2011 Annual Report

Much of our performance must be measured by the day to day management and functioning of the university since all the senior officers – both academic and support staff - ultimately report to me. Thus the performance of the University as reflected in the financial statements, the teaching and learning report, the research report, the reports on UCT’s responsiveness to local and global social issues are all a direct or indirect reflection of the senior executive’s performance. Since these are covered extensively elsewhere in this Annual Report, I will not repeat any of those achievements here.

This section therefore reports on the major projects for 2011 which are mostly outside the routine university operations – sometimes reflecting a new activity or a change to current policy and practice, or a once-off project. These were the specific objectives set by the executive and submitted to Council at the start of 2011 in line with the 6 strategic goals plus other management objectives. This is, of course, not a comprehensive list of projects or activities that were the responsibility of Faculties and Departments, but rather the institutional level goals for the year. Italics indicate goals not fully achieved.