[22] The then-vice-chancellor, Professor Colin Bundy, said in defence of Wits 2001 that "[t]his fundamental reorganisation of both academic activities and support services will equip the university for the challenges of higher education in the 21st Century". Bratislava, 81101 Slovakia. Across the De Villiers Graaff Motorway lies West Campus. The university consists of five faculties: Commerce,Law and Management, Engineering and the Built Environment, Health Sciences, Humanities and Science. Founding Date: 1896. scientiā ac labore. When the School became the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, the pick and hammer disappeared and the present design was introduced. [46], The Wits Centre for Diversity Studies (WiCDS) was established in 2014 at the University of Witwatersrand. It also contains the Early and Fine Printed Books collection, which includes the Incunabula (books printed before 1501). The faculty participates in the WitsPlus programme, a part-time programme for students, and is based in the Commerce, Law and Management Building on West Campus. We protest against the proposed stifling of legitimate dissent. Scientia et Labore Altiora Petimus Fundação 1986, Instituto Universitário da Beira Interior , anteriormente Instituto Politécnico da Covilhã Tipo de instituição Pública Localização: Covilhã, Portugal: Funcionários técnico-administrativos 365 Reitor(a) António Carreto Fidalgo Vice-reitor(a) WEC boasts three female residences, forming the Highfield cluster, namely Girton, Medhurst and Reith Hall. They were formerly national monuments, until 1 April 2000 when the National Monuments Council was replaced by a new system which made former national monuments the responsibility of provincial governments following the passage of the National Heritage Resources Act. These policies enable the University to assemble a diverse student body that reflects the demographic profile of South Africa's Gauteng region across a wide array of traits, including race, gender, socio-economic background, urban and rural geographic origin, culture, ethnicity, disability, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, and other traits. South African Armed Forces. [49] The faculty offers undergraduate degrees in dentistry, medicine, medical and health sciences, nursing, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and pharmacy. A need was identified for further transformation of the university. The design of the coat of arms incorporates a gold background in the upper section of the shield to represent the Witwatersrand gold fields – on which the mining industry that gave rise to the university is based – along with an open book superimposed upon a cogwheel, representing knowledge and industry. Terms and Conditions of Use PAIA POPIA ISPA Browser Support. The 1970s saw the construction of Jubilee Hall and the Wartenweiler Library, as well as the opening of the Tandem Accelerator; the first, and to date only, nuclear facility at a South African university. Regiment University of Witwatersrand . Location: Johannesburg, South Africa. The faculty is based in the Chamber Of Mines Building on West Campus, which houses the faculty office and the Engineering Library. It's an evocative portrait of an old woman. Texte Proposé par skitzo. Through knowledge and labour we pursue higher things. The Johannesburg and Pretoria campuses separated on 17 May 1910, each becoming a separate institution. The Great Hall (technically the façade of the Robert Sobukwe Building, formerly known as Central Block, in which the Great Hall is located),[31] and the Dias Cross housed in the William Cullen Library[32] are both provincial heritage sites. In 1990, when Nelson Mandela was released, the students of Men's Res, on East Campus, unofficially renamed the lawn outside their residence "Mandela Square". [67], The racial composition of the university's student population is as follows:[4], The gender composition of the university's student population is as follows:[4], Wits Enterprise is wholly owned by University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg to commercialise the intellectual property of the University. The Dean of the Faculty is Professor Martin Veller. Above the shield is the head of a Kudu, an antelope typical of the Witwatersrand and the university's mascot. Above the Shield is placed a coronet suitable to a Burgh, thereon a Helmet befitting their degree with a Mantling Gules doubled Argent, and on a Wreath of their Liveries is set for Crest a garb Or, and in an Escrol under the Shield this Motto "Labore et Scientia". This Faculty is made up of 7 schools being: Architecture & Planning, Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Construction Economics & Management, Electrical & Information Engineering, Mechanical, Industrial & Aeronautical Engineering and Mining Engineering. The historic East Campus is primarily the home of the faculties of Science and Humanities, as well as the University Council, Senate and management. The university has an enrolment of 40,259 students as of 2018, of which approximately 20 percent live on campus in the university's 17 residences. The badge of the South African School of Mines … University of the Witwatersrand. East and West Campus effectively form a single campus, bordered by Empire Road to the north, Jan Smuts Avenue to the east, Jorrissen Street and Enoch Sontonga Road to the south and Annet Road to the west. [24] In 2003, a student mall, called the Matrix, was opened in the Student Union Building on East Campus. Imprint CRC Press. This stemmed from the Wits Council being dominated by "highly conservative members representing mining and financial interests", and was compounded by the fact that the mining industry provided major financial support for the university. Music 5 Courses. The university has its roots in the mining industry, as do Johannesburg and the Witwatersrand in general. It also contains the Library Administration, Library Computer Services and Technical Services departments as well as the Short Loan collection, the Reference collection, Inter-library Loans department, the Multimedia Library, and the Education and Training department as well as the Electronic Classroom. [1] In 1920, the school was renamed the University College, Johannesburg. Furthermore, there is the Wits Junction (mixed) and the Knockando Halls of Residence (a male residence located on the grounds of a Parktown mansion called Northwards) in Parktown, and the mixed Esselen Street Residence in Hillbrow. The university therefore continued to offer bursaries to them until the completion of the degrees for which they were then enrolled, as well as offering bursaries to the children of affected employees who matriculated in 2000.