2013 ANNUAL REPORT Polytechnic of Namibia AR 2013.pdf · - Humanities - Information Technology - Management - Natural Resources and Tourism 7 Number of employees 745 (full-time) Library

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Contents

The Campus Community .......................................................................4Foreword ...................................................................................................6Review .......................................................................................................8

Academic Affairs and Research ...........................................................10• Vice-Rector:AcademicAffairsandResearch ........................................11• Registrar........................................................................................... .....12• ProgrammeDevelopmentandRegistration .........................................14• Library ............................................................................................. .....20

Administration and Finance ............................................................... 22• Vice-Rector:AdministrationandFinance .............................................23• OfficeoftheBursar ............................................................................... 25• HumanResources ................................................................................. 28• ComputerServices ................................................................................ 29• StudentAffairs ...................................................................................... 31

Faculties/Schools ....................................................................................33• SchoolofEconomicsandFinance ......................................................... 34• SchoolofEngineering ........................................................................... 37• SchoolofHealthandAppliedSciences .................................................42• SchoolofHumanities ............................................................................ 46

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• SchoolofInformationTechnology ........................................................ 51• SchoolofManagement ........................................................................ 56• HaroldPupkewitzGraduateSchoolofBusiness ...................................58• SchoolofNaturalResourcesandTourism ............................................61

Centres of Excellence ...........................................................................65• CentreforOpenandLifelongLearning .................................................66• CentreforTeachingandLearning ......................................................... 70• CentreforEntrepreneurialDevelopment .............................................72• CentreforCooperativeEducation ........................................................ 74• NamibiaBusinessInnovationCentre ....................................................76• Namibian-GermanCentreforLogistics .................................................79• RenewableEnergyandEnergyEfficiencyInstitute ...............................82

Professional Support Departments ....................................................86• PlanningandInternationalRelations ....................................................87• QualityAssurance ................................................................................. 92• CommunicationsandMarketing .......................................................... 94• ProjectServices .................................................................................... 96

Governance ........................................................................................... 98Financial Statements ........................................................................... 99Council .................................................................................................. 100Management ....................................................................................... 101Main Campus Map ............................................................................ 102

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Campus CommunityIn Figures

ThePolytechnicofNamibiafollowsitsmandatebyproducinggraduateswiththerequiredtechnologicalandscientificskillsandcompetencies,thusconnectingthePolytechnicasapartofthenationalsystemofhighereducationwiththestrategicintentoftheNamibiangovernment.Asauniversityofscienceand technology our key performance areas, namely tuition, applied research and service comparewellwithotherinstitutionsoftertiarylearningintheregion.Ourwebpresencecanbenotedonthefollowingsite:http://www.webometrics.info/top_continent.asp?cont=africa.

History&Profile Campus&GrowthInstitution established 1996

(autonomy)Replacement value of buildings and equipment N$ 1 052 315 048

Number of Academic Departments 30 Total Revenue N$ 471 611 107

Subsidy N$ 253 431 280Tuition N$ 161 253 623

Number of Schools- Economics and Finance- Engineering- Health and Applied Sciences- Humanities- Information Technology- Management- Natural Resources and

Tourism

7 Number of employees 745 (full-time)Library acquisition budget N$ 5 481 709Volumes added to the library 5 921Printed volumes in the library 72 446Subscription to e-journals 60 557Research seed funding (institutional) N$ 688 000

International partnerships/ co-operations 98

History&Profile Campus&GrowthTotal student enrolment 13 130 Average cost per student N$ 39 336

Number of countriesrepresented by student body

26 State subsidy (averageper student) N$ 19 302

Gender ratio 55.3% female :44.7% male

State subsidy as percentageof total income 57%

Number of degrees / diplomas awarded 22 841

Tuition revenue aspercentage of total income 35%

GraduationStatisticsQualification Male Female Total

Master 25 16 41Honours 42 58 100Professional Bachelor 47 48 95Bachelors 427 701 1 128Diplomas 355 452 807Post Grad Certificates 4 1 5Higher Certificates 54 19 73Certificates 323 354 677Total 1 277 1 649 2 926

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EnrolmentStatisticsSchool Qualification type Female Male Total

Office of the Rector BachelorTOTAL

1717

2020

3737

Office of the Registrar Non Diploma PurposesTOTAL

2121

2424

4545

Economics & Finance BachelorDiplomaPost Grad DiplomaTOTAL

1 919273

102 202

1 106164

121 282

3 025437

223 484

Engineering BachelorDiplomaCertificateHigher CertificateHonoursIntroductoryMastersProfessional BachelorTOTAL

243833

63

5211

132299

2978

10720

1174

24466899

53116140

264

22635

5981 198

Health & Applied Sciences BachelorHigher CertificateHonoursProfessional BachelorTOTAL

881417

151270

10578

59179

1932125

210449

Humanities BachelorDiplomaHonoursNon DiplomaTOTAL

327

304

361

2602

211

284

5872

515

645Information Technology Bachelor

DiplomaHonoursMastersPost Grad CertificateTOTAL

2257628

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334

388158

3811

2597

613234

6616

2931

Management BachelorHonoursMastersTOTAL

3 08343

53 131

1 93746

51 988

5 0208910

5 119Natural Resources & Tourism Bachelor

DiplomaCertificateHonoursMastersTOTAL

471100

1849

602

392131

221214

571

863231

401623

1 173Harold Pupkewitz Graduate School of Business

MastersTOTAL

2424

2525

4949

GRAND TOTAL 7 261 5 869 13 130

Gender Ratio Enrolment by Offering Mode

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EachyearthisInstitutionfindsitselfhavingtofacenewsetof challenges. In theprevious year the Institution focusedits attentionon improvingeffectivenessandefficiencies initsoperations.HoweverthisyearthefocusshiftedtoissuesrelatingtotheInstitution’stransformationtouniversity.

The institution’s agenda for the year was determined bytwo key issues. First, inDecember2012,Governmenthadpronounced, as part of its comprehensive review of thehigher education system in Namibia, its approval of therenaming of the Polytechnic to the Namibia University ofScienceandTechnology(NUST).Second,thethirdStrategicPlan(PSP-3)wasexpiringattheendoftheyear.Asaresultthe Institution not only had to explore thoroughly theimplicationsandimperativesoftheproposednamechange,butalsoneededtodevelopanewstrategicplanforthenextfiveyears.

Itthusbecameclearthattheconfluenceofthenamechangeandstrategicplandictatedareconceptualisationofwhatthenew institutionwill be andwhat vision and agenda itwillhaveforthefuture.Consequently,thetwoprocesses(namechangeandstrategicplanning)couldnotbedisjointed;thustheywereconsolidatedintoa‘StrategicandTransformationPlan’.Withthisinmind,theinstitutionalthemeselectedfortheyear,“Building Sustainable Futures”was,indeed,appropriate.

Therefore, for thebetterpartof theyearall stakeholders in the Institutionwerepreoccupiedwithdeveloping theplan for the transformationof thePolytechnic.Consequently, theCouncilapprovedthestrategicandtransformationplanoftheInstitution(PSP-4)inNovember.Thisdocumentidentifies,amongstothers,thekeystrategicgoalsinthenextfiveyears:excellenceinteaching,researchandservice;studentcentredness;goodgovernanceandmanagement; strongcollaboration;andcontribution tonational development. I haveno doubt that the Institutionhas put together a soundplanwhich,whenimplementedfullybythenewinstitutionandadequatelyresourcedbytheGovernment,shoulddeliverqualityeducation.Thiswilltrulyempowerthestudentsandgraduateswithknowledge,skillsandattributes thatwillmake themproductive citizens social, political, economicand technologicaldevelopmentofourcountry.

OneoftheprerequisitestepsinthetransitiontouniversitywasthereviewingofthePolytechnicAct,whichwouldleadtothedevelopmentofthenewestablishingAct,whoseenactmentwillbefacilitatedbytheLawReformandDevelopmentCommission(LRDC).ByendofMaythePolytechnichadprovidedtheLRDCitsproposalsforthenewestablishingAct,sothatfollowingstakeholderconsultationsthenewBillwouldgothroughtheparliamentaryprocess.ItishopedthatbythenewAct(forNUST)willbepromulgatednextyear.Inthemeantime,theinstitutioncontinuedwiththepreparationofthenewbrandandthiswillbefinalisedatthebeginningof2014.

Foreword

Mr Niilo Taapopi

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Mr Niilo Taapopi

F O R E W O R DThe year was indeed eventful for the Polytechnic. In response to the changing environment in higher education world-wide and also the Polytechnic’s institutional value chain review, for the better part of the year the institution focused on its practices in order to improve its effectiveness and efficiencies. Just before the end of the year the institution had to pay attention to the major changes brought about by the comprehensive review of the higher education sector.

The academic year was celebrated with the theme “Internationalisation of Higher Education”, which is about integrating international and multicultural elements into the teaching and learning, research and service within the institution. The Polytechnic has been pursuing the internationalisation agenda for years, and the strategy adopted in the year was to consolidate the extensive international partnerships and networks and leverage resources to strengthen the institution’s capacity in its core responsibilities.

Regarding the institutional value chain review the institution in 2011 embarked on an extensive situational analysis to examine the effectiveness of high level structures and processes as well as benchmarking against best practice elsewhere. To effect transformation at governance, instruments such as the Council Code of Conduct, Council Performance Review mechanism, Delegation of Authority Framework and Institutional Rules as well as implementation of a new management structure, new Council and management Committees. Furthermore, a revised academic structure was implemented. At operational level, attention was also given to business process and cost analyses and review of the core and support services. The above exercise proved timely and critical when it became clear that the Government subsidy allocation to the Polytechnic was to be reduced considerably over the medium term (2012 – 2015). Consequently, urgent cost-containing strategies and efficiency gains were needed to ensure that the mission and quality of functions were not compromised.

Despite the many challenges that the institution faced throughout, the year ended on a high note when the Ministry of Education announced the Cabinet decision on the “Comprehensive and Holistic Review and Reform of the Higher Education System in Namibia in relation to its Contribution to the Achievement of Vision 2030”. The Minister, amongst the many major changes to be affected in higher education, declared the name change of the institution from a “polytechnic” to a “university of science and technology”. This announcement was received with great jubilation by the Polytechnic community, for it holds great promise for the institution’s development and its profile in the local and global contexts. The institution will enjoy a bright future as a university of science and technology. In this respect, I express our profound gratitude to the Namibian government for acceding to our request, and express our confidence in the leadership of the Rector, under whose management the institution has grown tremendously to be recognised nationally and internationally.

All in all, with the various changes we have effected in the year we are confident that they will stand us in good stead for transforming the Polytechnic to a university of science and technology.

I would like to thank the government for its support, my fellow Council members, and the Polytechnic community for working together to ensure success in 2012.

Faithfully,

Mr Niilo TaapopiChairperson of Council

Governancemattersalsoreceivedattention.Akeymilestonewastheapprovalof thefollowingkeydocumentsbytheCouncil:InstitutionalRules,InstitutionalDelegationFramework,CouncilGovernanceAssessment, Council Code of Conduct and Council Performance Agreement. The governance anddecision-makingresponsibilitiesarebetterstipulatedandthereforeCouncilandofficialsandmanagersatdifferentlevelsoftheorganisationcarrywell-definedresponsibilitiesandaccountability.

InviewofthefactthatthetermofserviceoftheCouncilwascomingtoanendinAugust,anewCouncilwasreconstitutedthroughre-appointmentbyCabinet.Beforetheexpiryofitsterm,theCouncilre-appointedProfTjamaTjivikuaasRectorforanother5-yearterm.Hewillthusservehisfifthtermandusherinthenewinstitutionanddispensation.

Iwould like express appreciation for thehardwork thePolytechnic community under the capableleadershipoftheRector,towardsbuildingasolidfoundationforthenewuniversity.IwouldalsoliketothankgovernmentforitssupportandmyfellowCouncilmembersformakingthisyearasuccess.

Faithfully

MrNiiloTaapopiChairperson of Council

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When the history of this Institution is written, it will beremembered forbeinga forward-looking,high-performingandrespecteduniversity.Thisisacommendablefeatinthehighly competitive and dynamic global higher educationenvironment. Indeed, the Polytechnic’s phenomenalevolution – its growth and success - is an excellent casestudyfornewandemerginguniversities.

Tangible progress has beenmade over the past 17 years.Thelocalandinternationalrecognitionandawardsreceivedfrom year to year are testimony to our endeavours andculminated in the Cabinet directive of December 2012 torename the Polytechnic as Namibia University of ScienceandTechnology.

The directive came at an opportune time as we begandesigning a new strategic and transformation plan forthe next five years. Thus an extensive, exhaustive andcomprehensivereviewoftheInstitutionwasundertakentocraftthevisionandprofileof thenewuniversity.Thenewparadigmandgrowth-intermsofprogrammes,enrolments,staffing,infrastructure,andsoon-areclearlymappedout.

OtherkeyrecommendationsoftheCabinetfactoredintotheplanningprocessare,thati)allcertificateand diploma courses be phased outwithin five years; ii) qualifications in the Science, Technology,EngineeringandMathematics (STEM)areasbe increased; iii) studentenrolment in theSTEMareasbeincreased;iv)post-graduateenrolmentbeexpanded;andv)thePolytechnicassiststheMinistrytoestablishacollegesystem.

ThustheCabinetdirectiveaimstocreatearadicallydifferent institutionandvalidatedthestrategicdirectionwe embarked on since inception of the Institution in 1996 in the pursuit of becoming atechnologicaluniversity.Onthelargerscale,thenewuniversitybringsaboutadiversificationofthehighereducationlandscapeandafocusonS&T,inordertoenhancenationalcompetitiveness.

ExtensiveconsultationswereheldwithinternalstakeholdersontheDraftBillforthenewuniversity.SimilarconsultationswithexternalstakeholderscommencedthroughtheLawReformandDevelopmentCommission.

Supportingthechange,anewbrandwasbeingdevelopedasidentityforthenewuniversity.Here,too,extensiveconsultationswithinternalandexternalstakeholderscreatedasampleofthenewidentity.

Over theyear, the Institution’sprofilegrew inmanyrespectsandfirmedupthe foundationfor thenew university. Accordingly, more under- and post-degree STEM programmes were approved forimplementationin2014,resultinginimmediategrowthintheSTEMprofile.Theseare,forinstance,inthenaturalsciences(biology,chemistryandphysics).

Review

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Theimmenseinterestintheinstitution,demonstratedbythehugedemandforapplied(technicalandvocational)andprofessionalcareers,aswellasthelargenumberoflocalandinternationalpartnerships,areinpartmeasuresofthegrowingneedforthenewtypeofuniversity.

Regrettably,thegovernmentfundinghasnotkeptpacewithourgrowth.Itisthereforehopedthatthefundingframework,basedontheHigherEducationAct(2003),whichembodytheprinciplesofequity,transparencyandfairness,willbeimplementedsoonerthanlater.ItisalsoclearthatthenewmandateandprofileoftheInstitutionwillrequiresignificantandappropriateinvestmentsintermsoffunding,personnel,infrastructureandotherresources.Therefore,withoutadditionalresourcingitisdifficulttoconceivehowanyprogressontheexpandedmandateandtransformationcouldberealised.

WepresenttogovernmentandotherstakeholdersthisAnnualReportwithanunqualifiedfinancialaudit,asastandardpracticeoverthepast17years.ThePolytechnicrestsonasoundfoundationandIthankthegovernment,Councilandallotherstakeholdersfortheirsupportandfaithinouruniversityandinmyleadership.

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TjamaTjivikuaBA,MS,PhD(Chem),DSc(honoris causa),DLitt(honoris causa)Founding Rector

Polytechnic of Namibia - Annual Report 2012

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R E v I E W At the Polytechnic we share the view that education is an investment in the collective future of individuals and nations. Education is the key determinant of economic growth and competitiveness, and thus engendering growth requires appropriate educational systems.

This Report highlights the Polytechnic’s strong foundation in technological education and training as evidenced shown in its quantitative and qualitative growth, which is in line with its Strategic Plan - 3 (2008-2013). It also reflects our extensive international engagement profile and the recognition we have achieved as a global player.

Addressing our core mission, enrolment grew as the national demand for access to higher education continued to grow. Remaining true to our tradition of addressing national needs, and in collaboration with industry, we offered more programmes at undergraduate and post-graduate levels in the science and technology fields, such as architecture, integrated water management, logistics and transport engineering. The Polytechnic continued to work closely with the Namibia Qualifications Authority (NQA) and the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) to enhance the quality of its higher education system. More programmes were registered with the NQA and several programmes produced their first cohort of graduates, e.g. Biomedical and Environmental Health Sciences.

Applied research has a special meaning in the Polytechnic, and our faculty and students were engaged in many projects nationally and internationally. This is evident in the significant increase in research and publications to date, and in the external funding acquired for research. This, together with the large number of projects in community engagement, clearly shows that we are an engaged institution and active partner in socio-economic development.

We believe that due to the Polytechnic’s impressive growth and record of achievement, the Namibian government decided to rename and transform the Polytechnic as the Namibia University of Science and Technology. I believe this momentous decision fills every Namibian with a sense of achievement and pride, and will serve as a catalyst for the Institution’s rapid growth.

While this report underscores progress for Namibia in the field of Higher Education, it is important to take into account the factors that play an important role in the success of the Institution. State subsidy declined by about 30%, to 44.4% of the institutional budget, in the year under review. In addition, a comparison with other universities in Namibia and South Africa where most Namibians are being educated, indicates that the Polytechnic is significantly disadvantaged with low-level per capita funding, at only 30% against the best funded institutions. This is so while the Polytechnic is expected to offer internationally benchmarked curricula and produce globally competent graduates.

Quality is a function of appropriate resources well managed. This Report shows the result of well managed resources against subsidy allocations which do not effectively take into account the achievements, inflation and growth. It is also a well-known fact that our staff and students demand better resources and a more comprehensive and decent infrastructure as required of a modern institution of higher learning. Thus, aligning state funding to the institutional profile and needs is absolutely necessary in order for national needs to be efficiently and effectively addressed and to remain competitive and endure the ongoing revolutions in the educational environment. I believe the envisaged scientific funding formula will address this situation to a great extent.

For all the success, I am indebted to all stakeholders for the strong support and the respectable growth we have experienced. My heartfelt gratitude goes out to the Government for its continued commitment to building the Polytechnic and I look forward to an exciting period in the Institution’s transformation.

Faithfully,

Tjama Tjivikua BA, MS, PhD (Chem), DSc (honoris causa), DLitt (honoris causa)Founding Rector

Prof Tjama Tjivikua

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A C A D E M I C A F F A I R S A N DR E S E A R C H• V i c e - R e c t o r : A c a d e m i c

A f f a i r s a n d R e s e a r c h• R e g i s t r a r• P r o g r a m m e D e v e l o p m e n t

a n d R e g i s t r a t i o n• L i b r a r y

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This academic year brought to this Office an interestingcombinationof transformationactivitiesandwork suchasensuring,pursuingandsustainingthequalityofintellectuallife associatedwith the institution. Maintaining academicprogrammes and providing an environment within whichbest teaching, learning and research can be nurtured,respectedandenriched,andalsoensuringthatengagementwiththecommunities(local,nationalandglobal)remainedhighontheagenda.

For student centeredness, the teaching and learningenvironment - including infrastructure,wasmaintained tothesatisfactionofstudents.Byyear’send,95%ofclassroomswere equipped with modern technology such as smartboards.EffortswerealsomadeinenhancingfacilitiesoftheHP-GSB.Asurveyofstudentsatisfactionindicatedthatmorethan60%weresatisfiedwiththeinstitutionalteachingandlearningenvironment.

InthecontextoftheinstitutionaltransformationintoNUST,staffdevelopmentremainedhighontheagenda.About35%ofNamibianfacultystaffwereenrolledforhigherqualifications.Unfortunately,duetopoorpublicfunding,notallacademicsmotivatedtopursuehigherqualificationscouldbecateredfor,andonly45%ofopenfacultypositionscouldbefilled,thustheoverloadinginsomecasesandtheheavyrelianceonpart-timelecturers.

ThisOfficealsocarriedadministrativeresponsibilitiesforsomeacademicappointmentsbyreviewingrecommendationsprior to approval by theRector. TheOfficealsomonitored academicworkloads,andparticipatedinthereviewoftheinstitutionalacademicworkloadpolicywithinanenvironmentofdiverseteaching,learningandassessment.Consensusonthemajorworkloadfactorswasreachedandthepolicydocumentwaseventuallyreadyforsubmissionforapprovalearlyinthenewyear.

Progressinfacilitatingthedevelopmentofnewgraduateacademicprogrammes(MastersandPhD),andpromoting interdisciplinary collaborationandcurricular innovationsat thegraduate levelwereotherimportantachievementsofnote.

Theuseofe-learningtechnologyandonlineprogrammeswasexpanded.Henceabout40%ofWorkIntegratedLearning(WIL)modulesareincorporatedintotheCentreforOpenLifelongLearning(COLL)programmes to include regional Centres and about 35%of courses areofferedonline through theMoodlefacility.Finally,writingretreatsandthe‘GreatTeachers’workshopwereconductedtoenhanceresearchandteachingcapacityofresearchersandlecturers,respectively.Nextyear,theprimaryfocusoftheOfficewillbethereviewofacademicpoliciesandprocedurestomeettherequirementsofNUST.

Office of the Vice Rector: Academic Affairs and Research

Dr Andrew NiikondoVice-Rector

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Strategic Management

The Registrar successfully led the institution’s thematicworkgroup on Governance and Management in thedevelopmentofthePSP-4.Eachdepartmentdeveloped itsown unit plan, fromwhich the overall plan for theOfficewas compiled and submitted in July. TheRegistrar furtherparticipated inandcontributedtothedevelopmentofthedraftNUSTBill.

Faculty Administration

FacultyAdministrationisafunctionthatconsistsmainlyofon-goingactivities,suchasstudentregistration,maintainingacademic records, promotion of students, and so forth.Continuous improvements were being made in businessprocesses, where the academic structure setup wasimproved, the transition to the new academic structure facilitated and online registration furtherimprovedandstreamlined.

TheinstitutionalsosignedtwoagreementswithQualificationsVerificationsSystems(QVS)(Pty)Ltd,andManagedIntegrityinEducation(MIE)(Pty)Ltd,respectively,forthedeliveryofqualificationandenrolment verification services to employers, students, graduates, donors and all other interestedparties.Theseagreementshaveresulted in faster,cheaperverificationservicestocustomers,whilealsohelpingtocombatfraudorattemptedfraudinvolvingPolytechnicqualifications.

Applications, Admissions and Registration

Recruitmentactivitiesweresomewhatcurtailedby lackof funding.However, recruitmentmaterialsandformsweremadeavailableontimeandweredistributedtoallseniorsecondaryschoolsandatimportantshowsandcareerfairs.

An on-line application system was successfully implemented for the first time and generatedapproximately 3 000 of the 11 600 applications received. Feedback from the users of the on-lineapplicationsystemwaspositiveanditwillbemoreaggressivelyrolledoutin2014,whileimprovementsarebeingcontinuallycarriedout.

AdraftPolicy on Admission of Students wasdevelopedinconsultationwithstakeholders,whichwillbetabledforapprovalattherelevantbodiesinearly2014.

On-lineregistrationwasonceagainimplementedverysuccessfully,andisgrowinginleapsandbounds.Allseniorstudentsregisteredonlinein2013,while3635newstudentswereregisteredmanually.

OfnoteisthattheinstitutionconcludedanagreementwithNam-micPaymentSolutions(Pty)LtdtoconvertthePolytechnicstudentcardintoacombinedstudent-bank-loyaltycard.Thisagreementwillbeimplementedin2014,whenallstudentswillbeissuedwiththePolytechnic/NPSstudent/cellcard.

Office of the Registrar

Mr Corneels JaftaRegistrar

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Governance and Committee Work

The functionof thisdepartment is toprovidesecretarial services toGovernancebodies,aswellascommittees of such bodies. The unit experienced a steep increase in the number of meetings ofgovernancebodies,withmanyspecialandextraordinarymeetingsofCouncilbeingheld.

ThetermsofboththeCouncilandtheRectorexpired.TheCouncilwasre-appointed(totheSeventhCouncil)aswastheRector,thelatterforanotherthree-andfive-yeartermsinaccordancewiththePolytechnicAct.

The department facilitated the approval and implementation of the following core governancedocuments:InstitutionalRules;CouncilCodeofConduct;CouncilPerformanceAssessmentInstrument;andDelegationsofAuthorityFramework.

The department is also responsible for student disciplinary cases, where this year saw a furtherreductioninthenumberofcasestolessthan40.AdraftPolicy on Plagiarism wasdevelopedwhichwillbetabledatdecision-makingbodiesearlynextyear.

Assessment Administration

Thedepartmentisresponsibleforarrangingandfacilitatingallinstitutionalsummativeassessments,aswellascertificationofgraduates.Itfacilitatedandadministered77758examinationsovertwosessions(JuneandNovember)consistingof18dayseachandeachdayhavingthreeexaminationsessions.The introductionoftheSpecialRector’sExamination(SRE)meantthatthedepartmentfacilitatedanothersession inAugust,with249examinations. Thepass rate in theSREwas53%,whichenabled thesestudentstograduateintheOctoberceremony.

ThedepartmentalsobeganthereviewoftheCertificationSystemofthe institution,withaviewtofurtherstrengthenthesecurityofitscertificatesandtoprepareforthetransitiontoNUST.Thisreviewwillbecompletedearlynextyear.

Institutional Timetabling

Continuousimprovementsweremadetotheinstitutions’stimetablingsystemintheformoftimetableaudits,productionofutilisationreports,trainingoftimetablers,andthepublicationoftimetablesontheweb.

Central Records and Archives

AnewHead:CentralRecordsandArchives(CRA)wasappointedinSeptemberandthefollowingwerethemainactivitiesandoutputsinthisdepartment:

• TheDocuments and Records Management Policy wasreviewedandapproved;• TheDraftInstitutionalFilingPlanwasdrawnupthroughaconsultativeprocess;• Improvement inconfidentialityofrecordsanddocuments, throughtrainingofstaffandthe

introductionofasecrecyandconfidentialitydeclarationforCRAstaff;• ARecordsManagementFrameworkwasproduced,whichguidestheworkofthedepartment;

and• RecordsanddocumentsweredisposedofaspertheguidelinesapprovedbytheNationalArchives.

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This Unit has overall responsibility for coordinating andmanagingprogramme(curriculum)developmentactivitiesintheinstitutionandensuringtheregistrationofqualificationsontheNationalQualificationsFramework(NQF).

Programme (curriculum) development

The Unit continued to assist academic departments intheir endeavours to develop new programmes and/or re-curriculate existing programmes. Assistance wasprovided inanumberofways, including the facilitationoftraining sessions for facultyon thePolytechnicCurriculumFrameworkandtheNQF,aswellasrigorousreviewofdraftprogrammedocuments.Aboveall,guidancetofacultywasaimed at ensuring compliance with relevant institutionalpoliciesandnationalimperatives.

