What is rhodis?The Rhino DNA Index System was developed by researchers at the Onderstepoort Veterinary Genetics Laboratory. With RhODIS, horn and other DNA samples can be used to identify individual rhinos – an important capability in the fight against rhino poaching.


Again, the diversity of recent innovations that have made this jump bears testimony to just how in touch UP is with its stakeholders’ needs.hearScreen™, for example, is an innovative, cost-effective hearing screening solution that will improve both early detection and primary treatment of hearing impairment, while Motswadi is an application that helps parents to monitor their young children’s online activities in order to prevent cyber bullying.

service through our time and expertiseThe University plays an active part in both the broad higher education landscape in South Africa and in senior staff members’ particular fields of expertise.

We involved, for instance, more than 100 staff and students in workshops to produce a self-evaluation report on the four themes that the Council on Higher Education (CHE) had identified for the first round of the Quality Enhancement Project (QEP). This was the highest number of participants of any university. A team was also sent to the first round of consultations after the submission of the report. The Vice-Principal: Academic is an active member of the project steering committee.

Furthermore, during August 2014, UP hosted a workshop for council members of the universities of Pretoria, Limpopo, South Africa and Venda, the Tshwane University of Technology and the Sefako Makgatho Health and Allied Sciences University. The event was part of a capacity development initiative for university council members driven by the Department of Higher Education and Training in partnership with the University Council Chairs Forum-South Africa (UCCF-SA).

On a more personal note, the Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Naledi Pandor, appointed our Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Prof Cheryl de la Rey, as the chairperson of the National Advisory Council on Innovation (NACI).

events that broaden mindscapesOur UP Expert Lecture Series is an annual, public platform for our researchers to engage with a general audience on significant developments in their fields of expertise. It is a way of sharing our work and stimulating debate.

The 14th lecture in the series, and the first for 2014, was delivered in March by UP Council member Prof Maxi Schoeman, Head of the Department of Political Sciences and Chair of the Core Social Sciences cluster in the Faculty of Humanities. Her topic was “A crisis of leadership? Reflections on 20 years of democracy”. Two more lectures took place in 2014, delivered by

61 577Total number of students in 2014(includes distance education students)



Prof Nick Binedell, Dean of GIBS, and Prof James Ogude, Research Fellow and Deputy Director of the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship.

The first AS Geyser Commemorative Lecture took place in February. Delivered by Prof Jimmy Loader, it honoured the memory of the cleric, scholar and anti-apartheid theologian that was accused of heresy for his principled opposition against apartheid on theological grounds. Prof Geyser was in the Theological Faculty of the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika at the University of Pretoria from 1946 until 1963.

The University also regularly hosts public lectures by high-profile public figures. The 2014 list included the likes of Ms Navi Pillay, former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; Prof Brian Kobilka, 2012 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry; and world-renowned scholar of capital cities and emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Cambridge, Prof Göran Therborn.

Among the several national and international conferences we hosted in the last year was the 4th Apartheid Archive Conference on the theme “Race, Space, Location, Dislocation: Then and Now”. The conference forms part of the Apartheid Archive Project, which comprises a study involving 30 principal researchers from South Africa, the UK and Australia.

the power in partnershipsMany languages across the globe have sayings that attest to the human imperative to connect. In Africa we know this as ubuntu. At UP we live

the word tshepo means “hope” and this is what Continuing education at the University of Pretoria trust (Ce at UP) and the City of tshwane are inspiring in the participants of the tshepo 10 000 project. the project aims to combat unemployment in the tshwane area by providing 10 000 unemployed people with valuable training in creating and managing cooperatives.

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ubuntu through partnerships with public and private entities. In this sphere, too, we engage in many and varied arenas, driven by an imperative of our own: to be relevant and impactful.

Relevance and impact are certainly needed to address job creation and economic development. To this end, our Continuing Education Department has partnered with the City of Tshwane to create and implement a programme for sustainable entrepreneurship development and employment creation. Tshepo 10 000, as the partnership is called, has already trained 8 994 beneficiaries in entrepreneurial skills and established 48 new cooperatives in the City of Tshwane.

In another partnership with the City of Tshwane, the University established a new institutional research theme (IRT), Capital Cities, in the Faculty of Humanities. Capital Cities now involves several disciplines in the faculties of Humanities, Law, Economics and Management Sciences, and in Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology. The IRT forms a node around which postgraduate training and postdoctoral support are organised, and collaboration takes place with other universities, local and international communities and government departments and municipalities.

Our success in working with government and industry is reflected in the number of research chairs funded by industrial partners. UP now has more than 40 industry-sponsored research chairs. The latest additions are the Research Chair in Maintenance Engineering in the Department of

indUstry PartnershiPs in nUmbers

140 New agreements in 2014

r119,4 million Value of industry-funded research contracts

r22,4 million Value of support from the national Technology and Human Resources for Industry Programme (THRIP)

the saimC control laboratory was unveiled by the vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria, Prof Cheryl de la rey, and the President of the society for automation, instrumentation, measurement and Control (saimC), mr vinesh maharaj.this laboratory, which is situated in the Engineering 2 Building on the Hatfield Campus, is used by postgraduate students and undergraduate project students in the Control group of the department of electrical, electronic and Computer engineering.



the virtual reality Centre (vrC) for mine design not only creates a safe environment for study but, by mimicking reality, will deliver mining engineers to the industry that are better prepared for the conditions they might face when deployed to a mine. in addition, mining engineers can test their mine designs in an immersive 3-d setting before actually building them. this saves both time and money.

Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, sponsored by Weir Minerals Africa (Pty) Ltd, and the Sedibeng Research Chair in Water Utilisation Engineering in the Department of Chemical Engineering.

Research chairs are only one aspect of our industrial partnerships. During 2014, for instance, we entered into several commercial contracts and interactions with industry through the Enterprises at University of Pretoria Trust (E at UP). These partnerships cover topics as wide-ranging as air-quality monitoring, fatigue and strength testing on engineering-related structures, socio-economic impact modelling for infrastructure-related projects and clinical trials for the pharmaceutical industry, both nationally and internationally.

Three other projects, each addressing a very different sector of the economy, that inspire us are:n The National Exotic Leather Cluster (NELC) that we are establishing

under the auspices of the Department of Trade and Industry’s (the dti) Competitiveness Improvement Programme (CIP). The dti is investing R45 million in this initiative.

n UP Natural Hazard Centre, Africa, in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, which is being sponsored by MMI Holdings, Munich RE, AON Benfield and the University.

n Africa’s first virtual reality mine and the new Mining Resilience Research Institute. Kumba Iron Ore sponsors both projects, while execution resides with UP’s Department of Mining Engineering.

Not all our industry partnerships are as big and eye-catching as a virtual mine; some, like the free online Laws of South Africa database, make their contribution in a more understated way. This hugely valuable endeavour was made possible by a R750 000 grant that the library received from the Constitutional Court and a number of reputable South African law firms.


daSPOOrt – 50 yEarS Of CarIngDaspoort Clinic started in 1964 as a UP student initiative with the purpose to support the local community and to gain practical work experience. Medical students see patients with the support and supervision of a medical doctor. Daspoort Clinic is essentially a clinic by students for students and the community. Besides exemplifying UP as a university that engages with its communities, the Clinic supports the multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approach that sees various departments and schools utilising Daspoort Clinic for community-based service learning of their students. The Clinic falls under the Department of Family Medicine, in the Faculty of Health Sciences, in cooperation with the Gauteng Department of Health.


dr nasima Carrim of the department of Human resource management in the faculty of economic and management sciences received the 2013 emerald african management research fund award, in association with the international network for the availability of Publications (inasP) and the international academy of african Business and development (iaaBd).


A frican universities are keenly attuned to the developmental objectives and goals of their specific societies and of the continent in general. In many ways it is up to scholars,

researchers and students to bring the subtleties of Africa to the attention of the rest of the world. Far from a homogenous landmass populated by one-dimensional citizens, Africa’s variety of questions and answers never fails to reward those willing to apply a fresh perspective.

relationships for the greater goodThe University engages with its African counterparts largely through institutional relationships. Many of our institutes, centres and units support research that extends into the continent. These include the Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa, the Centre for Human Rights, the Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation, the African Tax Institute, the Centre for Mediation in Africa, the Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership, the Sports Law Centre in Africa and the African Centre for Gene Technologies. Several targeted research programmes have strong links with Africa, such as the work undertaken by the Institute for Food, Nutrition and Well-being in the area of food security.

Two other faculties whose African ties deserve to be highlighted are Veterinary Science and Health Sciences.

The Faculty of Veterinary Science’s involvement is formalised through three initiatives. The first is its membership of AfriVIP, the African Veterinary Information Portal that operates across parts of southern, eastern and central Africa. Secondly, the Faculty has built a community of practice involving open education resources (OER) experts from the University of Cape Town and Unisa, as well as deans from other veterinary schools in the southern African region. The third avenue is LINQED, an international network that provides training in human and animal tropical medicine and public health. LINQED consists of educational institutions and government-related partner institutions from all over the globe who work together to strengthen training capacity in this field in developing countries. The Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases (DVTD) in the Faculty of Veterinary Science represents UP in this network.

Given its tenacious status as one of Africa’s most serious threats to life expectancy, it makes sense that malaria would be a particular area of interest for UP’s Faculty of Health Sciences. The Centre for Sustainable Malaria Control started as a multidisciplinary, interfaculty initiative at the University. Following a successful application to the Medical Research Council (MRC), it now enjoys the status of an MRC


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UP’s imPaCt on tHe afriCan ContinentWith almost 700* universities and other institutions of higher learning, Africa is home to significant academic activity. The University of Pretoria proudly links itself into this rich network of teaching and learning, both drawing on and contributing to the work of our colleagues across the continent.

