CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIC PROJECTIONS

ACHIEVEMENTS

CHALLENGES

PROJECTIONS

Increase in research activities

Industrial strikes

Great strides in research activities

Increase in outreach activities and CSR

Delay in delivery of lab materials by suppliers

More CSR and outreach activities

Increase in members with active projects

Renovation of major infrastructure

Faster procurement process

Increase in international students on postgraduate programmes

Replacement of retired staff

Hastened replacement of retired staff/successional plan

Commensurate increase in scientific publications in refereed journals

Inadequate funding

More funding

Increase in the number of scientific publication in refereed scientific journals

Some students publishing their research in very low impact factor journals

Encourage and target high impact journals

Increase in number of postgraduate students opting to register for ODeL mode in postgraduate programmes

Low completion rate for students registered under ODeL

Revise the ODeL schedules and approach to supervision of ODeL students

Increase in the number of postgraduate students’ thesis research is supported by funded projects

Delay in postgraduate students in completion of thesis research

Schedule of postgraduate seminars for tracking student progress in research