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UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND, JOHANNESBURG

FACULTY ALMANAC 2020

SECOND DRAFT 12.12.2019

PUBLIC AND RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS/HOLY DAYS RECOGNISED BY THE UNIVERSITY AND THE FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES

2020

DATE NAME OF HOLIDAY/ HOLY DAY

UNIVERSITY STATUS

Wednesday 01 January New Year’s Day University closed

Saturday 21 March Human Rights Day University closed

Thursday 09 April Pesach (day 1)** No Tests/ Exams

Friday 10 April Good Friday/ Pesach (day 2)* University closed

Monday 13 April Family Day University closed

Wednesday 15 April Pesach (day 7) No Tests/ Exams

Thursday 16 April Pesach (day 8) No Tests/ Exams

Saturday 25 April First Day of Ramadan* No Tests/ Exams

Monday 27 April Freedom Day University closed

Friday 01 May Worker’s Day University closed

Sunday 24 May Eid-ul-Fitr* No Tests/ Exams

Friday 29 May Shavuoth (day 1)** No Tests/ Exams

Saturday 30 May Shavuoth (day 2)** No Tests/ Exams

Tuesday 16 June Youth Day University closed

Friday 31 July Eid-ul-Adha* No Tests/ Exams

Sunday 09 August National Women’s Day University closed

Monday 10 August Public Holiday University closed

Saturday 19 September Rosh Hashanah (day 1)** No Tests/ Exams

Sunday 20 September Rosh Hashanah (day 2)** No Tests/ Exams

Thursday 24 September Heritage Day University closed

Monday 28 September Yom Kippur** No Tests/ Exams

Saturday 03 October Sukkot (day 1)** No Tests/ Exams

Sunday 04 October Sukkot (day 2)** No Tests/ Exams

Saturday 10 October Shemini Atzeret** No Tests/ Exams

Sunday 11 October Simchat Torah** No Tests/ Exams

Friday 13 November Diwali (South India) No Tests/ Exams

Saturday 14 November Diwali (North India) No Tests/ Exams

Wednesday 16 December Day of Reconciliation University closed

Friday 25 December Christmas Day University closed

Saturday 26 December Day of Goodwill University closed

*Islamic Holy Day – commences the previous evening, exact date depends on the sighting of the new moon. **Jewish Holy Day – commences the previous evening.

COLLEGE OF MEDICINE OF SOUTH AFRICA (CMSA) NATIONAL EXAMINATION DATES FOR 2020

FIRST SEMESTER – 2020

WEBSITE OPENS 1 OCTOBER 2019 WEBSITE CLOSES 15 NOVEMBER 2019

Written – Part I and Primary Examinations 27 – 31 January

Written – Diploma Examinations 5 – 7 February

Written – Intermediate Examinations 13 – 14 February

Written – Sub-Specialty Certificant Examinations 24 – 28 February

Written – Part II Final Examinations 24 – 28 February

Diplomas 30 Mar – 1 April

Intermediates 14 – 17 April

Sub-Specialty Certificants 28 – 30 April

Fellowships 4 – 8 May

Admission Ceremony - Diplomas Thursday, April 2, 2020

Admission Ceremony – Fellows, Certificants Thursday, May 21, 2020 (in PRETORIA)

SECOND SEMESTER - 2020

WEBSITE OPENS 15 APRIL 2020 WEBSITE CLOSES 31 MAY 2020

Written – Part I and Primary Examinations 29 June – 3 July

Written – Diploma Examinations 6 – 8 July

Written – Intermediate Examinations 16 – 17 July

Written – Sub-Specialty Certificant Examinations 27 – 31 July

Written – Part II Final Examinations 27 – 31 July

Diplomas 7 – 9 September

Intermediates 31 August – 4 September

Sub-Specialty Certificants 5 – 9 October

Fellowships 12 – 16 October

Admission Ceremony - Diplomas Thursday, September 10, 2020

Admission Ceremony – Fellows, Certificants Thursday, October 22, 2020 (in CAPE TOWN)

JANUARY

DATE TIME COMMITTEE/FUNCTION

Wednesday 01 NEW YEAR’S DAY – UNIVERSITY CLOSED

Thursday 02 University Re-opens

Friday 03 12:00 Deadline for Wits Readmissions Committee (WRC1) submissions

Deadline for On-line Registration: MBBCh III, MBBCh IV, MBBCh V, MBBCH VI, BCMP III, BDS III, BDS IV, BOHSc II, BOHSc III, BSc Physio IV, B Pharm IV

Monday 06

Tuesday 07

Wednesday 08 Wits Readmissions Committee (WRC1) Meeting

Department of Radiation Services: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Thursday 09 Wits Readmissions Committee (WRC2 – MRNL students only) Meeting

Friday 10 Wits Readmissions Committee (WRC2 – MRNL students only) Meeting

Outcome of WRC1 Meeting

Deadline for On-line Registration: BDS II, BSc Physio III, B Pharm III, BHSc III, B Nurs III, B Nurs IV, BSc OT II, BSc OT III, BSc OT IV

Monday 13 Deadline for Registration for all new First Year Health Sciences Students

08:00 - 10:00 Deanery

Tuesday 14 09:00 – 13:00 Senior Executive Team (SET)

Wednesday 15 Wits Readmissions Committee (WRC2) Meeting

School of Oral Health Sciences: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Thursday 16 Wits Readmissions Committee (WRC2) Meeting

Friday 17 Deadline for On-line Registration: BCMP II

Saturday 18 Outcome of WRC2 Meetings

Monday 20

Tuesday 21 15:00 School of Clinical Medicine HOD’s Meeting

Wednesday 22 12:30 Faculty PhD: Protocol Assessments

15:00 Department of Psychiatry: Deadline for Protocol Submission

16:00 Department of Neurosciences: Deadline for Protocol Submission

School of Anatomical Sciences: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Thursday 23