(*Source: http://www.4icu.org/Africa/)


UP’s Presence in african netWorks and consortiUmsn Abdus Salam International Centre of Theoretical Physics (ICTP)

n Africa Mathematics Project (AMP)

n African Academy of Management

n African Academy of Sciences, Nairobi, Kenya

n African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Banjul, Gambia

n African Consortium for Malaria Vaccine Research, which includes the universities of Ghana, Ibadan (Nigeria),

Nairobi (Kenya), Zambia, Makerere (Uganda) and Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)

n African Economics Research Consortium (AERC)

n African Mathematics Millennium Science Initiative (AMMSI), Nairobi, Kenya

n African Network for Agriculture, Agroforestry and Natural Resources Education (ANAFE)

n African Network for Internationalisation of Education (ANIE)

n African Network of Scientific and Technological Institutions (ANSTI), Nairobi, Kenya

n African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA)

n African Union Commission (AUC)

n African Veterinary Information Portal (AfriVIP)

n African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), Senegal/South Africa

n Association of African Business Schools

n Association of African Universities (AAU)

n Australia-Africa Universities Network (AAUN)

n Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA)

n Institute of Mathematics and Physics (IMSP), Porto Novo, Benin

n International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE)

n Mentoring African Research in Mathematics (MARM)

n Network of African Science Acadamies (NASAC)

n Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM)

n Southern African Biochemistry and Informatics for Natural Products (SABINA)

n Southern African Regional Universities Forum (SARUA)

n Third World Academy of Sciences

n United Nations Africa Institute for Development and Economic Planning

(IDEP)

n International staff and students

29The number of African bodies, networks and consortiums in which UP is involved

Collaborating Centre for Malaria Research. Although the centre is housed in the Faculty of Health Sciences, it is independently funded by the MRC. The Centre for Malaria Research coordinates and promotes collaborative research into safer and sustainable malaria control and management, and it generates new knowledge and supports new activities pertaining to safe malaria control in Africa.

The University is furthermore a founding member of the African Consortium for Malaria Vaccine Research, which was recently established at a symposium on malaria vaccine studies in Africa held in Ghana. Seven African universities are members of this consortium. talks that matterComplex issues require sustained and intelligent dialogue, debate and discussion. The University provided several platforms for such interactions during the past year.

We hosted two prestigious public lectures with a focus on Africa. The first was delivered by Her Excellency Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, on “The role of research universities such as the University of Pretoria in the development of Africa”. In introducing the lecture, the Vice-Chancellor and Principal announced plans to establish an African Development Policy Focus at UP.

The second lecture saw the then Honourable Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe arguing in favour of establishing a complementary African equivalent of the International Criminal Court. Mr Motlanthe was the keynote speaker at an occasion celebrating 15 years of the University’s Master’s Programme (LLM/MPhil) in Human Rights and Democratisation.

In April 2014, the University hosted the Australia-Africa Universities Network (AAUN) International Africa Forum. (The Vice-Chancellor and Principal is the co-chairperson of the AAUN.) Vice-Chancellors of African universities and specialist researchers participated in an agenda that focused on a range of development issues, including food security, health, mining, public sector reform and higher education.

The Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership hosted a meeting between representatives from the African Union’s New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Centre. The meeting explored partnerships that can contribute to the continent’s transformation, such as an African Union Transformative Leadership Programme.

€2 millionThe Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation (GovInn) secured a grant worth more than €2 million from the Belmont Foundation to study changing investment patterns in Africa over the next three years.

€474 000The Bosch Foundation has committed €474 000 over the next three years to the African Science Leadership Programme, which forms part of the Future Africa initiative.


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UP’s internationaL staff and stUdents

78 Permanent and fixed term contract academic staff (5%)

4 324 Contact students (9%)

2 250 Postgraduate students (16%)

124 Postdoctoral fellows (68,9%)

Prof Xiaohua Xia is the director of both the Centre of new energy systems and the national Hub for

the Postgraduate Programme in Energy Efficiency and Demand Side

management at the University. He obtained his Phd degree from

Beijing University of aeronautics and astronautics in Beijing, China, in 1989.

He joined UP in 1998 and became a full professor in 2000. He has been

recognised by the national research foundation (nrf) as a world leader in his field (A-rating) and is, among

others, an elected fellow of the south african academy of engineering and

an elected member of the academy of science of south africa.


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The University’s vision states the importance it attaches to international recognition, a fact that is underlined by the second of its five strategic goals, which is to strengthen the

University’s international profile. During 2014, we have done much to build our profile beyond the borders of our country and the shores of our continent.

The most visible contribution to our international outreach goal remains the numerous collaborative agreements and initiatives with higher education institutions, notably in Africa, Europe, the USA, South America and Australasia.

A number of our senior academic staff have over the past year either become involved, or continued their involvement, in influential institutions.

The Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Prof Cheryl de la Rey, has been appointed as vice-chairperson and member of the steering committee of the Talloires Network of 300 higher education institutions in 72 countries. She was also elected to the executive board of the International Council for Science (ICSU). This non-governmental organisation has a global membership of 121 national scientific bodies representing 141 countries and 32 members representing international scientific unions.

The University of Uppsala awarded Prof Maxi Schoeman, Head of the Department of Political Science and UP Council member, the Claude Ake Visiting Chair in its Department of Peace and Conflict Research.

