The Department of Student Affairs (DSA) recently hosted a workshop on CPUT’s core values for members of the university’s various Local SRCs and Central SRC at the Bellville Campus.
In line with the event’s theme of Restaurant Talks the students were divided into groups to discuss the seven values enshrined in the university’s Vision and Mission and a staff member facilitated each group.
Groups later reported back on their respective values to a plenary session and entertained questions and comments from the floor.
The values are Ubuntu, mutual respect, equity, innovation, accountability, excellence and efficiency.
Adv Lionel Harper, acting Dean of Students, explained that the purpose of the event was to debate the university’s core values.
Harper added that he has persuaded the university’s executive management to introduce an award to a student or staff member who showed the greatest degree of Ubuntu in various categories of campus life.
Dean of Faculty of Business and Management Sciences, Prof Mzikayise Binza, says the founders of the university intended for CPUT to live forever.
“CPUT was designed with eternity in mind and therefore it ought to be considered as eternal,” said Binza.
The following questions guided the groups’ discussions:
What does this value mean?
Why is it important to CPUT?
How is the SRC going to ensure that all CPUT students equally understand these values?
Head of DSA Malinge Gqeba told the student leaders that their input would be compiled into a report which would be sent to the university’s management as well as a request for a follow-up session.
