NWU Internationalisation

Strategic Intent & Positioning

Johan Govea

Background

• Internationalisation Framework

• My bias

– Less about the mechanisms than the strategic direction of NWU

internationalisation

– Vehicle to achieve step changes in strategic advancement of NWU

• Guided by top level strategic intent relevant to hyper-connected World

• Cognizant of faculty, RE & academic relationships

• Institutional facilitation of synergy and institutional strategic advancement

• Humble beginnings

– Vision of VC despite domestic priorities

– International office in London established in 2004

Challenges

“…I don’t want to belong to a club that wants me as a member…”

• Why would any top University collaborate or partner with NWU?

– Negative perceptions associated with the African University

– SA rankings – not 1 or 2

– African Rankings

– International rankings (not even in top 500)

– Challenges of the merger (German unification)

• Need to define the new rules which plays to our strengths

Lessons

• Strategic Positioning & strategy is key

1. Portal / gateway to Africa (& potentially emerging markets)

2. GLOCAL: GLOBAL relevance – LOCAL impact

3. Local delivery partner with expertise applying world best practice to

African & Emerging market environments

• Milestones

– Charitable Trust in UK

• Patrons – Tutu, FW

• Trustees & governance

– Raised over R 5.5 million of international funding

– Created “recurring” income through GST of over R 11.5 million pa.

– Established NWU as niche global player within the constraints of the

London office remit

– VP - Attracted top international Universities and Institutions

Proposed NWU Int’l Positioning

• Portal / Gateway to Africa and emerging markets,

developing global relevant solutions to local challenges

• NWU strengths

• Research entities & selected Academic expertise – aligned with global

themes

• South Africa – Microcosm of Global Macrocosm – The “briquette” in BRICS

• Merger & diversity of 3 campuses

• Innovative

• Best Governed – PWC Prize

• Sport

• Game reserves, rural “platteland”

• Global trends

• Challenges & Mega trends

• 21st Century Technology revolution

• Power shift to emerging economies

GLOBAL MEGA TRENDS

Threat or opportunities

DECLINING SUPPLY

• Diminishing agricultural

ground & water

• Climate change

• Rapid Urbanization

• Energy etc.

• Africa role?

• NWU’s role?

INCREASING DEMAND

• Population – 9 Billion by

2050

• Increased consumption by

Asia etc.

… or a world of opportunities?

Planet in peril?

Alignment NWU Research Entity themes & FP7

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Population & Health (M) ** ?

Africa Unit for Trans- disciplinary Health Research

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Drug Research and Development ***

Research Institute for Industrial Pharmacy incl. CENQUAM

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Medicine Usage in SA (MUSA) ***

Hypertension in Africa Research Team (HART)

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Physical Activity Sport and Recreation

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Institute for Biokinetics ***

Institute Psychotherapy & counseling

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Centre for Human Metabonomics **

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South Africa, the ant on the elephant’s back

GLOBAL MEGA TRENDS

NWU’s strategic response

…some personal thoughts as input

Thematic packaging of NWU expertise

Health &

Medicine

Energy &

Environment

Food &

Nutrition

Technology

ICT, Nano, Bio

“Thematic infusion” of global themes into core business

What could / should NWU’s role be within BRICS?

How well can NWU graduates lead in a Chinese dominated

world ?

• c. 20% of world‟s population

• China is Africa‟s biggest trading partner

Can NWU academics play a thought leadership role in supporting South

Africa /African business & governments in dealing with China (and India)?

Six special economic zones set up by 2011

Proposed Strategic Intent & Imperatives

1. Strategic Funding

2. Existing expertise and research “packaged” in global themes

3. Pro-active development of strategic partnerships

– European Framework Program Seven (FP7) & Horizon 2020

– China, India, South America, Africa

– US, Europe

4. Exploit South Africa’s position in BRICs & NWU Glocal projects

– Ant on the elephants shoulder

5. NB Set specific IF targets:

– Per each geographic region - China, Africa, India, South America, US, EU etc.

– Per each thematic focus area – Food, Health, ICT, Environment, Energy etc.

6. Distance, virtual, blended learning

Possible Internationalisation model for NWU

NWU

Province

National

Africa

Global

Global

Challenges

Geo Political

(BRICS)

Technology

Revolution New educ. model

New entrants

Strategic int’l

partnership

Thematic

global

themes

Intl

Framework Joint degrees,

Exchange,

lectures,

conferences etc.

Centre for

Asian studies

Distance

Learning

(4th Campus) Institutional

Advancement - Alumni

- Learning Network

Global

Relevance &

Congruent

marketing

Local

impact

International - Strategic Intent & Positioning

• ACID Test

– If the ideal international partner has the choice between any other university and NWU,

they must choose NWU.

