MAKERERE UNIVERSITY Le Franshoek 21-24 November 2016 HERANA DATA MAKERERE UNIVERSITY Le Franshoek 21-24 November 2016

Enrollments

Enrollment Two strategic plans across the dataset 2000/01-2004/5 extended to 2006/7 – centre of excellence ( World Class) Increase in enrolment to 50,000 - general Increased access Introduce new programmes Income generation and support to increase the financial resource base of university 2002- Study to analyse the consequences of increased enrolments

Enrollment The tuition fees paid by students low and therefore not unit cost Wear and tear of university facilities Disproportionate growth of academic units Need for consolidation of enrolment Wet & Dry units Wet - focused on teaching enrolment Dry focused on research

Enrollment Second phase – Strategic plan 2008/09-2018/19 Change in narrative to Excellence in African Region Period of Consolidation Enrolment Planning Focus on graduate training – based on new universities ( environmental scan) Increase the numbers of students and programmes on distance learning Agreement of selective increment by programmes specifically health, technology, basic and applied sciences

At National Level Government scholarships- focused on ‘programmes relevant to national development’ Doubling of undergraduate scholarships to 4000 Creation of new public universities Liberalisation, increase in number of universities – 50 Financing of graduate students scrapped No targets set for institutions ( subvention funding) No human resource studies at national level

Issues to note Global enrollmnet plan ( across all disciplines) Challenge of matching the plan to practice Fluctuations in enrolment by discipline specifically ICT and Engineering- keeping the University within the HERANA range of 40% Fluctuations by levels- PhDs have grown faster than Masters Research projects attach PhD students and not Masters New Doctoral programmes emerge Has a bearing on staff qualifications and research output

Enrolment by College

SET People coming from secondary levels are low that are doing SET The facilities are cannot accommodate more numbers Research project tend to favor sciences More staff at Senior ranks with the exception of Engineering

Graduates

Graduation data Graduation trend is aligned to enrolment trend-(efficiency) Need for cohort analysis The gender factor needs to be considered- at entry we have more boys at graduation its at par Tracer studies and external efficiency-

Staffing

Academic Staffing SP highlights the increase of staffing levels Use of Graduate Assistants Vs Teaching Assistants Policy on PhD for all lecturers – entry levels - this has increased the number of PhDs Improved information management No specific incentive to lecturers- promotion BUT Liberal policy on projects ( implicit incentive) Attrition rates with new universities – different academic requirements to professorship. Policy of retirement at 60 yrs-

High level knowledge Capacity development targeting doctoral programs especially with support from donors Increased staff with PhDs- enhance both current and future doctoral enrolments Good completion in donor supported doctoral programs compared to those on self-sponsored. High dropout rates for doctoral students who have no financial support- [ Not a performance indicator] SP target for graduate students was 20 %

** Some staff with PHDs were not captured by the HURIS system prior to 2013/14 Year Staff with PhDs** Senior Academics Lect & above Doctoral Enrolment PhD Enrolment Vs staff with PhD PhD Graduates 2008/09 420 46% 598 1.4 30 2009/10 462 43% 518 1.1 39 2010/11 463 44% 618 1.3 57 2011/12 529 47% 568 43 2012/13 572 49% 563 1.0 61 2013/14 702 51% 559 0.8 51 2014/15 635 54% 594 0.9

Research Publications - Plans All doctoral students must publish 2 papers before graduation SP highlights that each college should start peer reviewed journal Have a DR & GT and propose to elevate the directorate Mak Publishes both an annual report and fact-book that highlights research publications Was used by University and Government mainly for public relations- narratives have begun to change