Prof Michelo Hansungule, Professor of Human Rights Law at the Centre for Human Rights, was elected for a second term as a commissioner on the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ). The ICJ, which consists of 60 eminent judges and lawyers from all regions of the world, works to promote and protect human rights through the rule of law.

At an institutional level, UP is the only South African university selected to collaborate with institutions around the world in a series of projects to address hunger and malnutrition. The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Sorghum and Millet, a consortium of leading researchers established in 2013 at Kansas State University, USA, funds this initiative.

Another research programme with international impact is the Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation (GovInn) in the Department of Political Science. It is Africa’s first research institution entirely dedicated

UP’s internationaL oUtreaCHDespite being proudly South African and African, the University of Pretoria pursues an agenda of international inclusion, relevance and impact. We interact with visiting scholars and students, and embrace intellectual and technological breakthroughs. Equally, we seek out and create opportunities to introduce our work globally at international conferences.

227Faculty agreements UP has with international universities


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to governance innovation. Funded by the Belmont Foundation, the Centre’s innovation laboratory generates new thinking about governance processes and attracts governance innovators from all over the world. GovInn is currently leading the Africa/South Africa component of a three-year international research programme dealing with energy cooperation and interregional environmental governance between Africa, Europe and the Americas.

GovInn’s international standing is attested to by the fact that its week-long Governance Innovation Conference attracted 400 academics and researchers from across the world.

Among them were acclaimed scholars such as Dr Johan Galtung, founder of Peace Studies, Prof Peter Katzenstein of Harvard and Cornell universities, and world-renowned environmental and

51%Of the 1 359

papers published by UP researchers in 2014,

more than half were with international collaborators

(Papers published in journals indexed by the WoS)

we have agreements and collaborative programmes with universities, research groups and institutions in:n African Central and Eastern Europen Scandinavia and the Baltic countriesn Asian Oceania and the Middle Eastn North and South America


gender activist and best-selling author Dr Vandesa Shiva.

Staff and student exchanges are a central component of internationalisation. The UP Travel Abroad Programme gives academic staff opportunities to advance their scholarship by developing international networks, while visiting international scholars and students enrich our academic programmes and enhance our diversity profile.

Complementing the contribution of international staff and students are the numerous international high-profile visitors and events hosted by the University. Our Visiting Profs Programme promotes and supports the short-term presence at the University of highly distinguished academics from institutions in other countries and regions whose research interests hold specific benefit for UP. Their contribution revolves around the knowledge and new ideas they bring to the University and share with researchers and postgraduate students, and the potential role that they can play in promoting the University internationally through their research networks. In 2014, UP hosted 11 international distinguished scholars.

In addition to raising its academic stature, the University’s international profile greatly supports its fundraising efforts. Current funders include embassies and international donors, non-profit organisations and aid agencies.

R110 395 512The value of international research funding UP secured in 2014

govinn is located in the beautiful old College House at the University of Pretoria.


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UP has 393 nrf-rated researchers:a-rated = 13 (recognised as world leaders in their field of expertise)B-rated = 80 (with high international reputation)y-rated = 61 (young stars)

Prof maxi schoeman, Head of the department of Political sciences and Chair of the Core social sciences cluster in the faculty of Humanities delivers a lecture in the University’s expert Lecture series in the senate Hall. the theme of Prof schoeman’s lecture was ‘a crisis of leadership? Reflections on 20 years of democracy’ and she reflected on the many gains made by south africa - domestically and internationally - over the past 20 years and on the constraints and challenges facing the country at the dawn of its third decade of democracy.


23 UP academics participated in the Nuffic doctoral supervision course that is part of the Dutch–South African capacity development programme focused on strengthening doctoral supervision skills.

toP-rated staffThe University of Pretoria’s employees are the giants on whose shoulders this institution stands. We take care to engage with them in ways that recognise their value and express our appreciation.

A t the University of Pretoria we do not want any staff member, academic or not, to ever feel that he or she just works here. We therefore create a variety of opportunities for participation,

career enrichment and recognition.

recognising excellenceOur academics are committed to realising the University’s vision of being a leading research-intensive university in Africa and it is most gratifying when external recognition confirms the value of their research.

The following selection of the awards our researchers received in the past year illustrates just how wide-ranging the University’s contribution to society is.

n Given the pressing need for science, engineering, technology and innovation (SETI) in our country, we are particularly proud of our four NSTF-BHP Billiton Awards:

– Profs Brenda Wingfield and Don Cowan shared first place in the capacity building category for their outstanding contribution to SETI through research capacity development over the past five to ten years.

– Prof Wanda Markotter won in the category honouring emerging researchers who have made an outstanding contribution to SETI over a period of up to six years after obtaining a PhD.

– Prof De Wet Swanepoel was the winner in the category for an outstanding contribution to SETI through research leading to innovation.

n Prof Mike Wingfield is the founding director of the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI) at UP, and as a researcher is broadly interested in the health of trees. In 2014 he was appointed the new President of The International Union of Forest Research Organisations (IUFRO), the only worldwide organisation devoted to forest research and related sciences.

n Prof Namrita Lall, an expert in medicinal plant science, received the Presidential Order of Mapungubwe for outstanding research in medical sciences.

n Prof Stella Nkomo, Deputy Dean for Research and Postgraduate Studies in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, received the National Research Foundation’s “Champion of Research Capacity Development at South African Higher Education Institutions” award.