The following are new/revised programmes approved by Senate:

School Undergraduate/Postgraduate

Programme Title Status(New/Revised)

Implementation Date

Health and Applied Sciences

Undergraduate BachelorofScience New 2014

Humanities Undergraduate BachelorofGenderStudies

New 2015(tentative)

Information Technology

Undergraduate BachelorofInformatics Revised 2014

BachelorofComputerScience

Revised 2014

Postgraduate BachelorofInformaticsHonours

Revised 2014

BachelorofComputerScienceHonours

Revised 2014

MasterofInformatics New 2014

MasterofComputerScience

New 2014

DoctorofPhilosophyinInformatics

New 2014

DoctorofPhilosophyinComputerScience

New 2014

Programme Development and Registration

Mr Jerry BeukesDirector

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Programme Title Status(New/Revised)

Implementation Date

Management Undergraduate CertificateinSupervisorySkillsDevelopment

New 2013

BachelorofBusinessManagement

Revised 2014

Postgraduate MasterofBusinessAdministration

New 2014

ExecutiveMasterofBusinessAdministration

New 2014

Natural Resources and Tourism

Undergraduate BachelorofAgriculture Revised 2014

Postgraduate BachelorofAgricultureHonours

Revised 2014

BachelorofRegionalandRuralDevelopmentHonours

New 2015

MasterofAgribusinessManagement

New 2014

MasterofSpatialScience New 2014

MasterofNaturalResourcesManagement

New 2014

NQF registration of qualifications

All educational higher education institutions in Namibia are required to register their existingqualificationsontheNQFbyJanuary2015.ThePolytechnichassubmittedafurther25qualificationstotheNQAduringtheyearinordertoensurecompliancewiththisrequirement.ThisbringsthetotalnumberofqualificationssubmittedforNQFregistrationto100,ofwhichthefollowing75arecurrentlyregisteredontheNQF:

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Qualifications registered on the NQF (as at 30 November 2013)School Undergraduate/

PostgraduateNQF ID Qualification Title NQF

LevelNQF Credits

Economics and Finance

Undergraduate Q0251 AdvancedDiplomaintheTheoryofAccounting

7 120

Q0265 DiplomainMarketingandSales 6 232

Q0266 BachelorofMarketing 7 369

Q0285 BachelorofEconomics 7 364

Q0299 DiplomainAccountingandFinance

6 262

Q0300 BachelorofAccounting(General)

7 398

Q0301 BachelorofAccounting(CharteredAccountancy)

7 409

Postgraduate Q0267 BachelorofMarketingHonours 8 120

Q0286 BachelorofEconomicsHonours 8 120

Engineering Undergraduate Q0282 CertificateinVocationalEducationandTraining(Trainer)

4 137

Q0283 HigherCertificateinVocationalEducationandTraining(Trainer)

5 142

Q0284 DiplomainVocationalEducationandTrainingManagement

6 230

Q0350 BachelorofArchitecture 7 400

Postgraduate Q0268 MasterofIndustrialEngineering 9 240

Q0270 MasterofIntegratedWaterResourcesManagement

9 240

Q0351 BachelorofArchitectureHonours

8 127

Health and Applied Sciences

Undergraduate Q0110 BachelorofScienceinAppliedMathematicsandStatistics

7 455 (Accounting

option)461

(Economics option)

Q0165 BachelorofBiomedicalSciences 8 515Q0308 DiplomainPre-Hospital

EmergencyMedicalCare6 254

Q0309 BachelorofPre-HospitalEmergencyMedicalCare

7 383

Q0310 BachelorofEnvironmentalHealthSciences

8 517

Postgraduate Q0111 BachelorofScienceHonoursinAppliedMathematics

8 150

Q0112 BachelorofScienceHonoursinAppliedStatistics

8 150

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NQF ID Qualification Title NQF Level

NQF Credits

Humanities Undergraduate Q0113 CertificateinCriminalJustice 5 132Q0114 BachelorofCriminalJustice

(Policing)7 375

Q0143 BachelorofEnglish 7 391Q0145 BachelorofCommunication 7 395Q0150 BachelorofJournalismand

CommunicationTechnology7 369

Q0164 BachelorofCriminalJustice(CorrectionalManagement)

7 382

Postgraduate Q0115 BachelorofCriminalJusticeHonours

8 137

Q0144 BachelorofEnglishHonours 8 150Q0151 BachelorofJournalismand

CommunicationTechnologyHonours

8 170

Information Technology

Undergraduate Q0166 DiplomainInformationTechnology

5 142

Q0167 BachelorofInformationTechnologyinSoftwareEngineering

7 392

Q0170 BachelorofInformationTechnologyinBusinessComputing

7 394

Postgraduate Q0168 BachelorofInformationTechnologyHonoursinSoftwareEngineering

8 120

Q0169 BachelorofInformationTechnologyHonoursinComputerNetworking

8 120

Q0171 BachelorofInformationTechnologyHonoursinBusinessComputing

8 120

Q0223 PostGraduateCertificateinBusinessComputing(InformationSystemsAudit)

8 60

Q0262 MasterofInformationTechnology

9 240

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NQF Credits

Natural Resources and Tourism

Undergraduate Q0147 DiplomainAgriculturalManagement

6 250

Q0148 BachelorofAgriculturalManagement

7 417

Q0155 DiplomainPropertyStudies 6 285

Q0156 BachelorofPropertyStudiesHonours

8 509

Q0157 CertificateinLandAdministration

5 106

Q0158 DiplomainLandAdministration 6 294

Q0159 BachelorofLandAdministration 7 398

Q0160 CertificateinLandSurveying 5 77

Q0161 DiplomainGeomatics 6 296

Q0162 BachelorofScienceinGeomatics

7 426

Q0224 BachelorofGeoinformation

Technology

7 401

Q0225 DiplomainGeoinformationTechnology

6 255

Q0228 BachelorofTownandRegionalPlanning

7 396

Q0229 BachelorofNaturalResourceManagementinNatureConservation

7 372

Q0231 BachelorofRegionalandRuralDevelopment

7 388

Q0232 DiplomainRegionalandRuralDevelopment

6 259

Q0252 CertificateinHospitalityOperations

5 124

Q0253 BachelorofHospitalityManagement

7 400

Q0319 BachelorofTourismManagement

7 360

Postgraduate Q0149 BachelorofAgriculturalManagementHonours

8 140

Q0263 BachelorofNaturalResourceManagementHonoursinNatureConservation

8 120

Q0294 BachelorofGeoinformationTechnologyHonours

8 120

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NQF Credits

Management Undergraduate Q0152 CertificateinPublicManagement

5 132

Q0153 BachelorofPublicManagement 7 425

Q0254 DiplomainHumanResourcesManagement

6 247

Q0255 BachelorofHumanResourcesManagement

7 397

Q0271 CertificateinOfficeManagementandTechnology

5 118

Q0272 DiplomainOfficeManagementandTechnology

6 266

Q0273 BachelorofOfficeManagementandTechnology

7 400

Q0275 BachelorofLogisticsandSupplyChainManagement

7 388

Postgraduate Q0154 BachelorofPublicManagementHonours

8 120

Q0163 BachelorofLogisticsHonours 8 141

Q0256 BachelorofHumanResourcesManagementHonours

8 120

Q0264 MasterofLogisticsandSupplyChainManagement

9 240

Q0274 MasterofLeadershipandChangeManagement

9 240

ThePolytechnichas118qualificationsandis,therefore,well-positionedtomeettheJanuary2015deadlineoftheNQAforNQFregistrationofallexistingqualifications.

Finally,theUnitdevelopedacomprehensiveStrategicPlantoguideitsactivitiesoverthenextfiveyears.TheplannedinitiativesoftheUnitarealignedwiththePolytechnic’sstrategicgoals,ascontainedinthePSP-4,andareaimedatoptimisingitscontributiontothetransformationagendaoftheinstitution.

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As an integral part of the institution, the Librarywas alsosweptupintheanticipationandexcitementofthechangetouniversitystatus,aswellasinvolvedinthepreparationofthenewstrategicplan.Theyearwasverybusy,butproductiveand has brought about the paradigm shiftwhichwill leadthe Library into becoming a better and more respecteduniversitylibrary.

The Library continued to be the nexus that supportseducation, research and innovation. To sensitise facultyabout copyright and intellectual property, for instance,the Library arranged a workshop on the topic in July, foracademic and academic support staff. The facilitator is awell-knownexpert inthefieldofcopyrightand IPandhasbeenCopyrightLibrarianformanyyears.

An international library conference, the Namibia LibrarySymposium, took place in October under the heading “Strong libraries, strong societies: the roleof libraries in socio-economicdevelopment”. This Librarywas co-organiserandparticipated in thesessions.

TheTechnologyDay,heldinOctober,wasafirstfortheinstitutionandfocusedontheuseoftechnologyineducation.TheLibrarywasco-organiserandalsopresentedapaperon“PolytechniclibrarysupportforeLearning”ontheday.

The Library and Information Skills Training (LIST) is an important part of the Library’s teaching,learningandresearchsupport.ThroughLIST,studentsaretaughthowtosearchfor,evaluateandciteinformation,whichhelpsthemtobecome life-long learners. Therefore, itwasveryencouragingtonotea20%increaseinthenumberofstudentsandfacultythatreceivedLIST,comparedto2012.

ThroughtheLibraryServicesCommitteecertainissueswereraised,enablingtheLibrarytodealwiththem ina satisfactorymanner.The rule regardingcellularphoneusagehasbeenchanged toallowstudentstosearchforinformationontheirphoneswhentheydonothavecomputeraccessandwillbe

Library

Ms Judy GroblerLibrarian

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implementedin2014.Also,duetoarequestforextendedlibraryhours,asmallsurveywasconductedamongstudentstodeterminetheirneedsregardingtheirusageoverweekends.Stakeholderswillbeconsultedbeforeadecisionismadeandchangeofhoursimplemented.

AspartoftheLibrary’stransformation,itwasrealisedthatalargepartofitcanonlybeaccomplishedthroughthe implementationofanewlibrarymanagementplatform.Thiswillnotonly improvethebackofficeworkflows,butalsotheend-userexperienceforstudentsandfaculty.Therefore,theLibrarystartedinvestigatingthesystemsavailableforpossibleimplementationin2014.

Duetothegrowingnumberofpost-graduatestudents,theLibraryreconsideredtheservicesitofferstothiscategoryofstudents.Togivethemaccesstomoreinformationresources,anagreementwasdraftedthatwouldallowthemtoapplyformembershipattheUNAMLibraryfreeofcharge,withthehopethatitcanbeimplementedatthebeginningof2014.

TheArchiveServicesoftheLibrarycreatedthePolytechnicCurriculumandSyllabusDigitalCollection.TheoldissuesoftheProspectusesandCurriculaandSyllabipublicationsbetween2001and2007werescannedandprocessedtobecomefullysearchableandavailableonthePolytechnic’sIntranet.Thenewcurriculaandsyllabiareaddedastheybecomeavailable.

AnothercuttotheLibrary’sacquisitionsbudgethasimpaireditsabilitytoprovideadditionalinformationresourcesandmaintainwhatarecurrentlyavailable.Printedjournalshadtobecancelledinfavourofthose online, while mainly prescribed textbookswerepurchased.

Thecharton the right showsa14%decrease inacquisitions budget from 2011 to 2012 and a21%decreasefrom2012to2013. Acontinuousreduction in this budget, together with limitedInternetbandwidthmusthavedireimplicationsforourstudentcommunity.Despitetheselimitations,the Library remainedpositivebydeveloping theservicesthatarenotinfluencedbythebudgetinordertobethekeysupportstructureexpectedofauniversitylibrary.

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A D M I N I S T A T I O N A N D F I N A N C E• V i c e - R e c t o r : A d m i n i s t r a t i o n

a n d F i n a n c e• O f f i c e o f t h e B u r s a r• H u m a n R e s o u r c e s• C o m p u t e r S e r v i c e s• S t u d e n t A f f a i r s

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ThisOfficeprovidessupporttotheRectorintheformulationof policies and procedures and the implementation ofand compliancewith the rules. It assists the Rector in hisendeavourstoleadtheinstitutioninamannerthatenhancesaccountability,effectiveness,efficiencyandfiscaldiscipline.

Theprimaryresponsibilityoftheofficeincludesmanagementand oversight of Finances, Facilities, Auxiliary Services,HumanResourcesandStudentServices.

The Polytechnic’s response to the ever-increasing demandfor applied, technology-orientated training and the policydirectivesofbroadeninghighereducationinspecificpriorityfieldsresultsinsubstantialhigheroperationalcostsyearly.

This year again the Polytechnic had to cope with seriousfinancialchallengesduetotheinexplicableunderfundingoftheinstitutionbytheGovernmentwhichisthemainfinancieroftheInstitution.Thisobviouslyhadaverynegativeeffectontheoperationsoftheinstitution.Largebudgetaryreadjustmentshadtobemadebyfreezingvacantpostsanddrasticallyreducingthebudgetsforlongoverduerefurbishmentofolderphysicalfacilitiesandurgentlyneededstate-of-the-artcomputerandlaboratoryequipment.InspiteofallthesechallengesthePolytechnicmanagedtoprovidequalityserviceswhilekeepingitstuitionfeescompetitiveintheSADCregion.

In2012theaveragecostperstudentattheinstitutionwasN$37286andtheaveragesubsidyreceivedfromtheGovernmentwasonlyN$12572;thismeansa30%costcoverage,creatingafundingdeficitofaboutN$25000perstudent.In2013theaveragecostperstudentincreasedtoN$42500ofwhichtheGovernmentcoveredN$19285or45.4%ofcost.Thisunderfundingunfortunatelyistheresultofthehighereducationsectoroperatingwithoutafundingformula.

NowondertheNDP-4ishighlycriticalabouttheperformanceofoureducationsystemwhenstatingthat:

“Since independence, the Namibian education system has often failed to deliver quality in its graduates. Issues surrounding quality of education provision persist at practically every level and almost every type of training institution. Passing standards are generally low, and the knowledge required to achieve these marks is often considered insufficient by global standards.”(NDP-4,p.46)

Office of the Vice-Rector: Administration and Finance

Dr Gert GünzelVice-Rector

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Thequalityofgraduatesfromatertiaryinstitutionisnotonlydeterminedbyexcellentmanagementbutalsohingesprimarilyonadequateandrealisticfundingtoenabletheappointmentofhighlyskilledandexperiencedacademics,theprovisionofstate-of-the-artequipmentandanappropriateinfrastructure.Underfunding of these three cost itemswill negatively affect the quality of teaching, learning andinnovativeresearchoutputswhicharea sine qua nonfortheachievementofthegoalsofNDP-4andVision2030.

Intermsofresourcesmanagement,theInstitutioncontinuedtoimproveitscapacityandthedeliveryof services.The inexplicableunderfundingof thePolytechnic,however, could thusnotprevent theinstitutionfrombeingnamedforthetenthsuccessiveyearbyPMRAfricaasthebestmanagedtertiaryinstitutioninNamibiaaswellastoreceivetheDiamondArrowintheBusinessSector:InstitutionsforHigherEducation/TertiaryInstitutionsinNamibia.ThepurposeofthisawardbyanindependentSouthAfricanagencyistocelebrateexcellence.Thisexcellence-thetopprizeintheformoftheDiamondArrow for the fifth consecutive year - has been achieved through sacrifices, professional businessprocess planning, exemplary performance, high ethical standards and the efficient use of scarceresourcesbythePolytechnicteam.

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TheInstitutioncontinuedtofaceyetanotheryearoperatingunder extremely strenuous financial conditions, as it hadespecially for the past few years. To remain afloat theInstitutionwasforcedtodrasticallycutordeferexpenditureonbothoperationalandexpansionaryprojectsasameansofsurvival.Itisthusstillessentialthatstrictbudgetarycontrolandprudentfinancialmanagementmeasuresaretimelyandconsistentlyappliedthroughouttheyear.

The Institution is committed to conducting its operationsto fulfill the mandate given to it by the people throughthe government as the main stakeholder. In adhering tothe culture of good corporate governance, the Institutionensures compliancewith the regulatory requirements andbeingawareofcommunitydemandsandexpectations.Weremaindedicatedandcommittedtomaintainingthehigheststandardsofcorporategovernance.Thisisconfirmedbythewell-timedauditingoftheaccountingrecordswhichareconsistentincompliancewiththeinternationalregulatorystandardsanddevelopments.TheInstitutionensuresthatthepillarsofcorporategovernanceareobservedatalllevelsthroughoutitsoperations.Thusweadoptsoundpolicies,proceduresandrulestoensurethattheoperationsarebuiltonandgrowfromfirmfoundations.Internalauditandcontrolsystemsprovidesafeguardsagainstrisksandprotecttheassets,whilstalsoensuringthatpoliciesandmanagementpracticesareimplementedasplanned,andwherevernecessarychangesareidentifiedandapproved.

Statement of Comprehensive Income

Revenue

From 2012 the total revenue increased by 22.2% to N$ 471 611 107. Government subsidy wasthe highest contributor at N$ 253 431 280 as first-stream income, followed by tuition fees at N$161253623assecond-streamincome.Thelatterincreasedby9.1%fromthepreviousyear.Inthethird-streamincomecategory, thehighestrevenuecomponentwastheextra-curricular income, i.e.incomefromvarioussources-donorfundsandincomeraisedthroughtherevenue-generatingunits.

Office of the Bursar

Ms Mamijoo O. TjejambaBursar

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Expenditure

Thisexpenditurecomponentcomprisesthefollowing:

1. Employment and personnel related costsLikeinprioryears,personnelandrelatedcostsmadeupthehighestcomponentat71.7%ofthetotalexpenditureofN$518898023.Inthepersonnelcostisincludedprovisionforpostretirementmedicalaid,currentlystandingatawhoopingN$64million,ofwhichN$10millionwaspassedthroughtheincomestatementthisyearalone.Inthesamelight,theprovisionforleavebenefitsaccruingtothepersonnelmembersstoodatN$11millionforthecurrentyear.

2. Administrative and other costsTheadministrativeandothercost component stoodatN$104897326, representing20.2%ofthe totalexpenditure.Themaincontributorswere thecostofutilitiesandmaintenancewithacombinedvalueofaroundN$30million.

3. Depreciation and cost of amortisationThecostofamortisationstoodatN$41.83millionupfromN$35.4million.Thisisattributabletothenewadditionstobuildings.

4. Supplies and servicesThisincreasedby7.3%toN$483415043.

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Statement of Financial Position

The total asset base shrank by a small margin from the prior year, from N$ 1.047 billion to N$1.046billioninthecurrentyear.Althoughtherewasgrowthinthevalueofnon-currentassets,thevalueofthecurrentassetsdecreasedjustbyahighermargin,whichifnetted,broughtdownthetotalamount.

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TheHumanResourcesStrategicPlansupportsthestrategicgoalsoftheInstitutiontodevelopanddeliverqualityservicesbyattracting,developingandretainingadiverseworkforcewithinasupportiveworkingenvironment.

Ourmain challenge remained theprevailing lackof highlyqualified human resources in Namibia to fill academicposts especially in the disciplines of engineering, science,technology, logistics and criminal justice. The decreasein government subsidy has had a negative effect on therecruitmentandretentionstrategyandthedevelopmentofourhumancapitalandasaresultthenumberofvacanciesthatwerefilledwas reducedsignificantly.Thedepartmentmanaged to fill 68 academic posts and 40 administrativepostsoutofatotalof94and58vacancies,respectively.

The continued decrease in subsidy will further result inremuneration not being competitive in themarket,whichwouldinfluencetheretentionofstaffandtheaffordabilitytoattractscarceskills.

Thedepartmentsupportsthecreationofanenvironmentwhereprofessionalgrowthanddevelopmentarevaluedandpursuedduringemployment.Withthetransition,activitiesareprimarilyfocusedonthedevelopmentofstafftoincreasetheproportionoffacultyholdingMastersandDoctorates.

The department continued to expand the piloting of a PerformanceManagement System for thesecondyear.Thisprojectwaspilotedatseniormanagementin2012andwasthenextendedtomiddlemanagementlevel in2013. Thisprojectwillbeextendedtoallstaffin2014andbeformallyrolledout in2015.Thereasonforextendingthepilotforanotheryear istoensurethatallstaffhavehadanopportunitytogivetheirinputsduringtheroll-outphasesothatthereisbuy-inbyallstafffortheperformancemanagementsystemtobeformallyimplementedin2015.

Staffing as at 31 December

Female Male Total

Permanent:Academic 97 122 219

Permanent:AdministrativeSupport 219 135 354

Full-timeContractFaculty 32 119 151

CommercialUnits 11 10 21

Grand Total 359 386 745

The department also reviewed its business processes to develop best practices and leading edgetechniquesthatwillimproveservicedelivery. Thisexercisetogetherwiththeapproveddelegationofauthority frameworkof the Institutionhascontributed to theempowermentof staff inmanagerialpostsandthishashadapositiveinfluenceonthemoraleofstaffandcontributedtoamorepositiveworkingenvironment.

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Theyearunderreviewcanbesummarisedas“Goingfurthermobile”. Against the odds of continuously inadequatefunding,theBureaumanagedtoimproveinfrastructureandsystemsbyenablingstudents,staffandguestsintheirquestforbetteraccesstoinformation.

Mobile Voting

Studentsturnedtocellularphones,smartphonesandlaptopsto vote in newmembers to the Students’ RepresentativeCouncil (SRC)andStudents’ResidenceHousingCommitteeMembers(HC)inelectionsheldinSeptemberandOctober,respectively.

As far as could be ascertained, albeit on a small scale, itwasthefirsttimeinNamibiathatanelectionofthisnature(e-voting)wasconducted,inwhichstudentscouldvotevia theirmobiledevices,fromwhereverandatanytimeduringtheelectionperiod.Whatalsostoodoutfromthissystemwastheavailabilityoftheresultsimmediatelyfollowingclosureoftheevent.Additionalsecuritymeasuresallowedforagroupofauthorisationstosignonbeforeelectionsresultsweremadeofficial,therebyeliminatingtheconcernthatonepersoncouldmanipulatetheresults.TheRector,Director:BureauofComputerServices,DeanofStudentsandoutgoingSRCPresidentwerethefourauthorisingauthorities.TheSRCelectionwasreportedwidelyinlocalandinseveralinternationalnewssites.

On-line Meal Booking System

Inthepast,Hostelstudentscouldonlybookorcancelmealsviaastand-alonePCsituatedinthedininghall.Thenewonlinemeal-bookingsystemenablesthebookingorcancellationofmealsatanytimevia mobiledevices.

Availability of Student Academic Documents in PDF Format

Enhancingtheavailabilityofastudentself-helpfacilitytobeabletoaccesstheirexaminationtimetablesand results, academic records and proof of registration greatly diminishes unnecessary humanintervention.ThisallowsPolytechnicstudentsfromwherevertohaveaccesstothesedocumentsinPDFformatthroughtheonlinesystem,thusavoidinglongqueuestocollecttheirdocumentsfromtheExaminationsorStudentRecordsdepartments.

Acquisition of EVASYS Survey Software

EVASYSisasurveysoftwarethatcanbeusedforsurveydesign(bothpaper-basedandonline),dataentry/scanning, analysis and reporting. Following advanced training, the following survey projectswereconductedbytheManagementofInformationandInstitutionalResearch(MIIR)section:LecturerEvaluation Report (Pilot study), and a Library study hours survey. The EVASYS system is now fullyfunctional.

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Mr Laurent EvrardDirector

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National Higher Education Management Information System (HEMIS) and Funding Framework (FF)

TheMIIROfficecontinuedtoprovidetechnicalsupportfortheestablishmentoftheNationalHEMISandthesystemforthedevelopingFF.Thissystemisexpectedtobefullyfunctionalin2014.

Graduate Tracer Survey

IncollaborationwiththeCentreforCooperativeEducation(CCE),theMIIROfficewasinvolvedwiththeGraduateTracerStudy,byprovidingtechnicalassistanceintermsofquestionnaireanddatabasedesign,samplinganddatacollection.ThestudywillprovideinformationabouttheemployabilityofthePolytechnicgraduates.

Multirank Project

IncollaborationwiththePlanningandInternationalRelationsdepartment,theMIIROfficecollecteddatafortheMultirankproject,whichisauniversitiesrankingsystemthattakesintoaccountthequalityofdegreeprogrammes,theteachingandlearningexperienceamongstothercriteria.

Qualification Verification

TheMIIROffice continued to update theQualificationVerification System. Thiswill be an ongoingactivityaftereachregistrationandgraduation.

Wireless Infrastructure

Foundational changes were made to improve the reliability and speed of the wired and wirelessnetworks tobetterhandle thedemand imposedby thegrowingnumberofmobiledevicessuchassmartphonesandtablets.ItisanticipatedthatthesedeviceswillbecomemorecosteffectiveinfutureandassuchwillfurtherincreasethedemandsplacedonthePolytechnicnetwork.Morethan20000devicesareexpectedtobeoperationalandconnectedonthePolytechniccampusnetworkbytheyear2017.

Thecampuswirelesscoveragewasextendedandthetotalnumberofwirelessaccesspointsroseto142. Thewired networkwas not neglected though and the total amount ofwired network pointsincreasedto7072.

Internet Bandwidth

TotalInternetbandwidthincreasedby30%toacombinedtotalof87Mbits/sec,butwasstillwellbelowacceptablelevelstocaterfortheneedsofthePolytechnicusers.Itishopedthatadditionalfundingwillallowthepurchaseofmorebandwidthnextyear.

Virtualisation

Thevirtualisationexerciseundertakenin2012wascompleted,leadingtoincreasereliabilityofserversandbetterdisasterrecovery.

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TheStudentAffairsdivisionprovidesnumerousservicesandfacilitates activities that cater for the social and academicwell-beingofstudentswhilstpursuingtheirstudies.Becauseoftheexpansivenatureoftheprogrammestailoredforthestudents,thecurrentreportwillhighlightafewofactivitiesthattookplace.

New Student Orientation

Thisprogrammeisofferedpriortothecommencementoftheacademicyear.Itisacriticalexerciseasit,throughgeneralas well as academic orientation, prepares new, transferand international students for their academic studies in anew environment. Information about registration policiesand procedures, academic advisement, academic supportservices and residential life is disseminated to students.Students were accommodated in large multiple venuestechnologicallylinkedtothemainpresentationhall.

Student Leadership 2013

ThisisanimportantprogrammethatempowersstudentleaderstobeeffectiveintheirrolesandwasorganizedbytheUnitStudent Counselling and HIV/AIDS Coordination Services.Variouspresentationswere made on the following topics: What is leadership? Leadership styles and team roles, TheABCofplanning, Smartwriting,Eventmanagement,Codeofconductof theSRC,andConflictmanagement.

Cultural Festival

ThemuchanticipatedFestivalkickedoffwiththespectacularparadefromdowntownonIndependenceAvenue.Thisbroughtmid-towntoapause,withamazedon-lookersalltheway.TheFestivalcanbepronouncedasoneofthebesteverheldbytheinstitution.Thethemecoinedbyastudent“Sada !Gao !Gaob, Sada #Nisasib, Sada !Goaxa //aeb(ourroots,ourpride,ourfuture)causedthewinneraprize.TheMinisterof Youth,National Service, Sport andCulture,was thekeynote speakerat theofficialopening.Thehighlightsincludedeventsliketraditionaldanceperformances;gospelmusicshow;stiltwalkersanddancerparades;theinternationalcuisine;MissandMrPolytechnicbeautypageant;localbands;andfungamesandcompetitions.ThemainsponsorshipofN$60000camefromFNBandothersponsorsincludedCoca-Cola,Rent-A-Drum,Millennium2000Computers,DSTVMobile,ScootersPizza,ExclusiveHealthandWellness,Mshasho,ShadonaiBeautySchoolandMarkhams.

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Career Fair

ThisisaneventorganisedbythisOfficeinconjunctionwithotherrole-playerstocreateaplatformforstudents tonetwork,seekemploymentand interactwiththeemployees fromdifferentcompanies.Underthetheme:“BuildingSustainableFutures”theExecutiveChairmanoftheNationalYouthCouncilofNamibia,deliveredthekeynoteaddressattheeventthathadattracted40exhibitorsand13highschoolsfromasfarasRehobothandOtjiwarongo.Atthecloseoftheevent4000studentshadattended.AlivebroadcastbyNBCtookplaceonthefirstdaywhereasthePolyCampusRadiobroadcastthefairliveonthesecondday.BestexhibitorswererecognisedfortheirinspirationandcontributiontowardsthedevelopmentoftheNamibianyouth.InthecategoryofGovernmentandAgenciestheawardswenttoMinistryofHealthandSocialServices(1st),MinistryofInformationandCommunicationTechnology(2nd)andtheMinistryofSafetyandSecurity(3rd).

