73 CLOSING REMARKS Despite COVID-19, the Faculty of Humanities experienced a good 2021. Research, funding, and success rates improved. We kept up with internationalisation initiatives, invested in staff, facilitated transformation, built active committees, and encouraged public intellectual work on a wide range of topics. We launched new research centres and began the process of opening up discussion on the value of developing short learning programmes. We celebrated exemplary performances of staff and students who attained awards and commendations. Our relevance as a Faculty of the Future was assured. At the same time, we addressed various problems and setbacks that we will work with conscientiously going forward: we need more interventions to enhance the social and psychological wellbeing of staff and students who were severely affected during periods of the 2021 lockdown. We also need strategies to equip students in blended methodologies and self-directed learning. We need to improve and sharpen our many research and teaching agendas and keep up the momentum to transform the Faculty and its climate and culture. UJ Faculty of Humanities www.uj.ac.za/humanities
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