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We are committed to achieving common goals through collaboration, listening to each other and sharing information. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We always strive to do what is best for our students, thereby ensuring success to every student that is committed to learning. Student success is our success\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The statement above describes the values that the School of Natural and Applied Sciences prescribes to. The School\u2019s Top Three Goals for 2019 are guided by these values, and they are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Developing a Research Plan<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The School of NAS recognizes and holds in high esteem the expertise and academics across all disciplines. The three categories of researchers \u2013 emerging, early career and experience of its established-mid career researchers as classified by the University, are fully recognized and each group is expected to contribute to the enhancement of research culture in the School. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Programme Development and Consolidation of New Programmes <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The focus on programme development is now concentrating on postgraduate programmes. There are at least <a href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/spu\/index.php\/new-programmes-2019\/\">two new Bachelor of Science Honours programmes<\/a> that are on course to commence in 2020. The consolidation of the BSc Honours in <a href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/spu\/index.php\/sciences-programmes-bsc-datascience\/\">Data Science<\/a> which was introduced in 2019 also takes priority. 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