Friday 24 Deadline for On-line Registration: MBBCh II, BDS I (Repeats), BSc Physio II, B Pharm II, BHSc II, B Nurs II

15:30 for 16:00 Welcome Day Ceremony

Monday 27 08:00 - 10:00 Deanery

08:00 School of Anatomical Sciences Dedication Ceremony (Therapeutic Sciences/ BDS)

14:00 Faculty Research Committee

School of Physiology: Deadline for Protocol Submission

School of Public Health: Deadline for Masters Protocol Submission

Tuesday 28 08:00 School of Anatomical Sciences Dedication Ceremony (MBBCh/BHSc/BMEng)

09:00 – 13:00 Senior Executive Team (SET)

Department of Paediatrics (MMed & MSc): Deadline for Protocol Submission

Wednesday 29 14:00 Department of Radiation Services: Protocol Assessments

Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology: Deadline for Protocol Submission

School of Pathology: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Thursday 30

Friday 31 Deadline for On-line Registrations: MBBCh I (Repeats), BSc OT I (Repeats), BSc Physio I (Repeats), B Pharm I (Repeats), BHSc I (Repeats), B Nurs I (Repeats), BCMP I (Repeats), BOHSc I (Repeats)

11:30 - 16:00 Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC)(Medical)

FEBRUARY

DATE TIME COMMITTEE/FUNCTION

Monday 03 08:00 - 10:00 Deanery

12:00 - 13:00 School of Therapeutic Sciences Research & PG Studies Committee

Tuesday 04 12:00 - 13:00 Community Engagement and Marketing Committee (previously known as Admissions Marketing Task Team)

Bioethics & Health Law: Deadline for Protocol Submission

School of Therapeutic Sciences: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Wednesday 05 13:15 – 14:30 University Grading Committee

14:00 School of Anatomical Sciences: Protocol Assessments

14:00 School of Oral Health Sciences: Protocol Assessments

14:00 University Research Committee (URC) (Executive)

16:00 Wits Health Sciences Library Committee

Thursday 06 13:30 Senate Committee on Teaching and Learning

17:00 Executive Committee of Convocation

Friday 07 14:00 Executive Committee of Council (EXCO)

Department of Internal Medicine: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Monday 10 08:00 - 10:00 Deanery

13:00 Third Year Working Party

Tuesday 11 09:00 – 13:00 Senior Executive Team (SET)

15:00 School of Clinical Medicine HOD’s Meeting

Wednesday 12 10:00 - 12:00 Faculty Graduate Studies Executive Committee Meeting

13:00 School of Clinical Medicine Executive Committee Meeting

14:00 Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology: Protocol Assessments

Faculty PhD: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Thursday 13 Full Day SET Retreat

12:30 Faculty Research Coordinators Meeting

Friday 14 Full Day SET Retreat

08:30 School of Therapeutic Sciences Finance and Exec Meeting

12:00 Faculty ICT Committee

13:30 - 16:30 Centre for Rural Health Advisory Board

Department of Anaesthesiology: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Monday 17 08:00 - 10:00 Deanery

14:00 Professional and Ethical Standards Committee

Tuesday 18 09:00 Bioethics & Health Law: Protocol Assessments

13:30 Department of Paediatrics (MMed & MSc): Protocol Assessments

14:00 Faculty Staffing & Promotions Committee (Professorial)

Wednesday 19 10:30 School of Clinical Medicine Finance and HR Meeting

12:00 Department of Neurosciences: Protocol Assessments

12:00 Department of Psychiatry: Protocol Assessments

12:30 Faculty Graduate Studies Committee

14:00 Faculty Transformation Committee

14:00 School of Pathology: Protocol Assessments

14:00 - 16:00 Palliative Care Advisory Board

Thursday 20 11:00 – 14:00 University of the Witwatersrand Retirement Fund (UWRF

12:00 – 14:00 Wits Group Chief Executive Officers Meeting

13:30 Academic Planning and Development Committee (APDC)

14:00 - 15:30 Occupational Health and Safety Committee

Friday 21 13:15 First Year Working Party

Monday 24 08:00 - 10:00 Deanery

Tuesday 25 09:00 – 13:00 Senior Executive Team (SET)

14:00 Senate Graduate Studies Committee

Department of Paediatrics (MMed & MSc): Deadline for Protocol Submission

Wednesday 26 12:30 Faculty Board

13:30 School of Public Health: Masters Protocol Assessments

Thursday 27 09:00 Human Resources Committee (HRC)

14:00 University Forum

Friday 28 11:30 - 16:00 Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC)(Medical)

MARCH

DATE TIME COMMITTEE/FUNCTION

Monday 02 08:00 - 10:00 Deanery

14:30 Naming Committee

16:00 Adler Museum of Medicine Board of Control

Tuesday 03 09:00 – 11:00 Senior Management Group (SMG)

13:15 Bachelor of Health Sciences Committee

14:00 Department of Internal Medicine: Protocol Assessments

Wednesday 04 12:30 School of Therapeutic Sciences: Protocol Assessments

Thursday 05 09:00 - 12:00 SBIMB Advisory Board

10:00 – 12:00 Transformation Steering Committee

11:00 – 14:00 University of the Witwatersrand Retirement Fund (UWRF) Board Meeting

14:00 University Research Committee (URC)

Division of Emergency Medicine: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Friday 06 09:00 Council ICT Committee

14:00 Executive Committee of Council (EXCO)