In the category of CorporateCompanies the awardswent to Scorpion Zinc (1st), TelecomNamibia(2nd)andTwincoreInvestmentandWatkinsValeur(3rd).ThebestinternalexhibitorsweretheSchoolofNaturalResourcesandTourism(1st),SchoolofHealthandAppliedSciences (2nd)andSchoolofEngineering(3rd).

SRC Electronic Elections

TheStudents’RepresentativeCouncil(SRC)hasinstitutedanelectionmapwiththeguidanceofthisOffice.Themapindicateswhatactivitiesweretotakeplaceduringthevotingperiod.Furthermore,theSRCinconjunctionwiththeBCSengagedintheelectronicelectionswhichtookplaceforaweekinSeptember. Thecountingofballotpapersand the releaseof thefinal resultswerealldone liveelectronicallybytheBCStoapackedAuditoriumNorthinthepresenceofexecutivestaffandtheSRCPresident.Studentswereveryexcitedandsatisfiedwiththee-votingsystemandreleaseofresults,andendorsedthesystem.

Trophy Award Ceremony

This Ceremony, atwhich student achievements in sports and culture are recognised, tookplace inOctober.TheDeputyMinisterofNationalYouth,NationalSportandCulturewastheguestspeaker.Seventy five trophies were awarded in the different categories of most committed player, mostimprovedplayerandplayeroftheyear.TheSportsWomanandManoftheYearwereMaggyPaulusandJethroKwenani,respectively.

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F A C U L T I E S / S C H O O L S• S c h o o l o f E c o n o m i c s a n d

F i n a n c e• S c h o o l o f E n g i n e e r i n g• S c h o o l o f H e a l t h a n d

A p p l i e d S c i e n c e s• S c h o o l o f H u m a n i t i e s• S c h o o l o f I n f o r m a t i o n

T e c h n o l o g y• S c h o o l o f M a n a g e m e n t• H a r o l d P u p k e w i t z

G r a d u a t e S c h o o l o f B u s i n e s s

• S c h o o l o f N a t u r a l R e s o u r c e s a n d T o u r i s m

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The School, together with the School of Management,emerged from the School of Business and Management,and comprised of three academic departments, namelyAccounting,EconomicsandMarketing.

The School actively participated in the strategic planningprocess as well as advancing teaching and learning,curriculum development, faculty research, internationalrelationsandpartnerships,andcommunityengagement.

The School provided opportunities to many students topursuestudiesinAccounting,Auditing,Taxation,Economics,Marketing and Business Management related fields. Theeducational experience aims at intellectual flexibilityfor graduates to be successful in a dynamic businessenvironment,followingafirstcommon-year.

Notwithstanding continuous limitations of funding and because of limited availability of skilledpersonnelinthemarket,theSchoolencouragesstaffmemberstoimprovetheiracademicqualifications.Four faculty members with professional accounting qualifications obtained their master’s degreein Accounting, as did two others inMarketingwho obtained theirmaster’s degrees. Another fourregistered for their doctorates and sixwhowere already registeredwere vigorously pursuing theirstudies.ThatbringsthetotalnumberoffacultyregisteredfordoctoratestotenintheSchool.

The two students from Accounting and one from Economics were engaged by Credit Suisse in Switzerlandfortheirindustrialattachment(WIL)throughtheB360educationpartnershipscollaboration.These students were selected after successfully sailing through a number of highly competitiveassessments.

Althoughthestaffingsituationimproved,theSchoolstillreliedonasignificantnumberofpart-timelecturerstoaugmentteachingandlearning.TheSchoolismakingadeliberateattempttoreducetherelatively high engagement of part-time lecturers. Eleven new facultymemberswere recruited atvariouslevels.

Selected Publications

Ho,H.W.L.,Ali,S. (2013).Understandingnegativevisitorexperiencesat indigenouscultural tourismvenues: Marketing and operational implications, Journal of Marketing, Development and Competitiveness,7(2),139-161.

Ogbokor,C.A.,Niishinda,E.(2013).Testingthelong-runrelationshipbetweenexportsandeconomicgrowth:EvidencefromNamibia.Journal of Emerging Issues in Economics, Finance and Banking,1(5),444-461.ISSN2306-367X.

SundeT.(2013).Financialdevelopmentandeconomicgrowth:EmpiricalevidencefromNamibia(1990Q1–2011Q4). Journal of Emerging Issues in Economics, Finance and Banking (JEIEFB): An Online International Monthly Journal,1(1),52-65.ISSN2306367X.

School of Economics and Finance

Mr Kofi BoamahDean

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International Visitors

ThetablebelowindicatesthenumberofinternationalvisitorstotheSchool.

Expert Institution/Affiliation Activity

MrLaurentBouvier B360assignment:MDofCreditSuisseInvestmentBankingdivisioninLondon

Conductedlecturesfor4th year Economicsstudentsonoperationsofstockmarketsandinvestment.

MrMarkusStrusser UniversityofVienna Organisedagroupof23universitystudentsfromAustria,GermanyandSwitzerlandtoattendthe6thSummerSchool(16Julyto14August).

ProfGuenterBuerke Ernst-AbbeUniversityofAppliedSciences,Jena,Germany

Accompanied13studentstoparticipateintheSummerSchool.

ProfDrIsabelLausberg TechnicheFachhochschuleGeorgAgricola

TaughtStrategicMarketingat4th yearlevel.Presentedapaper,“TheMarketerintheBoardroom”,ataworkshoponMarketingandInnovation.

MrHans-JurgSchär FormerCEOofSwatchandSmartCar

B360assignment:TaughtMarketingandBrandingat4th year level. PresentedapaperattheMarketingInnovationInterfaceworkshop.

SEFandSchoolofManagement(SOM)jointlyorganisedasuccessfulResearchDay.Thepresentationsconsistedofmultidisciplinetopicsandaposterpresentationofstudents’outstandingresearchprojectsin2012.Abookletcontainingtheabstracts,facultyresearchpublicationsandprofileswaspublished.Mr Tarife Sunde won the Best Researcher Award for 2012. Professor Alaphia Wright, Director ofUNESCO (Namibia) andMs Evangelina Nailenge, Acting Director of Research at Bank of Namibia,presentedpaperson“TheNamibianVision2030andNDP-4:Challengesfortheacademicfraternity”and“ImportanceofResearchtotheNamibianEconomy”respectively.Researchoutputsweredisplayedandpresentedbyfacultyandstudents.

Aspartoftheprocessofpromotingresearch,theSchool introducedaweeklyresearchseminarforfacultyandstaffaimedatimprovingresearchoutputintheyearstocome.Tenweeklyresearchseminarswereheldduringthereportingperiodcoveringtopicalissueslikeproposalwriting,literaturereview,researchmethodology;acoupleofindividualspresentedtheirpublications.Attheresearchseminarthefollowingwereachieved:

• Noviceresearchermentoredthroughtheseminars,publishedpaperpresentations;• Doctoralthesespresentedandcritiqued.

In fulfilling the national developmental agenda, the School’s research focus was on poverty andemployment creation, provision of quality service, public and private partnership and indigenoustechnology.

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Summer School for International Students

Asinpreviousyears,thefacultycontinuedtoofferitsSummerSchoolprogramme“DoingBusinessinAfrica”.TwoSummerSchoolprogrammeswereheldforstudentsfromViennaUniversityandErnst-AbbeUniversityofAppliedSciences(Germany),with35studentsattendingfromthetwoinstitutions.ThetopicswereDoing Business in Africa,Namibia Government and Politics,andNamibia and SADC Economy.

InvaluableinputstotheprogrammeweremadebytheMinistryofTradeonEUTradewithNamibia,andtheNCCIwhopresentedon“ProspectsoftheNamibianBusinessEnvironment”,whiletheBankofNamibiamadeapresentationonNamibia’scompetitiveadvantage.

AnumberofvisitsandexcursionstovariousindustriesandsectorsinWindhoekandthecountryingeneralanchoredtheacademicprogrammeinreal-lifesituations.VisitswereorganizedtotheNationalAssembly,HeroesAcre,KhomasGovernor’soffice,anorphanage,NamibiaBreweryandBeverages,etc.

ThetwoSchoolsconsiderpublic lecturesasanessentialpartoftheiroperations.Sixpublic lectureswereorganisedandtheywerewellattendedbyfaculty,students,andthepublicat large.OnesuchwasheldinOctoberwithMiheGaomabII,CEOofNamibiaCompetitionCommission,asspeakeron“TheVictoryoverWalmartfortheNamibianEconomy”.HewassupportedbyTembiBonakele,DeputyCommissioner: Competition Commission of South Africa,who spoke on the South African view ofWalmart’scase.

TheMarketingDepartmentorganizedaone-dayworkshoponMarketingandInnovationthatbroughttogether Marketing practitioners and academics to foster good relationships and to promote theMarketingprofessioninNamibia.Thefunctionwaswellattendedandanumberofpresentationsweremade.TheattendeesendedupformingtheNamibianChapteroftheNamibiaMarketingAssociation.

Namibia Graduate School of Accounting (NGSA)

TheNGSAcontinuedtoprovidetrainingtoyoungNamibiansintheCharteredAccountingProfessionalAccounting programme. NGSA was established in collaboration with the Institute of CharteredAccountantsinNamibia(ICAN)in2006inresponsetothenationalneedforasteadysupplyofCharteredAccountants(CAs)moreaffordably.TheNGSAisprovidingtrainingintheAdvancedDiplomainTheoryofAccounting(ADTA).

TheADTAisafullyfledgedPolytechnicprogramme,asapreparatoryorintermediatecoursedevelopedinconjunctionwithICANandotherroleplayersin2011.TheprogrammewasapprovedinJune2011bySenateforimplementationin2012.ThisprogrammebecameimperativesincenoneofthetertiaryeducationinstitutionsinNamibiaisaccreditedwiththeSouthAfricanInstituteofCharteredAccountants(SAICA).TheprogrammecatersforstudentsfrominstitutionsnotaccreditedbySAICAandorICANandwhocompletedtheirBTechorBCommqualificationsatlevel7orequivalentwithinthelastthreeyearsandthosethatcouldnotobtaintheminimumadmissionrequirementsfortheCTAprogrammeatSouthAfricanresidentialuniversities.

SeventeenstudentsfullyqualifiedasCharteredAccountants.Twocandidateswhopassedpart1and2willwritepart1QualifyingexamsinJune2014.

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The year startedwith change in leadership in the School. Dr Zaccheus Oyedukun who had served as the Dean forabouteightyearshandingoverthebatontoDrSamuelJohn.

The former Dean had been instrumental in the evolutionoftheSchoolandkeyamongsthisachievementsweretheintroduction of the Architectural programme and severalBachelor and Master of Engineering programmes. Alsonoteworthy is the accreditation visit by the EngineeringCouncilofSouthAfrica(ECSA)in2011.

Since inception, the School has done extremely well byproviding the technical and professional human powerin the economy. The School has developed rapidly andhence it is ready for the institution’s transformation. Thetransformationwillboosttheconfidenceofourvibrantteamofprofessionals,whosepassionliesinpursuingcuttingedgeresearchintheareasofrenewableenergy,waterresourcesmanagement,manufacturingsystemsandsustainableminingpractices,amongstothers.

Credibleacademicstandardsaremaintainedbyinternationalbenchmarking.Asaresultour“products”-thegraduates,areacceptedforpostgraduatestudiesatvariousinternationallyrecogniseduniversities.

TheindustryfullycollaboratesandrecognisestheeffortsoftheSchool,whilethelatterderivesgreatpridefromtheimpressiveindustryfeedbackaboutourgraduateswhopayunusualhighattentiontodetail,showinitiativeand,indeed,displayexpertisethatmatchesorsurpassesthatofgraduatesfromotheruniversities.Hereisasampleoffeedbackfromindustry:

“These two young professionals are just so hard-working and dependable! We all love them here and it is testimony to an excellent coach and lecturers to have yielded these two graduates who have no noticeable knowledge gaps and have such a productive approach to work!”

Teaching and Learning Activities

SinceproducingthefirstBachelorgraduatesinCivilEngineeringin2012,theSchoolachievedanothermilestonewith the graduation of the first set of Bachelor of Engineering students in the fields ofElectricalandTelecommunications,MechanicalandMiningEngineering.

TheseminingstudentshadanopportunitytopresenttheirWILprojectstotheminingstakeholdersatanimportantoccasionattendedbydignitariessuchastheMinisterofMinesandEnergy,andCEOsofNamdeb,EpangeloMiningandtheNamibianChamberofMinesaswellasManagersfromOkorusuFluorspar Mine, Langer Heinrich, Rössing Uranium, Skorpion Zinc and Rosh-Pinah Zinc Mine. Thestudents’ presentationswerewell receivedwhile noting that 50%of the students already had joboffers before graduating and the remainingnumberwas tobe contacted for possible employmentopportunities.

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In another event, four second-year Architecturestudentsparticipatedinadesigncompetitionheldatthe8thForumforArchitecture,hostedbytheFacultyofArchitecture,UniversityofAngolainLuandaunderthethemeSlum Development.Thestudentshadonly24hoursfortheconceptualdesignproposalandwerecompetingagainst someof theoldestArchitecturaldepartments in the region. The team took secondplaceinthecompetition.

Various innovative teaching pedagogies are beingintroduced in the teachingofengineering, tomakeit attractive to the young generation.Project-based learning, which enables the synthesis of conceptsfromseveralcoursesinaprojectwaswellacceptedandadvanced.Forexample,mechanicalengineeringstudents developedwater rockets based on soundmathematical and scientific principles coveredin two courses, namely Fluid Mechanics andThermodynamics.Thetestingofsuchawaterrocketcanbeseeninthepicture.

Community Engagement

TheSchoolinitiatedacommunityengagementscheme,whichisaimedathelpinghigh-schoollearnersachievehighgradesinscienceandmathematics.Inthisscheme,engineeringstudentsprovideregulartutorialclassestogrades10to12learnersatahighschoolinourneighbourhoodthroughouttheyear,guidedbyoneofourbest teachingawardwinnersof theyear.Feedback fromthehighschoolhasindicatedanimprovementinthepassrateoflearnersinscienceandmathematics.TheSchoolintendstomaintainandexpandthisschemetootherhighschoolsintheless-privilegedcommunities.

TheDepartmentofMiningandProcessEngineeringconductedanEnvironmentalManagementCourse,attendedbyabout30delegatesfromallthirteenregionsofthecountry,includingdelegatesfromtheMinistryofEnvironmentandTourismandtheMinistryofRegionalandLocalGovernment,HousingandRuralDevelopment.TheEnvironmentalCommissionerthenproposedthatthecourseshouldbeofferedannuallyandthatthedelegatesshouldbeempoweredtoconductenvironmentalauditsuponsuccessfulcompletionofthecourse.

Research

TheresearchactivitiesoftheSchoolarecarefullychosentorespondtonationalimperatives.Globaltrendsandourin-housecapacity,coupledwithabroad-spectrumofsupportfromnumerousnationalandinternationalpartnersinformedthebroadresearchfields,whichare:

• Renewable energy: This research group focuses on the development, analysis, design andimplementationof renewableenergy systemsand technologies. Thegroupalso researchesefficientwaysofenergyusageandsustainability.

• Water resource management group: This group looks at efficient ways of generating,distributingandre-usingwaterresources.

• Manufacturing systems group: This group spans interests frommanufacturing systems inthefieldsofmechatronics,controlsystemstothedevelopment,designandmanufacturingofappropriatetechnologies.Thisgroupalsotailorsitsactivitiestosupportsmallandmedium-scalemanufacturingindustries.

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• Sustainable mining practices:Thisisanewresearchgroupwhichfocusesonriskandsafetymanagementandenvironmentalissuesrelatingtominingandotherindustrialactivities.

• Windhoek and its environs-Architectural perspective: The Architectural DepartmentconductedresearchonthearchitecturallandscapeofWindhoekanditsenvirons.

TheSchoolbelievesinthesustainabilityoftheseresearchactivities,andinthislight,hasdevelopedgraduateprogrammes in Industrial Engineering, IntegratedWaterManagement and TransportationTechnology.AMaster’sdegreeinRenewableEnergy,MechatronicsandMiningEngineeringisplannedinthenearfuture.

Selected Publications and Proceedings

Adedeji, A., Kamara, V.S., Katale, D.P. (2013). Performance indices for a simulated strawbale (SB)masonry sprayed with fibre reinforced plastic (FRP) plasters. Websjournal of Science and Engineering Application (WESEA),2(2),103-112.

Gope,G.,Reju,R.,Kamanja,T. (2013).Areviewofenergymodellingmethodsforbuildingsandtheapplication of wireless sensor networks. In Proceedings of the Pan African International Conference on Information, Computing and Telecommunications held in Lusaka, Zambia, 15-19 June 2013(pp.50-55).

John, S. (2013). Artificial intelligence-based feedforward optimized PID wheel slip controller. InProceedings of the IEEE AFRICON Conference held in Pointe-Aux-Piments, Mauritius, 9-12 September 2013(pp.1-6).doi:10.1109/AFRCON.2013.6757683

John,S.,Pedro,O.J.(2013).Hybridfeedbacklinearizationslipcontrolforanti-lockbrakingsystem.Acta Polytechnica Hungarica, Journal of Applied Sciences,10(1),81-99.

John,S.,Pedro,O.J.(2013).Neuralnetwork-basedadaptivefeedbacklinearizationcontrolofanti-lockbrakingsystem. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence,10(S13),21-40.

Kgabi,N.,Tyobeka,E.(2013).Namibia’sperformanceinmathematicsandphysicalscience:Implicationsfortechnicalskills.PROGRESS Multidisciplinary Research Journal,3(1),1-8.ISSN2016-7096.

Kamara,V.S.,Katale,D.(2013).Dynamicanalysisofmultistory2Dtrussstructuresubjectedtoseismicloadings.Epistemics in Science, Engineering and Technology,3(2),289-305.

Musiyarira, H., Tesh, D., Dzinomwa, G. (2013). Sustainability challenges in minerals education inNamibia.InProceedings of the 6th international conference on Sustainable Development in the Minerals Industry (SDMI), held on the island of Minos, Greece, 30 June - 3 July 2013.

Nortje, F.D., Snaddon,D.R. (2013). TheToyotaproduction system’s fundamental natureat selectedSouth African organisations – A learning perspective. South African Journal of Industrial Engineering,24(1),68-80.doi:10.7166/24-1-648

Silombela,C.,Kamara,V.S.(2013).Elastic-plasticperformanceofcalcretestabilisedunboundmaterialforoptimiseduseinpavementlayersinnorthernNamibia.Malaysian Journal of Civil Engineering, 25(1),122-132.

Swaminathan,R.(2013).Costeffectivelowcapacitybiomassfiredpowerplant.Energy and Power,3(1),1-6.

Zulu,A.,Kashweka,G.(2013).Theinfluenceofartificiallightandshadingonphotovoltaicsolarpanels.International Journal of Energy Engineering, 3(1),15-20.

Greunen,P.V.(2013).AssessingtheResilienceofWindhoekontheRoadtoRe-definingSustainability.CAA Conference.Dhaka:ProceedingsofCAA.

Lühl, P. (2013). The Production of Inequality: FromColonial Planning toNeoliberal Urbanization inWindhoek.Digest of Namibia Architecture, 10 (1), 26-30.Musiyarira,H.,Tesh,D.,&Dzinomwa,G.(2013).SustainabilityChallengesinMineralsEducationinNamibia.SDMI 2013 Conference. Milos.

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Expert Institution /Affiliation Activity

ProfGodfreyDzinomwa UniversityofZimbabwe,PaarsolResources

TaughtMineralProcessing

MrAmitAgasty ClausthalTechnicalUniversity,Germany

TaughtMineVentilationandClimateConditioning424(VCC420S)Course

EmeritusLaureateProfessorJohnRalston

IanWarkResearchInstitute,UniversityofSouthAustralia

ProvidedstrategicadviceanddirectiontotheDepartment

DrJohnGlen-Swanson ClausthalTechnicalUniversity,Germany

TaughtConveyingandHaulingTechnology

ProfHelmutMischo FreiburgTechnicalUniversity,Germany

TaughtShaftSinkingandDeepFoundations

DrDavidLaurence UniversityofNewSouthWales,Australia

TaughtHealthandSafetyProtectioninMining

ProfSangaTangchawal MahidolUniversity,Thailand TaughtRockEngineeringMrGodknowsNjowa VenymnDeloitte,SouthAfrica TaughtMineEconomics&MineValuationProfMichaelHegemann TechnicalUniversityofGeorg

AgricolaTaughtMineSurvey

MrLawrenceMadziwa UniversityofZimbabwe TaughtMinePlanningandDesignProfLambertusvanBunningam

FHAachenUniversityofAppliedSciences,Aachen,Germany

TaughtConstructionMaterials&TechnologyII;ConstructionMaterials&TechnologyIIICo-taughtConstructionMaterialsandTechnologyIV(advancedleveltopicsforthecourse)Participatedin:SupervisionofGraduationDesignProjectsandStaffmentorshipprogrammes

ProfSigurdScheuermann AachenUniversityofAppliedSciences,Aachen,Germany

Co-TeachingandDesignStudiowork:ArchitecturalDesignI&IIFacilitatedlecturersupport:workedwithstaffresponsibleforAppliedBuildingScience,BuildingStructuresI/II,EnvironmentalTechnology

ProfDrGerhardAlbert CompetenceCentre,EnvironmentalPlanning&DesignEthiopianInstituteofArchitecture,BuildingConstructionandCityDevelopment(EiABC)AddisAbabaUniversity,Ethiopia

SigningofMoUtodevelopMaster’scurriculumonLandscapeArchitectureandasaVisitingProfessortobefundedbyDAAD

DrAnnaRynkowska-Sachse

FacultyofArchitecture,UrbanPlanningandInteriorDesignatSopockaSzkotaWyzsza(SopotCollege)

VoluntaryTutoringofStudentson: Mini-Thesis;GraduationDesignProjectsand

CollaboratedinResearchasafreelanceresearcher

ProfTapioKatko UNESCO-ChaironsustainablecapacitybuildinginwatermanagementservicesatTampereUniversityofTechnology,Finland

TaughtUtilitiesmoduleinMIWRM.

DiscussionontheKeetmanshoopwaterdemandmanagementprojectfundedbytheEU

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Expert Institution /Affiliation Activity

ProfMarkusGehnen UniversityofAppliedSciencesBochum,Germany

TaughtPowerSystemOperation&Controlcourses.

Presentedapubliclectureon“AUser-CentricApproachtoBuildingEnergyManagementSystems(BEMS)”.

ProfDrFelixHuber(InfrastructurePlanningExpert)

BergischeUniversitätWuppertal,Germany

FacilitatedandfinalisedregulationstowardsthePhDresearchsupervisionofthreefull-timefacultymembers

ProfDr-IngHartmutJohannesBeckedahl(PavementResearchexpert)

Dept.ofCivilEngineering,BergischeUniversitätWuppertal,Germany

FacilitatedandfinalisedprocedurestowardsthePhDresearchsupervisionofthreefull-timefacultymembers

ProfDr-IngAndreasSchlenkhoff

DepartmentofCivilEngineering,BergischeUniversitätWuppertal,Germany

FacilitatedandfinalisedprocedurestowardsthePhDresearchsupervisionofthreefull-timefacultymembers

MrNielsWiefferring CapePeninsulaUniversityofTechnology

TaughtRehabilitationandRepairofConcreteStructuresintheBEng.programme

ProfDr-IngJörgLaumann FH-Aachen,Germany TaughtStructuralAnalysiscourseintheBTech.programme

MrHeinzScheurer RetiredEngineer,Switzerland B360educationpartnerships:TaughtGeotechnicalEngineeringrelatedcoursesintheBEng.programme

ProfAdeolaAdedeji UniversityofIllorin,Nigeria Onone-yearsabbatical,taughtStructuralEngineeringrelatedcoursesintheBEng.andBTech.programmes

DrWebsterGumindoga UniversityofZimbabwe TaughtintheMIWRMprogramme

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The School like the rest of the institution was intenselyengagedinthedesignofthePSP-4.Abottom-upapproachinvolved all staff at departmental level, and departmentalstrategicplansfedintotheSchool’sstrategicplanthatinturnprovidedpartofthesubstanceforthedefinitionofoverallinstitutional plan.New facultymembers attended the CTLorientationsessioninpreparationforfullparticipationintheInstitution’sactivities.

Academic Achievements

The Bachelor: Pre-Hospital Emergency Medical Care(B.PEMC) was launched in February with an intake of 15students. Four of these students were from our NationalHigherCertificate:EmergencyMedicalCare.

ThecurriculumfortheBachelorofBiomedicalSciencewasrevisedtoincludetheCytologyandHistologycomponents,forsubmissiontoSenatein2014,andforimplementationin2015.

ProgrammestructureandrulesofcombinationsofmajorsandminorsforNaturalSciences(Biology,Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics) were approved by Senate in October, and the new Scienceprogrammewillcommencein2014.

ThirtyonestudentsgraduatedwiththeBachelorofEnvironmentalHealthScience,21withtheBachelorofBiomedicalScience,eightwiththeHigherNationalCertificateinEmergencyMedicalCare,17withtheBachelorofMathematicsandStatisticsand10withtheBachelorHonoursinMathematicsandinStatistics.StudentCara-MiaDunaiskifromBiomedicalSciencereceivedtheRector’smedalforoverallbestperformingstudentfor2012.

ThenewHealthandAppliedSciencesbuildingtohousetheFacultyofHealthandAppliedScienceswascompletedandwillbeoccupiedinthenewyear.Theresearchlaboratoryforthedepartmentwasalsofullyequippedandwillbereadyforinaugurationinearly2014.

The School had yet another successful research day and two regional top researchers from SouthAfricaandZimbabwewereguestspeakersat thiseventwithstaffandformerandcurrentstudentsparticipatingmaximally.

Research and Publications

Thefollowingarticleswerepublishedduringthereportingperiod:

Bodillc, T., Conibeara, A.C., Mutorwa, M.K.M., Goble, J.L., Blatch, G.L., Lobb, K.A., Kleinc, R., Kaye,P.T.(2013).ExploringDOXP-reductoisomerasebindinglimitsusingphosphonatedN-arylandN-heteroarylcarboxamidesasDXRinhibitors.Journal of Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 21,4332-4341.

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Kwaambwa, H.M. (2013). Water purification with a natural product [Editorial]. Chemical Sciences Journal, 4.

Kwaambwa,H.M.,Nermark,F.M.(2013).InteractionsinaqueoussolutionofazwitterionicsurfactantwithawatertreatmentproteinfromMoringaoleiferaseedsstudiedbysurfacetensionandultrasonic velocity measurements. Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 3(4), 135-140. doi:10.4236/gsc.2013.34016

Maeland,J.,Radtke,A.,Lyng,R.,Mavenyengwa,R.T.(2013).NovelaspectsoftheZandR3antigensofstreptococcusagalactiaerevealedbyimmunologicaltesting.Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, 20,607-612.

Munodawafa, T., Chagonda, L.S.,Moyo, S.R. (2013). Antimicrobial and phytochemical screening ofsome Zimbabwean medicinal plants. Journal of Biologically Active Products from Nature, 3(5-6),323-330.

