Abstract
Five years into our merger, the University of
Johannesburg (UJ) begins to reap the harvest of its
investment in research. Enhancing our research
profile is one of the key elements of our transformation
plan. To achieve this goal, we have undertaken four key
strategic initiatives.
First, we have increased our aggregate investment in
research, in concrete terms raising our internal resources
dedicated for this purpose from R15 million to R60
million over the last three years. This increased internal
investment has been directed both to research projects
and for postgraduate and postdoctoral fellowships.
Second, our research profile has been strengthened
by the quality of our academics. Our human resources
have been enhanced on the one hand by a bold policy of
recruitment, and on the other by a system of rewards for
existing top researchers. To this end the Research Office
has made a number of direct professorial appointments,
and established a category of excellence to help reward
and empower productive researchers.