Monday 09 08:00 - 10:00 Deanery

14:00 Faculty Research Committee

14:00 – 16:00 Distinguished Professors

Department of Anaesthesiology: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Tuesday 10 10:00 – 13:00 Senior Executive Team (SET)

12:30 Faculty PhD: Protocol Assessments

14:00 Financial Aid, Scholarships and Merit Awards Committee (FASMAC)

Wednesday 11 11:00 onwards Ethics Alive Student Symposium

13:00 Second Year Working Party

13:15 – 14:30 University Grading Committee

14:00 Student Services Advisory Committee

15:00 Department of Psychiatry: Deadline for Protocol Submission

16:00 Department of Neurosciences: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Department of Surgery (All Disciplines): Deadline for Protocol Submission

Thursday 12 10:00 University Wellness Forum

13:30 SENATE

17:30 - 20:00 Ethics Alive Symposium

Department of Forensic Medicine: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Friday 13

Monday 16 08:00 - 10:00 Deanery

Tuesday 17 13:00 BCMP Undergraduate Committee

14:00 Faculty Teaching and Learning Committee

14:00 – 17:00 Finance Committee of Council (FINCO)

15:00 School of Clinical Medicine HOD’s Meeting

Wednesday 18

Thursday 19 09:30; 13:30; 17:00 Graduation: Science

12:30 - 14:00 School of Oral Health Sciences Undergraduate Committee

Friday 20 08:30 School of Therapeutic Sciences Finance and Exec Meeting

09:30 Graduation: Science & CLM

13:30 Graduation: CLM

Saturday 21 HUMAN RIGHTS DAY

Monday 23 08:00 - 10:00 Deanery

09:30; 13:30; 17:00 Graduation: CLM

School of Public Health: Deadline for Masters Protocol Submission

Tuesday 24 09:30 & 13:30 Graduation: CLM

13:30 - 15:30 Faculty Undergraduate Committee

13:30 Department of Paediatrics (MMed & MSc): Protocol Assessments

17:00 Graduation: Humanities

School of Therapeutic Sciences: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Wednesday 25 09:30; 13:30; 17:00 Graduation: Humanities

MARCH (continued)

DATE TIME COMMITTEE/FUNCTION

Wednesday 25 10:30 School of Clinical Medicine Finance and HR Meeting

13:00 School of Clinical Medicine Executive Committee Meeting

Department of Paediatrics (MMed & MSc): Deadline for Protocol Submission

School of Anatomical Sciences: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Thursday 26 08:30 Division of Emergency Medicine: Protocol Assessments

09:30 Graduation: Humanities

13:30 & 17:00 Graduation: EBE

14:00 Faculty Staffing & Promotions Committee (Non-Professorial)

Friday 27 09:30 & 13:30 Graduation: EBE

11:30 - 16:00 Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC)(Medical)

Monday 30

Tuesday 31 09:00 – 13:00 Senior Executive Team (SET)

APRIL

DATE TIME COMMITTEE/FUNCTION

Wednesday 01 15:30 for 16:00 Faculty Prize-Giving Ceremony

Department of Radiation Services: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Faculty PhD: Deadline for Protocol Submission

School of Oral Health Sciences: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Thursday 02

Friday 03 13:00 COUNCIL

Department of Anaesthesiology: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Monday 06 08:00 - 10:00 Deanery

12:00 - 13:00 School of Therapeutic Sciences Research & PG Studies Committee

Tuesday 07 10:00 – 12:00 SET & HOS

15:00 School of Clinical Medicine HOD’s Meeting

School of Physiology: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Wednesday 08 12:00 Department of Neurosciences: Protocol Assessments

12:00 Department of Psychiatry: Protocol Assessments

14:00 Faculty Teaching and Learning Committee

14:00 Department of Surgery (All Disciplines): Protocol Assessments

Thursday 09 Pesach (day 1)

09:30 Department of Forensic Medicine: Protocol Assessments

12:30 Faculty Research Coordinators Meeting

13:30 Academic Planning and Development Committee (APDC)

Friday 10 GOOD FRIDAY – UNIVERSITY CLOSED/ Pesach (day 2)

Monday 13 FAMILY DAY – UNIVERSITY CLOSED

Tuesday 14 09:00 – 10:30 SET & SMG

10:30 – 13:00 Senior Executive Team (SET)

13:30 Department of Paediatrics (MMed & MSc): Protocol Assessments

14:00 Faculty Staffing & Promotions Committee (Professorial)

School of Therapeutic Sciences: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Wednesday 15 Pesach (day 7)

10:30 School of Clinical Medicine Finance and HR Meeting

12:30 School of Therapeutic Sciences: Protocol Assessments

13:30 - 15:30 Faculty Advisory Committee on Admissions Policy

Bioethics & Health Law: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology: Deadline for Protocol Submission

School of Pathology: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Thursday 16 Pesach (day 8)

10:00 – 12:00 Transformation Implementation Committee

14:30 Honorary Degrees Committee

Friday 17 08:30 School of Therapeutic Sciences Finance and Exec Meeting

Saturday 18

Sunday 19

Monday 20 08:00 - 10:00 Deanery

Tuesday 21 09:00 Senate Committee on eResearch

Wednesday 22 13:30 School of Public Health: Masters Protocol Assessments

14:00 Department of Radiation Services: Protocol Assessments

14:00 Senate Library Committee

Thursday 23 08:30 – 10:00 Institutional ICT Committee

10:00 Senate Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Reference Committee

14:00 University Forum

Friday 24 11:30 - 16:00 Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC)(Medical)

13:15 First Year Working Party

Saturday 25 First Day of Ramadan

Monday 27 FREEDOM DAY – UNIVERSITY CLOSED

Tuesday 28 13:15 – 14:30 University Grading Committee

Wednesday 29 10:00 - 12:00 Faculty Graduate Studies Executive Committee Meeting

APRIL (continued)

