Webinar - In 2018 the MCO launched its Living Values Project. This webinar shares how DUT adopted a ‘people-centred and engaged’ approach to develop their Living Values Framework (LVF).
Date: 27 AUGUST 2025 from 15:00 to 16:00
Event location: Online event
Type: Special Events
The webinar
This webinar ‘Cascading conversations towards deriving the Durban University of Technology’s Living Values Framework’ will share their story.
Webinar attendees will discover unique perspectives and powerful insights on how ‘lived experiences’ notably, of DUT people with respect to the institution’s then espoused values, of how institutional culture pathologies and also the prevailing moral/ethical socio-economic conditions in the country at large advocated for a values- and principles- based institutional strategy, a strategy named ENVISION2030.
DUT will also unveil the path from ENVISION2030 to ‘intentionally’ adopting the internationally acclaimed ‘Living Values Project’ methodology towards ‘enacting’ the derivation of our own home-grown LVF.
Attendees will be taken on a journey of the series of conversations that DUT engaged in to arrive at its espoused values and principles, the deeper distillation of their respective definitions and behaviour statements, tailored to resonate with the entire DUT community in its different categories, namely all DUT people, students, staff, managers, structures/committees.
Programme
Welcome and introduction to the MCO and Living Values Project
David Lock, Secretary General of the MCO
Introduction to Durban University of Technology and why the Living Values Framework was developed
Thandwa Mthembu, Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Durban University of Technology (DUT), South Africa
Kavita Beemsen, Senior Director Institutional Planning Monitoring and Evaluatio, Durban University of
Technology (DUT), South Africa
How Durban University of Technology (DUT) adopted a ‘people-centred and engaged’ approach to develop
their Living Values Framework (LVF)
Lorna McCullough senior lecturer in the Department of Applied Management, Faculty of Management
Sciences at the Durban University of Technology, South Africa
Questions & Discussions
LIVING VALUES PROJET AT THE MCO ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE
11-13 November, London
The MCO’s anniversary in 2025 will be hosted by Kings College London from 11- 13 November.
Details of the event and how to register can be found at https://events.magna-charta.org/event/mcu-anniversary-2025
The Living Values project will feature in a session on the afternoon of 11 November when the team from DUT will be presenting with senior staff from Newcastle University in the UK who will be sharing their “Leading through values” development programme.
Universities adopting the Living Values project are invited to contact the Secretary General on davidjohn.lock@unibo.it to share their experiences or to seek assistance.
The MCO and DUT look forward to extending a warm South African welcome and, engaging with you at the upcoming webinar and the Anniversary Conference.
