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Strengthening Excellence in Education and Student Life

We will further improve our students’ experience, with an emphasis on partnership working and personalizing learning, to make sure we attract talented students and that our graduates are highly employable.

Strategies and Actions

1. Expand pedagogical approaches to engage students in their learning

  • Transform the scheduling of classes to effectively meet new pedagogical approaches, including service and experiential learning
  • Ask our students for feedback on their educational experience, and respond and act on it
  • Strengthen the Quality Assurance Office
  • Achieve and maintain relevant ISO certifications for some programs and facilities
  • Establish centers of excellence to support students learning
  • Review and adjust our portfolio of taught programmes to make sure they are high-quality, relevant and attractive to students and employers
  • Review our taught programmes, looking to new markets and opportunities for growth in the online environment.

  • Focus on competitive recruitment and admission to improve on the quality of the students who apply to us

    2. Personalize students’ learning experiences

  • Promote, support and provide the necessary resources for small-group and collaborative teaching (Project based learning, problem based, team teaching, area/topic cluster courses and case based etc)
  • Develop specific strategies to improve retention of graduate students and ensure timely completion of degrees
  • Provide all students with regular focused feedback on their progress and attainment
  • Expand the utilization of technology applications to enhance learning opportunities (Operationalizing the open Access and ODL policies) 
    3. Recruit and develop high quality faculty staff
  • Recruit more teaching staff mainly at senior level
  • Use feedback on teaching to recognize and support excellent lecturers
  • Regular assessment of the quality programmes
  • Support staff to reach their full potential through professional development
  • Increase inter-professional collaboration in curriculum implementation 
    4. Provide students with opportunities to develop their skills, qualities, knowledge and experience to prepare them for high-value employment
  • Create more work experience, placement and internship opportunities for students locally, nationally and internationally
  • Facilitate curricula that highlight student agency and learning outside of formal class structures
  • Target appropriate financial aid to support economically disadvantaged students
  • Ensure effective organization/structuring of curriculum and academic policies to promote ease in transferring to and from other institutions.
  • Engage employers in the development, implementation and evaluation of training programmes
  • Provide opportunities for all students to improve their knowledge and skills in research, leadership and sustainability across a wide range of fields
  • Provide expert careers guidance and develop employability skills
    5. Support students to take part in wider University life and other communities
  • Work with the Students’ Union to provide a range of social, sporting, arts, cultural and other activities and environments
  • Promote students participation in inter and intra university activities
  • Support and encourage students to volunteer and participate in communities
  • Mainstream gender, HIV/AIDS, environment and other crosscutting issues in student formal and informal curricula
    6. Expand our capacity by investing in new infrastructure, facilities and technologies
  • Transform infrastructure to support student centered learning, research and outreach
  • Complete the master planning exercises for all the campuses.
  • Pursue green strategies in order to enhance environmental sustainability