DATE TIME COMMITTEE/FUNCTION

Wednesday 29 14:00 Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology: Protocol Assessments

Thursday 30 12:30 Faculty PhD: Protocol Assessments

MAY

DATE TIME COMMITTEE/FUNCTION

Friday 01 WORKER’S DAY

Monday 04 08:00 - 10:00 Deanery

14:00 Faculty Research Committee

Tuesday 05 10:00 – 13:00 Senior Executive Team (SET)

14:00 School of Physiology: Protocol Assessments

15:00 School of Clinical Medicine HOD’s Meeting

Department of Paediatrics (MMed & MSc): Deadline for Protocol Submission

Wednesday 06 09:00 Bioethics & Health Law: Protocol Assessments

12:00 Faculty ICT Committee

12:30 Faculty Graduate Studies Committee

12:30 School of Therapeutic Sciences: Protocol Assessments

13:30 Senate Committee on Teaching and Learning

14:00 School of Anatomical Sciences: Protocol Assessments

14:00 School of Oral Health Sciences: Protocol Assessments

14:00 School of Pathology: Protocol Assessments

Thursday 07 Division of Emergency Medicine: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Friday 08 14:00 Executive Committee of Council (EXCO)

Monday 11 14:00 - 17:00 Wits Health Consortium Board Meeting

Tuesday 12 14:00 Senate Graduate Studies Committee

Student Services Advisory Committee

Wednesday 13 13:00 - 17:00 MSC Sports Day

13:00 Second Year Working Party

13:00 School of Clinical Medicine Executive Committee Meeting

14:00 Faculty Transformation Committee

Department of Surgery (All Disciplines): Deadline for Protocol Submission

Thursday 14 11:00 – 13:00 Wits Group Chief Executive Officers Meeting

11:00 – 14:00 UWRF Investment Meeting

13:30 Academic Planning and Development Committee (APDC)

14:00 - 15:30 Occupational Health and Safety Committee

Department of Forensic Medicine: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Friday 15

Monday 18 08:00 - 10:00 Deanery

Tuesday 19 08:00 - 16:00 Teaching and Learning Symposium

09:00 – 10:30 Internal Audit Committee

10:30 – 13:00 Senior Executive Team (SET)

13:30 Department of Paediatrics (MMed & MSc): Protocol Assessments

14:00 Department of Anaesthesiology: Protocol Assessments

14:00 Financial Aid, Scholarships and Merit Awards Committee (FASMAC)

Wednesday 20 12:30 Faculty Board

14:00 University Research Committee (URC) (Executive)

Thursday 21 08:30 Division of Emergency Medicine: Protocol Assessments

13:30 SENATE

14:00 Faculty Staffing & Promotions Committee (Non-Professorial)

Friday 22 08:30 School of Therapeutic Sciences Finance and Exec Meeting

Department of Internal Medicine: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Sunday 24 Eid-ul-Fitr

Monday 25 School of Public Health: Deadline for Masters Protocol Submission

Tuesday 26 13:15 Bachelor of Health Sciences Committee

14:00 Professional and Ethical Standards Committee

Department of Paediatrics (MMed & MSc): Deadline for Protocol Submission

Wednesday 27 14:00 – 17:00 Finance Committee of Council (FINCO)

Thursday 28 11:00 – 14:00 University of the Witwatersrand Retirement Fund (UWRF) Board Meeting

Friday 29 Shavuoth (day 1)

MAY (continued)

DATE TIME COMMITTEE/FUNCTION

Friday 29 11:30 - 16:00 Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC)(Medical)

13:30 - 16:30 Centre for Rural Health Advisory Board

Saturday 30 Shavuoth (day 2)

JUNE

DATE TIME COMMITTEE/FUNCTION

Monday 01 08:00 - 10:00 Deanery

14:00 Awards Committee: Vice Chancellor’s Award for Academic Citizenship

16:00 Adler Museum of Medicine Board of Control

Tuesday 02 09:00 – 13:00 Senior Executive Team (SET)

12:00 - 13:00 Community Engagement and Marketing Committee (previously known as Admissions Marketing Task Team)

14:00 Awards Committee: Vice Chancellor’s Teaching Awards

Wednesday 03 13:15 – 14:30 University Grading Committee

Thursday 04

Department of Radiation Services: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Friday 05 13:00 COUNCIL

Department of Anaesthesiology: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Sunday 07

Monday 08 12:00 - 13:00 School of Therapeutic Sciences Research & PG Studies Committee

14:00 Awards Committee: Vice Chancellor’s Teaching Awards Presentation

Tuesday 09 09:00 – 11:00 Senior Management Group (SMG)

13:00 BCMP Undergraduate Committee

14:00 Department of Anaesthesiology: Protocol Assessments

15:00 School of Clinical Medicine HOD’s Meeting

Wednesday 10 13:00 Constitution Committee: Health Sciences

14:00 Department of Internal Medicine: Protocol Assessments

14:00 Department of Surgery (All Disciplines): Protocol Assessments

15:00 Department of Psychiatry: Deadline for Protocol Submission

16:00 Department of Neurosciences: Deadline for Protocol Submission

School of Pathology: Deadline for Protocol Submission (Masters)

Thursday 11 09:30 Department of Forensic Medicine: Protocol Assessments

Friday 12

Sunday 14

Monday 15 08:00 - 10:00 Deanery

Tuesday 16 08:30 – 10:00 YOUTH DAY – UNIVERSITY CLOSED

Wednesday 17 0 Institutional ICT Committee

10:00 Constitution Committee: General Rules

10:30 School of Clinical Medicine Finance and HR Meeting

Senate Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Reference Committee

Thursday 18 12:30 - 14:00 School of Oral Health Sciences Undergraduate Committee

13:30 Academic Planning and Development Committee (APDC)

