From Hope to Action Through Knowledge: The Renaissance of the University of the Western Cape 2001-2014

Bharuthram, Ramesh

ISBN 10: 1990995004 / ISBN 13: 9781990995002

Published by UWC Press 2020-10, 2020

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: From Hope to Action Through Knowledge: The Renaissance of the University of the Western Cape 2001-2014
• Publisher: UWC Press 2020-10
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1990995004
• ISBN 13: 9781990995002
• Binding: PF
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Its November 2001. A university in dire straits, financially bankrupt burdening a debt in excess of R100-million, a disillusioned and demoralised staff complement still reeling from the trauma of retrenchments, coupled with an academic project facing collapse as student numbers dwindle by a third to less than 10 000. Is there a future for such an institution, described by some as a ‘basket case’ with very bleak prospects of survival? This was the landscape that confronted the newly-appointed Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the University of the Western Cape.Fast forward to December 2014. The CEO retires from office, bestowing upon his successor a financially sound institution with a flourishing academic project, recording unprecedented achievements, enriching the lives of more than 20 000 students, and widely acknowledged as a research-led university. This book narrates how visionary leadership with the steadfast belief that your past does not determine your future, galvanised an entire organisation into believing that a better outcome was indeed achievable, and the will to move forward as a collective with a redefined purpose and commitment to achieve that which was once deemed impossible.

About the Authors

Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic, 2008-2014

Institutional Planner and Executive Assistant to the Vice-Chancellor