• recognises the importance of both and the synergy created by the interrelationship
• gives credibility to the University and its academics
• promotes and supports learning and teaching as a process of intellectual inquiry and discovery rather than as memorising and regurgitating bodies of existing knowledge discovered by others
• keeps subjects based on up-to-date research
• stimulates students' interest in research and developing their own research skills and areas of interest
• leads to students' pursuing higher research degrees which in turn boosts the University's reputation in fields of excellence
• keeps lecturers and students up-to-date with new discoveries and ideas
• generates new ideas as lecturers and students spark off each other
• clarifies ideas and directions
• makes teaching interesting and relevant
• saves time
• builds up a community of scholars enhancing the University's reputation as a Centre of Excellence which, in turn, generates a new generation of interested scholars
• provides opportunities for collaboration among lecturers and students on publications

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