Noden,B.H.,vanderColf,B.E. (2013).Neglected tropicaldiseasesofNamibia:Unsolvedmysteries.Acta Tropica, 125(1),1-17.

Viol,D.I.,Chagonda,L.S.,Munodawafa,T.,Muchuweti,M.,Moyo,S.R.,Mericli,A.H.(2013).Antioxidantactivity and total phenolic contents of some traditional medicinal plants from Zimbabwe.Journal of Biologically Active Products from Nature,3(5-6),273-284.

Taryn, B.A.C.C., Mutorwa, M.K.M., Goble, J.L., Blatch, G.L., Lobb, K.A., Kleinc, R., Kaye, P.T.(2013). Exploring DOXP-reductoisomerase binding limits using phosphonated N-aryl andN-heteroarylcarboxamides as DXR inhibitors” in the Journal of Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry,21,4332–4341.

Kgabi, N. (2013). Education and Skills Transfer: A Quandary for Namibia?, Editorial, PROGRESS Multidisciplinary Research Journal,Vol2,Issue1.

Papers and Posters Presented

• Ms De Waal-Miller and Ms Tjijenda: a poster at the Institute for Biomedical Sciences (IBMS)conferenceinEngland.

• DrMavenyengwa:aposterat theFederationof InfectiousDiseasesSocieties inSouthernAfrica(FIDSSA)conferenceinSouthAfricaandtheBioMicroWorld2013conferenceinSpain.

• Prof Moyo: a paper at the 10th International Meeting on Microbial Epidemiological Markers(IMMEM-10)inFranceinOctober.

• Dr Kwaambwa: (oral paper) at the 12th International Chemistry conferences (ICC) on Peculiarphysicochemical properties of water purification proteins from Moringaseeds, University ofPretoriainSouthAfricainJuly.



DrWinnieNhlengetwaanddelegation

SouthernAfricanNazareneUniversity,Swaziland

BenchmarkingnewMedicalLaboratoryScienceprogrammeatSANU

MrArethaAnagram, MrSageshinAnuran

DurbanUniversityofTechnology,SouthAfrica

AttendanceoftheAdvisoryBoardMeeting

DrGlendaDavison CPUT,SouthAfrica ModerationofBiomedWILprojectsandpracticalexaminations

ProfDavidDenning UniversityofManchester,UK DiscussiononestablishmentoftheNamibiaInfectiousDiseaseResearchUnit(NIDRI)

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MrAjethGangaram, MrSageshinNaguran

DurbanUniversityofTechnology,SouthAfrica

ModerationofEMCWILandattendanceoftheAdvisoryBoardmeeting

ProfSehaamKhan CPUT,SouthAfrica Moderationofresearchprojectsandpresentations

ProfArchalGarg FulbrightFellow TeachingandresearchDrRetoBattaglia B360educationpartnerships TeachinginFoodHealth&

SafetyMsSabinaBalmer

B360educationpartnerships Collaborationarrangementsanddiscussions

ProfWeiZheng PurdueUniversity CollaborativevisitDrJohannesMcGlothlin

PurdueUniversity Collaborativevisit

ProfJohannesMockenhaupt Bonn-Rhein-SiegUniversityofAppliedSciences

Teachingandstudentexchange,biomedicalscience

DrAndreasKranig

Bonn-Rhein-SiegUniversityofAppliedSciences

Collaboration

ProfEstherSchüring Bonn-Rhein-SiegUniversityofAppliedSciences

CollaborationinEnvironmentalHealth

MrThomasLüthi B360educationpartnerships TeachingMrFrancoisSuppiger B360educationpartnerships TeachingDrEeva-LiisaViskari

TamkUniversityofAppliedSciences,Tampere

StudentexchangeinEnvironmentalEngineering

ProfDanielMakinde CPUT,SouthAfrica ExternalAssessmentDr NancyStiegler UWC ExternalAssessment

Student Exchanges

• The Department hosted an exchange student from the Jena University of Applied Sciences(Germany)fromFebruarytoJuly.

• Fourmeritoriousstudents fromtheBiomedicalScienceprogrammevisitedCPUTontheannualeducationalvisitinSeptember.

• Two4thyearEnvironmentalHealthSciencesstudentsvisitedMetropoliaUniversity,Finlandonanexchangeprogramme.

• One4thyearEnvironmentalHealthSciencesstudentworkedatIQAMlaboratoryonB360initiatedindustryattachmentprogramme.

Staff Exchanges

Mr Inocent Maposa, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, visited the Center for EconomicAnalysisandRisk(CEAR),GeorgiaStateUniversity(USA).


StaffinBiomedicalScienceshavebeenactivelyinvolvedintheleadershipandinitiativesoftheNamibiaAssociationforMedicalLaboratoryScience(NAMLS).Throughcollaborationwiththisassociation,the

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Departmenthostedthefirst-everLaboratoryPracticeSeminarinWindhoek.ThisseminarwasahugesuccesswithparticipantscomingfromalloverNamibiaandtheintentionistomakeitanannualevent.

TheDepartmentofBiomedicalSciencecontinuedtoofferservicetotheCancerAssociationofNamibiabydoingcytologicalexaminationofPapsmearslides.

TheEmergencyMedicalCareunitwasengagedinseveralcommunityactivities,includingapresentationtokindergartenchildrenandstaff,provisionoffoodandblanketstothepoorthroughKCCcommunitychurch andDelta primary school. The emergency response vehicle,whichwill offer service to thecommunityandexposeEMCstudentstoreal-lifeemergencies,wasreadyforlaunchingearlynextyear.

ThecommunityengagementbyEnvironmentalHealthScienceincludedthefollowing:a. Soupkitchenby1styearstudentsatanorphanageinWindhoekinJune.b. HealthPromotionatpre-primaryschools2ndyearstudentsatSchoolsaroundWindhoek.c. TBcontacttracingatKatuturaHospitalby3rdyearstudents.d. OccupationalHealthandSafetyRiskassessmentby4thyearEHSstudentsatvariousworkplaces

aroundWindhoek.e. TheMathematicsandStatisticsdepartmentprovidedthefollowingservices:

• DataentryandanalysisfortheSituationandNeedsAssessmentinNamibianPrisonInstitutions-HIVandrelatedCommunicablediseasesforUNODCthroughtheCED.

• Dataentry,analysisandreportwritingfortheElectoralCommissionofNamibia(ECN)NationalElectoralandDemocraticProcessesBaselineSurveythroughtheCED.

• Editedthe2011PopulationandHousingCensusRegionalProfilesofKhomasandOhangwenaregionfortheNamibiaStatisticsAgency(NSA).

External Grant Applications Funded

• ProfSylvesterRMoyo,ProfLarryCObi,DrRooyenTMavenyengwa(N$220000)-theJointNRFSouthAfrica-NamibiaResearchFund.

• ProfSylvesterRMoyo,ProfSehaamKhan,MsEvelynBreurer(N$190000)-theJointNRFSouthAfrica-NamibiaResearchFund.

• DrHabaukaKwaambwa,ProfRennie,DrBonangNkoane:(SK300000)-SIDA,forColloidalScience.• TheDepartmentofBiomedicalSciencereceivedagrantofaboutN$3milliontosupportprogramme

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A lotofouractivitieswerearoundtransformationandthedevelopment of the Strategic plan for our school, feedinginto the PSP-4. Following extensive consultations, a newnamewasagreed for theSchoolhenceforth theSchoolofHumanSciences,withthreedepartments:theDepartmentsof Communication; Languages; and Education and SocialSciences.Intheviewofthetransformation,manystructuresandprogrammeswererevisitedtorationaliseandstreamlineprocesses,whilstupholdingourcorefunctionsofteaching,researchandcommunityengagement.

Emphasising research in the context of institutionaltransformation, ten papers from the four Departmentswere presented at theResearchDay. The different papersreflect the researchnichesof the institution.Ofparticularsignificancearethepaperspresentedbyfacultywhoareatdifferentstagesoftheirmaster’sanddoctoralprogrammes,ofwhichsevenwerepresentedbyNamibians.

Faculty Capacity Building Activities

Addressingtheneedforfurthertrainingandcapacitydevelopmentforitsownstaffmembersanumberofworkshopswereconducted:

ZOTERO training workshop by Patrick Graz, in the use of software for developing reference andbibliographyforMaster’sandDoctorallevelresearch.Morethan20staffmembersbenefitedfromthistraining.

An Article Writing workshopconductedbyDrKatherineCarter, theEnglishLanguageFellowintheDepartmentofLanguageswasmainlytohelpstafftoworkonarticlesforpublications.Thisworkshopwasverysuccessfulandweintendtorepeatitnextyearaswell.

Sexual Harassment workshop:Duringtheperiodsetasidefortheannual‘16DaysofActivismAgainstGender-Based Violence’, the DepartmentMedia Technology – in partnership with Gender Links –organisedaone-daySexualHarassmentworkshopforamulti-disciplinarygroupofstaffmembersandJournalismstudentsatthePolytechnicofNamibia.

The National and Regional Gender Summits: Thestaff and students inMedia Technology participated inthisnationalevent,whichattractedrepresentativesof government,media houses and Local Authoritiesfrom across the country. TheNational SummitwasorganisedbyGenderLinksNamibia,whiletheRegionalSummitwasorganisedbyGenderLinksHeadOfficeinJohannesburg. Since mainstreaming of gender intothe Journalism curriculum is of utmost importance,studentswereactivelyinvolvedintakingphotographsaswellaswritingarticlesfortheEchoes newspaperaswellasaregionalSummitNewspaper.

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The Global Forum and Conference on Media and Information Literacy: UNESCO HeadquartersextendedaninvitationtotheHeadofMediaTechnologytopresentapaperattheaboveConference,which took place in Abuja, Nigeria. The three-day conference saw academics/researchersaddress the topicof “PromotingMediaand Information Literacyas aMeans toCulturalDiversity”. Ms Emily Brown’s paperwas entitled “Namibia’s Oral Tradition, Cultural Diversity and InformationLiteracy”. At theendof theConference, theGlobalForumonMediaand InformationLiteracywasestablished.

Dr Stefan Schulz, togetherwithProfs JohnAWinterdyk (MtRoyalUniversity,Canada)andEtannibiAlemika(UniversityofJos,Nigeria)co-facilitatedaone-dayConsultativeWorkshopwithstakeholdersintheNamibiancriminaljusticesystem.Afollow-upworkshopisplannedformid-2014.

Empirical Research

TheDepartmentofCriminalJusticeandLegalStudiesispursuingvariousresearchprojectsthatincludeprofiling of the inmate population in Namibian correctional facilities; determining the volume ofinmateswhocouldbeundercorrectionalsupervisionoutsidecorrectionalfacilities;theNamibianAge-crime-distributionfromvariousmagisterialdistricts;and FearofCrimeandPunitivityStudy.

Conferences

Thefollowingpaperswerepresentedatvariousconferencesby thefacultymembersoftheSchoolofHumanities:

• DrsHennieBryunsandStefanSchulz, “From analyses to action: A snapshot on the Namibian inmate population”, at the15th InternationalCorrectionsandPrisonsAssociationConference (ICPA) inColoradoSprings,27Oct-1Nov.

• DrRewaiMakamani, “ACorpusAnalysisofthelinguisticencodingofHIVandAIDSdiscoursebytheKwaedzanewspaperinZimbabwe”,attheBiennialAfricanLanguagesAssociationofSouthernAfrica(ALASA)Conference,inPretoria,17-19July.

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• Dr Rewai Makamani, “A comparative analysis of the linguistic and discursive configuration ofZimbabwe’santi-HIVandAIDSprogrammeandviewsoftheZimbabweanpeople:whatinsightscanbedrawntowardsthetotaleradicationofthepandemic?”attheFifthAnnualResearchColloquiumatUNAMinWindhoek,1August.

• DrSaralaKrishnamurthy,“Literature and the Teaching of Stylistics: An investigation of the meta-discourse of teaching and learning literature in the Namibian context ”, at the Annual PALAConferenceinHeidelberg,30July-3August.

• Dr Josephine Ola-Busari, “What is in a Name? An Examination of Owe Indigenous Personal Names”attheUniversityofBotswanaEnglishDepartment’s7thInternationalConferencethemed“Language, Literature, Theatre and Indigenous Knowledge”,Gaberone,12-14July.

• DrJosephineOla-Busari, “Revitalizing Owe Language: Exploring the Owe Forum on Facebook and Catholic Liturgical Hymns and Other Songs,”attheJointWestAfricanLanguagesCongress(WALC)andthe26thConferenceoftheLinguisticAssociationofNigeria(26CLAN)heldattheUniversityofIbadan,Ibadan,Nigeria,29July-02August.

• DrJosephineOla-Busari, “From Errors of Lower Level Syntactic Concepts to Analytical Teaching”andalso“The State of English Language Teaching and Learning in Nigeria and Namibia: Implication for National Development”attheUNISASchoolofArtsConference,SouthAfrica,10-11October.

• MrNelsonMlambo,CriticalreflectionsonsurvivingagainstalloddsinTagwira’sThe Uncertainty of Hope attheUNISASchoolofArtsConference,SouthAfrica,10-11October.

• MrEliphas!Owos-Oab, “The impact of case withdrawal on the morale of traffic law enforcement and the current state of traffic adjudication in Namibia”, attheNationalRoadSafetyConference,SeasideHotelinSwakopmund,02September.

• MsSaaraMungungu,“Errors in the Writing of English as a Second Language (ESL) of Grade 12 Namibian Learners: A Quantitative Approach”, at the 2nd National Continuing ProfessionalDevelopmentConferenceforEducators(CPDAE),Windhoek,31July-2August.

• Ms Elizabeth Namundjebo, “Communicative language approach: The use of drama activities and techniques to foster teaching English language”at the 2ndNational Continuing ProfessionalDevelopmentConferenceforEducators(CPDAE),Windhoek,31July-02August.

Publications

Thiswasabusyyearintermsofpublicationsbythestaff.Bachelorstudentswerealsoveryactiveandworkedonapoetry journal calledPolysh.As a student-lead initiative,Polysh has setupanonlineforumforpublicationandincreasingitssocialmediapresence.InadditiontoaFacebookpage,Polysh hassetupablogandaTwitteraccounttoreachPolystudentsandthegreaterNamibiacommunity.

Schulz,S. Rapid Analysis: Children in Namibia in conflict with the law.MinistryofGenderEqualityandChildWelfare,(forthcoming,2014).

Rey, J.L. (2013).Lapresenciayenseñanzadelespañolenelmarcode lapolítica lingüísticanamibia(“ThepresenceandteachingofSpanishintheNamibianlinguisticcontext”).LinguisticSocietyforHispanicStudiesinSub-SaharanAfrica.

Krishnamurthy,S.(2013).Afeastfortheimagination:Anexplorationofnarrativeelementsofthetextandhypertextof“SongofIceandFire”byGeorgeR.R.Martin.NAWA7(1),86-97.

Krishnamurthy, S. (2013). A stylistic analysis of the fiction of Achebe and Ngugi. Berlin: LambertAcademicPublishing.ISBN978-3-659-35858-6.

Lunga, M.J. (2013). Socio-political engagement and moral awareness in African literature. Berlin:LambertAcademicPublishing.ISBN978-3-659-31032-4.

Makamani,R.(2013).Preservingoraltraditions:Somereflectionsonstudent’sperformancesduringcultural festivals held at the Polytechnic of Namibia (Namibia University of Science andTechnology)from2009-2012,NAWA7(1),1-12.

Tjijoro,A. (2013).From resistance to redemption: A postmodern reading of Athol Fugard’s selected plays.Berlin:LambertAcademicPublishing.ISBN978-3-659-43426-6.

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The community service offered in the various departments the School ofHumanities continues toprosper.

TheLanguagesandCommunicationrenderedsupporttotheNamibianEnglishTeachers’Associationforaworkshopheld inKeetmanshoop inMarch.Thiseventalsosawthe launchofan independentNETASouth.Further,NETAwasalsolaunchedintheZambeziregioninOctober.NETAmembershiphasgrownto1000withfivebranchesindifferentregionsofNamibia.

TheCriminal JusticeandLegalStudies (DCJLS)was representedat the inaugurationof theNationalAcademyofCorrections(Omaruru),aswellastheinaugurationofthePrisonFarmScott(nearTsumeb)inAprilandDecember, respectively.Frommid-yearonwards,DrStefanSchulzservedonthemulti-agencytaskforceoftheMinistryofJusticefortheReviewoftheDraftChildJusticeBill(2004).HefurthermadeapresentationentitledThe Child in the Namibian Criminal Justice SystemtoSocialWorkersataMGECWtrainingworkshopinAugustinSwakopmund.

Others

TheSchoolisveryproudtohaveacquiredanewvideoconferencingsystem.ThiswasmadepossiblethroughaUS$20000grantfromOSISAasaresultofhavinghostedtheOSISAJournalismSummerSchool in2012.Thiswillbringanewdimension tocommunicationwithin thePolytechnicandwill,hopefully,reducecostsoftenarisingfromtravelandaccommodation.


Visitor Institution/Affiliation Activity

MrMvulayaNangolo SpecialAdvisortotheMinister:Information&CommunicationTechnology

ArenownedNamibianpoetwhodiscussedhispoetrywiththestudentsandstaffmembers.

DrHelmitLauschke AddressedBachelorofEnglishandBachelorofEnglishHonoursstudentsabouthisnewlypublishedbook,On the Path to Freedom: The Forgotten Years and Heroes.

SrDiptyNaran UniversityofJohannesburg,alsoanEducation-WellnesscoachinSouthAfrica

Motivationalpresentationswith(1)ourcurrentsecond-yearstudentsinpreparationforthe2014WorkIntegratedLearningsemester;andalso(2)thestaffmembersoftheDepartmentofLanguages.Bothpresentationswereextremelywellreceivedby all.

MsLauraSassman Gender Links ScreenedaCD,Killing her Softly. A large numberofstudentsattendedthisevent.Afterwards,timewasallowedforquestionsandcomments,completionofanevaluationdocument,tobeprocessedbyGender Links;

ProfCamilleDungy US-basedpoet Presentedtostaffmembersandstudentson“African-American Women Poets/ Black Nature poetry”,whichwasmostexciting.

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Visitor Institution/Affiliation Activity

MsSemokolisoGono DirectorStrategicBusinessDevelopment/Marketing,Women’sUniversityinAfrica(WUA).

SpentamonthinwhichshemadeseveralpresentationsonGenderissues.

MrWernerHadorn B360educationpartnerships,Switzerland

WorkshoponScienceJournalismforstudentsofMediaTechnology.

DrFrankPorporino(AdjunctProf.DCJLS)

P-3Consultants,Canada Facilitatedmeetingsbetweenthelecturers(TeamCorrectionalManagement)withSeniorOfficialsofNCSonfuturecooperation.

ProfJohnWinterdyk(AdjunctProf.DCJLS)

MtRoyalUniversity,Canada OfferedblocklecturestoCriminalJusticeHonoursstudentsduringthe2ndsemester2013;Co-FacilitatedtheCriminalJusticeStakeholderWorkshop.

ProfEtannibiAlemika UniversityofJos,Nigeria Co-FacilitatedtheCriminalJusticeStakeholderWorkshop,hostedbytheDepartmentofCriminalJusticeandLegalStudies.

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The Institution’s transformation process resulted in thedecision to reshapeand rename this faculty to theSchoolofComputingandInformatics(SCI)withtwodepartments,namely Computing, and Informatics, in 2014. The Schoolalsoreshapedthequalificationstoofferfourundergraduateandfourgraduateprogrammesincluding,forthefirsttimeMastersandDoctoralstudiesbyresearchonly. There was thus an alignment of the new programmesaccordingtotheguidelinesof internationalbodiessuchasACM-IEEE-CS-AISwith focuson its latest curriculumguide.This also informed themigration of two institutional corecourses(CUS411SandICT521S)totheSchoolofHumanities.

Astaffingcomplementof42recordedanumberofacademicachievements, and a continuous staff developmentprogrammeallowedanumberof junior staff and lecturers to embarkondoctoral studies, and forsome,theirMasters.ThenumberofPhDholdersincreasedfrom5to11,withexpectationtogrowto16earlyinthenewyear.

Greatimprovementwasachievedinteachingandlearningwithanenrolmentof931,and98graduatesinOctober.Theintroductionofe-learningplatformtotwomajorcoreinstitutionalcourses(CUS411SandICT521S)isanotherhighlight.CUS411Sreceivedthebeste-learning(blendedmode)courseawardontheTechnologyDayatwhichoccasionJohnsonShimaneniwasawardedthebeste-learningcoursedeveloperprizefor“AccountingInformationSystems”(AIS811S).

Theentirefacultyrelocatedtoanewlyacquiredbuilding,calledInformationTechnologyHouse,andthedepartmentsworkeddiligentlywithallinstitutionalstakeholderstosuccessfullycompletethe4thInstitutionalStrategyPlan(PSP-4).

Research and Projects of Note

Researchwaswithinthefollowingresearchgroups:Community-CentredLocalisationledbyDrHeikeWinschiers-Theophilus; Mobile Content and Applications for Entrepreneurship Development ledbyProfessorHippolyteMuyingi; ComputerForensics ledbyProfessor Jill Slay;MobileSensorDataProcessingledbyDrKlausWieder;andHealthInformationSystemsledbyProfessorTikoIyamu,thelatterwhoforthesecondconsecutiveyear,receivedthebestresearcheroftheInstitution.

Thefollowingsareselectedprojectsundertakenwithintheclusters:

Dr HeikeWinschiers-Theophilus (contact: [email protected]): Indigenous KnowledgeManagement System. In collaboration with the University of Aalborg, Denmark,Meraka Institute,SouthAfrica,UniversityofCapeTown,SouthAfricaandUniversitiMalaysiaSarawak,Malaysia.

School of Information Technology

Dr Jill SlayDean

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ProfHippolyteMuyingi(contact:[email protected]):ComputerTechnologyDisruptionintheclassroom–Cross-culturalstudies:Namibia,Uganda,USACaseStudies.IncollaborationwiththeUniversityofCreighton,USA,andMakerereUniversity,Uganda.

ComputerScienceandCulture:1) PersuasiveComputingforCultural InstitutionandCreativeIndustry. Incollaborationwiththe

UniversityofAppliedScience,Berlin,Germany;and2) Culturally persuasive digital games for Mathematics learning. In collaboration with Rhodes

University,SouthAfrica.3) CrowdSourceSystemsforSocialBehaviorExploration:CityCrimesandViolence.Incollaboration

withtheUniversityofCapeTown,SouthAfrica.

Research activities included a number of visits to our international partner institutions including,FlensburgUniversityofAppliedSciences,Germany;IowaStateUniversity,USA;UniversityofMalaysia,Sarawak;UniversityofAppliedSciences,Berlin,Germany;RhodesUniversity,SouthAfrica;UniversityofSouthAustralia,justtonameafew.

Prof Jill Slay (contact: [email protected]):ResilientCyberSystems. In collaborationwith theUniversity of South Australia IA research group; Idaho StateUniversity,USA, and the InternationalInformationSystemsSecurityCertificationConsortium.

ProfTikoIyamu(contact:[email protected]):AFrameworkfortheAdoptionofEnterpriseResourcePlanning(ERP)SystemsinDevelopingCountries:ACaseofNamibia;andComputingSystemsforHealthcareProcessesandActivitiesinNamibiaCluster:HealthInformationSystems.

Dr Klaus Wieder (contact: [email protected]): Acquisition and Application of MobileSensor-generatedSpatialData-APilotStudy,Cluster:MobileSensorDataProcessing;andSupportingtheOptimisationoftheLand-BasedTransportationInfrastructureofNamibia-APilotStudy,cluster:MobileSensorDataProcessing.

MsFungaiBhunu-Shava(contact:[email protected]):InvestigatingtheEffectsofUsabilityinClient-sideApplicationsSecurityonOverallNetworkSecurity.IncollaborationwiththeNelsonMandelaMetropolitanUniversity,SouthAfrica.

Selected Publications and Presentations

Akinsola,O.S.(2013).ICTadoptionforbridgingSouthAfricanblackfarmers’knowledgegap.InternationalJournalofAgriculturalScienceandTechnology(IJAST).ISSN:2327-7645/ISSN:2327-7246.

Ariffin,A.,Choo,K.K.R.,Slay,J.(2013).Digitalcamcorderforensics.PaperinproceedingsoftheEleventhAustralasian InformationSecurityConference-Volume138(AISC‘13),pp.39-47.Darlinghurst,Australia.

Ariffin,A.,Slay, J.,Choo,K.K. (2013).Data recovery fromproprietary formattedCCTVharddisks. InG.Peterson,&S.Shenoi(Eds),AdvancesindigitalforensicsIX(pp.213-223).BerlinHeidelberg:Springer,ISBN:978-3-642-41147-2.

Aswami, A., Christian, D., Choo, K.K.R., Slay, J. (2013). iOS forensics: How canwe recover deletedimagefileswithtimestampinaforensicallysoundmanner?Paperpresentedat8thInternationalConferenceonAvailability,ReliabilityandSecurity(ARES).2-6September2013,pp.375-382,doi:10.1109/ARES.2013.50.

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Azeez, A.A., Iyamu, T. (2013). Grid security loopholes with proposed counter-measures. In E.Gelenbe,R.Lent,&G.Sakellari (Eds.),Computerand informationsciences II. (pp.411-418).ImperialCollege,London,UK:Springer.

Edim,A.E.,Muyingi,H.N.(2013).MobilecommerceinteractiontechniquesforAfricanruraleconomydevelopment:AcasestudyforDwesa.InI.Bilogrevic,A.Rezazadeh&L.Momeni(Eds.),Networks:Emerging topics in computer science (pp. 257-278). Hong Kong: iConcept Press. ISBN: 978-1-922227-02-7.

Edim,A.E.,Muyingi,H.N.,Sibanda,K.(2013).Avoiceuserinterfaceforlow-literacyusersinaruralcommunity.InternationalJournalofComputingandICTResearch,6(2),56-69.ISSN1818-1139/ISSN1996-1065.

Gallert,P.,VanderVelden,M. (2013).DissectingWikipedia’sCatch-22. [pre-releaseBookChapter]Wikimedia Commons, August, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Indigenous_Knowledge_for_Wikipedia.pdf

Irwin,A.S.M.,Slay,J.,Choo,K.K.R.,Lui,L.(2014).Moneylaunderingandterrorismfinancinginvirtualenvironments:Afeasibilitystudy.JournalofMoneyLaunderingControl.17(1),ISSN:1368-5201.

Irwin,A.S.M.,Slay,J.,Choo,K.K.R.,Liu,L.(2013).Arethefinancialtransactionsconductedinsidevirtualenvironments truly anonymous?: An experimental research from an Australian perspective.JournalofMoneyLaunderingControl.16(1),6-40.

Iyamu,T.,Mtshali.E.(2013).Understandingmobiletechnologyforservicedeliveryinacademiclibrary.IssuesinInformationSystems,14(2),71-78.

Iyamu, T.,Hamunyela, S. (2013). Enterprise architecture strategic framework. Issues in InformationSystems,14(2),60-70.

Iyamu,T.(2013).Entreprisearchitecture:Fromconcepttopractice.HeldelbergPress.ISBN,1920889639,9781920889630.

Mkhomazi,S.S.,Iyamu,T.(2013).Aguidetoselectingtheorytounderpininformationsystemsstudies.InY.K.Dwivedi,H.Z.Henriksen,D.Wastell,&R.De’ (Eds.),GrandSuccessesandFailures in IT:Public and Private Sectors. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. IFIPWG8.6,(pp.525-537).Bangalore,India.

