2: SITUATION ANALYSIS

The CPUT Council approved the Vision 2020 Comprehensive Institutional Transformation Strategy on 22 June 2013 and the strategy has since been evaluated based on transformation reports from faculties, units and departments to gauge its impact in accordance with the higher education Transformation Barometer Reporting Tool (2015). Despite some shortcomings, there have been considerable achievements, including the following:

• Commitment of the University Council by approving the Vision2020 Institutional Transformation Strategy on 22 June 2013; • Commitment of university management by establishing the Transformation, Social Cohesion and Diversity unit at director level in the Office of the Vice Chancellor; • Accountability of university management by establishing the Institutional Transformation Forum as its sub-committee to coordinate institutional reporting across the university; • Accountability of Deans and Executive Directors by establishing transformation nodal persons to coordinate the implementation of transformation at faculty, unit and departmental levels; • Commitment of Deans by establishing faculty transformation committees, ensuring transformation is an agenda item in faculty meetings; • Integration of transformation in institutional policies and practice(s); • Integration of transformation in curriculum, teaching & learning, research & innovation and community engagement; • Inter-departmental and inter-faculty transformation initiatives to accelerate transformation; and • Inter-disciplinary partnerships and networking with regional universities, government, private sector and civil society on transformation-related them