2010 Annual Report

We have certainly made progress in enhancing our academic project, with 2010 seeing the appointment of six research professors as a means of investing in our research and innovation initiatives. Our students also did us proud in 2010 by managing to raise their overall success (or pass) rate from 72.4% in 2009 to 73.6% in 2010. Not only does the ratio of black to white students currently stand at 85:15, but we are pleased to report a narrowing in the gap between black and white students in terms of pass rate. Given the academic resources now available to us, a new integrated process of broader academic transformation is possible.

Our Work-integrated Learning initiative has proven to be a worthy endeavour, and we will continue to negotiate work placements for our students and monitor their progress as a means of improving the employment rate of our graduates. I trust that this review has afforded a glimpse not only into the events of 2010, but also the progress that we as an institution are making towards fulfilling our Vision 2020 – by improving our infrastructure, enhancing our research and innovation capital, and promoting socio-economic development in the region. Our many accomplishments demonstrate CUT’s commitment to its vision and the crucial role it plays in the higher education arena, not only locally and regionally, but also on the national and international stage. I am certainly proud to be a part of that, and I know that we will continue in the same spirit and with the same sense of
commitment in the years ahead. Together with our partners, we will continue to move from strength to strength and accomplish all that we envisage.