College of Business and Economics | Annual Report 2022 72 of the University Capacity Development Grant 2018-2020. The SSAUF was incorporated as the staff development component of the University Capacity Development Programme (UCDP). The project’s primary purpose is to support academics and professional staff at South African universities to undertake and complete doctoral studies within four years or less. The secondary goals are the development of supervisory capacity at universities and promoting capacity development collaborations between universities, including universities outside of South Africa. CENLED secured R1 127 500 from the British Council in 2022 and established a doctoral training academy in partnership with the University of Glasgow (u21 partner) and the University of Zululand. Eight PhD students enrolled in 2022 as third-year students. The group visited the University of Glasgow in March 2022. In this project, only permanent university staff members were recruited in the following research fields: local development; entrepreneurship; sustainable development goals 1, 2 and 4; education and 4IR technologies that will support municipalities in local development to improve the quality of lives of communities. An innovative, collaborative supervisory model was developed. Regarding this model, the supervisors from the three universities work in teams. They include an experienced supervisor, co-supervisor and early career researcher or novice supervisor to supervise a group of three to four PhD candidates to develop supervisory capacity. NATIONAL AND GLOBAL FOOTPRINT CENLED commands access to a pool of broad skill sets made available through collaborative partnerships with key role players, including academic institutions, government, and the private sector. ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS • University of Glasgow • Philippines Normal University • Wroclaw University of Economics and Business • Open University of Mauritius • University of Zululand GOVERNMENT AND PROVINCIAL DEPARTMENTS • Department of Small Business Development • Limpopo Department of Economic Development and Tourism OTHER ORGANISATIONS • International Economic Development Council (IEDC) • Local Government Sector Education and Training Authority • South African Local Government Association • PASCAL International Observatory centres in New York, Australia, Europe • PIMA
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