College of Business and Economics Annual Report 2017 28 • CBE students maintained their exceptional performance in external examinations/competitions, such as: - The Initial Test of Competence (ITC) of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) - The Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Research Challenge - The Financial Planning Challenge of the Financial Planning Institute of Southern Africa (FPI) - The Nedbank-Old Mutual National Budget Speech competition, and The Google Online Marketing Challenge. • The year 2017 experienced greater innovation in the teaching and learning environment, with the development of several e-learning (online) programmes and more staff beginning to embrace a more blended approach to teaching and learning. Several staff members from across the CBE participated in Blackboard training provided by Eiffel Corp (Pty) Ltd, in accordance with a contract between the University and this company. • Ms Naiefa Rashied from the School of Economics received the Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished 2017 Award for Most Promising Young Teacher. SUBSIDISED ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES Key indicators/trends relating to enrolment in subsidised academic programmes: • The total headcount enrolment in subsidised academic programmes (excluding occasional registrations) declined in accordance with the institutional enrolment plan by 4% from 20 596 in 2016 to 19 734 in 2017. • Since 2013, total enrolment declined by a headcount of 447 to 19 734 in 2017 (-0,5% year-on-year), a trend largely in accordance with the institutional enrolment plan. • Actual total enrolment of 19 734 in 2017 was only slightly below the planned target of 19 792 by 0,3%. However, significant variations are evident in terms of qualification types, particularly at the postgraduate level, with postgraduate below master’s (honours and postgraduate diplomas) below target by 9,6%, master’s above target by 5,6% and doctoral above target by 45,7%. • From 2016 to 2017 undergraduate enrolment dropped by 4% to a headcount of 16 859; the postgraduate below master’s degrees portfolio was reduced by 8% to a headcount of 1 972, while the master’s and doctoral headcount grew to 903 (+27%). • CBE total enrolment for 2017 was 39% of the total enrolment of the University, a drop from 40% in 2016. • The composition of the total enrolment in terms of race remained unchanged from 2016 to 2017, with African black enrolment at 94%, white at 6%, Indian at 5% and Coloured at 3%. • The proportion of female students of total enrolment dropped from 53% in 2016 to 52% in 2017. • The proportion of first-time entering undergraduate students with an APS of 35 or more increased from 27% in 2016 to 37% in 2017. • The proportion of first-time entering undergraduate students from the poorest South African schools (quintiles 1 and 2) increased from 20% in 2016 to 23% in 2017. • The proportion of first-time entering undergraduate students from privileged South African schools (quintile 5) dropped from 45% in 2016 to 38% in 2017. • International enrolment as a proportion of total enrolment increased from 5% in 2016 to 6% in 2017. The following key indicators/trends relate to performance in subsidised academic programmes: • An increase in the undergraduate module success rate from 83% in 2016 to 84% in 2017 was the combined 84,3% UNDERGRADUATE SUCCESS RATE 25% CBE GRADUATION RATE REPRESENTATION OF UJ TOTAL 192 CBE FIRST YEAR TOP ACHIEVERS 52%
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