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n Prof Kobus Maree, from the Department of Educational Psychology in the Faculty of Education, was awarded the Stals Prize of the South African Academy of Science and Arts for his exceptional research and contribution to education.

n Prof Carl Roux, emeritus professor of the Department of Genetics, was awarded a gold medal by the South African Society for Animal Science (SASAS) in acknowledgement of exceptional services rendered to further animal science over many years.

n The Game Ranger Association of Africa (GRAA) honoured two of our veterinarians, Drs Gerhard Steenkamp and Johan Marais, for their efforts in protecting endangered species at the annual Rhino Conservation Awards Ceremony.

Quality of staffWe engage with our staff through various channels, both formal and informal, in our quest to give effect to our shared governance approach. The University has a number of other formal avenues that allow employees to participate in University affairs. These include the Institutional Forum, which advises Council on a range of issues, and the Employment Equity Forum and Skills Development Committee, which advise the Executive on issues pertaining to employment

Prof stella nkomo

Prof Wanda markotter


Prof namrita Lall

Prof Brenda Wingfield

equity, staff training and skills development. We also have faculty-based transformation committees.

The five employee members of Council furthermore ensure that our staff’s voices are heard at the highest level. We believe, however, that it is often through the less formal forums that the most valuable contributions are made. This conviction is supported by the unfolding impact of our open dialogue programme, called Re-a-Bua (a Sesotho phrase for “we are talking”).

The programme gives staff and students a psychologically safe space where they can talk about and freely share their fears, beliefs, concerns and perceptions related to diversity – equity specifically and transformation in general. We are finding that people are having conversations that would not necessarily be possible in formal University structures. By the end of 2014, a total of 1 164 staff members had attended the Re-a-Bua sessions.

transforming the face of academia We pursue the goal of a truly diverse workforce for three reasons. Firstly, it is a precondition for creating a representative, inclusive and multicultural university. Secondly, it is a social justice issue in terms of addressing the country’s transformation imperative. Thirdly, and in our view most


importantly, diversity enriches teaching, learning and research, and gives students the educational benefits that only a diverse learning environment can deliver.

Employment equity is therefore a critical element of the University’s transformation framework.

We have already implemented several initiatives, such as the UP Leadership Programme (UPLP) and the Programme for Academic Leadership, to equip our leaders and managers to achieve our transformation goals. Additional programmes are currently being considered to make sure that leadership at all levels have the necessary change navigation and management skills.

better teachers for better learningAt UP we know that an investment in our academic staff is also an investment in the success of our students and the sustainability of our institution.

Examples of this investment are grants that lecturers receive to support the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), and the two communities of good practice that promote SoTL: SCITAL in Natural and Agricultural Sciences and VetEd in Veterinary Science.

We furthermore make it possible for lecturers to attend national teaching and learning conferences, while faculties arrange in-house seminars on topics such as mobile learning, teaching for competence, blended

Forty-four senior members of staff have participated in the Programme for academic Leadership, which has been presented by the University’s business school, giBs, since 2012. the programme focuses on academic leadership knowledge and skills to help staff be effective in their career progression, and to provide a foundation for developing a strong academic leadership career. this group, who participated in the programme in 2014, is pictured here with deans from various faculties and heads of departments. in the centre front are Prof Helena Barnard, giBs Programme integrator (fourth from the left) and next to her is the vice-Chancellor and Principal, Prof Cheryl de la rey.


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learning, and the flipped classroom. During the past year, a small number of lecturers attended international teaching conferences or had the opportunity to work with global teaching innovators, such as Eric Mazur of Harvard who pioneered the flipped classroom.

The University also received two collaboration grants that enable its academic staff to make a national contribution while enhancing their own skills. The Faculty Development for Health Professions Education aims to explore and describe the competencies and skills health professions educators need, and to identify activities in South African faculties of health sciences that support the development of these educators.

the third-year undergraduate practical course in organic chemistry had been purely recipe-based until 2012. for the 2013 student intake, the lecturers, kgadi mathabathe, dr darren riley and dr Lynne Pilcher, created an entirely new practical course, based on the enquiry-led approach for which they received a teaching excellence and innovation Laureate award.



The second grant is for the Multilingual Open Education Resource Term Bank. This project wants to develop terminological resources and products (such as term lists, glossaries and electronic language corpora) for use in higher education. Its success will be ground-breaking for the development of indigenous official languages in South Africa, enabling people to use these languages for conceptual development.

To encourage our academic staff to keep pursuing teaching and learning innovation and excellence, we host the annual Teaching Excellence and Innovation Awards.

scholarly supportIn our mission to become a foremost research-intensive university, we keep in mind that our researchers need an enabling environment to do their best work. To this end, we provide our scholars with a variety of support structures and resources that give them the freedom to focus on their research.

