Accelerating transformation and the accelerated academic mentorship programme (AAMP) The Accelerated Academic Mentorship Programme (AAMP) was established to effect institutional change in terms of race and gender within the academic staff profile with a focus on professional and personal development of academics, enhancing their capacity to establish both national and international networks, develop their research profiles and leadership capacities. AAMP has demonstrable success in achieving measurable outcomes and outputs in overall research, academic promotion, applications for NRF rating, the formation of strategic international and national strategic collaborations, and enhancements to the stature of the academic. The coupling of personalised development opportunities and plans, considering the multiple layers of what it means to be an academic, have proven successful. The AAMP provides career development opportunities and inputs with the goal of developing the next cohort of academic leaders. The AAMP aims to: Support and develop participants in teaching and research; enable them to access opportunities for promotion. Support the participants to advance their careers and become world-renowned teachers and researches/ scholars, and hopefully proceed to become NRF A and B rated researchers. Support and enable participants to achieve higher levels of academic and research performance through: • Mentoring • Providing a suite of research and teaching capacity development activities aimed at scholarship (publications, supervision, collaborative networks, and career progression) • Providing personalised skills development workshops and programmes facilitated by subject experts; • Providing training and other targeted interventions to enhance the participants’ academic leadership skills. 2023 ANNUAL REPORT DIVISION FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE 33
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