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 |