Friday 19 08:30 School of Therapeutic Sciences Finance and Exec Meeting

Monday 22

Tuesday 23 09:00 – 10:00 SET & Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Committee

10:00 – 13:00 Senior Executive Team (SET)

13:30 - 15:30 Faculty Undergraduate Committee

Department of Paediatrics (MMed & MSc): Deadline for Protocol Submission

School of Physiology: Deadline for Protocol Submission

School of Therapeutic Sciences: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Wednesday 24 13:30 School of Public Health: Masters Protocol Assessments

16:00 Wits Health Sciences Library Committee

Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Thursday 25 14:00 Department of Radiation Services: Protocol Assessments

Friday 26 11:30 - 16:00 Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC)(Medical)

Monday 29 08:00 - 10:00 Deanery

School of Public Health: Deadline for Masters Protocol Submission

Tuesday 30

JULY

DATE TIME COMMITTEE/FUNCTION

Wednesday 01 Bioethics & Health Law: Deadline for Protocol Submission

School of Anatomical Sciences: Deadline for Protocol Submission

14:00 School of Pathology: Protocol Assessments (Masters)

Thursday 02 12:30 Faculty Research Coordinators Meeting

Friday 03

Monday 06 14:00 Faculty Research Committee

Tuesday 07 09:30 & 14:30 Graduation: PhD

14:00 School of Physiology: Protocol Assessments

15:00 School of Clinical Medicine HOD’s Meeting

Department of Family Medicine: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Wednesday 08 09:30 & 14:30 Graduation: Humanities

12:00 Department of Neurosciences: Protocol Assessments

12:00 Department of Psychiatry: Protocol Assessments

14:00 Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology: Protocol Assessments

School of Oral Health Sciences: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Thursday 09 09:30 Graduation: Humanities; EBE & Science

14:30 Graduation: Health Sciences

Division of Emergency Medicine: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Friday 10 09:30 Graduation: CLM

14:30 Graduation: General

Monday 13 08:00 - 10:00 Deanery

Tuesday 14 09:00 – 13:00 Senior Executive Team (SET)

13:15 – 14:30 University Grading Committee

13:30 Department of Paediatrics (MMed & MSc): Protocol Assessments

14:00 Faculty Teaching and Learning Committee

Department of Family Medicine: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Wednesday 15 09:00 Bioethics & Health Law: Protocol Assessments

11:00 – 13:00 Wits Group Chief Executive Officers Meeting

12:30 School of Therapeutic Sciences: Protocol Assessments

17:00 Executive Committee of Convocation

Faculty PhD: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Thursday 16

Friday 17 08:30 School of Therapeutic Sciences Finance and Exec Meeting

14:00 - 17:00 BHSc Careers Day

14:30 Honorary Degrees Committee

Monday 20 14:30 Naming Committee

Tuesday 21 14:00 Department of Family Medicine: Protocol Assessments

14:00 Senate Graduate Studies Committee

School of Therapeutic Sciences: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Wednesday 22 09:00 Human Resources Committee (HRC)

10:30 School of Clinical Medicine Finance and HR Meeting

13:30 School of Public Health: Masters Protocol Assessments

13:00 School of Clinical Medicine Executive Committee Meeting

13:30 Senate Committee on Teaching and Learning

14:00 School of Anatomical Sciences: Protocol Assessments

Thursday 23 08:30 Division of Emergency Medicine: Protocol Assessments

09:00 Senate Committee on eResearch

10:00 University Wellness Forum

14:00 Faculty Long Service Awards

14:00 University Forum

Friday 24 13:15 First Year Working Party

14:00 Executive Committee of Council (EXCO)

Monday 27 08:00 - 10:00 Deanery

JULY (continued)

DATE TIME COMMITTEE/FUNCTION

Monday 27 School of Public Health: Deadline for Masters Protocol Submission

Tuesday 28 09:00 – 10:30 SET & SMG

10:30 – 13:00 Senior Executive Team (SET)

14:00 Department of Family Medicine: Protocol Assessments

14:00 Financial Aid, Scholarships and Merit Awards Committee (FASMAC)

Department of Paediatrics (MMed & MSc): Deadline for Protocol Submission

Wednesday 29 09:00 – 11:00 Distinguished Professors

Thursday 30 11:00 – 14:00 UWRF Investment Meeting

13:30 Academic Planning and Development Committee (APDC)

14:00 Faculty Staffing & Promotions Committee (Professorial)

14:00 Student Services Advisory Committee

Friday 31 Eid-ul-Adha

11:30 - 16:00 Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC)(Medical)

AUGUST

DATE TIME COMMITTEE/FUNCTION

Monday 03 12:00 Faculty ICT Committee

12:00 - 13:00 School of Therapeutic Sciences Research & PG Studies Committee

13:00 Third Year Working Party

14:00 University Research Committee (URC)

Tuesday 04 11:00 Awards Committee: Vice Chancellor’s Transformation Awards (Including Presentation)

14:00 Senate Library Committee

Department of Family Medicine: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Wednesday 05 14:00 School of Oral Health Sciences: Protocol Assessments

Thursday 06 10:00 – 12:00 Transformation Steering Committee

Friday 07

Sunday 09 NATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY – UNIVERSITY CLOSED

Monday 10 PUBLIC HOLIDAY

Tuesday 11 10:00 – 13:00 Senior Executive Team (SET)

12:30 Faculty PhD: Protocol Assessments

School of Therapeutic Sciences: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Department of Family Medicine: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Wednesday 12 12:30 School of Therapeutic Sciences: Protocol Assessments

