SPU Annual Report 2016

In this Annual Report of the Sol Plaatje University, we report on the institutional, academic and operational development and performance during the 2016
academic year – the third year of the University’s existence. The report covers four broad areas of the operation of the University, namely:
• governance and institutional capacity development;
• academic performance, enrolments, academic programme implementation and student development and performance;
• development of infrastructure and facilities to support growth of the University; and
•     financial management, performance and sustainability.
The year under review saw a significant leap in the development of Sol Plaatje University. Enrolments almost doubled, formative academic programmes were introduced, the University assumed full responsibility for the infrastructure development programmes, the staff complement grew to 65
academic and 54 administrative members, and the institutional administrative systems were increasingly consolidated.