Nath,R.,Chen,L.,Muyingi,H.N.,Lubega,J.(2013).InternetaddictioninAfrica:AstudyofNamibianandUgandancollegestudents.InternationalJournalofComputingandICTResearch,7(2).ISSN1818-1139/ISSN1996-1065.

Nath,R.,Muyingi,H.N.,Chen,L.,Lubega,J.Technology-enabledclassroomdistraction:AcomparisonoftheU.S.andAfricastudents(invitedpaper).IntheProceedingsofTheDecisionScienceInstitute43rdAnnualMeeting,SanFrancisco,California.

Nggada,S.H.,Papadopoulos,Y.I.,Parker,D.J.(2013).Combinedoptimisationofsystemarchitectureandmaintenance.4thIFACWorkshoponDependableControlofDiscreteSystems,4–6September2013,UniversityofYork -UK. IFACProceedings [IFAC-PapersOnline],4(1),25 -30. ISSN:1474-6670,doi:10.3182/20130904-3-UK-4041.00026.

Rodil, K., Jensen, K.L., Rehm, M., Winschiers-Theophilus, H. (2013). Identifying and representingElementsof localcontexts inNamibia. IntheProceedingsof15th InternationalConferenceonHumanComputerInteraction,LasVegas.

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Sibanda, K., Muyingi, H.N. (2013). Enhancing wireless network deployment cost estimation usingPoissonprocess: Probabilistic costmodel (PCM). In I. Bilogrevic,A.Rezazadehand L.Momeni(Eds.),Networks:Emergingtopicsincomputerscience(pp.47-66).HongKong:iConceptPress.ISBN:978-1-922227-02-7.

Shimaneni, J., Slay, J. (2013). A digital forensic framework for Namibia: Conceptual model. Paperpresentedatthe2ndInternationalConferenceonDigitalForensicsandInvestigation(ICDFI2013).September12-132013.Wuhan,China.

Stanley,C.,Winschiers-Theophilus,H.,Onwordi,M.,Kapuire,G.K. (2013).African rural communitiescrowdsourcetechnologydevelopment.PaperpresentedatICTDDecember2013,CapeTown.

Peters,A.,Winschiers-Theophilus,H.,Menneke,B.(2013).BridgingthedigitaldividethroughFacebookfriendships: A cross-cultural study. In CSCW 2013 Feb. 2327, 2013, San Antonio, Texas, USA,ACM978-1-4503-1332-2/13/02.

Tassone,C.,Martini,B.,Choo,K.K.R.,Slay, J. (2013).Mobiledevice forensics:Asnapshot.Trends&IssuesinCrimeandCriminalJustice.No.460,ISSN1836-2206.

Winschiers-Theophilus, H., Winschiers-Goagoses, N., Rodil,K., Blake, E., Zaman, T., Kapuire, G.,Kamukuenjandje, R. (2013). Moving away from Erindiroukambe: Transferability of a ruralcommunity-based co-design. Paper presented at the 12th International Conference on SocialImplicationsofComputersinDevelopingCountries,May2013,MontegoBay,Jamaica.

Winschiers-Theophilus, H., Bidwell, N.J. (2013). Toward an Afro-Centric indigenous HCI paradigm.InternationalJournalofHuman-ComputerInteraction29(4),243-255.

Community Service

• The School offered technical assistance to the Namibia Training Authority and the NamibiaQualificationsAuthorityforcontentauditingandqualificationevaluations.

• Community-basedlocalisationclusterresearchassistedtheNamibianKnowledgePortalProjectinruralactivitiesincludingWikipediacommunitytraininginGobabis.

• TheschoolparticipatedintheCareerFairevent.InformationwasmadeavailabletoprospectivestudentswhoaspiretoenterthefieldofIT.

• AfewstaffmembersweredevelopingthewebsitesfortheParliamentoftheRepublicofNamibiaandfortheNationalElectoralCommission,respectively.

• Phase I of theUniversity ofWashington I-TECH (UW I-TECH)NamibiaDatabaseproject for theMinistryofDefense(MoD)oftheRepublicofNamibiawasnearingcompletion.

• NBICactivitieshavereceivedcontinuoussupportfromtheSchool,namelythesuccessfulMobileInnovationHackathonandCompetition2013.

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Local Partnership

TheSchoolrebrandeditsimageandre-establishedgoodrelationshipswithlocalICTindustryaswellasgovernmentinstitutionsincludingtheOfficesofthePresident,PrimeMinister,andMinistryofICT.AnumberofnewpartnershipsforstudentforworkintegratedlearningwereconcludedwiththelocalICTindustryincludingthesecompanies:InteractiveITSolutions,Cornastone,ModusConsulting,SaltEssentials,NewPointITSolutions,andBIXITSolutions,HeadwayConsultingandClippingNamedia.



ProfNeilJensen OstfaliaUniversityofAppliedScience,FacultyofComputerScience,Germany

TaughtCommunity-BasedSoftwareEngineeringMasterscourse;publictalkduringTechnologyDay,andranaworkshopone-learning.

DrKrysiaLindanDrJeffMandel

UniversityofCaliforniaatSanFrancisco(UCSF)

CollaborationvisitforthejointHealthInformationSystemseducationprogrammewiththeSchoolofHealthandAppliedSciences.

ProfPeterSonganProfAlvinYeoWee

UniversityofMalaysia,SARAWAK CollaborationvisitwiththeCommunity-basedLocalisationResearchCluster.

MrGratitudeKudyachete

CISCOAcademySouthernAfrica,NelsonMandelaMetropolitanUniversity(NMMU),SouthAfrica

CollaboratingvisittotheCiscoNationalAcademyhousedintheComputerSystemsandNetworksdepartment,andtrainingofCiscoinstructors.

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ThisSchool,beingthelargestfacultyofthePolytechnicwithapproximately5000students(39%),itisthechoiceofmanystudents.

Stimulating curricula are offered through the academicdepartments: Human Resources Management, BusinessManagement, Transport and LogisticsManagement,OfficeManagementandTechnology,andPublicManagement.

The faculty emphasise the fact that teaching and learningmust be student-centred, therefore create pathways forindividuals, and public and private sector organisationsto achieve both personal and societal goals by providingan environment that facilitates and values initiative andinnovation.

The programmes and courses have been designed to beresponsivetothechangingneedsofthelabourmarketandgeared toprovidingemployerswithapoolof skilledgraduates. TheSchool is also involved in theprovisionofcontinuingeducationcoursesandconsultingservicesthroughtheEnterpriseCentre(CED).Thisapproachenablestheinstitutiontomakeeffectivecontributiontotheup-skillingandre-trainingofemployeesthroughspecificallydesignedandtailoredindustryprogrammes.

Exciting curricula activities took place during the reporting period. The Business Managementcurricula for the Bachelor and Bachelor Honours were approved by Senate for implementation in2014.TheBachelorandBachelorHonourscurriculaforEntrepreneurshipwerestillbeingdevelopedfor implementation in2015.Senategrantedpermissiontodevelopcurricula forthe introductionofcertificate,diplomaandbachelordegreeprogrammesinSportsManagement,forimplementationin2015.TheneedwasexpressedbytheNamibiaFootballAssociation(NFA)andFIFA.ThiswasfollowedbyasurveycarriedoutbytheSchooltosolicittheviewsoftheothersportsorganisationsinthecountry.TheoutcomepositivelysupportedthemountingofsuchprogrammesinNamibia.

Four facultymembers obtained theirMasters degree in various areas inManagement. Six facultymembersregisteredfortheirdoctorates,whichbringsthetotalnumberoffacultyregisteredatthisleveltotwelve.

The School experienced some improvement in staffing levels through local and internationalrecruitment.However, theheavyrelianceonsessionalandpart-time lecturerscontinuestopresentsignificantchallenges forprogrammedesign, curriculumdevelopmentandcoursedelivery.There isthusadeliberateattempttoreducetheengagementofpart-timelecturers.Sevennewfacultymemberswererecruitedwhilethreewerepromotedtotherespectiveranksofassociateprofessorandseniorlecturers.

School of Management

Mr Kofi BoamahActing Dean

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TheinternationalvisitorshostedbytheSchoolandtheiractivitiesareasindicatedinthetablebelow.


MrUrsKohler B360:BusinessSimulationExpert TaughtBusinessSimulationandfacilitatedinAdvancedSimulation.

MrMarkusStrusser UniversityofVienna CoordinatedSummerSchoolforEUstudents.

MsAnetteIsenschmidt

B360:ConsultantLeadership&PersonalGrowth

Co-taughtAdvancedOrganisationalDevelopment&Change.Conductedw/shopwithCEDonOrganisationalDevelopment.AlsoconductedanotherworkshoponWomeninDevelopment,intheKarasRegion.

ProfGuenterBuerke Ernst-AbbeUniversityofAppliedSciences

CoordinatedstudentengagementintheSummerSchool.

MrHans-JurgSchär B360:FormerCEOofSwatchandSmartCar

Lecturedat4thyearlevelon“StrategicHumanResourcesManagement”

Research, Innovation and Other Activities

ThemanagementiscognisantofthelackofresearchactivitiesintheSchoolandthereforeestablishedaresearchforumforregular(weekly)researchseminarstoboosttheinterestofbeginners,acknowledgeresearch-active staffandengage in publicising faculty research activitiesduring the year. SOMandSchoolofEconomicsandFinance(SEF)jointlyorganisedasuccessfulResearchDayandseveralotheractivitiesreportedunderSEF.

Selected Publications

Jagodick,J.,Courvisanos,J.,Yearwood,J.(2013).BestpracticeofICTinnovationagentsintechnologyprojects. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Management & Leadership Conference for Southern Africa held in Windhoek, Namibia, 14-16 August 2013.

Jagodick,J.,Courvisanos,J.,Yearwood,J.(2013).InnovationagentsinAfrica:Thefuturerolesofkeydrivers of technology projects. In Proceedings of the 6th ICEBE International Conference on Engineering and Business Education held in Windhoek, Namibia, 7-10 October 2013(pp.86-92).ISBN978-3-942100-03-8.

Mulder, D.L., Whyte, G. (2013). A theoretical review of the impact of test automation on testeffectiveness. InProceedings of the 4th International Conference on Information Management and Evaluation (ICIME2013) held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 13-14 May 2013(pp.168-179).ISBN:978-1-62748-607-1.

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The Graduate School developed in line with its vision tobecome an internationally recognised Business SchoolcompetitivewithAfrica’sbest.Thispositionwasstrengthenedby Education Universal Ranking naming the GSB the bestbusiness school inNamibia.Evenmoreappreciable is that20Masterstudentsgraduatedduringtheyear.

Twograduateprogrammesweredevelopedaccordingtothehighestinternationalstandards.These,theEMBAandMBA,arescheduledtocommenceinMay2014.WiththeadditionofProfGraftonWhyte,thecapacityforresearchhadbeenenlargedsignificantly.

Academic Programmes

Thestrategicplanwasformulatedwithinthecontextofthetransition.Thestrategy focusesoncorecompetenciesandbyestablishingaqualitativedifferencebetweentheGSBandallcompetitorsactiveintheNamibianmarket.

ThereforeaMasterofBusinessAdministrationandanExecutiveMasterofBusinessAdministrationProgrammehavebeenpreparedfor introductionin2014.Theseareunderpinnedbycertainqualitymarkersdesignedtoattainandmaintainthehighestinternationalstandardsforgraduates,namely:(1)Acomputer-basedadmissiontestmodelledaftertheUSstandardGraduateManagementAdmissionTest-GMAT®,(2)aunifiedsolution-orientedandmainlycasestudy-basedmethodofteachinginallnewprogrammes,(3)continuousassessmentandintegrationofresearchandresearch-relevantlecturematerialforallnewcourses.

Research Research discipline will now permeate all programmes, thereby encouraging a solution-orientedapproachtomanagementpracticethroughtheapplicationofscience,concentratingonbehaviouraland institutional approaches to management and organisational research. The fruitfulness of thisparadigmshifttowardsasystematicandcomplementaryapproachinresearchandteachinghasbeendocumentedinrecentfacultypublicationsandisalsoshowingthefirstpositiveeffectsonstudents’researchwork.

Executive Trainings, Management Development Programmes, Consulting and Community Services

TheGSB is an entity to be branded and associatedwith a quality-focused strategy and operation.Bottlenecksincapacityandstaffing,bothacademicandadministrative,wouldhavemadelargescaleactivitiesunattainable.Having its core activities in teaching and research successfully restructured,newactivitiescanbelaunchedinthenewyear.

Basedonthecontentoftheflagshipprogramme,theEMBA,aportfolioofExecutiveTrainingshasbeendevelopedandisalsoplannedtobeimplementedin2014.MDP’shavebeendiscussedwithpotentialcustomerslikeEnergysuppliersandMinistriesandwouldbeofferedascustomtailoredandonrequest.

Harold Pupkewitz Graduate School of Business

Prof Dr Frank Witt Director

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Internationalisation

InternationalrecognitionandimpactisahighlyprioritisedstrategicgoaloftheGSB.BasedonanMOUwithKuehneLogisticsUniversity,theSchoolreceivedaGermangueststudentwhocompletedafulltermat theGSBsuccessfully.Studentsof theBerlinSchoolofEconomicsandLawhaveapplied foradmissionin2014.ItisintendedtoprofiletheGSBasapartnerforinternationalstudentexchangeandtoreachthenumberofapproximately30gueststudentsinitsprogrammes.

IncooperationwiththeInstituteforInternationalBusinessStudies,SteinbeisUniversityBerlin,ShanghaiNormalUniversityandtheBusinessFacultyofConcordiaUniversity,IrvineithasbeenagreedtoeditajointworkingpaperseriesandaninternationalpeerreviewedJournal,theJournal of International and African Business Studies (JIABS).Preparationsforthefirsteditionin2014wererunning.UniqueforNamibia,thenewEMBAprogrammewillprovidestudentswithinternationalexposure,throughatwo-weekinternationalmanagementandleadershipexperienceresidencyinBerlin.DuringthevisitofProfJohnBoard,DeanofHenleySchoolofBusiness,bothschoolsagreedontheestablishmentoffar-reachingjointcooperationinoperationsandstrategicdevelopment.

Marketing

The GSB developed an integrated media communication concept for the Internet, website andpresenceonYouTube,LinkedIn,RadioandPrintMedia.Aprototypehasbeencreatedandwillbeusedforthepromotionoftheadmissiontestandnewprogrammes.Asidefrompaidadvertising,theSchoolfeaturedseveraltimesintheNamibianpress.

Selected Faculty Publications

Becker, L.,Hakensohn,H.,Witt,F.H.edit. (2012):Unternehmennachhaltigfuehren–ThenewartofLeadership,SymposiumPublishingDusseldorf,ISBN978-3-939707-30-1,p.496

Witt, F.H. (2012): Nachaltiges Management kritisch und praktischgedacht (critical remarks on theconcept of sustainablemanagement), in: Becker, L., Hakensohn, H.,Witt, F.H. (2012) op. cit., p. 147-168

Witt,F.H.(2013):HigherEducationSystemsandInstitutionsinAfrica:TheBadImpactofManagementIllusions,unp.Paper,acceptedbyInternationalJournalofAfricanDevelopment(forthcoming).

Randa,I.,Sunde,T.(2013):AReviewoftheAssociationbetweenPerformance-BasedBudgetingandDebt Sustainability in Namibia; Journal of Emerging Trends in Economics and ManagementSciences(JETEMS)4(3):291-296

Mulder, D.L., Whyte, G. (2013). A theoretical review of the Impact of Test Automation on TestEffectiveness. International Conference of Information Management and Evaluation. Academic Conferences & Publishing International Ltd. Retrieved from http://academic-conferences.org/icime/icime2013/icime13-proceedings.htm

Whyte,G.,Lamprecht,A. (2013).CustomerCentricity:Acomparisonoforganisationalsystemswithsocialmediaapplications.International Conference of Information Management and Evaluation. Academic Conferences & Publishing International Ltd. Retrieved from http://academic-conferences.org/icime/icime2013/icime13-proceedings.htm

Whyte,G.,Minnaar,D.(2013).UsingtheInkwenkwesimodeltoidentifytheknowledgerequirementsofnewprojectentrants. International Conference of Information Management and Evaluation. Retrievedfromhttp://academic-conferences.org/icime/icime2013/icime13-proceedings.htm

Whyte,G.,Ralake,M.(2013).AnInvestigationintotheEffectivenessofStorytellingasMeansofSharingTacitKnowledge. International Conference of Information Management and Evaluation. Retrieved fromhttp://academic-conferences.org/icime/icime2013/icime13-proceedings.htm

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Faculty Supervised Research

Amwele,H.N.(2013).An investigation of factors affecting the performance of small medium enterprises in the Windhoek retail sector.PolytechnicofNamibia.Denk,S.W.(2013).Incorporating indigenous knowledge into new product development: A study of the attitudes and preferences of mahangu consumers in Namibia.PolytechnicofNamibia.Haiyambo, E. (2013). The effectiveness of tax incentives as a means of attracting foreign direct investment in Namibia.PolytechnicofNamibia.Karamata,T.(2013).An investigation of social and economic costs of exchange controls in Namibian businesses.PolytechnicofNamibia.Nikodemus,S.(2013).Exploring the impact of work ethics on specific work practices in the Ministry of Home Affairs.PolytechnicofNamibia.Nsinano,A.S.(2013).Motivation in the workplace: The link between motivation and performance of staff in a Namibian state owned enterprise.PolytechnicofNamibia.Schwartz, C. (2013). Evaluating the effectiveness of youth microfinance programmes in Namibia. PolytechnicofNamibia.Shilongo,H.(2013).The impact of performance-related pay on employees: A Case Study of the Motor Vehicle Accident Fund.PolytechnicofNamibia.Sinimbo,G.P.(2013).The success determinants of income generating projects for a rural community in the Kavango region between 2005 and 2010.PolytechnicofNamibia.



ProfDrDrh.c.DirkLinowski

DirectorInstituteforInternationalBusinessStudies,SteinbeisUniversityBerlin,ShanghaiNormalUniversity

ConsultationsonCurriculumDevelopmentEMBA

ProfDrJohnBoard Dean-HenleySchoolofBusiness,UniversityofReading,UK

PublicLecture‘FinancialMarketsCompetenceandCrises’–InsightsontheFutureofBanking

DrAngelaClarke UniversityofWarwick,UK TaughtmodulesontheMIBprogramme:InnovationandProcessManagement;andHighPerformanceManagement

DrSusanGrinsted UniversityofBirmingham,UK TaughtGlobalSupplyChainManagementontheMIB

DrStrinivasanPillay DurbanUniversityofTechnology,SouthAfrica

TaughtSustainableCorporateStrategyontheMasterofLeadershipandChangeManagement(MLCM)

ProfTrevorLake WitsBusinessSchool,SouthAfrica Facilitatedthefollowingmodules-BusinessProcessManagementandSustainableProjectManagementintheMLCM)programme

DrDrikusKriek WitsBusinessSchool,SouthAfrica Facilitatedthemodule–LeadershipintheMLCMprogramme

DrThaboMosala WitsBusinessSchool,SouthAfrica Facilitatedthemodule–FinancialRiskManagementontheMIB

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The importance of this School continues to grow as itbecomesmoreimportantaroleplayerinanenvironmentofmanychallengesbutlimitedhumanresources.

With an enrolment of 1 200, academic programmes andqualificationswere developed and implemented to satisfyindustrydemands.

Thefollowingarehighlights:

• Fourpost-graduateprogrammesweredeveloped,whilethefirstcohortofpost-graduatestudentsgraduatedin2013;

• Researchprojectsandoutputdoubledovertheperiod,withover20publications;

• Internationalisation took centre stagewith 20 students and 10 faculty exchanges and over 20internationalarrivals,aswellascommunityengagementandprojects;and

• Increaseinfacultynumbersandqualificationprofilewithafaculty:studentratiostabilisedunder1:20.

Inaddition,planning forPSP-4wasfinalisedwithamajordecision takento focusonpost-graduateandresearchgrowthtopositiontheSchooltoparticipateeffectivelyinshapingthefutureofnaturalresourcesandspatialplanninginanever-changingenvironment.

Teaching and Learning

Embeddedinourstrategytoincreaseefficiencyandqualityofourprogrammesanddelivery,anumberofprogrammeswererevisedandstreamlined.Academicprogrammesapprovedforimplementationin 2014 include: Bachelor of Agriculture; Bachelor Honours of Agriculture with specialisation inAgribusinessandSustainableAgriculture,GeoinformationTechnology,RegionalandRuralDevelopmentHonours;andMasterprogrammesinAgribusinessManagement,NaturalResourcesManagementandSpatialScience,respectively.

Thefacultycomponentincreasedto80,withover80%holdingdoctoralandmaster’sdegrees,whilesixmemberswereinthefinalstagesofdoctoralstudies.

International Cooperation

Oureffortstobevisibleinternationallyintensifiedandanumberofagreementswerereviewed,revivedand/orconsolidatedinordertoincreasethecontributiontoouracademicoutputs.Belowaresomeofthehighlights:• The President of Potsdam University with his delegation visited to formalise and expand the

ongoingcollaborationwithdifferentschools;

School of Natural Resources and Tourism

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• ThePresidentoftheMillenniumInstitutetodiscussthedevelopmentoftheGlobalChangeandSustainabilityInstituteatPolytechnicofNamibia;

• ThePresidentofJustusLiebigGiessenUniversityandhisdelegationvisitedtoreviewtheongoingcooperationinordertointensifyanddiversifyareasofcooperation;

• MichiganStateUniversitydelegationvisitedtofinaliseandsignanMoUtostarttheOngomboWestSustainableAgricultureproject;thisistohelptheresettledwarveterans;

• A delegation from Barcelona that included the former Mayor and President of Olaf PalmeFoundationvisitedtoevaluatetheSpanish-sponsoredprojectinHospitalityandTourism;

• DelegationfromHamburgUniversityvisitedtodevelopastudentandfacultyexchangeprogrammetoimplementtheBachelorPlusexchangeprogramme;and

• Hosted over 20 exchange students from Finland at the Hotel school, LandManagement fromGermanyandAustria.

In addition, the School hosted a number of scholars sponsored by Fulbright Programme, DAAD (Germany), Spain, Finland and the EU. Several students were also sent on different exchangeprogrammestoSpain,USA,Germany,SouthAfricaandMalaysiaindifferentfields.

Faculty and Staff Recruitment and Development

AfterservingthePolytechniccommunityforover30years,DrWillemJankowitzbidfarewell tothe School.HeheldvariouspositionsincludingbeingthelongestservingdeanintheSchool.Hiscontributionshavebeen invaluabletothe institutionandwearepleasedthathewillcontinueservingasadjunctprofessor.Sixfacultymembersjoinedvariousdepartmentstobringthetotalnumberoffacultyandstaff to80, includingProf Jim Juvik,FulbrightFellow,who joined theSchool fromtheUniversityofHawaii.

Intermsofstaffdevelopment,fourfacultysubmittedtheirPhDtheses;twocompletedtheirMasterswithfournewDoctoralandthreeMaster’senrolments.

Research and Publications

Signing of SASSCAL contracts brought much-needed funding to increase student participation inresearchprojects.Anumberofscholarshipswereplannedinmosttasksandthesewereawardedtostudentstoworkondifferentresearchtopics.TherewasalsoasignificantincreaseinthenumberofproposalssubmittedtotheInstitutionalResearch&PublicationsCommittee(IRPC)withnewentrantsmotivatedbytheirmentors.

Therewas an increase in the number of publications by faculty that never published before. Thisindicatesthepositiveimpactsthattheeffortsofclusteringandresearchseminarsheldduringtheyearhavemadeinpromotingaresearchculture.MsGraceKangueehi,fromtheDepartmentofAgriculturecontributedtoachapter ina textbookpublication ledby theUniversityofFlorida.This is thefirstcomprehensive introductory book titled “Community-based Natural Resources Management in Southern Africa: An Introduction”, publishedbyAuthorHouseinUSA.ThebookisnowdistributedtoNGOs,ministries,universities,NationalLibraryandinternallytovariousdepartments.

StafffromthePropertyStudiessectionincollaborationwiththeMinistryofLandsandResettlementpublishedabooklettitled“Land Taxation as an Instrument of Land Reform: Learning from Experience in Namibia”.ThebookletwaslaunchedbythesameMinistry.

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MrMorganHauptfleischwasawardedtheSchoolResearcheroftheYearAwardforleadingtheWildlifeandAircraftResearchNamibia(a.k.aWARN)Project.ThisprojectisconductedinpartnershipwiththeNamibianAirportsCompanyandavailsopportunitiesforstudentstoparticipateaswell.TheworkoftwostudentsKefilweMogotsi(Bachelor’s)andChristaD’Alton(Honours)onaircraft-wildlifecollisionasaresultofhisleadershipfeaturedinlocalnewspaperarticlesinThe Namibian(2July2013)andtheNew Era(3July2013).

TheOngomboWestSustainableAgricultureResearchProjectandalltheSASSCALsponsoredprojectspicked up momentum in the last quarter with continued field visits and data collection. Severalworkshopswithstakeholderswereheldalsowitha fewtrainingsessions toexplain thebenefitsofprojectsatlocallevel.

Belowisalistofselectedresearchoutputin2013:

Bødker,M., Browning, D. (2013). Tourism socialities: Challenges and opportunities in designing fortouristplacemaking.International Journal of Design,7(2),19-30.

Florentine,S.K.,Gardner,J.,Graz,F.,Moloney,S.(2013).PlantrecruitmentandsurvivalasindicatorsofecologicalrestorationsuccessinabandonedpasturelandinNurcoung,Victoria,Australia.EcologicalProcesses,2(1),34.

Hauptfleisch,M.L.,Avenant,N.L.,Tsowaseb,A.(2013).Aircraft-wildlifecollisionsattwomajorNamibianairports from2006 - 2010.South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 43(2), 177-184. doi:10.3957/056.043.0208

Joubert,D.F.Smit,G.N.,HoffmanM.T.(2013).Theinfluenceofrainfall,competitionandpredationonseedproduction,germinationandestablishmentofanencroachingAcaciainanaridNamibianSavanna.Journal of Arid Environments, 91,7-13.

Mudabeti,A.M.,Mfundisi,K.B. (2013).Developmentofahydraulicmodel for theKavangoriver forimproveddisasterriskmanagementinNamibia.Journal of Environmental Science and Water Resources,2(9),310-319.

Pringle,H., Zimmermann, I., Shamathe, K.,Nott,C., Tinley, K. (2013). Landscape incisionprocessesfavourbushencroachmentoveropengrasslandinthetwoextremesofsoilmoisturebalanceinaridzonesacrosssouthernAfricaandAustralia.Agricola,24,7-13.

Teweldemedhin M.Y., Mwewa, L. (2013). The role of research and education to the sustainabledevelopmentandfoodsecurityinSubSaharanAfrica.Merit Research Journal of Education and Review,1(3),64-75.

Zimmermann,I.,Amupolo,H.(2013).Conversionofencroachedbushtobiocharforimprovedsoilandlivestock.Agricola,24,14-19.

Ströhbach,B.J.(2013).VegetationoftheeasterncommunalconservanciesinNamibia:IIIAnnotatedchecklist.Dintera,30:3-42.

DeCauwer,V. (2013).Mashare -WoodyVegetation.Biodiversity and Ecology, 5, 117. doi:10.7809/b-e.00262

Community Service and Local Partnerships

Communityengagementandpartnershipsarecrucialtoachievingtheobjectivesofdevelopingappliedandsoftskillsandtheabilitytotranslatetheoryintopracticeforstudents,andtorelatedbettertoreallife. Anumberofactivitieswereconductedbystaffandstudentsandbelowisarepresentativelist:• TheDepartmentofAgricultureconductedalandscapeliteracycoursefor13agriculturalextension

workers,ninefromtheMinistryofAgriculture,WaterandForestry,twofromDesertResearchFoundation of Namibia and another two from Integrated Rural Development and NatureConservation.