13:00 Second Year Working Party

14:00 Faculty Transformation Committee

Bioethics & Health Law: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Department of Surgery (All Disciplines): Deadline for Protocol Submission

Thursday 13 13:30 SENATE

14:00 - 15:30 Occupational Health and Safety Committee

Department of Forensic Medicine: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Friday 14 14:00 Executive Committee of Council (EXCO)

Department of Internal Medicine: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Monday 17 08:00 - 10:00 Deanery

14:00 - 17:00 Wits Health Consortium Board Meeting

Tuesday 18 13:30 Department of Paediatrics (MMed & MSc): Protocol Assessments

14:00 - 16:00 Palliative Care Advisory Board

14:00 Department of Anaesthesiology: Protocol Assessments

14:00 Department of Family Medicine: Protocol Assessments

15:00 School of Clinical Medicine HOD’s Meeting

Department of Family Medicine: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Wednesday 19 08:30 – 10:00 Institutional ICT Committee

10:00 Senate Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Reference Committee

13:30 School of Public Health: Masters Protocol Assessments

14:00 Professional and Ethical Standards Committee

15:00 Department of Psychiatry: Deadline for Protocol Submission

16:00 Department of Neurosciences: Deadline for Protocol Submission

School of Pathology: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Thursday 20 10:00 – 12:00 Transformation Implementation Committee

14:00 Department of Family Medicine: Protocol Assessments

Friday 21 08:30 School of Therapeutic Sciences Finance and Exec Meeting

13:15 First Year Working Party

Monday 24 School of Public Health: Deadline for Masters Protocol Submission

Tuesday 25 09:00 – 13:00 Senior Executive Team (SET)

13:15 Bachelor of Health Sciences Committee

13:15 – 14:30 University Grading Committee

14:00 Faculty Staffing & Promotions Committee (Non-Professorial)

Department of Paediatrics (MMed & MSc): Deadline for Protocol Submission

School of Physiology: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Wednesday 26 09:00 Bioethics & Health Law: Protocol Assessments

AUGUST (continued)

DATE TIME COMMITTEE/FUNCTION

Wednesday 26 10:30 School of Clinical Medicine Finance and HR Meeting

12:30 Faculty Board

Faculty PhD: Deadline for Protocol Submission

School of Anatomical Sciences: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Thursday 27 09:00 - 12:00 SBIMB Advisory Board

11:00 – 14:00 University of the Witwatersrand Retirement Fund (UWRF) Board Meeting

14:00 Department of Family Medicine: Protocol Assessments

Friday 28 09:00 Council ICT Committee

11:30 - 16:00 Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC)(Medical)

Monday 31 08:00 - 10:00 Deanery

16:00 Adler Museum of Medicine Board of Control

SEPTEMBER

DATE TIME COMMITTEE/FUNCTION

Tuesday 01 09:00 – 11:00 Senior Management Group (SMG)

12:00 - 13:00 Community Engagement and Marketing Committee (previously known as Admissions Marketing Task Team)

14:00 Department of Family Medicine: Protocol Assessments

14:00 Department of Internal Medicine: Protocol Assessments

Wednesday 02 13:30 - 15:30 Faculty Advisory Committee on Admissions Policy

14:00 Department of Surgery (All Disciplines): Protocol Assessments

14:00 Vice-Chancellor’s Service Excellence Awards

17:30 for 18:00 AJ Orenstein Lecture

Master of Health Sciences Education: Deadline for Protocol Submission

School of Oral Health Sciences: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Thursday 03 Full Day SET Retreat

Full Day Faculty Research Day

Division of Emergency Medicine: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Friday 04 Full Day SET Retreat

Department of Family Medicine: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Monday 07 13:00 Third Year Working Party

Tuesday 08 13:00 BCMP Undergraduate Committee

15:00 School of Clinical Medicine HOD’s Meeting

Wednesday 09 10:00 - 12:00 Faculty Graduate Studies Executive Committee Meeting

12:00 Department of Neurosciences: Protocol Assessments

12:00 Department of Psychiatry: Protocol Assessments

12:30 School of Therapeutic Sciences: Protocol Assessments

14:00 School of Anatomical Sciences: Protocol Assessments

14:00 School of Pathology: Protocol Assessments

Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Department of Radiation Services: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Thursday 10 09:30 Department of Forensic Medicine: Protocol Assessments

12:30 Faculty Research Coordinators Meeting

12:30 - 14:00 School of Oral Health Sciences Undergraduate Committee

13:00 Steve Biko Bioethics Lecture

14:30 Honorary Degrees Committee

Friday 11 08:00 – 12:00 WITS ADDITIONAL PLACEMENT TEST (GEMP)

14:00 – 17:00 Finance Committee of Council (FINCO)

Department of Anaesthesiology: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Monday 14 08:00 - 10:00 Deanery

14:00 Faculty Research Committee

Tuesday 15 09:00 – 13:00 Senior Executive Team (SET)

13:30 - 15:30 Faculty Undergraduate Committee

13:30 Department of Paediatrics (MMed & MSc): Protocol Assessments

14:00 School of Physiology: Protocol Assessments

14:00 Student Services Advisory Committee

Department of Family Medicine: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Wednesday 16 10:30 School of Clinical Medicine Finance and HR Meeting

12:00 Master of Health Sciences Education: Protocol Assessments

12:30 Faculty Graduate Studies Committee

13:00 School of Clinical Medicine Executive Committee Meeting

13:30 School of Public Health: Masters Protocol Assessments

Thursday 17 08:30 Division of Emergency Medicine: Protocol Assessments

14:00 Department of Family Medicine: Protocol Assessments

14:00 Financial Aid, Scholarships and Merit Awards Committee (FASMAC)

