KEY ACHIEVEMENTS The DTE is proud of its achievements and of the successes it has had over the preceding year. In continuing to provide essential support for excellence in teaching, the staff in the Division have worked well together across the varied projects and portfolios to continuously provide holistic, relevant, and sustainable development opportunities attuned to the contemporary and continuously evolving contexts of higher education. The University’s Quality Management System and its commitment to student and staff development and support was highlighted in the CHE Audit Draft Report, with the Panel remarking on the evident transformation of the institution. To enrich and expand its own staff, members of the Division are provided with ongoing opportunities from which to learn, to expand their knowledge and acquire new skills. The Division has a key role to play in advocating for quality and staff development nationally, based on its successes and on the good work it produces. One focus area going forward for the Division is increasing its researchfocus. For those less experienced in research and publishing, collaborative research projects present excellent opportunities for the development of skills in the spirit of enhanced collegiality. Several staff in the Division are actively involved in sector-level engagements at individual, institutional and national levels. Contributing to national projects such as the Future Professors Programme (FPP) Phase 2, Teaching Advancement at Universities Programme (TAU) the implementation of the new Quality Assurance Framework (QAF), and for the DHET’s National Framework for Enhancing Academics as Teachers, the Division enhances the stature and profile of the Division and the University. Enhancing this profile with the inclusion of additional staff members as role players in various other fora is an ongoing project. 2023 ANNUAL REPORT DIVISION FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE 7
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