• Congruent articulation of International positioning across NWU

– Compelling Value Proposition articulated in globally relevant idiom

• NOT South African value proposition

– Cognizant of Major Global trends & drivers

– In line with national & local agendas

– Leverage NWU strengths & existing int‟l relationships to create Unique Value Proposition

• Location(s) & climate(s)

• Appeal of sport

– (World Cup Cricket & Football hosts)

– Training base for int‟l athletes

– Achieve step change in advancement of NWU‟s brand and intellectual leadership

IMAGINE…

a multi-campus, global player in food security

Example

AFRICA: Basket Case or Food Basket

• Uses c. 150 m of 874 million

available hectares

• Uses < 10% of its water

resources

• Annual renewable water

resources c. 5'400 billion m3 pa.

NWU Mafikeng : Micro & Small Farming

Intensive sustainable small scale farming in Africa -1million South African small famers?

NWU Vaal – Urban farming expertise?

Kibera, Nairobi Kenia – Urban Slum to farm 3months

NWU Potchefstroom

THANK YOU

BACK-UP

• To be able to “maak saak” / matter deliver on this requires deep

insight and thought leadership on:

– The Global context

– The African & South African context

– The role that NWU can and should play

• NWU International Strategy

• NWU Strengths

• Existing international relationships

– How

South African Context

• Micro cosmos of Global Macro cosmos

– Our challenges (and solutions) are globally VERY relevant

– A laboratory of the world, for the world

• Examples

– Rapid Urbanization

– Distorted population growth

– Food security

– Chasm between the have‟s & have-not‟s

– Multi-culturism,

– Challenges of Diversity

Microcosm of the world

World South Africa

Rapid urbanisation & challenges Finding solutions since early „80‟s

Population explosion

Increased mobility, globalisation

Interconnectedness, global

diseases/epidemics, migration

Security, diminishing power of

smaller sovereigns, power of

corporates

Growth of super cities

Tribal backlash & rise of

fundamentalism

Climate change and environmental

strain

Implications for higher education

• In search of Education 2.0 – Transformation of educational model

• Industrial Era - R&D, “Mass manufacturing” of students

• Web 2.0 Era Educational model(s) – Collaborative, thematic synthesis (thought leadership) & rapid roll-out

– Increasingly cross-disciplinary?

– Foundational degree PLUS Life long learning partner

» how to learn plus what you learn

» knowledge broker

» Learning community partnerships - Alumni, business & external stakeholders

• Blended & distributed teaching & learning model – digitized knowledge lectures leveraging scarce resources (e.g., digitise all lectur

– Evolution of contact teaching – to leverage scarce resources, globalise footprint and internationalization of classroom,

– collaborative learning must replace “broadcast model”

– ability to deal with complexity, uncertainty and rapid change

– New competitive landscape • Mega universities

• Internationalization by other universities

• New entrants – Corporate universities – Accenture, Google, Shell (7,000 PhD‟s, 32,000 Masters)

– Distance learning players & knowledge brokers

Global Themes

• NWU needs to align

Strategic Responses

Health &

Medicine

Energy &

Environment

Technology &

Society

Ethics &

Governance

Human health

& Life

sciences

Society & the

Future

Sust. Earth,

Energy &

Human

Environment

Living

Environment

Food & Food

production

Health,

Lifestyle &

Livelihood

Sustainable

worlds

Materials,

technologies,

Industrial

processes

Technology &

Knowledge for

health

Complex

systems

& Future

Science

Oxford

VU

WU

ETH

NWU strengths

• NWU well positioned with key differentiators

– Modern 21st Century forward thinking & innovative

– Governance model - PWC

– Research entities model – well aligned with thematic models

– Merger and “coal-face” experience with developing the African/[Emerging Market?] University

– Application of expertise as core business unique in particular community development

– Location of 3 campuses

• Rural

• Peri-urban

• City / Industrial including poor townships

Alignment NWU Research Entity themes & FP7

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Population & Health (M) ** ?

