ViceChancellor

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Vice-Chancellor
DVC Academic Research
DVC Medunsa Campus
DVC Administration
Research Directorate
Marketing Communication
VLIR PSU
Library
Competent Communities
Water
ICT
Cross cutting
Faculty of Science Agriculture
Faculty of Management Law
Faculty of Humanities
Faculty of Health Sciences
Fit of VLIR programme with ULs Academic
and Administrative Divisions
School of Agriculture Environmental Science
School of Economics and Management
School of Dentistry
School of Education
School of Languages and Communication Studies
School of Health Care
School of Computational Mathematical Sciences
Graduate School of Leadership
School of Medicine
School of Law
School of Social Sciences
Legend
School of Molecular Life Sciences
School of Pathology
VLIR involvement
Food Security Climate Change
School of Public Health
Project Clusters
School of Physical Mineral Sciences
Potential links
Public Health
Participating School(s)
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VLIR ProgrammeLocal Organisation
Council
Local Steering Committee Vice-Chancellor -
Chairperson Deputy Vice-Chancellor Local
Coordinator Medunsa Campus Coordinator Programme
Manager
Senate
VLIR
Deputy Vice-Chancellor
Flemish Coordinator
Local Coordinator
Medunsa Campus Coordinator

• Administrative Staff
• Programme Support Unit
• Programme Manager
• Administrative Assistant

LATS
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Anticipated VLIR Programme OutcomesPage 1

• Participatory alignment of VLIR programme
  activities with
• ULs strategic plan
• Provincial National strategic RD and global
  change strategies
• Be ULs expert team on global change for the
• Management of the now and then in terms of Global
  Change
• Provincially
• Provincial Research Council/Forum
• Limpopo Province to develop a Climate Change
  Foresight Plan
• Nationally
• Forge links with existing pockets of Global
  Change research expertise in S.A.
• Continentally
• Training of a skilled workforce

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Anticipated VLIR Programme OutcomesPage 2

• Improved research output through increased
  numbers of Masters and Doctoral graduates and
  publications in peer reviewed journals
• Contribute to the maximal utilisation of the
  Department of Educations funding formula for
  higher education institutions
• Expand education and community engagement
  activities of UL
• Ensure updating refocusing of curricula of
  Academic Departments involved in the VLIR
  programme
• Expose UL academics and postgraduate students to
  cutting edge research

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Anticipated VLIR Programme OutcomesPage 3

• Contribute to
• Changed staff qualification profile at UL
• The generation of 3rd stream income for the
  institution
• The leveraging of additional funding - thus
  ensuring sustainability for the programme
• Internationalisation of ULs research
• Increased number of rated scientists at UL
• Replacement of ULs, and the national, ageing
  researcher cohort

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ULs Community Engagement Units MEDICOS,
Experimental Farm, CRCE
Other interested parties Provincially,
Nationally, SADC Continent
Flemish Partners
Project Synergy
VLIR Programmes Focal Point Human wellness in
the context of Global Change - Finding solutions
for rural Africa Overall Theme Global Wellness
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VLIR Programme Cluster Synergy Overall Theme
Global Wellness
Cluster 1 Cross Cutting
Cluster 2 Ensuring Competent Communities in the
context of Global Change
Societal Wellness
Cluster 5 Public Health
Human Wellness

Cluster 3 Water
Economic Wellness
Environmental Wellness
Cluster 4 Food Security and Climate Change
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Fit between ULs strategic plan and the VLIR
Programme

• The academic and institutional relevance of the
  VLIR programme is emphasised by ULs strategic
  plan which aims to
• Enhance UL as a centre for quality tertiary
  education and academic excellence
• Create new knowledge and technology, especially
  in niche areas

• Forge smart partnerships with public and
  private-sector organisations
• Be at the forefront of professional development
  and life-long learning
• Provide a high quality outreach service to the
  community and
• Strengthen the Universitys core capabilities and
  infrastructure

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Acknowledgements

• We wish to express our gratitude to
• Flemish Universities for their willingness to
  collaborate with UL
• Organisers of this match making event
• VLIR for supporting the programme
• We are certainly looking forward to mutually
  beneficial cooperation in a province rich in
  challenges and opportunities
• Thanks to colleagues who have provided
  photographs and the PSU staff for their support