2008 Annual Report

The new University’s quest for creating a new and excellent teaching and learning environment, high quality relevant and appropriate research that impacts significantly on knowledge production and scholarship is receiving great attention from donors and funders, staff, students and the general public.Increased confidence in the Institution may be gauged by the extent of growth in government funding, the ongoing support by donors and funders and by the numbers of students graduating each year with appropriate qualifications and skills to
make a significant contribution to knowledge, the economy and society. The extent of this success is alluded to throughout this report with the following representing some of the highlights of UKZN’s activities and initiatives which reflect the positive trajectory of developing critical minds, skilling intellectuals and producing
knowledge which has global impact inspired from local conditions.