[20][21]. Book Schonland. This resulted in the fairly rapid construction of the William Cullen Library; opened in 1934. It is the third oldest South African university in continuous operation, after the University of Cape Town (founded in 1829),[8] and Stellenbosch University (founded in 1866). Photography 6 Courses. Motto of several institutions. Art 2 Courses. This Faculty currently offers various undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in accountancy, economics, management, and law. [35] All of the university's national heritage sites and objects are located on East Campus. [25], The current coat of arms of the university was designed by Professor G. E. Pearse, and edited by Professor W. D. Howie to correct heraldic inaccuracies, before being accepted by the State Herald of South Africa in 1972. Exercise 4 Courses. There are centres that are not academic although referred to by the university as campuses. It is based in the Faculty of Humanities and aims to build capacity to meet the challenges of diverse societies, especially in post-apartheid South Africa through interdisciplinary postgraduate education and research. [1], The 1960s also witnessed widespread protest against apartheid policies. [42][43] In 2010, the Johannesburg Planetarium celebrated its golden jubilee. Additionally, an elite force of female soldiers was trained on the university's campus. It includes profiles of non-profit organizations working worldwide in all fields of activity. For this reason, the University's admission policies promote diversity and Black Economic Empowerment by admitting students from a wide range of backgrounds. Titre. [7], The university was founded in Kimberley in 1896 as the South African School of Mines. 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It also runs a graduate entry medical programme, masters courses (science and medicine) and a PhD programme. Additionally, the interests of the university's students are represented by the Students' Representative Council (SRC), which also selects representatives to Senate and Council. Here the “and” translation is also possible, but the Latin semantics is richer. Scientia Manu et Mente Latin: Knowledge by hand and mind University of Newcastle: I Look Ahead English: The University of Notre Dame Australia: In principio erat Verbum Latin: In the beginning was the Word. There does not appear to have been a distinctive badge during this period. Badge of SA School of Mines, KimberleyThe School transferred to Johannesburg and became the Transvaal Technical Institute and subsequently the Transvaal University College. St. Gregory’s College is a community of shared vision, trained and working together with this common purpose. With a strongly entrenched "[c]olonial mentality" at Wits, along with "high capitalism, the new liberalism and communism of a South African kind, combined with entrenched white settler mores (particularly in the Engineering and Science faculties) ... the university ... was an arena of conflicting positions generally contained within polite academic conventions".[17]. Read, borrow, and discover more than 3M books for free. Copyright © 2000-2020 - University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. University management was increasingly seen as isolated and out of touch, and began to be referred to by the metonym "the eleventh floor", referring to the eleventh floor of Senate House where top management at Wits is located. The school motto is " Prudentia et Scientia" which means in English vision and knowledge. First Published 2001. The South African School of Mine's motto was the same as the university's current one, and surrounded the shield. In 2001, the Johannesburg College of Education was incorporated into the university as Wits Education Campus under the national Department of Education's plan to reform tertiary education in South Africa. Numquam eius modi tempora incidunt ut labore et dolore magnam aliquam quaerat voluptatem. HistoryThe design of the University's Coat of Arms has evolved from the badge of the South African School of Mines, in Kimberley. Thus, the Gertrude Posel Gallery and the Studio Galley were closed. Apryshchenko published Arte et Humanitate, Labore et Scientia: Anniversary of Andrey Korenevsky | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate The Johannesburg campus was reincorporated as the South African School of Mines and Technology, while the Pretoria campus remained the Transvaal University College until 1930 when it became the University of Pretoria. These included the implementation of early retirement and voluntary severance packages to minimise retrenchments. Contextual translation of "scientia et labor" into English. [23] Along with "Igoli 2002" in Johannesburg, Wits 2001 was one of the policies implemented in the early 2000s which resulted in the formation of the Anti-Privatisation Forum (APF). From a total enrolment of 2,544 students in 1939, the university grew to 3,100 in 1945. West Campus houses the faculties of Engineering and the Built Environment, and Commerce, Law and Management. [1], During the course of the 1960s, Wits acquired a limestone cave renowned for its archaeological material located at Sterkfontein. There are just more than 423 NRF rated researchers, of which 28 are ‘international leading scholars’ in their research fields, or so called A-rated researchers. 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