INTEGRATED OPERATIONAL PLAN AND GOALS
New students arrive for a whole new world of opportunities at the University of the Western Cape during Orientation Week.
SETTING GOALS ENSURES WE SHINE University graduates need to be competitive and relevant in a global context, given the demands of the changing higher education landscape and the 21st Century workplace. To this end, a holistic student experience is at the heart of what Student Development and Support (SDS) offers.
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DS STAFF BELIEVES in the transforming and empowering value of education and the integral and inherent experiences of each student are recognised.
SDS proposes a student-centred, strengths-based approach that optimises engaged student learning, success and wellbeing through a diversity of pathways in the co-curricular space. We provide professional, research-based development and support services and co-curricular programmes, with inclusivity and effective student engagement.
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Our Journey: 2016-2020
SDS Strategic Priorities Our strategic priorities are aligned to five of the University of the Western Cape’s (UWC) Institutional Operating Plan (IOP) goals. These are the student experience; learning and teaching; people framework; enhancing UWC’s standing and profile, and leadership, management and governance; and informed by the Well-being Indicator Tool for Youth. The outcome of an integrated planning and implementation process was the five strategic priorities, each with identified
key projects driven collectively or individually by SDS departments. Furthermore, these projects are aligned to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted in 2015 and expected to be the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. The top four goals of the SDGs to address the global challenges are to reduce inequalities (#10), poverty (#1), gender inequality (#5), and promote peace, justice and strong institutions (#16). The 17 Goals are interconnected and the plan is to achieve them all by 2030.
SDS defines new paradigms SDS staff strives to harness respect for individuality, culture, identity and their needs; get the job done; activate