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• RangelandSciencestudentsundertooksomerestorationworkatFarmKrumhuk,aspartoftheSASSCALtaskonLandscapeLiteracy.

• Agriculture Department presented a second training course to agricultural technicians andresearchersonsustainableandenvironmentallyfriendlyagricultureinOtjiwarongo.

• DepartmentofNatureConservationcontinuetooperatetheBirdStrikeCentreatErosairport–providingpilots,airlinesandairportpersonnelwithadviceregardingconflictwithbirds.

• Master of Integrated Land Management students submitted the Strategic EnvironmentalAssessment(SEA)oftheTourismSectorfortheWindhoekGreenBeltLandscapeReporttotheMinistryofEnvironmentandTourism

• The Planning Section collaborated with the Omusati Regional Council and the OmakangeTraditionalAuthoritytoprepareadevelopmentplanforthevillageofOmakange.TheDevelopmentPlanprovidesthemuch-neededguidelinesand informationtosupportconsistentandrationalinformeddecision-makinginspatialdevelopment.

• TwocolleaguescontinuetoassisttheNTAinAssessment&ModerationofPortfolio’sofEvidencewithregardstoRecognitionofPriorLearning(RPL)inHospitalityandFoodProduction.

• Agroupofurbanandregionalplanningstudentsassisted inan informalsettlementupgradingprojectinGobabis.ThisprojectwasincollaborationwiththeNamibiaHousingActionGroupandtheShackDwellersFederationofNamibia.

• NatureConservationHonoursstudents,underthesupervisionoffaculty,helpedconservanciesintheGreaterWaterbergareainundertakingvegetationandwildlifesurveystocontributetowardsthedevelopmentof theconservancy’smanagementplans.Thiscooperationwas initiated inameetingwithNAMPLACEandtheDirectorofParksandWildlifeoftheMinistryofEnvironmentandTourismtoplansupporttothefourOtjozondjupacommunalconservancies.

Conferences, workshops, short courses and public lectures

TheEarthObservationandSatelliteApplicationResearchandTrainingCentre(EOSA-RTC)hostedthe2nd Bi-Annual Symposium on the topic “Towards a Vision for Space Science at the Polytechnic ofNamibia”inJune.Thesymposiumwasattendedbydelegatesfromtheacademia,privatesector,spaceindustryandgovernmentlocallywithinternationaldelegatesfromtheTokyoMetropolitanUniversity,theSouthAfricanSpaceAgencyandCapePeninsulaUniversityofTechnology.

EOSA-RTCalsohostedseveral interdisciplinary technical trainingseminarseriesonvarious topics inSpecies Distribution Modelling(SDM)andGeo-statistical Analysis using R software.

TheSchoolhostedaregionalrefreshercourseinconjunctionwiththeUniversityofTwente,Facultyof Geoinformation Science and Earth Observation, ITC. This course, sponsored by the Dutch NFPprogramme,broughttogether20SouthernAfricanUT-ITCandthisSchool’salumniandprofessionalstoattendacoursetitled“Useofsocialmedia,crowd-sourcingandweb-mappingtoenableaspatialwebpresencefortheprivatesectorinSouthernAfrica”.

FourmembersjoinedtheFourthAPEDIACurriculumDevelopmentWorkshopheldattheJustusLiebigUniversityofGiessen,Germany,inAugusttorecordlecturesdigitallyaspartofaninternationalpost-graduatemoduleonSustainableLandUse.

TheHotelSchooltrainingkitchenhostedtheFBI(FoodBeverageInstitute)ChefSchoolandPatisserieAcademyfromSouthAfricaforaonedayworkshopinsugarartwith25participantsfromWindhoek’sHotelsandRestaurants,withafollow-upworkshopinadvancedChocolateandDessertslaterintheyear.

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L e a r n i n g• C e n t r e f o r E n t r e p r e n e u r a l

D e v e l o p m e n t• C e n t r e f o r C o o p e r a t i v e

E d u c a t i o n• N a m i b i a B u s i n e s s

I n n o v a t i o n C e n t r e• N a m i b i a n G e r m a n C e n t r e

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The Centre took great strides with regard to eLearning,starting with a request to jointly organise and host theeLearningAfricaPre-ConferenceWorkshopwithDeggendorfUniversity of Applied Sciences, Germany, funded by theGermanAcademicExchangeService(DAAD).TheworkshopaimedtotrainAfrican-GermanAlumnitouseeLearning intheir professional practice. The pre-conference workshopwas attended by 20 participants from various Africancountries. ThreeCOLL staffmembers took actively part intheworkshopandwere invitedasguestspeakerstosharetheir experience of using eLearning and social media inOpen and Distance Learning (ODL). This successful eventresulted in anMOUbeing signedbetween this InstitutionandDeggendorfUniversityofAppliedSciencestoadvancethe joint development and delivery of eLearning coursesandapplythelatestICTsforcoursedeliveryandfacilitationofguestlectures,amongstothers.

COLL’s professional staff development course, “eLearningCourseforOnlineCourseDevelopersandOnlineTutors”wasentered for theWorldSummitAward (WSA)competition,passingthefirstroundtobeselectedasoneof400excellentventuresfromaroundtheworld.AfterbeingnominatedasbesteContentinNamibiabyWSA,COLLisnowentitledtouse theWSAofficial logoon thePolytechnic-COLLCourseCertificatestofurtherpromote,marketandputCOLLontheworldmap.

TheCOLLprofessionalstaffdevelopmentcoursenowalsofeaturesonYouTubehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6WbiHBUSBI&feature=youtu.beaftertheWSArequestedthatapromotionalvideobeproducedanduploadedonYouTube.

AnothermilestoneforCOLLwastherequestbytheSADC-CentreforDistanceEducation(SADC-CDE)toadaptandoffertheCOLLprofessionalstaffdevelopmentcourse,“eLearningCourseforOnlineCourseDevelopersandOnlineTutors”asa short course to trainandcapacitateODLPractitioners in SADCcountries.Assuch,SADC-CDEawardedtheeLearningCapacityBuildingContracttoCOLLwiththefirsttrainingof20participantsfromNamibiaandBotswanathatisscheduledtotakeplaceinJanuary2014.TheCOLLDirectorandtheVice-Rector:AcademicAffairsandResearch,werepartofthedelegation hostedby theLüderitzWaterfrontDevelopmentCompany (LWDC) in June, topresent thestrategicpositionofthePolytechnicSatelliteCampusaswellastheprogrammestobedeliveredatthiscampus.TheCOLLDirectorrepresentstheInstitutionontheInter-MinisterialTechnicalCommitteewithmonthlymeetings to keep the momentum for the successful implementation of this project. Official site handover took place in June, which marks the very first establishment of the Institution’s Satellite Campus.

Centre for Open Lifelong Learning

Dr Delvaline MöwesDirector

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TheCOLLDirectorwaspartoftheteamthatexploredtheestablishmentofaSatelliteCampusinWalvisBay,followingtheallocationoflandtotheInstitutionforthispurpose,bytheTownCouncil.

Thirty three students were registered for eLearning courses, which is more than the number ofstudentsregisteredthepreviousyear.eLearningwasimplementedattheRegionalCentres,withtheCoordinatorsbeingtrainedtouseMOODLEasaneLearningPlatformandtosupportdistanceeducationstudentsduringscheduledorientationsessionsandwhenotherwiseneeded.COLLfurtherdevelopedsixnewonlinecourses.

Thesteepincreaseinstudentenrolmentandprogrammediversificationneededthesupportof896part-timestaff,inadditiontothe38full-timestaffcomplement,including348marker-tutors,10eLearningcoursedevelopersandtutors,118researchsupervisors,54coursewriters,46contenteditors,threeinstructionaldesigners,threelanguageeditors,fourradioproducers,twoDVDproducers,120regionalface-to-face tutors, 172 face-to-face tutors in Windhoek to offer weekend tutorials, nine studentsupportassistantsandninemaintenanceassistantsattheRegionalCentres.

Courseenrolmentsstoodat37906,whichisanincreaseof6.7%fromthe35534in2012.Thecourseenrolmentisagainanindicationofmanyfull-timeandpart-timestudentswhoalsoregisterforsomeoftheircoursesonthedistanceeducationmode,classifyingthePolytechnicasadual-modeinstitution,thusofferingflexibilitythroughblendedlearning,whichisinlinewithtrendsatuniversitiesworldwide.Notable,too,istheincreaseof17.5%enrollmentatthemaincampusinWindhoek.

TheCentre’sprogrammeportfoliodiversifiedfurtherwiththelaunchofthe1styearqualificationfortheBachelorofLogisticsandSupplyChainManagement;BachelorofEconomics;andtheCertificateinVocationalEducation&Training,whilethe2ndyearsoftheBachelorofAccounting(General);Bachelorof Accounting (Chartered); Bachelor of Marketing; Bachelor of Marketing Honours; and BachelorofOfficeManagementandTechnologydegreeswerealso introduced in January,bringing the totalnumberofprogrammesonthedistanceeducationmodetotwentyone.

Collaboration

COLL’sbroadexpertiseofferstraining,designanddevelopmentofeLearningcourses,theCoordinatorsforEducationalTechnologyandCoursewareDevelopment,responsiblefortrainingoffacultytodevelopeLearning,OpenEducationalResources (OERs),multi-media andprint-based instructionalmaterial,usingMOODLEasaneLearningPlatformandvarious in-house templatesandhouse stylemanuals.TheCommonwealthofLearning(COL)requestedtheCentretoofferaskillsdevelopmentworkshopineLearningwithspecificfocusonTechnicalandVocationalEducationandTraining(TVET).

COL hosted its Seventh Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning (PCF7) in Abuja, Nigeria inDecember, inpartnershipwith theFederalMinistryofEducationand theNationalOpenUniversityofNigeria(NOUN).TheForumaddressed“OpenLearningforDevelopment:TowardsEmpowermentand Transformation” through five themes: “Girls’ and Women’s Education”, “Skills Development”,“PromotingOERs”, “Innovation and Technology” and “Institutional Development”. The opportunitytoconductan international skillsdevelopmentworkshopaffordedCOLL theuniqueposition tonotonlyreceivefunding,butalsoshare itsmodels,knowledgeandexpertise indistanceeducationandeLearning.

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AsCountryRepresentativefortheSADCTechnicalCommitteeonOpenandDistanceLearning(SADC-TCODL),theDirectorcollaboratedwithSADC-TCODLandCOLtohostdelegationsfromMozambiqueandGhanaforstudyvisitsduringAprilandSeptember.COLLwasidentifiedasthehostinginstitutioninSADCwhereODLandeLearningmethodologiesarefullymaturedandbestpracticesarerealised.COLLreceivedcommendationonthestridestakentoimplementeLearningandprocessesareunderwayforaMOUwiththeKoforiduaPolytechnic,Ghana,tobenefitfromapartnership.

Togetherwith theCentre for Teaching and Learning (CTL), COLLpresented a Senate submission tointegratetechnologyinteaching,learningandassessment.ThissubmissionfurtherservedasguidelinesfortheimplementationofeLearningaspartofthe4thStrategicPlan.COLLandCTLfurthercollaboratedsuccessfullyinhostingthefirstInstitutionalTechnologyDay,whichwasaresoundingsuccess.

COLLhasteamedupwiththeCentreforCooperativeEducation(CCE)andtheNorth-WestUniversity,SouthAfricaandreceivedfundingfromtheMinistryofEducationforajointresearchprojecttocarryoutastudyon:“Exploring Work Integrated eLearning (eWIL) in Open and Distance Learning: Human Resource Development in Emerging Countries”. Assuch,COLLattendedthe18thWorldConferenceonCooperativeandWorkIntegratedEducationinDurban,SouthAfrica,tofosternetworks,benchmarkregional and national research practices, and engage with senior managers and practitioners onchallenges,benefitsandglobalbestpractices.

TheDirector, includingtheNOLNetBoardofTrusteesMembers,hasbeentaskedbytheMinisterofEducationtorevisethedraftNationalODLPolicytobringitinlinewiththeapprovedSADCRegionalODLPolicyandtoincorporatethelatestdevelopmentsinICTs.ThefirstworkshoponthistaskwasheldinJune,withaconcludingworkshopinSeptember.

Innovation

FiveinstructionalvideosweredevelopedtosupporttheuseofMOODLEastheInstitution’seLearningPlatform,i.e.onetohelpstudentsnavigatethroughMOODLE,whilethreevideosaretargetedtohelptraditional print-based distance education students access multi-media and supplementary coursematerials on MOODLE. One instructional video is targeted to help students and lecturers accessmaterialoneBrary.

APowerPointpresentationwithVoiceOverwascreatedtopromoteeLearningduringtheOngwedivaTradeFair,whichisalsousedatShows,CareerFairsandduringRegistrationandStudentRecruitmenttomarketCOLL’seLearningCourses.

AFacebookPageandGroupaswellasdigitalvideotutorialshavebeenaddedtotheacademicsupportservicesprovidedbytheCentre.TheFacebookGrouphasbeensuccessfulinhelpingstudentsairtheirconcernsandreceiverelevantandsupportpromptly.ThedigitalvideotutorialshelpdistanceeducationstudentstoaccesstheeLearningplatform,MOODLEandlibraryeResources.ItfurtherallowsdistanceeducationstudentstohaveaccesstothesameeResourcesason-campusstudents.

Advances in Mobile Learning (mLearning) were made when COLL’s Coordinator for EducationalTechnologyadministeredafocus-groupwith10studentsregisteredforProfessionalCommunication.The responsewas verypositiveand students foundMOODLEeasy touse. Theyareof theopinionthatmLearning greatly increased the tutorial supportwith their online tutors,which theyneed tosuccessfullycompletetheirstudies.

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Professional Development Activities And Research

TheCoordinatorforCoursewareDevelopmentreceivedsponsorshipfromCOLtorepresentNamibiaattheSADCRegionalOpenEducationalResources(OERs)PolicyForuminJohannesburginMay,todiscussthedevelopmentofcountryandregionalOERpoliciesforSouthernAfrica.

ThesameCoordinatoralsoreceivedasponsorship fromtheSADC-Centre forDistanceEducationtoattend theOpenEducational Resources (OERs),DistanceEducationAssociation for SouthernAfrica(DEASA)Pre-ConferenceWorkshopinBotswana.

TheCOLLDirector,whoisnowtheDEASACountryRepresentativeforNamibiafortheperiod2013-2015,attendedtheDEASAConferenceandAGMinBotswanainSeptember,topresenttheCountryReportonbehalfofPolytechnic-COLL,UNAM-CES,NAMCOLandIUM.

TheCoordinator:EducationalTechnology’sabstract“The Potential of Social Networks in Universities of Technology to Support Learning - A Case Study from the Polytechnic of Namibia”, wasacceptedatthe6thAnnualSATNconference.Herresearchpaper“Assessingthe Effectiveness of Online Role Plays asanAssessment Method in the Training of Online Tutors” wasacceptedforapresentationattheResearchWeekhostedatthePolytechnic.

The Educational Technologist submitted a research paper “The Role of Social Media in Education” whichwasacceptedfortheOpenResearchDayhostedbytheInstitution.TheCoordinator:EducationalTechnologyisinher4thandfinalyearofreadingforherPhDthroughLancasterUniversity(UK).

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The Centre provides professional development opportunitieswith theaimtoadvancetheworkof facultythroughout their teaching careers. Learning new ways ofdoingthingsintheacademicspherehelpsthemtoprogressand incorporate ever evolving best practices that supportstudentlearning.

The Faculty Inductionworkshop for new staffwas held atthebeginningoftheyeartoorientthemtoawidevarietyofinstitutionalpracticesandpolicies,andsettingadirectionfortheirteachingpathstomakeapositive impactthroughouttheircareers.

TheCentrealsoofferedathree-dayworkshoptoallteachingstaff of the SHAS on teaching, learning, assessment andtechnology,andsimilarworkshopsweresubsequentlyextendedtotherestoftheSchoolsinMarch.

The annual Great Teachers’ Workshop was held in July with 30 participants in this professionaldevelopmentexercise.Thisworkshopexaminesissuesofteaching,learningandtechnologyandprovidesanopportunityforfacultytoengageindiscussionsonthechallengestheyfaceandthesuccessestheycarry in their daily instructional endeavourswhile devising strategieswith regard to the former todealwiththemeffectively.TheweeklyacademicsessionsfocusedonthenewCourseEvaluationTool,IdeasforStudentEngagement,theUseofOpenEducationalResourcesinHigherEducation,EnhancingResearchSkills. TheTeachingExcellenceAwardswereawardedforthefirsttimeinthePolytechnicinthreecategories,namelyEarlyCareerTeachingAward,Mid-CareerTeachingAwardandAdvancedCareerTeachingAward.

TheWriting Centre, established to help students improve and excel in their academicwriting, i.e.languageandresearch,respondedtoaspecialrequesttoconductanAcademicWritingWorkshopforstudentsintheMediaTechnologyHonoursprogrammeduringMayandJune.TheEnglishlanguageingeneralposeschallengestostudentsasfarassyntaxandorganisationoftheses,andothermattersareconcerned.TheCentrehasanopen-doorpolicytoassiststudentsandhelpthembecomebetterwriterswhileimprovingintheiracademicwork.

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TheCentrewasattheforefrontofpromotingtheopportunitiesofeLearning,andmanagedtodeploy 1 400 courses offered on the Learning Management System, thus effectively establishing a Web-presenceforall.TheInstructionalTechnologyofficetrainedmorethan160facultyontheuseoftheeLearningplatformand InteractiveWhiteBoards (IWBS) in teachingand learning in theclassroom.Mostnotable,45 teaching staffparticipated in trainingon the second level advancedusageof theIWBS.

Aseriesofmini-workshopsweretargetedatdevelopingthecapacityofteachingstaffonthetechnicalaspectsofeLearning.TheCentreworkedcollaborativelytointroduceMoodletoonlinetutorsaswellastrainingfacultyontheuseofvariedfeaturesoftheeLearningplatform.IncollaborationwithCOLL,thetwocentresmadestridesinraisingawarenessandfamiliarisingstakeholdersaboutinstructionaltechnologywithintheinstitutionatvariousplatformssuchastheNewStudentOrientation. ThiscollaborationresultedintheveryfirstTechnologyDay,whichprovidedawonderfulopportunityto showcase progress made regarding the use of technology at the Institution, inter alia throughpresentations and highlighting communications from international partners concurring with theInstitutionastotheimportanceofintegratingtechnologyinteaching,learningandassessment.Facultywhoexcelledintheuseoftechnologywererecognisedandreceivedawardsfortheirinnovativeuseoftechnology.

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TheCentreconstantly strives topartnerwith internationalinstitutions to bring internationally accredited trainingprogrammes to Namibia. The Centre was particularlysuccessfulinthisendeavour.

Thus, in order to ensure international certification of itsclients,CEDformedpartnershipswithCertiportTestCentre,CiscoNetworkingAcademy(CNA),CompTiaTrainingPartner,ICDL TestCentre,Microsoft ITAcademy, PearsonVUETestCentreandPrometricTestCentre.

TheInternationalTestCentresarefullyoperationalatCED,whichhasbecometheleaderinInternationalCertificationsin Namibia. More than 200 candidates have achievedinternationalcertification.

TraininginMicrosoftSystemAdministrationaswellasvariousotherMicrosoftproductswaspresentedto263students.Approximately460studentsweretrainedonCCNAModules1-4duringtheyear.CEDacquiredthestatusofCompTiaTrainingPartnerandisgearedtoservicethepublic.Atotalof12ShortLearningProgrammeswerepresentedto221participants.

The Institution, throughCED,hostedthe6th InternationalConferenceonEngineeringandBusinessEducationthemed“Innovation,EntrepreneurshipandSustainability”.Participantsfrom14countriesmadesignificantcontributionstothisconferencethatbroughtacademics,researchers,scholarsandindustryclosertogether.

TheSMEDevelopmentandSupportunitexperiencedanexceptionallyactiveyearwithskillstrainingthroughthefollowingprogrammes:

• TrainingandmentorshiptoWomenMicro-businessesacrossNamibiaunderagreementwithOldMutualNamibia.Twentyeightwomenhavebenefittedsince2010.

• Training and mentorship under the Ministry of Trade and Industry Business Support ServicesProgramme(BSSP)intheKhomasRegion.Onehundredandeightentrepreneursgainedskills inareasofgeneralmanagement,marketing,accountingandrecordkeeping.

• SME seminars and workshops in partnership with “B360 education partnerships”. This SwissfoundationarrangesthatprofessionalsjointheInstitutionasvolunteerguestlecturersforanumberofweekstofacilitateknowledgesharingpartnerships.

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Basictraininginsemi-preciousstonecuttingandpolishing,basicjewellerydesignandentrepreneurshiptook place at the Keetmanshoop Gemstone Centre. The Institution in cooperation with KristallenLannavaara Sweden, Offshore Development Company, in the Ministry of Trade and Industry,KeetmanshoopTownCouncil,andPartnershipforLocalDevelopmentDemocracyandSocialInnovation(Finland)enteredintoanagreementforcapacitydevelopment,diversificationandvalueadditionforthesemi-preciousstoneindustryintheHardapandKarasRegions.UnderthePhase1intake,13traineeswereawardedcertificatesandanother15wererecruitedunderPhase2oftheproject.

The Industry-focussed Academy concentrates on imparting relevant business processmanagementknowledgeaswellasmanagementdevelopmentknowledgeandskillstoindustry.ThisyearmarkedtheninthintakeofstudentsfortheCommercialAdvancementTrainingScheme(CertificateinBusinessProcessManagement).TheprogrammewasadaptedfromtheGermanDualSystem,anditintegratestheoreticallearningwithpracticalexperiencewithintheworkplace.TheunitdevelopedtheCertificateinSupervisorySkillsDevelopmentNQFLevel5.Trainingistocommencein2014.ThefirstintakefortheManagementDevelopmentProgrammeNQFLevel7inpartnershipwithWitsUniversitycommencedwith18participantsinOctober2013.

Thesecondintake(2012-2013)forthePostgraduateCertificateinICTPolicyandRegulationNQFLevel8producedfourstudentsthatgraduatedinOctober2013.Theprogramwillbeofferedforthethirdtimein2014.

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The Centre continued to invest in promoting the employability of students and graduates, of which 798students were absorbed in the Work Integrated Learning(WIL) programme. The Centre also hosted interns, sevenfromtheSchoolofManagementandonefromtheSchoolofHumanities.

TheCentre sawa recordnumberof 423 studentwalk-ins,requestingassistancewiththeeditingorupdatingoftheirCVs,applyingforadvertisedinternshipsoracquiringinformationtogeneralinternshipqueries.Inaddition,studentsareabletoutilisetheofficeequipmenttoimmediatelyamendtheirCVs and submit applications, after a quality screening bystaff,toindustrypartners.

FollowingthesigningofaMoUbetweentheInstitutionandtheUnitedStatesEmbassyinNamibia,fourPolytechnicstudentswereplacedwithintheUSEmbassyframeworkforthepurposeofWIL.

TheCentretogetherwiththePIRdepartment facilitatedthesecond intakefortheServiceLearningproject.Servicelearningisamethodofteachingthatcombinesclassroominstructionwithmeaningfulcommunityservice.ThiscanbedemonstratedwiththeexampleofMsAshleyHarbin,astudentfromParkUniversityinKansasCity,Missouri,USA,whowhilepursuingaBachelorDegreeinMathematicsandStatistics,cametoNamibiaforServiceLearningatN/a’ankuseWildlifeSanctuarythroughtheStudyAbroadtoAfrica’spartnershipwiththePolytechnic.Herinterestspecificallywastoconductstatisticalresearchonthepopulationgrowthofwildlifeasaresultofpoaching.

Conferences and Workshops

The6th InternationalConferenceonEngineeringandBusinessEducation (ICEBE)washostedby theInstitution in October. The Centre coordinated the first Multi-disciplinary Student Research Team(MSRT)projectinNamibiaandtwostudentresearchteamshostedbyHanganaSeafoodandAdForcepresentedtheirfindings,namelymarketingsegmentationandimprovingprocessingstandards,attheConference.

The Institution participated in the 3rd Institute for PeopleManagement (IPM) Convention, held inWindhoek, where the Centre also exhibited under the theme “Charting the way for CooperativeEducation”withthesub-topic“PartnershipEngagements”focussedoninstillingtheneedforindustryengagement with CCE to foster partnerships and to streamline the placement process of studentinternswithinindustry.Throughitsmembershipandactiveengagementandcollaboration,theCentrecontinuestoforgerelationshipswithmembersoftheInstitute.

The Director of the Centre was appointed as member of the World Association for CooperativeEducation (WACE) Board at the 18thWorld Conference held inDurban, SouthAfrica in June under

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thetheme“‘WIL-POWER’FuellingtheFutureWork-force”.HealsoservesasamemberoftheWACEInternational StrategicPlanningCommission.As aBoardmemberhewill play anactive role in theformationofWACEpoliciesthatpromotetheglobaldevelopmentandgrowthofCooperativeEducationand internship programmes in support of industry needs. The conference provided a platform foracademics,practitioners, learners, industry,communitypartnersandotherstakeholderstocriticallyengageinthekeyfocusareasofCooperativeEducationandWIL.TheCentrealsopresentedapaperattheConferencebasedontheServiceLearningproject.

Other Activities

The Industry LiaisonOfficersmetwith industry partners inGobabis,Walvis Bay and Swakopmund,Keetmanshoop,Otjiwarongo,OtaviandOkahandjatofacilitatenewinternshipagreements,re-visitingoldonesandcementedrelationstoensureplacementsforstudentsonWIL.

TheCentreparticipatedintheCulturalFestivalparadewiththesub-themeof“PROFESSIONALFUN”.ThepurposewastomarketCCE’sactivitiestostudentsandindustryandtomarkettheMSRDTprojectthattheCentrehaslaunchedinpartnershipwithWismarUniversity,Germany.PreparationfortheeventwasfacilitatedbyCCEstaff,internsandthreeadditionalstudentswhowerenamedCCEambassadors.The truckwasdecorated inCCE colours andposters andwasnamed “THE INTERN”.Anofficewasconstructedontopofthetruck,wheretheCCEteamdemonstratedtheactivitiesandservicesofferedattheCentre.

AWACEteamvisitedtheInstitutionandwastaskedwithformulatingandsubmittingaCooperativeEducationWACE-NamibiaNationalStrategydocument.TheMinistryofEducationavailedabudgetandtheWorkinggroup(madeupofthePolytechnic,NCCI,UNAM,NTA,MoE,NQA,andIUM)endorsedcontracting WACE, thus enabling their visit to Namibia to conduct investigative research towardsdraftingareporttobesubmittedtotheMinistryofEducation.

TheWACEteamconsistedofthefollowingmembers:DrPaulStonely,WACECEO;MrMartyFord,WACEDirectorforGlobalPartnerships;DrRichardPorter,ChairofMathematicsDepartment&formerV.P.forCooperativeEducation,North-EasternUniversity;DrJamesStellar,Provost,QueensCollege,CUNY&WACEBoard;MrShakeelOri,Director:CooperativeEducation,DurbanUniversityofTechnology&WACEBoardMember.

The Centre hosted a number of academics collaborating on various projects, namely Sr DiptyNaran from the University of Johannesburg,Ms Angela Samuels from the Engagement Office andIndustryScholarships,UniversityofNewcastleinAustraliaandDrRonelBlomfromtheUniversityofWitwatersrand.