From a governance point of view, the University’s Code of Ethics for Scholarly Activity directs the ethical practice of research. It articulates the rights and responsibilities of staff and students with respect to the work undertaken and relationships encountered in the academic environment.

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57,5%Percentage of academic staff with doctoral degrees

UPspace, our institutional repository is ranked:n 1st in sub-Saharan

Africa;n 73rd in the world.

Over 6 million searches were conducted on UPSpace in 2014.

Related to the Code is our Plagiarism Prevention Policy, which provides a framework for preventing, detecting and dealing with plagiarism consistently and across all faculties. The policy requires students and staff to act with integrity and to take responsibility for the production and presentation of academic work.

In other matters of intellectual property (IP), the Innovation Support Division in the University’s Department of Research Innovation and Support (DRIS) supports researchers in invention disclosures, patent applications, licence agreements, trademarks and designs.

In a related development, our Technology Transfer Office (TTO) received a National Intellectual Property Management Office (NIMPO) grant of R2,3 million to increase IP awareness activities on campus. The money will also be used to increase our capacity to effectively manage the IP produced by our researchers and postgraduate students.

Ground-breaking research and creation of IP also depend on proper equipment and in 2014 the University acquired cutting-edge scientific instruments to the value of more than R55 million. The Department of Physics, for example, is now the proud owner of the first single-molecule spectroscope on the African continent, and the first molecular beam epitaxy system in South Africa. The latter is used to build crystals, one atomic layer at a time, in a highly controlled environment. The ultimate goal is to confine electrons within specific regions of the crystal so that researchers can study quantum effects.

A final ingredient of our research success recipe that deserves mentioning, is UP’s Open Scholarship Programme, an initiative that helps to make research more accessible to the broader research community and the public. Our institutional repository, called UPSpace, supports access to over 32 000 items, including research articles, theses and dissertations, conference proceedings, book chapters and special collection material.

We have furthermore made the latest trends in academic publishing our own by putting in place a policy on open access publishing and establishing an article processing charges (APC) fund. The latter assists researchers with APC payments levied by open access journals. The Department of Library Services will closely monitor the fund to determine its feasibility and sustainability, and to gauge the possible changes this new business model will bring to the journal publishing industry and (long outdated) library subscription models.



Our university has a proud tradition of sport and cultural achievements that can hold their own next to our academic accomplishments. We take seriously our role in nurturing the talent

that propel artists, musicians and sportspeople to success on international stages and arenas.

Our staff and studentsIn the same way that the University campus focuses academic efforts, it is an environment that uniquely enables sporting and artistic pursuits. The achievements of 2014 bear this out.

UP Camerata remains the jewel in our cultural crown. The choir participated in the International World Choir Games in Riga, Latvia, and brought home two gold medals – as overall winners placed first in the Mixed Youth Choir category and as runners-up placed second in the Scenic Folklore category. This achievement earned the choir a motion of congratulations passed by the National Assembly in Parliament.

Still on the music front, UP student Willem de Beer was named overall winner of the prestigious national instrumental classical music award, the ATKV-Muziq. He also won first prize in the piano category. Another pianist, André Breedt, won both the South African Music Bursary Competition and the Atterbury Piano Competition. Also on piano, Caryn Reed won the Lionel Bowman Beethoven Competition.

On a lighter note, UP claimed both the men’s and women’s titles in the National Serenade championships. Curlitzia won the women’s competition and Vividus the men’s, and then went on to be named overall winner.

Moving into the airwaves, TuksFM, our radio station, was a big winner at the annual MTN Radio Awards. It scooped the honours in nine of the 14 categories in which it was nominated, including Campus Radio Station of the Year. The team was also selected to represent South Africa and UP at the first ever World Radio Challenge where student radio stations from eight countries competed for the best radio programme and the longest broadcast.

At least three artists associated with the University enjoyed a remarkable year. UP fine arts graduate, Liberty Battson, was named overall winner of the 2014 Absa L’Atelier art competition, while Artist Daniel Mosako, curator of our Edoardo Villa Museum and Collection, was selected to represent South Africa at the 2014 UNESCO Art Camp held in Andorra. Gopala Davies, a drama student, won the best director award at the 2014 Student Festival of the National Arts for the production Barbe Bleu.

sPort and CULtUreThe concept of the well-rounded individual is not new. Its familiarity, however, does not detract from its truth and value. At UP we present students and staff with opportunities for self-expression that are as rich, rewarding and, yes, rounded as possible.

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n Winner of 2014 Momentum CSA National Club Championships

n Winner of the 2014 Red Bull T20 Campus Cricket World Finals in England


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Sport is a valuable aspect of student life at the University of Pretoria. The successes of the past year confirm that our effort is not confined to the major sporting codes – a fact that fills us with pride.

Among the individual sportsmen and -women who excelled are Ruan-Tobie Snyman, who won silver in judo at the Commonwealth Games in Scotland, and Karin Prinsloo, who was named 2013’s female African Swimmer of the Year. A significant number of our sportspeople were also selected for national cricket, hockey and netball teams.

As far as team sports are concerned, we again performed well in the different Varsity Sport programmes. UP won the athletics and the football competitions, our netball team claimed second place and the men’s team finished third in hockey.