Friday 18 Full Day SET, HOS & SMG Lekgotla

08:30 School of Therapeutic Sciences Finance and Exec Meeting

Saturday 19 Rosh Hashanah (day 1)

Monday 21 Rosh Hashanah (day 2)

Tuesday 22 14:00 Faculty Staffing & Promotions Committee (Non-Professorial)

SEPTEMBER (continued)

DATE TIME COMMITTEE/FUNCTION

Wednesday 23 14:00 Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology: Protocol Assessments

14:00 Senate Graduate Studies Committee

Bioethics & Health Law: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Department of Paediatrics (MMed & MSc): Deadline for Protocol Submission

Thursday 24 HERITAGE DAY – UNIVERSITY CLOSED

Friday 25 13:00 COUNCIL

13:15 First Year Working Party

13:30 - 16:30 Centre for Rural Health Advisory Board

Monday 28 Yom Kippur

08:00 - 10:00 Deanery

14:00 University Nominations Committee

School of Public Health: Deadline for Masters Protocol Submission

Tuesday 29 09:00 Senate Committee on eResearch

13:30 Senate Committee on Teaching and Learning

Wednesday 30 12:30 Faculty PhD: Protocol Assessments

17:00 Executive Committee of Convocation

OCTOBER

DATE TIME COMMITTEE/FUNCTION

Thursday 01 09:00 – 11:00 Distinguished Professors

14:00 Department of Family Medicine: Protocol Assessments

14:00 School of Oral Health Sciences: Protocol Assessments

14:00 University Forum

Department of Forensic Medicine: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Friday 02 Sukkot (day 1)

11:30 - 16:00 Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC)(Medical)

Saturday 03 Sukkot (day 2)

Sunday 04

Monday 05 12:00 - 13:00 School of Therapeutic Sciences Research & PG Studies Committee

14:30 Naming Committee

Tuesday 06 10:30 – 13:00 Senior Executive Team (SET)

13:15 – 14:30 University Grading Committee

14:00 Faculty Teaching and Learning Committee

14:00 Senate Library Committee

15:00 School of Clinical Medicine HOD’s Meeting

School of Therapeutic Sciences: Deadline for Protocol Submission (Dissertation only)

Wednesday 07 09:00 Bioethics & Health Law: Protocol Assessments

09:00 Human Resources Committee (HRC)

14:00 Department of Radiation Services: Protocol Assessments

Thursday 08 13:30 Academic Planning and Development Committee (APDC)

14:00 Faculty Nominating Committee

Division of Emergency Medicine: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Friday 09 Council Strategic Planning Workshop/ Senate and Council Dinner including Vice Chancellor’s Awards

Department of Internal Medicine: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Saturday 10 Shemini Atzeret

Sunday 11 Simchat Torah

Monday 12 08:00 - 10:00 Deanery

Tuesday 13 13:30 Department of Paediatrics (MMed & MSc): Protocol Assessments

14:00 University Research Committee (URC) (Executive)

Wednesday 14 10:30 School of Clinical Medicine Finance and HR Meeting

10:30 – 11:00 School of Anatomical Sciences End of Year Dedication Ceremony (All students)

12:00 Faculty ICT Committee

14:00 Faculty Transformation Committee

Department of Surgery (All Disciplines): Deadline for Protocol Submission

Thursday 15

Friday 16 08:30 School of Therapeutic Sciences Finance and Exec Meeting

Monday 19 14:00 Faculty Research Committee

Tuesday 20 09:00 – 10:30 SET & SMG

10:00 – 13:00 Senior Executive Team (SET)

Wednesday 21 10:00 – 12:00 Transformation Steering Committee

13:30 School of Public Health: Masters Protocol Assessments

15:00 Department of Psychiatry: Deadline for Protocol Submission

16:00 Department of Neurosciences: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Thursday 22 08:30 Division of Emergency Medicine: Protocol Assessments

10:00 University Wellness Forum

11:00 – 13:00 Wits Group Chief Executive Officers Meeting

13:30 SENATE

Friday 23

Monday 26 08:00 - 10:00 Deanery

School of Public Health: Deadline for Masters Protocol Submission

Tuesday 27 10:00 – 12:00 SET & HOS

OCTOBER (continued)

DATE TIME COMMITTEE/FUNCTION

Tuesday 27 14:00 Professional and Ethical Standards Committee

14:00 Department of Anaesthesiology: Protocol Assessments

Department of Paediatrics (MMed & MSc): Deadline for Protocol Submission

School of Physiology: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Wednesday 28 14:00 Department of Internal Medicine: Protocol Assessments

Thursday 29 09:30 Department of Forensic Medicine: Protocol Assessments

10:00 – 12:00 Transformation Implementation Committee

14:00 Faculty Staffing & Promotions Committee (Non-Professorial)

Friday 30 11:30 - 16:00 Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC)(Medical)

14:00 Executive Committee of Council (EXCO)

NOVEMBER

DATE TIME COMMITTEE/FUNCTION

Monday 02 16:00 Adler Museum of Medicine Board of Control

Tuesday 03 09:00 – 10:30 Internal Audit Committee

09:00 – 13:00 Senior Executive Team (SET)

Wednesday 04 10:00 UG Board of Examiners’ Meeting: MBBCh IV

12:30 Faculty Board

12:30 School of Therapeutic Sciences: Protocol Assessments (Dissertation only)

School of Pathology: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Thursday 05 11:00 – 14:00 UWRF Investment Meeting

14:00 University Research Committee (URC)

