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Programme
Fully centralized design and implementation approach (2014) to a hub-
and-spoke approach with shared responsibility (2015)
• Establishment of an orientation organizing committee - inclusion of other
stakeholders (able, needed, valuable, responsible) (2015
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• Shared responsibility for the design and implementation of the programme,
faculty specific programmes, sport and recreation programme (2015
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Programme was enhanced in 2017 through including parents and/or
custodians as stakeholders, parents’ meeting kickstarts the orientation
programme
• SA research showed that “about 70% of first years are first generation students,
which means that both they and their families need more effective orientation
approaches to help them understand higher education” (Strydom & Mentz, 2012)
Evaluation of orientation (student perspective/voice) provides a building
block towards an evidence based programme (2015
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