AmaTuks retained its Premiership League status, TuksRugby won the Carlton Cup and TuksCricket was crowned the best varsity cricket team in the world.

Our athletics, judo and rowing clubs dominated national club events, while the hockey and netball clubs provided most players in regional teams that won national titles.

our communitiesOur commitment to sporting and cultural excellence is not limited to the students and staff on our campuses. A range of initiatives have seen us extending our facilities, resources and expertise to talented individuals at different points in their sporting and artistic endeavours.

In an event that showcases extramural variety, the University hosts the Super 12 and Super 16 Schools Tournaments for primary and high schools respectively every year. Participating schools compete in activities ranging from sporting events to chess and even choir competitions. The tournaments have gone from strength to strength. In 2014, 24 schools from across Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and North West participated.

At the opposite end of the sporting spectrum, our High Performance Centre (hpc) announced the names of 57 athletes who have been selected for support by the hpc, in conjunction with TuksSport, in their preparations for the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games.

Building on the theme of fostering a national winning culture, the Cricket South Africa (CSA) Centre of Excellence, a joint venture between CSA and UP, was officially opened on 13 March 2014. CSA will use the facility for all its national teams and affiliations. TuksCricket’s senior teams and senior

nolz van der merwe won afternoon drive Presenter (gautrain) at the annual mtn radio awards

gold medals for:n Athleticsn Cricketn Men’s footballn Golfn Netballn Rowing – boat race men A,

men B, women An Rugbyn Rugby 7sn Women’s softballn Swimmingn Taekwondo

Silver medals for:n Cyclingn Badmintonn Judon Fencingn Gymnasticsn Women’s rugby 7sn Rowing – sprintsn Rowing – boat race women B

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and junior cricket academies will also have use of the Centre.

On the arts front, exhibitions on the Hatfield Campus included a photographic show commissioned by the Australian High Commission. Entitled “Celebrating 20 years of democracy: Australia’s contribution to the new South Africa”, UP hosted the exhibition in the Edoardo Villa Museum.

Arguably the most exciting arts and culture development in the past year was the City of Tshwane’s announcement that it has approved a 30-year lease to UP of airspace over Lynnwood Road for the exclusive purpose of developing an art gallery and pedestrian bridge linking the main and south Hatfield campuses. This good news clears the way for fast tracking the development of the proposed Art Centre, for which the University received a generous donation of R75 million plus the loan of its significant art collection, from the Javett Foundation Trust.

UP cameratan 20th best choir in the worldn 4th best youth choir in the world

(Interkultur Foundation World Rankings)

the UP yoUth choirn 84 members n 14-19 years oldn 1st place at the Summa Cum Laude International Youth

Music Festival in Austria (mixed choir category)n 3 gold medals at the World Choir Games

tuksfmn Campus Radio Station of the Yearn Best Campus Breakfast Shown Best Daytime Shown Best Weekend Show for Top 30n Best Campus Afternoon Drive Presenter

(MTN Radio Awards)


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finanCiaL statements

Annual financial review for 2014

income and expenditure

The University’s total income increased during the reporting period by R1 173m to R5 977m.

The single main source of income remains the block grant received from government, together with earmarked grants in respect of veterinary science, clinical training, foundation year programmes, research development and teaching development initiatives. The block grant of R1,59 billion in 2014 (2013: R1,56 billion) represents an increase of 1,9% on 2013.

The second main source of income, tuition fees, increased with R99,55m (2013: R177,39m). Student fees in respect of the University’s programme offerings have on average increased annually by 9,5% (2013: 9,0%). The increase in fees can primarily be ascribed to this average increase. The following table provides a summary of the University’s sources of income:

Total income of the University of Pretoria in 2014 and 2013

Operating expenses increased by 6,4% (2013: 12,2%), from R4,6 billion in 2013 to R4,8 billion in 2014. The main contributing factors to this increase in operating expenses were staff expenses, depreciation of assets and increased operational expenses related to increases in utilities, rates and taxes, and licences.

Income 2014 2013 Change

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Government grants 1 810 1 758 52

Tuition fees 1 363 1 264 99

Accommodation and meal fees 337 280 57

Investment income – profits on disposal 762 82 680

Interest/dividend income 234 221 13

Net interest income on defined-benefit plans 42 30 12

Income from contracts and services 1 274 1 085 189

Donations and gifts 149 145 4

Profit/(loss) on disposal of property, plant and equipment 6 (61) 67

total 5 977 4 804 1 173


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Investments

The University has a diversified investment portfolio that is governed by the Investment Committee of Council. The figure below sets out the structure of the University in relation to investment matters:

The University’s investment funds serve three purposes:

n Meeting part of the short-term financial requirements of the University – these liabilities have a maximum term of 24 months. The risk profile emphasises the need for capital protection over short periods, and a high degree of liquidity needs to be provided.

n Meeting the long-term liabilities (five years and more) of the University – the main requirement here is a good return relative to inflation over the long term.

n Addressing a special class of the long-term liabilities is the University’s obligation in respect of post-retirement medical aid benefits.