Other activitiesof theCentre included the following facilitationof theKnowledge, Integration andTransparencyinEducation(KITE)projectwiththesupportoftheErasmusMundusProgrammeoftheEuropeanUnion,thusprovidingbothstaffandacademicstheopportunityofstudyingabroad;PaperpresentationandchairingofasessionattheSouthernAfricaTechnologyNetworkConference(SATN)held in Pretoria; Staff Strategic Alignment workshopwith the Centre for Lifelong Learning (COLL);Employabilityskillssurveyconductedat the18thGraduationCeremony inAprilandOctober;TracerstudymeetingsandworkshopwithNCHE;GermanandAgranetworkingbreakfasts;participationattheOngwedivaandWindhoekAgriculturalShows;radiointerviewsforCooperativeEducationandtheSRDTprojectandDirectorofCeremoniesatthePolytechnicAIDSAwarenessCampaign.

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The Centre’s mission is to stimulate, engage andmotivate economic development through variousworkshops and mentorship programmes on innovationand entrepreneurship. These activities, complementingentrepreneurial development build the cornerstone tohelpease theunemploymentchallengecurrently facedbyNamibia.Thisisachievedthroughvariousplatforms.

Innovation Marketplace (I’M)

One of I’M’s main aims is to scout for innovative peoplewith ideas andmotivate them to participate in Institute’sactivitiesinordertostartinnovativebusinesses.I’Misoneofthe“feeders”fortheotherInstitute’sprogrammes.

TheIdeaCreationWorkshopisanexcellenttoolbecauseofitsnatureaswellaspopularity.ThepurposeoftheIdeaCreationWorkshopsistoteachparticipantsthetoolsandtechniquesofhowtogenerateaviable(innovative)businessidea.FourteenIdeaCreationWorkshopswereoffered,whichattracted308participants.

IdeaAssessmentWorkshopswhereofferedtoabout63participants,includingtheHackathonandtheRLabsparticipants.About40participantsgraduatedtothepitchpresentationsfortheBootcamp. ItisworthnotingthatI’MhasfinallydevelopedanonlineIdeaAssessmentthatcanbeutilisedbythepeoplethatarefarfromWindhoek.

Business Idea Competition

ThisCompetitiondrawstheinterestofthegeneralpublictocreativeanddesignthinkinginordertoestablishviableandsustainablebusinesses.The6-weekcompetitionhad79entries,ofwhich55werefromWindhoekand24 fromother regions.Theoutcomeof theBusiness IdeaCompetitionwasasfollows:

• 1stPrizewenttoTwiihendeni IsrealofOtshimanaFarmingTradingEnterprisescc fortheBeans processing project;

• 2ndPrizewenttoSimonEbenHaihamboofAd+MobilefortheMobile Application project;• 3rdPrizewenttoLindsayThabo,ofDlaminiInvestmentforthe Bus Service for Government Schools

project;• 4thPrizewenttoNdeyapoElizabethMupetamiofH-tebazilETradingEnterprisesfortheOshikundu/

Ontaku Energy project;and• 5thPrizewenttoDrink&SoftDrink,FennyNashilundo&MariaShipangaofAmazingKidsHair

SalonfortheKiddie’sHairSalonproject.

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Entrepreneurship and Incubation

TheEntrepreneurshipandIncubation(E&I)pillarsupportsentrepreneursfromtheinitialbusinessideatotheestablishmentoftheircompanyandthesubsequentgrowthphase,throughmentoring,trainingandincubatorservices.

Entrepreneurs Circle

ThroughtheEntrepreneursCircle,the Institutehascreatedaplatformthatbringstogetheraspiringentrepreneursoverlunchtodiscussentrepreneurshiptopicsandtonetwork.Attheseforumsyoungaspiring entrepreneurs are addressedondifferent topics regarding entrepreneurship followedby adiscussiononthatparticulartopic.TheEntrepreneursCircletakesplaceonceamonthonaWednesdayat theNBIC InnovationVillage. Six EntrepreneursCircleswereheldandbrought togetherover140attendees.

Business Plan Competition

ThelaunchoftheannualbusinessplancompetitiontookplaceinMayandtheawardsceremonywasheldinOctoberwiththefollowingwinners:

• The1stPrizeofN$17000,sponsoredbyDevelopmentBankofNamibia,wasawardedtotheTikaTukaPiggery,representedbyMrSakeusKafula.

• The2ndPrizeofN$10000,sponsoredbyFirstNationalBank,waswonbytheEnviro-AlchemicSustainableInvestments,representedbyMrWinfredTangeniNdimfitu.

• The3rdPrizeofN$7000sponsoredbyNamibMills,wasreceivedbytheInnov8TechnologiesCC,representedbyMrEbenHaihambo.

Twentyeightbusinessplanswere submittedand theNBIC teampitched in to shortlist the top10.External judges were from FNB, Namib Mills and Agra who judged and selected the winners inSeptember.Threeofthe10finalistshadparticipatedintheBootcampcompetitionandonesecuredthethirdplace.

Incubation and Co-Working Space

Therearecurrentlytwoincubateesintheincubationcentrewhoarebeingmentoredonaregularbasisdependingontheirneeds.Whiletheco-workingspacesarebeingutilisedonaregularbasisbyaspiringentrepreneurswhorentatableandchaironashort-termbasisandmakeuseofavailablefreeinternetconnection.

AprojectwasinitiatedinJulywithatime-frameoffivemonthstore-workandestablishanIncuLabinApril 2014.

Research and Development

The Research and Development (R&D) pillar fosters partnerships between established companiesandNamibianacademic institutionsaswellasstart-upcompanies. It targets researchers interestedincommercialisingtheirideasandcompanieslookingfortechnologiestosolvechallengestheyfaceordevelop innovativeproductsandservices.CurrentlyR&Dcovers theMobileLab,RLabsNamibia,TechnologyTransferandFabLabNamibia.

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Mobile Lab

Thisprovidesaplatformforlocalsoftwaredeveloperstolearn,developandcommercialisetheirmobileapplications.SofartheLabhashostedeightdevelopercirclesessions,whereagroupof33softwaredevelopershavecollaboratedontheirprojectsandreceivedsupportfrompeers.DuringtheDeveloperCirclesessions,threepresentationsweremadebyindustrywhichwerelookingfornewapplications.

Twoteamsworkedonthepresentedappideas,withoneofthoseprojectsbeingmanagedbyNBIC.TheMobileLabalsohostedamobileinnovationBootcampandHackathoninMarch,whichproducedsevenappconcepts,whichareexpectedtobedevelopedfurther.InSeptember,theInstitutepartneredwithNorthgateTechnologiestohostthefirsteverMobileInnovationChallenge,aimingtoseekforthethreebestmobileapplicationsthroughoutNamibia.TheMobileInnovationChallengetopprizeofN$50000waswonbyCrowdAds,whoseconceptwastoconnectbuyersandsellersofgoodsandservicesthroughtheapplication.

RLabs Namibia

TheRLabs trainingequipsparticipantswithmarketing skills using social networking tools, andwasfacilitatedby threegraduatesof thefirst socialnetworking training.Theacademyalsooffers socialmediamarketingconsultations forbusinesses inNamibia.RLabsNamibiawasofficially launched inAprilduringtheNBICInnovationWeek.ThisacademywasestablishedfromthecollaborationoftheRLabsAcademyinCapeTown,whichhasbranchesworldwide.

Technology Transfer

AsinitiatedbytheInstitute,throughtheSouthernAfricaInnovationSupportProgramme(SAIS),theTechnologyTransferOffice(TTO)aimstocommercialiseideasandtostimulatedisclosures,integratewithexistinginitiativesacrossthebroadeconomiclandscapeoftheSADCregion.TheTTOwillalsooffercoordinationbetweenacademia,industry,publicsectorandcivilsocietytoincreasethecompetitivenessoftheregionaleconomy.AjointprojectproposalwassubmittedbytheInstituteincollaborationwithBotswanaandZambia.

FabLab Namibia

AteamoftwotechnologistshasbeenworkingwiththeMinistryofTradeandIndustry(MTI)sinceendyear2011tosetuptheFabLab.TheDepartmentofTradePromotionwasoriginallymandatedtoassistinthefundingandpartnershipneededtosetupthelab.InJanuaryconnection was facilitated between FabLab and the Directorate ofIndustrial Development, through which the FabLab Namibia teamcompiledandsubmittedaproposaltoMTI.FundingtothevalueofN$7millionforaperiodof12monthswasapprovedbytheMTI.However,thisissubjecttoafurther5-yearpartnershipduringwhichtosetup13regionalTechnologyCentres(TC)/FabLab.ThiswillbeprecededbysettingupthefirstMTITCpilotprojectakaFabLabNamibia,trainingof 4-6 MTI trainees for the first regional TC/FabLab, carrying outresearchanddevelopmentonthefirstTCaswellasthepossibilityforabar-codingcentreforNamibia.

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TheCentrewascreatedthroughapartnershipbetweentheInstitution and Flensburg University of Applied Science inGermany,withfundingbytheGermanAcademicExchangeService(DAAD).Theprogrammeispartofthe“AktionAfrika”programmeoftheGermanForeignOffice.Afterasuccessfulfunding period from 2009-2013 the NGCL secured newfundingforanewcycle(2014-2018).

Tointensifyoperations,theCentrehasdivideditsactivitiesinto two departments, namely a research unit andcommercialunit.

The Research Unit

Academic programmes

TheCentresupportedtheimplementationofthefollowingprogrammes:• BachelorofLogisticsandSupplyChainManagement;• BachelorofTransportManagement;and• BachelorofLogisticsHonours.

Master of Logistics and Supply Chain Management

The Centre initiated managing and coordinating the new Master of Logistics and Supply ChainManagement programme, to be transferred to the School ofManagement once imbedded in theDepartment of Logistics. The first year of the curriculumwas completed. Feedback from the firstcohortofstudentsallsuggestthattheyhaveenjoyedthecourseandarestimulatedbythisuniqueexperience,especiallybytheuseof“real-life”casestudiesandtheopportunitytoattendtheAnnualLogisticsandTransportWorkshopatWalvisbay.Togetherwith thecohortof students, twoGermanexchangestudentsfromReutlingenUniversitytookanumberofthesecondsemestermodules.

Research

State of Logistics Survey

Themainthrustcontinuestoestablishandmonitorthestateof logistics inNamibia. Thesurvey isbeingusedforvariouspurposesincludinginvestigatingtherequirementsforandpotentialbenefitsofWalvisbaybecomingalogisticshubforNamibiaandtheneighbouringSADCcountries.

Theoutputfromthisworkhasbeenpromulgatedthroughanumberofchannelsincluding:• Academicpapers/articlesinBotswana,SouthAfricaandtheUK.• PresentationsinBotswana,UKandatourownLogisticsandTransportWorkshopinWalvisbayas

wellastothePan-AfricanParliament.

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Endowed Chair

TheNGCLreceivedagrantofN$3million fromNamporttorecruitanexpert,anendowedchairfortransportandlogistics.TheNamportEndowedChairwillbeassignedtosupportandconductresearch,businessoutreachandteaching inthePolytechnicandfortheTransportandLogistics industry.ThepositionwillenablethepersontoworkintheNGCLandtheDepartmentofTransportandLogisticsinthePolytechnic,asabusinessdevelopmentmanager, researcherand lecturerrespectively. Withlogisticsandtransportasanenablerforeconomicgrowth,thepositionwillfocusonestablishinglinksbetweenacademiaandindustrytosolvelogisticsandtransportrelatedproblemsinNamibiaandtheregion.

The 5th Annual Logistics and Transport Workshop

TheflagshipeventoftheNGCLwasthe5thAnnualLogisticsandTransportWorkshopwhichtookplaceinWalvisbayinSeptember.TheWorkshoprecorded108participantsandattractedspeakersfromaroundtheglobeaswellaslocaldignitaries.Theeventhasgrownsinceitwasfirstheldin2009.

List of Main Publications

Duringthe2013academicyeartheCentrestaffproduced13publicationsincludingthefollowing;Fransman,L.(2013).Multi-agentcollaborationplatforms:AretheyfeasiblefortheNamibianTransport

Industry?InProceedings of the International Conference on Engineering & Business Education, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ICEBE), held in Windhoek, Namibia, 7-10 October 2013(pp.182-188).

Gibson,R.,Savage,C.J.(2013a).Knowyourrisk,knowyourappetiteforgrowth,Operations Management (1755-1501)39(1),12-15.

Gibson,R.,Savage,C..(2013b).Knowyourrisk,knowyourappetiteforgrowth,Logistics & Transport Focus15(5),40-43.

Leach,D.Z.,Maden,W.,Savage,C.J.(2013).High-capacityvehicles:Aninvestigationintotheirpotentialenvironmental,economicandpracticalimpactifintroducedtoUKroads.International Journal of Logistics Research & Applications: A Leading Journal of Supply Chain Management,16(6),461-481.doi:10.1080/13675567.2013.856390

Savage,C.J., Fransman, L., Jenkins,A.K. (2013). Logistics inNamibia: Issuesand challenges. Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management, Art. #86, 7(1), 50-58.doi: org/10.4102/jtscm.v7i1.86

Savage,C.J.(2013).Becomingaregionalgatewaybydevelopinglogisticshubs:Ablessingoracurse?InProceedings of the International Conference on Business Innovation and Growth held in Gaborone, Botswana, 31 July - 2 August 2013(pp.469-482).

Savage,C.J.,Gibson,R.(2013).Supplychainresilience:Thepossibleapplicationoftriplebottomlinecostingtosupplychainriskmanagement.InProceedings of the 18th International Symposium on Logistics Conference on Resilient Supply Chains in an uncertain environment (ISL2013) held in Vienna, Austria, 7-10 July 2013(pp.152-159).

The Commercial Unit

Short courses training

TheInternationalDiplomainLogisticsandTransport,isaimedatcandidatesholdingmiddlemanagementpositions in specialist functional areas such as Supply-Chain Management, Transport Operations,Transport Planning, Warehousing, Procurement, Production Planning and Inventory Management.

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It was offered twice amonth during weekends inWindhoek,Walvisbay and Lüderitz with a totalenrolmentof70students.

Following a successfulmarketing campaign at theOngwedivaAnnual Trade Fair inAugust coupledwithpreviousinterestsfromprivateandpublicsectorsaswellasincludingindividuals,acost-benefitratioanalysiswasconductedtoestablishthepossibilityofopeningtrainingcentresinKeetmanshoop,Ongwediva/Oshakati,East/West,Grootfontein/Tsumeb,ZambeziandKavangoRegions.

Learners Licensing for Roads Authority

TheCentrecontinuedtosupporttheRoadsAuthoritywiththedesign,qualityassuranceandprintingofthelearner’slicensequestionpapers,thussupportingtheRoadsAuthoritytorevampthelearnerslicensingprocessinthecountryandtointroducewrittenlearner’slicensetestinginallregionsinthecountry.Thesystemisnowmorerobustintermsoffraudpreventionandqualityassurance.Staff and Student Exchange

OnanannualbasistheCentresendsandreceivesanumberofinternstoandfromGermany.ThethreeinternsfromGermanycoveredresearchprojectsatTransNamib,NGCLResearchDepartmentandtheNamibiaBreweriesundersupervision.

Furthermore,sixLogisticsstudentsweresenttothefirstFlensburgAutumnSchoolinSeptember,ofwhichthreestayedonforasemesterabroadandaninternshipinGermany.Aspartofthestaffexchangeinitiativesbetweenthepartneruniversities,astaffmemberwassecondedtoFlensburg(Germany)forthreemonths.

Other Achievements

AnumberofkeyachievementsthatwouldimprovetheprofileoftheCentrewererealised.TheDirectorrepresentedtheCentreonvariouscommitteesinindustry,suchastheNamibiaStandardsInstitution,NamibiaTrainingAuthorityandNamibiaQualificationsAuthority.TheCentrehasalsobeenengagedregionally and internationally through its various partnerships and collaborations in research andtraining.

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TheRenewableEnergyandEnergyEfficiencyInstitute(REEEI)isanationalinstitutethatwasestablishedin2006throughacooperationagreementbetweentheMinistryofMinesandEnergy(MME),asthemainfinancier,andthePolytechnicofNamibia.Itsmainfunctionsarethepromotionofawareness,uptakeof renewable energy technologies andadoptionofenergy efficiency measures by the Namibian population,therebyincreasingtheiraccesstomodernenergyoptions.

REEEI’sexperienceandservicedeliveryisrootedinNamibia,but benchmarked internationally. Since 2006 the REEEIhasplayedapivotalrole inthedevelopmentofrenewableenergy sector in Namibia through liaison with local andinternational stakeholders. The centre is grateful for thecollaboration with its partners, including consultants thathaveparticipatedinourvariousprojects.

REEEI Transformation to Namibia Energy Institute (NEI)

TheCabinetoftheGovernmentoftheRepublicofNamibia(GRN)authorisedthetransformationoftheREEEItoNEIinDecember2012,thelattertocarryanewmandatethatincludestheestablishmentoffourcentres,viz.:CentreforRenewableEnergyandEnergyEfficiency;CentreforPetroleum(OilandGas);CentreforElectricitySupply;andCentreforNuclearSciences.AfiveyearstrategicactionplanfortheNEIwasfinalisedandplansareatanadvancedstagetolaunchtheNamibiaEnergyInstituteearly2014.

Projects

In2013,REEEIhasmanagedanumberofprojectsinordertoaddressthestrategicgoalsoftheInstitute,asfollows:

Off-grid Energisation Master Plan (OGEMP)

TheOGEMPisanMMEinitiativetoincreaseaccesstomodernenergyinoff-gridareasthroughthesolarrevolvingfund,wherequalifyingNamibianscanapplyforlowinterestloanstoinstallsolarphotovoltaichome systems, solar water heating, or solar water pumping systems at their homes. The REEEIparticipatedbyprovidingtechnicaladviceforincreasedqualityofservicedeliveryandtrainedmorethan50technicianstoinstallsolarhomesystemsinNamibia.OGEMPalsodealswithelectrificationofpublicinstitutions,whichareinoff-gridareas,withsolarphotovoltaicpower.TheREEEIassistedtheMMEbyprovidingtechnicalassistanceinthedesignandcommissioningofcontainerisedsolarsystems.Eightsuchsystemseachwithcapacityof2.88kWpphotovoltaic(PV)systemswereinstalledatpublicinstitutions inOmusati region.REEEIhasestablished13EnergyShops in12 regionsof the countryinordertobringclosertothepopulation,thesparesandservicetheymayneedfortheirrenewable

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energyandenergyefficiencysystems.Anassessmentoftheprojectwasinitiatedattheendof2013,whichwill informthewayforwardwhile launchingthesecondphaseoftheEnergyShopproject in2014.

Southern African Solar Thermal Training and Demonstration Initiative (SOLTRAIN)

SoltrainisajointprojectbetweentheInstituteofSustainableTechnologies(AEEINTEC)ofAustria,andpartnersinfourSADCcountriesincludingMozambique,Namibia,SouthAfrica,andZimbabwe,withtheaimofpromotingtheuseofsolarenergyforheatingandcoolingapplications.InNamibia,theSoltrainactivitiesaremanagedbyREEEIsince2009.In2013asecondphaseoftheprojectwaslaunched.The60technicianstrainedundertheSoltrainprojectareencouragedtosourcebusinessandtheirclientscan benefit fromup to 50% co-financing from the Soltrain Project. Supplementary funding for theSoltrainprojectwassecuredfromtheOPECFundingforInternationalDevelopment(OFID),undertheleadershipofAEEINTEC.ASolarThermalTechnologyPlatform(STTP)wasfoundedtomapthefuturefor solar thermal technology inNamibia.Avisionofprovidinghotwater forallNamibians throughsolarwaterheatingby2030hasbeenmooted,andisbeingdeveloped.TheREEEIhasbeenconfirmedas aCentreof Excellence in solar thermal technologies inNamibia,working togetherwith satellitecentressuchasVocationalTrainingCentres (VTC’s) throughout thecountry,aswellas industryandotheracademicinstitutions.SixVTC’swilleachreceivedemonstrationsystemsfromfundssourcedbyREEEI,andprovidedbytheSoltrainproject,OFID,MME,andtheEnvironmentalInvestmentfund(EIF).

Namibia Energy Efficiency Programme in Buildings (NEEP)

TheNEEPisa3-yearproject(2011-13)fundedbytheGlobalEnvironmentFacility(GEF)andimplementedby theUnitedNationsDevelopmentProgramme (UNDP), throughmanagementbyREEEIonbehalfoftheMME.Energysavingopportunitiesinbuildingshavebeenstudiedandquantifiedthroughthetrainingofenergyauditors,andconductionofenergyauditsintwelvebuildingsbenchmarkedashigh(and inefficient) consumers of energy inNamibia. A combined energy saving opportunity of up to3GWhannuallyatan investmentcostofaboutN$5.5million is feasible,withpaybackperiods lessthanfiveyears,andamountingtoN$40.7millioncumulativesavingsnetpresentvalueover10years.TheNEEP commissioneda studyon theRevisionofNationalBuildingCodes to incorporateEnergyEfficiency(EE)andRenewableEnergy(RE)Principles,whichwascompletedin2013.ThelegalbuildingcodesinNamibiaaremorethan40yearsold,andarethusoutdated.ThisdemandsaholisticrevisionofthesamebeforeincorporationofEEandREprinciples.OthercompletedstudiesincludetheannualnationalsurveythatwasdonetoassesstheimpactsofvariousenergyefficiencyinterventionssofarcarriedoutinNamibia.TheNEEPprojectestablishedtheGreenBuildingCouncilofNamibia(GBCNA),withREEEIastheSecretariat.TheGBCNA,nowregisteredasaTrustwiththeHighCourtofNamibia,willruntheGreenBuildingRatingSystem.AnOfficeRatingTooladoptedfromtheGBCofSouthAfrica(GBCSA),wascontextualizedtoNamibia.TheGBCNAhosteda3-daytrainingworkshopinJuly2013aimedatcreating localcapacityofprofessionalsabletoassessgreenbuildingsandcommemoratedthegreenbuildingweekthroughaworkshoporganisedattheHabitatResearchDevelopmentCentre(HRDC).

Namibia Wind Resource Assessment Project (NWRAP)

REEEImanagesthecollectionofwindenergydataat11sitessouthandwestofNamibiawiththeaimofdevelopingawindenergyatlasforNamibia.PartnerstothisprojectincludeREEEI,NamPower,MTC,MasdarInstitute(UAE),andIRENA.LecturersfromtheSchoolofEngineeringofthisInstitutionhaveparticipatedactivelyinthisprojectsinceinceptionin2011.AnMOUwassignedthisyearwithMasdar

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InstitutepavingthewayfortheInstitutiontoreceive laser-basedwindenergyresourceassessmentequipment(LIDAR)whilevalidatingthedatacollectedfromnon-conventionalmasts.TheLIDARwasreceivedinNovemberandwillbedeployedearly2014.

Concentrated Solar Power Technology Transfer in Namibia (CSP TT NAM)

Afterasuccessfulpre-feasibilitystudycompletedin2012,fundingtoembarkonafullfeasibilitystudywassecuredfromGEF,andasigningceremonyinAugustsignalledthebeginningofCSPTTNAM.REEEIlooksforwardtohostingtheProjectManagementUnit(PMU)oftheCSPTTNAMonbehalfoftheMMEforthenextthreeyears.

EU – ACP EDULINK Projects

REEEI provides administrative support to, and is the overall coordinator of, sustainable energyrelatedEDULINKprojects at the Institutionandworks closelywith theProjects ServiceCentreandtheInternationalRelationsOffice,aswellastheSchoolofEngineering.Threeprojectswereapprovedfor funding:Southern African Sustainable Energy Initiative (SASEI); Programme on Energy Efficiency in Southern Africa (PEESA); and Participatory Integrated Assessment of Energy Systems to promote Energy Access and Efficiency (PARTICIPIA).Upto14lecturersfromtheSchoolofEngineeringparticipateintheseprojects.Researchteamsweresetupcomprisingat least fouracademicstaffmembersforeachprojectandallarereadytoembarkontheirtasks.

Renewable Energy Procurement Process

REEEIholdstheChairoftheProjectManagementUnit(PMU)oftheRenewableEnergyProcurementProcessProjectestablishedbyMMEsince2012.ThePMUprovidestechnicaladviceonlargerenewableenergyprojectdevelopmentinNamibiatotheProjectSteeringCommittee(PSC)whichcomprisesofMME,ElectricityControlBoard(ECB),andNamPower.REEEIalsoassistedtheECBwiththedevelopmentofnet-meteringrulesforroof-topbasedphotovoltaicsystems.

Minigrids Project

InNovember,REEEIwasnominatedtobecomeChairoftheProjectManagementUnit(PMU)ofthePSConMinigridsinNamibia.ThePSCcomprisesofMME,NamPower,ECB,ERONGORED,CENOREDandNORED.

Training and Capacity Building

REEEIassistedKAYEC,ayouthtrainingcentrelocatedinKatutura,towriteatrainingmanualonsolarPVandsolarwaterheatingfortechnicians.TheREEEItrained50serviceprovidersfortheSolarRevolvingFund, in PV technologies (solar PV home systems, solarwater pumping, and solarwater heating),installationandmaintenance.Sixtyserviceprovidersweretrainedonsolarwaterheatingtechnologies,design,installation,andmaintenance,undertheSoltrainproject.TwolecturersfromtheDepartmentofMechanicalEngineeringwereatvariousstagesofadvancementwiththeirDoctoralstudies,withintheNWRAPprojectrunbyREEEI.

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Completed Studies

• Revision of National Building Codes to Incorporate Renewable Energy and Energy EfficiencyPrinciples(April2013);

• EnergyEfficiencyAuditof12BuildingsinNamibia(October2013);• Reportonthe2012AnnualNationalSurveyonEnergyEfficiencyinBuildingsinNamibia(December

2013).

Conference and Workshop Presentations

TheREEEIparticipatedinvariousnationalandinternationalconferences,participatedinthreetradeFairs,andhasbeenhighlightedinbothlocalandinternationalpressmorethan20times.Someofthepresentationsaregivenbelow:

• Carbon as an energy resource, Z. Chiguvare, presented at the First International Nano CarbonConferenceinSouthAfrica,Johannesburg,SA(21-22November2013).

• Solar Thermal Training and Demonstration Initiative (Soltrain) in Southern Africa, Z. Chiguvare,presentedattheTechnicalandVocationalEducationandTrainingfortheRenewableEnergySectorinAfrica,Maputo,Mozambique(16-17October2013).

• Sustainability in Namibia: Potential of Renewable Energy in Namibia, A.Hangula, presented atSkorpion Zinc’s annual Safety, Health, Environment and Quality Summit, Skorpion Zinc Mine,Namibia(17April2013).

AstaffmemberattendedaSADCmeetingonvalidationoftheprojectdocumenton ‘Steps Towards Establishment of the SADC Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (SACREEE)’ in July. REEEIhassinceparticipatedintheformulationofNamibia’sbidtohosttheSACREEEinWindhoek.

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The Polytechnic Strategic Plan (PSP-4)/Transformation Plan

The third Strategic Plan, PSP-3 (2009-2013) expired inDecember. Therefore, thedevelopmentof the fourthPlan(PSP-4)wasearmarkedasakeyactivityduringthisacademicyear. Since government has approved the renaming ofthe Polytechnic to NUST, the PSP-4 will also serve as theuniversity’sTransformationPlan.

