1. CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND ROLE OF PRIVATE SECTOR IN GRADUATE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
Central Administration Office
Adamson Muula
John Saka
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2. Background
Leading and the oldest university in Malawi (1965) and comprises four colleges;
Fifteen faculties and 13 research centres;
Four business units;
Five clinical services units;
698 academic staff;
71 administrative staff;
1,059 technical and support staff.
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3. University Colleges Chancellor College College of Medicine
The Polytechnic
Kamuzu College of Nursing
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4. Objects of the University
To encourage the advancement and dissemination of learning and research
To engage in such university education and research as is responsive to the needs of Malawi and the whole world
To provide facilities for higher education, for research and for the advancement of knowledge in such branches of learning and study and for such persons as the Council may from time to time determine
Subject to the Act and the Statutes, to award and confer Degrees and Diplomas, and other academic distinctions, including Honorary Degrees and distinctions
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5. University Core values
Commitment
Professionalism
Integrity
Openness to diversity
Responsiveness
Entrepreneurship
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6. Table 1: Students enrolment and graduation (0.1% international)
2016/17
2015/2016
2014/2015
2013/2014
ENROLMENT
Undergraduate
11024
10,588
9,250
8,755
Postgraduate
1158
1,409
895
636
TOTAL
12482
11,997
10,145
9,391
GRADUANDS
2298
2,180
1,974
267 73
207
2565
2,253
2,181
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7. Workforce Development Model
Source: USAID/Jordan (January 2009 as cited by Dunbar, January, 2013, pg. 4)
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8. Development of academic programmes
2007/8 UNIMA Curriculum Reform
Adherence to the Quality Assurance and Enhancement Policy (2015)
Training Needs Assessment (TNA) including national/sectoral HR needs
Tracer Studies
Internal Consultation
Stakeholder Consultation
Compliance with national specifications from the National Council for Higher Education
Academic Planning and Courses Committee (APCC)
Senate
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9. Private Sector/Industry engagement
Definition/Reasons
Reasons
Private sector/Industry includes either employers, acting in a purely commercial capacity or fulfilling a corporate social responsibility policy, and private, for-profit, training providers
Identification of knowledge, skills and competencies
Transferable skills
Participation in delivery
Creation and sustainability of public/private partnerships (PPPs)
Increasing quantity and improve the quality of demand-driven, industry-relevant skills development.
Skills development ensures greater participation by employers.
Strategic support towards financing gaps
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10. Higher Education in Africa and SDGs/AU 2063 Agenda
The HE Champion, the President of Malawi at RUFORUM side event at the UN, 1 October, 2015
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11. Malawi Political Leadership
His Excellency Prof Peter Arthur Mutharika President of the Republic of Malawi and Chancellor delivered on 10th June, 2017 at the Oxford Union. He said: ‘‘First, we need an education that goes beyond the classroom. We need an education whose objective is not simply to qualify and certify individuals. It must be an education that aims at building capabilities in the people. We must aim at empowering the people with skills.’’
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12. Strategic Partnerships for SDGs/AU
Academia
Governments
International Organisations
Regional Economic Communities/blocks
Private Sector/Businesses
Civil Society
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13. Graduate Programmes Programme Focus Partners
MSc Applied Industrial Chemistry
Chemical Manufacturing
Chemical Industries
Master of Commercial Law
Financial Sectior
Banks/National Bank
PhD Engineering
Infrastructure
Malawi Institute of Engineers
PhD Global Health Implementation
Health
Medical Council of Malawi
MSc Bioinformatics
Health Management
NGO Sector
PhD Interprofessional Health care
Nursing Management
Nursing/NGO
Master of Public Health
Public Health
Health and NGOs
MA Applied Ethics
Moral Ethics/Integrity
Government/Industry
MSc (Agroforestry)
Tree Management
Forestry/NGOs
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14. Thought Leadership Dialogue with Industry
Industry-Universities platform formed
Industry/private sector participating in Tracer Study
Regular engagement
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15. International Leadership
The President of the Twin-island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Anthony Carmona, during the 14th Association of Caribbean Higher Education Administrators (ACHEA) annual conference (9-11 July, 2015) said
"The time has come for the private sector - for example, the oil and gas industries and tourism - to have a substantial hand in designing the appropriate secondary and tertiary curricula. This will not only financially benefit the student and the university, but will ensure that students graduate with the skills and knowledge that will best service the needs of the respective corporate and private sector industries’’
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