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Three investment portfolios have therefore been established. The table below summarises the key results for the various portfolios over the period since inception to 31 December 2014 (performance is shown net of fees):

Conclusion

The University of Pretoria has reported satisfactory results for the financial year ended 31 December 2014. The economic environment remained challenging in 2014, limiting, to some extent, the ability to raise third-stream income especially in the form of donations, grants and bursaries.

The weakening of the rand to the dollar and the required VAT charge on media has also increased the cost of academic books, electronic media, software licences and research equipment.

The University has managed pressure to increase tuition fees, because of the below inflation increase year on year in the Government subsidy, by limiting the growth in operational costs and in personnel costs, instituting a number of cost-saving initiatives and by utilising investment returns and other-third stream income to fund the difference.

Portfolio Primary performance target actual returns

Money Market Portfolio Outperformance of the STEFl Composite 0,7% above the STEFl Composite

Index over a one-year period Index over one year

Long-term Capital Portfolio 6% p.a. (net of fees) outperformance 6,4% p.a. real over seven years

of consumer price inflation over 8,5% p.a. real since inception

seven-year period

Continuation Medical Aid Portfolio 5,5% p.a. outperformance of 6,6% p.a. real over seven years

consumer price inflation over 8,8% p.a. real since inception

seven years, reduced to 4,5%

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Summarised Consolidated Statement of financial Position at 31 december 2014 2014 2013 rm rmaSSEtS

non-current assets 11 112 9 635Property, plant and equipment 3 641 3 174Intangible assets 230 264Deferred taxation 1 1Available-for-sale investments 6 790 5 611Investment in associate companies 2 2Defined benefit pension plan asset 135 217Defined benefit medical plan asset 238 284Defined benefit provident plan asset 38 45Non-current loans and receivables 37 37

Current assets 1 791 2 087Inventories 17 15Receivables and prepayments 407 404Cash and cash equivalents 1 367 1 668

total assets 12 903 11 722

EqUIty and LIaBILItIES

total funds 10 652 9 838

non-distributable reservesAvailable-for-sale investment revaluation 1 543 1 719reserve fundsRestricted funds 3 608 4 013Council designated funds 5 501 4 106

non-controlling interest (11) (9)

non-current liabilities 736 536Borrowings 22 22Group life assurance liability 42 –Finance lease obligation – 1Deferred income 628 472Agency funds 44 41

Current liabilities 1 526 1 357Trade payables, accruals and other liabilities 640 628Deferred income 599 493Student deposits 286 235Finance lease obligation 1 1

total funds and liabilities 12 903 11 722



Summarised Consolidated Income Statement for the year ended 31 december 2014 2014 2013 rm rmOperating revenue 4 933 4 518Less operating expenses 4 809 4 540Personnel costs 2 382 2 198Other operating expenses 2 181 2 042Depreciation and amortisation 246 300

net surplus from operations 124 (22)

Income from investments 996 302Net interest income on defined benefit plans 42 30Other non-recurrent income 7 (46)Finance expense (9) (3)Other non-recurrent expenses (21) (2)

Surplus before tax 1 139 259Less tax (1) (1)

Surplus for the year 1 138 258

Surplus for the year attributed to: 1 138 258

University of Pretoria 1 141 260Non-controlling interest (3) (2)



Summarised Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income for the year ended 31 december 2014

2014 2013 rm rmSurplus for the year 1 138 258

Other comprehensive income for the year (326) 1 410

Re-measurements on defined benefit medical plan (45) 72Re-measurements on defined benefit pension plan (97) 225Re-measurements on defined benefit provident plan (6) 76Re-measurements on group life assurance (2) –Fair value adjustment on available-for-sale investments (176) 1 037

total comprehensive income for the year 812 1 668

total comprehensive income attributed to: 812 1 668

University of Pretoria 815 1 670Non-controlling interest (3) (2)



Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity for the year ended 31 december 2014

Unrestricted Council designated Council designated restricted student total operating fund and restricted and restricted accommodation funds – other property, plant and fund equipment funds rm rm rm rm rmBalance at 31–12–2012: credit 14 4 260 3 980 (87) 8 167 Net (decrease) / increase in funds (14) 1 661 133 (109) 1 671Net income – surplus 62 224 (110) 85 261Other comprehensive income – 1 410 – – 1 410Net transfers (to) / from other funds (76) 27 243 (194) –

Balance at 31–12–2013: credit – 5 921 4 113 (196) 9 838Non–distributable reserves – 1 719 – – 1 719Council designated – 3 472 634 – 4 106Restricted – other – 730 3 479 (196) 4 013

Balance at 31–12–2013: credit – 5 921 4 113 (196) 9 838

Net (decrease) / increase in funds – 519 307 (12) 814Net income – surplus 107 931 6 94 1 138Other comprehensive income – – – – – Net transfers (to) / from other funds (107) (412) 301 (106) (324)

Balance at 31–12–2014: credit – 6 440 4 420 (208) 10 652Non–distributable reserves – 1 543 – – 1 543Council designated – 4 302 1 199 – 5 501Restricted – other – 595 3 221 (208) 3 608



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