Friday 06

Monday 09 08:00 - 10:00 Deanery

08:30

PG Board of Examiners’ Meeting: PhD and Masters by Research; BHSc Hons (Biokinetics); MSc Med Sports Medicine, Sports Science & Biokinetics; MSc Med Pharmaceutical Affairs & Pharmacotherapy & M Pharm; BHSc Hons (Bioethics & Health Law); MSc Med Bioethics & Health Law; MSc Med Emergency Medicine & M Med Emergency Medicine; MSc Dentistry; MSc Med & PG Dip in Child Health (Neurodevelopment and Community Health); MSc Med Biology & Control of African Vectors; MSc Epidemiology (All fields of study); MPH & DPH; DOH; MSc Nursing & Diploma in Advanced Nursing, MSc Occupational Therapy & PG Diploma in Occupational Therapy, MSc Physiotherapy & PG Diploma in Physiotherapy

Tuesday 10 09:00 – 11:00 Senior Management Group (SMG)

14:00 School of Physiology: Protocol Assessments

15:00 School of Clinical Medicine HOD’s Meeting

Wednesday 11 12:00 Department of Neurosciences: Protocol Assessments

12:00 Department of Psychiatry: Protocol Assessments

Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology: Deadline for Protocol Submission

14:00 Department of Surgery (All Disciplines): Protocol Assessments

Thursday 12 Diwali (North India)

Friday 13 Diwali (South India)

08:30 UG Board of Examiners’ Meeting: BDS II & III; BOHSc II, B Pharm III & IV

11:00 PG Board of Examiners’ Meeting: M Med & M Dent: All disciplines offering University Exams

Monday 16

Tuesday 17 09:00 – 10:00 SET & Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Committee

10:00 – 13:00 Senior Executive Team (SET)

13:15 – 14:30 University Grading Committee

13:30 Department of Paediatrics (MMed & MSc): Protocol Assessments

Wednesday 18 10:30 School of Clinical Medicine Finance and HR Meeting

13:00 School of Clinical Medicine Executive Committee Meeting

13:30 School of Public Health: Masters Protocol Assessments

Thursday 19 08:30 UG Board of Examiners’ Meeting: BCMP III; BDS I, IV & V; BHSc II; BOHSc I & III; MBBCh II; B Nurs II; III & IV; BSc OT II; III & IV; B Pharm II; BSc Physio II; III & IV

10:00 – 18:00 HPCSA Registrations for Community Service (Final year Therapeutic Sciences, BDS & BOHSc students and BCMP students)

14:00 Faculty Staffing & Promotions Committee (Non-Professorial)

14:00 - 15:30 Occupational Health and Safety Committee

Friday 20 08:30 School of Therapeutic Sciences Finance and Exec Meeting

11:30 PG Board of Examiners’ Meeting: MSc Med Genetic Counselling; PG Dip TM&H; PG Dip in Health Sciences Education; Master of Health Science Education

14:00 – 17:00 Finance Committee of Council (FINCO)

NOVEMBER (continued)

DATE TIME COMMITTEE/FUNCTION

Monday 23 08:00 - 10:00 Deanery

14:00 - 17:00 Wits Health Consortium Board Meeting

Tuesday 24 14:30 for 15:00 Faculty Honours Celebration

Wednesday 25 10:00

PG Board of Examiners’ Meeting: Honours in Anatomical Pathology; Anatomical Sciences; Physiology, Human Biology; Medical Cell Biology; Human Genetics; Forensic Sciences; Molecular Medicine; Chemical Pathology; Medical Practice; Pharmacology; Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases and BCMP Honours in Emergency Medicine

14:00 Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology: Protocol Assessments

14:00 School of Pathology: Protocol Assessments

Thursday 26 08:30 UG Board of Examiners’ Meeting: BHSc I; B Pharm I; MBBCh I; B Nurs I; BSc OT I; BSc Physio I

Faculty PhD: Deadline for Protocol Submission

Friday 27 10:00 UG Board of Examiners’ Meeting: BHSc III

11:30 - 16:00 Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC)(Medical)

13:00 COUNCIL

Monday 30 08:30 UG Board of Examiners’ Meeting: MBBCh VI

10:00 – 17:00 HPCSA Registrations as Interns (6th year MBBCh students)

14:00 Faculty Long Service Awards

DECEMBER

DATE TIME COMMITTEE/FUNCTION

Tuesday 01 08:30 UG Board of Examiners’ Meeting: BCMP I & II; MBBCh III

10:00 – 17:00 HPCSA Registrations as Interns (6th year MBBCh students)

Wednesday 02

Thursday 03

Friday 04 08:30 PG Board of Examiners’ Meeting: Supplementary Examinations: All Disciplines

10:00 PG Board of Examiners’ Meeting: MSc Med Vaccinology

Monday 07 09:30 & 14:30 Graduation: PhD

Tuesday 08 08:30 UG Board of Examiners’ Meeting: MBBCh V

10:00 – 17:00 HPCSA Registrations as Student Interns (5th year MBBCh students)

09:30 & 14:30 Graduation: Humanities

Wednesday 09 09:30 Graduation: CLM

14:30 Graduation: EBE & Science

Thursday 10 09:30 & 14:30 Graduation: Health Sciences

Friday 11 09:30 Graduation: Health Sciences

14:30 Graduation: General

Monday 14

Tuesday 15 10:00 UG Board of Examiners’ Meeting: Supplementary / Deferred Exams (All Programmes)

Wednesday 16 DAY OF RECONCILIATION – UNIVERSITY CLOSED

Thursday 17

Friday 18

Monday 21

Tuesday 22

Wednesday 23

Thursday 24

Friday 25 CHRISTMAS DAY – UNIVERSITY CLOSED

Saturday 26 DAY OF GOODWILL – UNIVERSITY CLOSED

Sunday 27

Monday 28

Tuesday 29

Friday 30

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