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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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