Centre for Academic Engagement & Collaboration (CAEC)
Centre for Academic Engagement & Collaboration (CAEC)
Action category:
Education and Curriculum
Latest update: 05/24/2017
Sustainable Development Goals
Presentation
The CAEC is the umbrella unit whose focus is the formation and regulation of academic engagement partnerships with the broader community of the Nelson Mandela Bay. The CAEC is made up by four units:
- Cooperative Education & Service Learning Unit
- Continuing Education Unit
- Community Engagement & Empowerment Projects Unit
- Graduate & Student Placement Unit
Objectives
The CAEC wants to act as an interface between the internal and external stakeholders of the NMMU and to be the catalyst in promoting, developing and maintaining partnerships between the NMMU and the external community.
Main activities
The CAEC actions are directed at making the NMMU a transparent and user –friendly institution which extends itself effectively to those who seek access to its knowledge resources, products and expertise.
- Fostering and developing collaborative partnerships between the NMMU, industry, commerce, the community, including local, regional and national government agencies.
- Responding to community identified needs and providing a facilitative, co-ordinative and consultative function in terms of the aforementioned partnerships.
- Providing expertise and support to faculties with regard to liaison and partnerships with external stakeholders and community, the generation of third stream income and the exploration of opportunities with external stakeholders.
- Establishing co-operative education and service learning partnerships with external stakeholders.
- Providing an academic support service to faculties and a student support service as relates to co-operative education, service learning and graduate placement.
- Marketing the expertise of the Centres of Excellence and specialized units of the NMMU.
- Providing an administrative and academic support service to faculties in terms of Short Learning Programmes, customized and market driven programmes directed at the adult market.
- Providing assistance and support to departments and units involved in community development and empowerment projects.