JustbeforetheCabinetdecisiontorenametheInstitution,on28November2012,thisDepartmentinvitedthecampuscommunitytoasessionontheframingofthenewplan.Atthissessionallstaffhadtheopportunityto:

a. Discussandapprove thestrategic issues thatemergedfrom the surveys conducted by Deloitte & Touche inJune2012;

b. Discussthestrategicplanningapproachandprocessproposed;c. AgreeonthetimelinesforthedevelopmentofPSP-4;andd. CommentonthedateproposedtolaunchthedevelopmentofthePSP-4(18January2013).

Strategic Issues

InthesurveysconductedbyDeloitte&Touchein2012thestaff,studentsandstakeholdersidentifiedanumberofissuestheybelievedwouldrequireurgentattentionduringthePSP-4period.Theissueswerecategorisedandculminatedinnineprovisionalthemes.ThesewerefurtherrefinedbytheExtendedManagement of the Polytechnic and consequently on 28November 2012 the campus communityapprovedthefollowingthemesasbasisforthedevelopmentoftheplan:

Teaching,LearningandResearch;StudentCenteredness;InstitutionalSustainability;StakeholdersandPartnerships;andGovernanceandManagement

Launch of the PSP-4

ThePSP-4wasofficiallylaunchedinJanuary.Theplanningprocesscommencedacrosscampussoonthereafter.InApril,atransformationbudgetwassubmittedtotheMinisterofEducation,reflectingthecostsofkeynewactivitiestobeundertakenduringthenextfiveyears.

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Planning Process and Timeline

ForthedevelopmentofthePSP-3,Counciladoptedaplanningmodeldrivenonthreelevels.

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Themodelsetoutaboveconsistsofthreetiers:

• Atthefirst tier,thePolytechnicPlanningCommittee(PPC)wasresponsiblefortheoverallalignmentofinstitutionalstrategicandnationalgoals.ThePPCconsistedoftheRector,Vice-Rectors,Registrar,ChiefLibrarian,Director:CommunicationsandMarketing,Director:Facilities,DeanofStudents,andDirector:PlanningandInternationalRelations.

• Atthesecond tier thefiveThematicCross-FunctionalWorkgroups(TCFW),appointedbytheRector

on17January,wereeachgivenoneissuetoaddress,viz:

a. Teaching,LearningandResearch;b. InstitutionalSustainability;c. StakeholdersRelationsandPartnerships;d. StudentCenteredness;ande. GovernanceandManagement.

Eachworkgroupconsistedofaminimumof20memberseach,comprisingthefollowing:Chairman;Deputy Chairman; 2 members per School (14); and 4 staff members representing administrativedepartments

Themembersoftheworkgroupswerenominatedbytheirimmediatesupervisors.Eachworkgrouphadaclearmandateandguidelinesandfollowedthesameapproachintheplanning.TheChairpersonsoftheTCFW’spresentedtheirdraftreportstothePPCon29AprilandtothePolytechnicCommunityon05June,atanopencampusmeeting,atwhichtimethefacultyprovidedfeedbackonthereports.

• Atthethird tier,Schools,Departments,UnitsandCentreswereactivelyengagedinthedevelopmentoftheirrespectiveplans.TheHeadsofDepartment(HoDs)presentedtheirStrategicPlanstothePolytechnic community on 27 June, whereas the Directors, Managers, Librarian and Registrarpresentedtheirplanson04and11July,respectively. TheDeanscombinedtheirDepartmentalplansintoSchoolPlansandpresentedsametotheSteeringCommittee.TheDeansalsopresentedtheiractionplansforthe2014AcademicYeartotheSteeringCommitteeon04December2013.

Throughouttheplanningprocesstheguidingprinciplesforthedevelopmentoftheplanwereadheredto.Theseareinclusiveness,reflectionandcriticalanalysis.Theprocessinvolvedfacultyandstaffacrossdifferentlevelsoftheinstitution.

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a. TheHoDPlanningForumwasestablishedtoprovideaplatformforHoDstoraisekeychallengesandproposesolutionstotheissuesaffectingtheirrespectiveplanningprocesses.Theforumwasheldonamonthlybasis.

b. TheAcademicsPlanningForumdrewonexpertisewithintheinstitutiontoassistmanagementwiththeformulationofthenewacademicstructure,theformulationofresearchniches,establishingthenexusbetweenteachingandresearch,anddefiningtheinstitution’srationaleandapproachtointernationalisation.Theforummetonamonthlybasis.

c. TheSteeringCommitteemeteveryTuesdayandoftenonThursdays, todiscussandresolvekeyissuespertainingtotheplanningprocessandtheplan.TheCommitteeconsistedoftheRector,Vice-Rectors, Registrar, Special Advisor to the Rector, Deans, Workgroup Chairs and Director:PlanningandInternationalRelations.Topicsdiscussedincludedtheformulationofthemandateand keypillarsof theNUST,defining theacademic structure, size and shapeof the institution,thereviewoftheprogrammeandqualificationsmix,enhancingsustainability,thereviewoftheworkloadformulaandstaffingforNUST.

d. ThePolytechnicExtendedManagementmetthreetimesduringtheprocesstodiscussandclarifyissuespertainingtotheplanningprocessandthestrategicdirection.

e. Progresson the individualdepartmental strategicplanswerediscussedatallBoardsofStudies(BOS)meetingsheld in thefirstquarter. Furthermore, specialBOSmeetingsprovidedanotherplatformfor theRectortoaddressSchools individually,onthetransformationandthestrategicdirectionofNUST.FacultyalsohadtheopportunitytoraiseanddiscussissuesofconcernandmakerecommendationsdirectlytotheRector.

TheDirectorpresentedthefirstdraftofthePSP-4totheSteeringCommitteeinOctoberanditwasapprovedat a Senatemeeting later thatmonth. The reviseddraftwaspresentedandapprovedatCouncilon25October.

Theplanningprocesshasbeenhighlyconsultativeandinclusiveandithasenjoyedparticipationfromtop,seniorandmiddlemanagementaswellasacademicsandadministrativestaff.Theprocesshasbeenfocussedonthedecisionfortheinstitutiontotransformintoauniversityofscienceandtechnology.

International Relations

Institutional cooperation is crucial in developing and sustaining quality higher education. In anysociety,academicsandstudentsareattheforefrontofpromotingmutual,inparticularinter-cultural,understandingastheyshapepolitical,cultural,academicanddevelopmentgoalsoftheirnations.

TheInstitutionthereforeconstantlyencouragesstudentstotakeadvantageofexchangeopportunitiesandenrolinforeigneducationalprogrammesandinstitutionstobebetterpreparedforthefuture,beitabroadorathome.Giventhatnationaleconomiesareintertwinedasneverbefore,nomatterinwhichsectoroneworks,internationallytrainedandexposedemployeesareingreatdemand.

Inviewoftheabove,theInstitutionhasprioritisedinternationalisationofitsacademicprogrammesandactivities.Asaresult,ithassignedanumberofMOUsthathaveresultedinsizeableon-campusprojectswhichareofbenefittothenation.

One of the notable examples of outcomes is the expansion of the Polytechnic Hotel School.Cemented eight years ago, the partnership between the University School of Hotel Managementand Tourism (CETT) at the University of Barcelona (UB) was funded by a grant from the SpanishAgency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) and financially managed by the OlafPalme International Foundation. Through the Polytechnic–CETT-UB partnership which ended this

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year,theexpansionofHotelSchooltookplacebyaddingarestaurant,aswimmingpool,13classrooms,18officesandfourboardroomstotheexisting infrastructure. Inaddition,fifteenstudentsandstaffbenefittedthroughstudytoursandexchangestotheUniversityofBarcelona.

Noteworthyand in thesame leagueas theaforesaidexample, is the fact that the InstitutioncouldstrengthenitskeyroleinpositioningNamibiaasalogisticshub.Thisareahasbeenidentifiedasoneofthenationalprioritygoalsinthecurrentnationaldevelopmentprogramme,NDP-4.Withsponsorshipfrom the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and also through a long standing academicrelationshipwithFlensburgUniversityofAppliedSciencesinGermany,theInstitutionestablishedtheNGCL,whichhasdevelopedavarietyoflogisticsandtransportcoursesaimedatimpartingknowledgeandskillstoemployeesinvolvedinthelogisticsandtransportvaluechain.Anewfive-yearfundingcyclewillcommencein2014.

One of the other highlights of the department has been to internationalise the local environmentthroughoutreachprogrammesoncampus.ThisyearworkingwiththedifferentSchoolswewereabletoco-hostanumberofpubliclectures,whichattractednotablepublicinterest:

• Leading Change more Effectively by Ms Annette A. Isenschmid from Isenschmid Consulting, Zurich,Switzerland,aboutiqueconsultancyspecialisinginChangeManagement.

• Global Risk Appetite: Fear Greed, Respect and Embarrassment –A reviewof the relationshipbetweenmacroeconomics,marketparametersandcorporatedecisionmaking–by MrLaurentBouvier,ManagingDirectorofCreditSuisse:InvestmentBankingDivision,London.

• Solar Chimney Power Technology for Countries with High Solar Irradiations by Prof Dr Ing ReinhardHarte,WuppertalUniversity,Germany.

• Landscape Architecture by Prof Dr Gerhard Albert from Competence Centre Environmental Planning and Design, Ethiopian Institute of Architecture Construction and City Development(EIABC).

Otheroutreachprogrammesthattargetedthecampusandothersectorsincludedthefollowing:

• DAAD and Chevening Scholarships sessions whereby the Department created an interactiveplatformaimedat informing thecampus communityonvarious studyopportunitiesofferedbyDAADinGermanyandCheveningintheUnitedKingdom.

• NationalYouthSymposium,organisedincollaborationwiththeNationalYouthCouncil,formainlyWindhoek-based youth organisations to discuss the importance of information technology ineducation.InattendancewerestudentsrepresentativesfromthePolytechnic,UNAM,andNamibiaNationalStudentsOrganisation(NANSO).

• InternationalSocialWomen’sprojectorganisedaneventtosensitizethecampuscommunityongender-basedviolencebyshowingvideosandrecitingpoems.

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• Acelebrationofthe50-yearanniversaryofDrMartinLutherKing’sfamous“IhaveaDream”washeldinconjunctionwiththeUnitedStatesEmbassyinWindhoek.AdebateensuedbetweenUnamandPolytechnicstudentsonwhathasbeenachievedornotachievedsinceMartinLuther’sspeechin1963.ThiseventcoincidedwiththearrivalofMsPriscillaAnnHernandez,thenewUSEmbassy’sPublicAffairsOfficer.

TheDepartmentaspartofourinternationalisationstrategycontinuedtodrivevigorouslybothoutgoingandincomingexchangeprogrammesforstudentsandfaculty.Inthecourseoftheyearatotaloftenpartneruniversities -mainlyEuropeanuniversities,sentatotalof63exchangeandsummerschoolstudents to thepolytechnic,whereas the latter, in turn, sentout 16 students to Europeanpartnerinstitutions.Someoftheexchangeswereforexposureofstudentstoadifferentacademicandsocialenvironment,whileothersadditionallyprovidedstudentsexperientiallearningopportunities.

InJuly,ErasmusMundusProgrammeannouncedthattheInstitutiontogetherwithFHJoanneumandtheWorldUniversityServiceCommitteeinAustria,theUniversityofAlicanteinSpain,VorenezhStateUniversityinRussia,UniversityofInternationalBusinessandEconomicsinChina,InstitutoTecnologiodeEstudiosSuperioresdeMonterrey inMexico,Birla InstituteofManagementTechnology in Indiaand Aston University in the United Kingdom were successfully awarded funds to implement theUniversityQualityExchange(UNIQUE)project,asperourjointapplication.This30-monthprojectaimstoimproveservicesforinternationalstudents;promotejointprogrammesforstudents;andenhancetheinternationaldimensionofqualityassurance.ThroughthisprogrammewhichkickedoffinOctober,theInstitutionaimstoincreasethenumberofstudentsparticipatinginexchangeprogrammes.

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Theprimary goal of theUnit is to ensure that the qualityof education and services offered by the Institution isof high standard and that the students receive the bestpossible educational opportunities available. Like all otherdepartments and units in the institution, the QA Unitstartedtheyearwithredefiningitsvisionandmissioninthelightof a transformation, through the identificationof keystrategiesforenhancinginstitutionalqualityassuranceandmanagement, this culminating in the development of theUnit’sstrategicplancontributiontowardsPSP-4.

Quality Assurance Framework

TheDraftQualityAssuranceFramework(QAF)wasfinalisedthrough a consultative process with both internal andexternal key stakeholders inApril. Commentson theDraftQAF were received from other experts in South Africa,UnitedKingdomandAustralia.Anumberofprogrammesweretargetedforapilotstudy,toensurethatallmajorchallengesareconsideredandaddressedbeforetheactual implementationoftheQAF,ofwhichtwoprogrammes,namelyEnvironmentalHealthScienceandPublicManagementwerefinalised.Theothertargetedprogrammeswillbefinalisedin2014.

Pilot Programme Reviews

ThePilotProgrammeReviews for thefirst twoprogrammes, i.e.EnvironmentalHealthScienceandPublicManagement were completed and the reports have been shared with the departments. Anumberofconsultativeworkshops/meetingswereheldwithinternalstakeholdersinanefforttocreateawarenessoftheSelf-EvaluationPreparatory Instrument(SEPI).Thedepartmentswereexpectedtoconductaself-evaluationonthebasisoftheSEPIandthedraftguidelinesonprogrammereviews.

Enhancing Activities at Institutional Level

Workshop on Short CoursesThe department organised an institutional workshop on the quality assurance of short courses,facilitatedbyChristaNorthoftheNorthWestUniversityinSouthAfrica.

Programmes ReviewTheevaluationofnewlydevelopedacademicprogrammesbefore theyaresubmittedtoSenate forapprovalisoneofthekeyservicesprovidedbytheQAUnit.DuringthequarterofMaytoAugust,thedepartmentevaluatedthefollowingprogrammes:

MasterofSpatialScience;BachelorofSciences;BachelorofAgriculture;CertificateinSupervisoryDevelopment; Bachelor of Gender Studies; Bachelor of Business Management; Bachelor ofInformatics; MBA and EMBA; Master of Informatics; Bachelor of Computer Science Honours;Bachelor of Computer Science; Foreign Languages; and Introduction to Science, Technology,EngineeringandMathematics(InSTEM).

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International Partnerships and QA Support to Other Regional Institutions

International HESA/SA-EU Strategic Partnership Quality Assurance Colloquium (3-5 April)TwostaffmembersparticipatedintheaboveSA-EUPartnershipsponsoredworkshopinStellenbosch,whichaddressedamongstothers,thefollowing:• Benchmarking practices in areas such as quality assurance, continuous quality improvement,

curriculum development, assessment, institutional systems and governance and didacticinterventions;and

• Enhancednetworkingandcollaborationinhighereducationqualityassurance.

University Quality Exchange (UNIQUE) Project

TheQAUnit(seealsothereportbythePIRDepartmentinthisissue)isstrategicallyinvolvedintheUNIQUEproject.Onestaffmemberparticipatedinthekick-offmeetingoftheUNIQUEprojectattheUniversityofAlicanteinSpaininOctober.

Partnerships with and other QA Support Services to Local Institutions

InadditiontoitscorefunctionstheQAUnitprovidesadvisoryservicestoanumberoflocalstakeholdersinvariouscapacities.Thefollowingaresomeoftheinstitutionsassociatedwiththeseservices:MinistryofDefence;NamibianStandardsInstitution(NSI);NSITechnicalCommitteeforQualityManagement;Standards,AssessmentandCertificationCouncil(SACC);NOLNET;CurriculumAdvisoryCommittees.

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Inlinewiththetransformation,theDepartmenthadtolineupa seriesof activitiesaspartof the rebrandingprocess,resulting in extensive planning for the roll-out of the newbrand.

Twostaffmembersattendedatrainingworkshopinrebrandingof higher education institutions. The workshop coveredtopics such as branding for the future - sustainability andstrategicplanning,onlinehighereducationbranding,qualitystandards and accessibility, brand power measurement,communication and value proposition, internationalisationand cooperation, branding for collaboration and researchfunding,amongothers.

ThePolytechnicmaintainedahighlevelofpublicpresenceaswellasafavourablepublicperceptionthroughconsistentprovisionofnewsprimarilyviaPoly News,afull-pageweeklysupplement, as well as updating of the Polytechnic’s webnews,inadditiontoregularpublicevents.

Marketing and Publicity

AnotherplatformwheretheInstitutionenhanceditsimageandvisibilitywasatthevarioustradefairsandexhibitions,arrangedbytheRegionalEducationDirectoratesineachofthe13regions.ParentsandprospectivestudentshadopportunitiestointeractwiththestaffoftheInstitution.

Inaddition,theInstitutionexhibitedatvariousexposandagriculturalshowssuchastheannualNationalYouthFestivalarrangedbytheNationalYouthCouncil,theMiningExpoandotherexhibitionsheldinWindhoek,Okahandja,Okakarara,Ongwediva,andKatimaMulilo.

Institutional Events

TheDepartmentorganisedanumberofhighprofileandstatutoryevents,includingtheInstitution’sAcademicWelcome,OfficialOpening of theAcademic Year, Awards Ceremony and theGraduationCeremonies. These events attracted significant media attendance and coverage. The departmentparticipated in organising a number of symposia, conferences and workshops, for example ICEBEConference,EOSASymposium,etc.

ThePolytechnichasbecomeaplacewheredebateisnurturedandthisisevidentinthehighnumberofPublicLecturesandSeminarsheldthroughouttheyear.

Publicity through advertising

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ThePolytechnicadvertised in severalhighprofileadvertisingmagazines suchasFocus 2030,Prime Focus,PMR,Trade Directory,Who’s Who,Consumer news,Insightmagazine,andmanymore.

Online Presence

The Institution subscribed to leading onlinemediamonitoring agency,Meltwater, tomaximise itsbrandreachandtoremainconnectedtoitsstakeholders.TheserviceprovidedbyMeltwaterallowsustoeffectivelymonitortheInstitution’smediapresencesoastoefficientlyengagemediainfluencers.

Social Media

TheInstitutionhasintensifiedtheuseofsocialmediaandthedepartmentmanagedcontentonrelevantsitessuchasLinkedIn,whichshowsthebreakdownofindustriesinwhichouralumniareinvolved.TheInstitutionincreaseditsfollowershiponthesitebyapproximately603inlasttwomonthsoftheyear.TheFacebookpagehad1805followers,mostofwhomhavejoinedinthelasttwomonthsoftheyearaswell,whileexperiencinganaverageengagementof59%withourfollowersonadailybasis.

Internal Communications

TheDepartmentaddressedthe issueof internalcommunicationsby implementingsomeaspectsoftheCommunicationsProtocols,whichforexampleguidehowandwhentheRectorcommunicateswiththecommunity.TheDepartmentalsointroducedaninternalnewsletteronapilotbasisthatwaswellreceivedbythecommunity,andcarriessoftnewssuchaspromotions,births,weddings,HRmattersetc,informingthestaffofhappeningsinsidetheInstitution.Thisinitiativeismeanttogivethestaffaplatformtoshareissuesandtobekeptabreastofinternaldevelopments.

Graphic Support

TheDepartmentwas instrumental in designing ofmarketingmaterials in the formof publications,adverts and notices e.g. new advert templates, invitations, folders, graduation booklets, awardsbooklets,lightboxes,designedlogosforNUST,UNCCDCOP11marketingmaterialsandmore.

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The importance of project management cannot be overemphasised as it is the driving force behind any venture.The Centre promotes, supports and facilitates client-focusedgrantandprojectmanagementservicestoenhancestrategicmulti-disciplinaryresearchcapacity,innovationanddevelopment in the relevant fields of applied science andtechnology.Forthispurpose,theCentreisdividedintothefollowingunits:

• Resource mobilisation:Thisunitisprimarilyresponsiblefor third-party grants identification, application andacquisition, including identifying strategic partnershipsandnetworkingopportunities.

• Monitoring and evaluation: This unit is responsiblefor grant management, monitoring and evaluation ofacquiredprojects, including risk andquality control aswellasresearchimpactanalysis.

Thefollowingsixmajorprojectswithtotalvalueof€2.2millionweresuccessfullyacquired:

Donor Objective Project Name Project Owners Partners

Africa,CaribbeanandPacific(ACP)-EuropeanUnion(EU)CooperationProgramme inHigherEducation(EDULINKII)

Tofostercapacitybuildingandregionalintegrationinthefieldofhighereducationthroughinstitutionalnetworkinginthethematicareaofrenewableenergy

SouthernAfricanSustainableEnergyInitiative(SASEI)

CoordinatedbyREEEIandimplementedbySchoolofEngineering

NationalUniversityofLesotho;UniversityofBotswana;andHochschuleDarmstadt–UniversityofAppliedSciences(Germany)

ParticipatoryIntegratedAssessmentofEnergySystemsto Promote EnergyAccessandEfficiency(PARTICIPIA)

UniversitatAutónomadeBarcelona(Spain)–applicant;UniversityofBergen(Norway);UniversityofStellenbosch;andUniversityofBotswana

Programme onEnergyEfficiencyinSouthernAfrica(PEESA)

WismarUniversityofBusinessEngineeringandDesign–Germany(applicant);CapePeninsulaUniversityofTechnology;VaalUniversityofTechnology;andTshwaneUniversityofTechnology

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Donor Objective Project Name Project Owners Partners

ACP-EUScienceandTechnologyProgrammeII

TopromoteinnovationandtheapplicationofknowledgegainedfromScienceandTechnology(S&T)toultimatelydevelop appropriate technologies,whichcouldbeeffectivelydeployedwithinthecontextoflocalneedsandresourcesintheenergyandagriculturalsectors

NetworkofExcellenceinRenewableEnergyTechnologiesforDevelopment(NEED)

IngolstadtUniversityofAppliedSciences–CentreofExcellenceforRenewableEnergyresearch–Germany;BotswanaInternationalUniversityofScienceandTechnology;GobabebResearch&TrainingCentre–Namibia;OkavangoResearchInstitute(ORI)–Botswana;UniversityofZambia

HigherEducationInstitutionsInstitutionalCooperationInstrumentofFinland

ToimprovethemaritimeeducationofNamibiaathighereducationallevelofNamibiatoalevelthatcanbeapprovedbytheInternationalMaritimeOrganization(IMO)

MaritimeEducationinNamibia(MARIBIA)

SchoolofEngineering

SatakuntaUniversityofAppliedSciences–FinlandandNamibiaFisheriesInstitute

EuropeanUnion-ErasmusMundusProgramme

Toaddressinternationalqualityassuranceandinternationalstudentexchangeprocesses.

UniversityQualityExchange(UNIQUE)

QualityAssuranceDepartmentandInternationalRelations

FHJoanneumGraz–Austria;WorldUniversityService–Austria;UniversidaddeAlicante–Spain;VoronezhStateUniversity–Russia;UniversityofInternationalBusinessandEconomics–China;InstitutoTecnologicoydeEstudiosSuperioresdeMonterrey–Mexico;BirlaInstituteofManagementTechnology–IndiaandAstonUniversity–UK

TheMonitoringUnithad17projectsforwhichitwasaccountableandwereimplementedbyvariousschoolsandcentres.Theunitisintheprocessofdevelopingprojecttrackingandreportingframeworkstoensurethatprojectsareimplementedaccordingtoapprovedproposals.Theessenceofmonitoringistoensureaccountabilityandtoprovidethebasisforevaluationandlearning.

ThePSCplaysacriticalroleinprovidingbrokerservicesbetweenresearchersandfundingagencies,promotinginterdisciplinaryresearchandknowledgemanagement.Thefocusisonthescience-policy-developmentinterfaceprovidingongoingtechnical,institutionalandglobalanalysisonkeyissuesandtranslatingthemintodemand-basedprojects.

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Revenue & Expenditure Statement for the years ended 31 December 2013 and 2012

2013

N$% of Income

(approx)2012

N$

% of Income (approx)

REVENUE

Subsidy 253 431 280 54 163 000 720 44

Tuitionfees 161 253 623 34 147 762 854 40

Residenceincome 11 803 394 3 10 462 229 3

Otherincome 40 386 037 9 45 829 799 13

466 874 334 367 055 602

EXPENDITURE

Personnel&relatedcosts 382 803 351 71 348 428 791 72

Administrative&othercosts 115 556 471 21 99 615 459 21

Depreciation 41 834 300 8 35 370 793 7

540 194 122 483 415 043

DEFICIT (73 319 788) (16 ) (116 359 441) (33)

Cost and Subsidy Analysis

2013 2012

Subsidyperstudent 20 020 12 572

Costperstudent 42 673 37 286

Subsidyas%oftotalrevenue 54.3 44.4

Tuitionas%oftotalrevenue 34.5 40.3

Student-to-facultyratio 37.8 36.3

Average exchange rate for 2013: US$ 1.00 = N$ 10.30

Financial Statements

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(09August2013–08August2016)

ExternalMembers

Organisation / Constituency Name

ChamberofMinesinNamibia MsMeriamKahitu*

EngineeringCouncilofNamibia MrErastusN.Ikela*

Women MsKatrinaLiswani*

NamibiaAgriculturalUnion DrLouisBurger*

NamibianEmployers’Federation MsEvelynBreuer* (AppointedasChairpersonon14.02.2014)

NamibiaNationalTeachersUnion MsLoideShaanika*

PublicServiceCommission MsFlorenceMunyungano*

NCCI MrSilas-KishiShakumu(appointedon31.10.2013) AppointedasVice-Chairpersonon14.02.2014

CityofWindhoek MrJosuaAmukugo(appointedon31.10.2013)

CouncilAppointment ProfBriandeLacyFigaji(appointedon08.10.2013)

CouncilAppointment MsRebeccaIyambo(appointedon08.10.2013)*re-appointment

InternalMembers

Rector ProfTjamaTjivikua

Vice-Rector:Administration&Finance DrGertGünzel

Vice-Rector:AcademicAffairs&Research DrAndrewNiikondo

SenateRepresentativetoCouncil MrCharl-ThomBayer

Students’RepresentativeCouncil(SRC)President

MrSylasMungoba(untilDecember2013)MrPaulusNakale(fromJanuary2014)

Registrar(SecretarytoCouncil) MrCorneelsJafta

Council

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The Executive and Senior Management Directors and Heads of Units and Centres

RectorProfTjamaTjivikua

Vice-Rector: Administration and FinanceDrGertGünzel

Vice-Rector: Academic Affairs and ResearchDrAndrewNiikondo

RegistrarMrCorneelsJafta

Deputy RegistrarMrGerardVries

BursarMsMamijooO.Tjejamba

Deputy BursarMsJustineShingenge

Dean of StudentsMsFriedaShimbuli

Chief LibrarianMsJudyGrobler

Director: Human ResourcesMsRiëtteDuvenhage

Rectorate AffairsVacant

Planning and International RelationsMsNeaveraOlivier

Quality AssuranceMsHimeesoraKaimu

Bureau of Computer ServicesMrLaurentEvrard

Communications and MarketingMrKaitiraKandjii

Centre of Teaching and LearningDrMichaelTjivikua

Centre for Open and Lifelong LearningDrDelvalineMöwes

Centre for Entrepreneurial DevelopmentMsMargaretBennett

Centre for Cooperative EducationMrCarvaPop

Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency InstituteDrZivayiChiguvare

Namibian-German Centre for LogisticsMrNevilleMbai

Namibia Business Innovation CentreMsDorotheaWesthofen-Kunz

Projects Service CentreDrAnnaMatros-Goreses

Deans of Schools

Economics and FinanceMrKofiBoamah

ManagementActing:MrKofiBoamah

HumanitiesDrSaralaKrishnamurthy

EngineeringDrSamuelJohn

Health and Applied SciencesProfSylvesterMoyo

Information TechnologyDrJillSlay

Natural Resources and TourismMrLameckMwewa

Management

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