Nurturing Emerging Scholars Programme (NESP) The Nurturing Emerging Scholars Programme (NESP) is an initiative funded by the DHET in partnership with universities. The NESP recruits Honours graduates who demonstrate academic ability, who express an early interest in the possibility of an academic career and who might be lost to the system if structured, attractive prospects and opportunities for recruitment into academic positions do not exist. Once they have completed their master’s degrees, the NESP scholars transition into a one-year internship programme. During the internship year, the NESP intern is provided a stipend in line with a budget model for the NESP developed by the DHET. In 2022, the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) allocated three additional scholarships for NESP Phase 2.1 in various disciplines, expanding the university’s scholarship opportunities to seven. The internal application process for these Phase 2 scholarships was successfully completed in 2022, resulting in the approval of one Phase 2 scholar by the DHET in 2023. All 3 NESP Phase 2.1’s are making good progress in the completion of their master’s programmes. In 2023, the implementation of the Nurturing Emerging scholars Programme (NESP) demonstrated significant progress. In 2023, UJ hosted six NESP scholars, of which 67% are female and 33% are male (Chart 4) and 100% black in terms of race. The three scholars from NESP Phase 1 successfully completed their master’s degrees and commenced their one-year internship programme, which ended at the end of 2023. Additionally, one of these NESP scholars secured a position as an Assistant Lecturer at UJ, highlighting the programme’s success in cultivating academic talent. CHART 4. UJ NESP SCHOLARS BY GENDER CHART 5. UJ NESP SCHOLARS BY FACULTY 2 4 Female Male 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 SCI FEBE 3 3 2023 ANNUAL REPORT DIVISION FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE 31
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