Africa Unit for Trans- disciplinary Health Research

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Drug Research and Development ***

Research Institute for Industrial Pharmacy incl. CENQUAM

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Medicine Usage in SA (MUSA) ***

Hypertension in Africa Research Team (HART)

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Physical Activity Sport and Recreation

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Institute for Biokinetics ***

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Centre for Human Metabonomics **

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NWU Research Entities / FP7 Matrix

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Nutrition (CEN) **** ****

Food security and safety in the North West Province (M)

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New: Food & Nutrition Security and Safety (WIP)

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NWU Research Entities / FP7 Matrix

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Energy systems **** ****

Space Physics - COE *** ? ****

Environmental Sciences and Management

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Centre for environmental Management

Chemical resource beneficiation *** ** ***

Business Mathematics and Informatics

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Work-Well: People, Policy and Performance

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Sustainable Social Development **

Tourism Research in Economic Environs and Society (TREES)

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NWU Research Entities / FP7 Matrix

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Teaching-Learning organizations

Educational Technology for Eff. Teaching, Learning & Facilitation

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Understanding & processing language in complex settings

Languages & Literature in South African context

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Musical Arts in SA: Resources and Applications

Reformed Theology & Dev. of SA Society

Development in the South African Constitutional State

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Current NWU FP7 Projects

FP7 Theme Project Focus Partners

Health RN4CAST Nurse forecasting: Human

Resources Planning in Nursing Prof. Annemarie Kruger

Information and Communication

Technologies VOICES

VOIce‐based Community‐cEntric

mobile Services for social

development

Council for Scientific and

Industrial Research

Prof. Ettienne Barnard, van Rooy

Environment (including Climate

Change) PRACTICE

Prevention and restoration

actions to combat desertification.

An integrated assessment Kobus Pienaar

Research for the benefit of SMEs CTA‐PP The Preparatory Phase for the

Cherenkov Telescope Array Space Johan vd Walt

EURATOM: Nuclear Fission and

Radiation Protection EUROPAIRS

End User Requirement for

Process heat Applications with

Innovative Reactors for

Sustainable energy supply

Pebble Bed

Modular Reactor Company (Pty)

Ltd

Dr. Pieter Rossouw

Sustainable Nutrition Research

for Africa in the Years to come SUNRAY

Identifying research needs on

malnutrition in Africa - Mandatory

Africa

Health ESAP-NUTRES?

IRSES - investigating the

causes, consequences and

solutions of malnutrition in

developing countries

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Back-Up

The “blue sky” university

• Key imperatives

– Strong educational brand

– Quality control, Assessment & Certification

– Customer needs translated into “products”

– Digital teaching & learning platform that incorporates revolutionary changes as

they occur e.g., social media, video conferencing etc.

– Scalable, student & tutor management system

– Strategic partnerships

Food security: 3 dimensional

matrix

Social & Economic

Agriculture

Particle

Planet

Population Person

Production

Purchase

Health: 3 dimensional matrix

Human Sciences

Life Sciences:

Medical, Pharma, ,

Nutrition, Sport

Prevention

Nano

Environment Psychological

Treatment

Physical

How to feed 9 billion people in 2050

• Developing countries will account for much of this expected increase,

with sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) leading the way, as its population is

assumed to double from 770 million inhabitants in 2005 to 1.5 billion

by 2050.

• global population will increase from the current seven billion to eight

billion in 2025 and nine billion by 2050

• Combined with a further increase in wealth, this will result in a

doubling of the demand for food.

• Closing the yield gap for the main staple food crops in SSA

constitutes a critical lever for increasing agricultural productivity while

meeting the regional and global food security challenge.

• Core infrastructure such as electricity, storage, cold chain, road

networks and rural roads are vital for agricultural transfor- mation in

SSA.

• four factors is essential: appropriate technologies, a good

infrastructure, a favourable economic and institutional environment,

and the preservation of na- tural resources.

Global Context: Major Trends & drivers

• Distorted population growth – Ageing of baby boomers – pensions, 50‟s new 30‟s, medical care, working “till

death”& increased job scarcity

– Population explosion in emerging markets and higher life expentancy

• Increased demand for diminishing resources – Water, carbon energy sources (oil), fertile agricultural ground, oceanic fish, forests

• Climate change and environmental strain

• Increased mobility, globalisation – Interconnectedness, global diseases/epidemics, migration

– Security, diminishing power of smaller sovereigns, power of corporates

– Growth of super cities • 60% op worlds population will live in towns and cities by 2030

– Disesases

– Climate change

– Tribal backlash & rise of fundamentalism

• Age of Asia? – China, India & Asian Tigers

• Search for meaning, purpose and moral compasses (religion) and decline of materialism

Global Context: Major Trends & drivers

cont’d

• Technology Revolution at lightning speed

– IT & Communication revolution

– BioTech & regenerative medicine

– NanoTech

– Merger of human and machine technologies

• Ubiquitous connectivity

– Extreme bandwidth, always on

– Proliferation of digital data

– The super computer in the “Cloud(s)”

– Artificial intelligence