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2018 ACADEMIC TERMS AND DIARY TERMS

1st Term Monday, 5 February – Friday, 23 March

2nd Term Tuesday, 3 April – Thursday 28 June

3rd Term Monday, 23 July – Friday, 7 September

4th Term Monday, 17 September – Thursday, 13 December

DIARY

JANUARY

Monday 1 NEW YEAR’S DAY

Tuesday 2

Wednesday 3 UNIVERSITY OFFICES OPENS

Online Registration (All Faculties)

Thursday 4

Friday 5

Saturday 6

Sunday 7

Monday 8 Supplementary Examination Commences

Tuesday 9

Wednesday 10

Thursday 11

Friday 12

CLOSING DATE: Applications for readmission (2017 Academically Excluded Students)

CLOSING DATE: Application for Associate Student Status

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Executive Committee of Council (CExco)

Saturday 13

Sunday 14

Monday 15 Internship of BSc Dietetics IV students commences

Tuesday 16

Wednesday 17

Thursday 18 Assisted Registration: Senior & PG Students (Faculty of Dentistry)

Friday 19 Supplementary Examination Ends

Residences open for: BOH II and III, BChD II, III, IV and V students

Saturday 20

Sunday 21

Monday 22 Assisted Registration: First Year Students (Faculties of Community and Health Sciences and Economic and Management Sciences)

Academic and Clinical activities commences for BOH II and III, BChD II, III, IV and V students

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Training of Peer Facilitators for Orientation

Residences open for First Year Students

Tuesday 23

Assisted Registration: First Year Students (Faculties of Community and Health Sciences and Economic and Management Sciences)

General Orientation for Staff – Day 1

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Scholarships and Fellowships Committee (SSFC)

Wednesday 24 Assisted Registration: First Year Students (Faculties of Dentistry, Law and Education)

General Orientation for Staff – Day 2

Thursday 25

Assisted Registration: First Year Students (Faculties of Arts and Natural Sciences)

Assisted Registration: Senior & PG Students (Faculties of Economic and Management Sciences, Education and Law)

General Orientation for Staff – Day 3

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Joint Appointments and Promotions Committee of Senate and Council (SA)

Friday 26

Assisted Registration: First Year Students (Faculties of Arts and Natural Sciences)

Assisted Registration: Senior & PG Students (Faculties of Economic and Management Sciences, Education and Law)

Senate Assessment Committee (SAC) [Senate Discretionary Assessment (SDA) Approvals in terms of Rule A.5.2.8]

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Senate Executive Committee (SEC)

Saturday 27

Sunday 28

Monday 29

OFFICIAL WELCOME by the Rector of new first year, undergraduate full-time students

Executive Management Committee (EMC)

Assisted Registration: Senior & PG Students (Faculties of Arts, Community and Health Sciences, Economic and Management Sciences and Natural Sciences)

Senate Discretionary Assessments Commence

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Faculty Professorial Appointments and Promotions Committee (FPAPC)

Tuesday 30 Student Orientation Programme starts

Assisted Registration: Senior & PG Students (Faculties of Arts, Community and Health Sciences, Economic and Management Sciences and Natural Sciences)

Wednesday 31

Executive Committee of Council (C Exco)

Continuation of Student Orientation Programme

Assisted Registration: Senior & PG Students (Faculties of Arts, Community and Health Sciences and Natural Sciences)

Senate Discretionary Assessments Ends

CLOSING DATE: Applications for remarking of November/December 2017 Examination Scripts/Final Assessments

FEBRUARY

Thursday 1 Continuation of Student Orientation Programme

Assisted Registration: Senior & PG Students (Faculty of Natural Sciences)

Friday 2

Continuation of Student Orientation Programme

Residences officially open for senior students

Assisted Registration: All Faculties

CLOSING DATE: Application for Recognition of External/Internal Credits

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Senate Library Committee (SL)

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DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Humanities and Social Science Research Ethics Committee (HSSREC)

Saturday 3

OFFICIAL WELCOME by the Rector

ORIENTATION and REGISTRATION of new, first year, undergraduate part-time students

Assisted Registration: All Faculties

Registration Period Ends (Online and Assisted)

Sunday 4

Monday 5

BEGINNING OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR: First Term and First Semester

Executive Management Committee (EMC)

Module amendment period commences

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Tender Committee of Council (TC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Senate Higher Degrees Committee (SHD) [Approval of Examiners reports for April Graduation]

Tuesday 6 Senate Executive Committee (SEC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Institutional Forum (IF)

Wednesday 7 Senate Scholarships and Fellowships Committee (SSFC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Student Development and Support Services Committee (SDSSC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Information, Communication and Technology Governance Committee (ICTGC)

Thursday 8 Faculty Board: Faculty of Arts

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Senate (S)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Membership Committee of Council (CM)

Friday 9

Senate Assessment Committee (SAC) [Completions]

CLOSING DATE: Module Amendments

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Senate Physical Resources Committee (SPRC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Senate Executive Committee (SEC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Biomedical Research Ethics Committee (BMREC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Animal Research Ethics Committee (AREC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Executive Committee of Council (CExco)

Saturday 10

Sunday 11

Monday 12 Faculty Professorial Appointments and Promotions Committee (FPAPC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Safety, Health and Environmental Risk Committee (CSHER)

Tuesday 13

Senate Library Committee (SL)

Senate International Relations Committee (SIRC)

Joint Appointments and Promotions Committee of Senate and Council (SA)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Human Resources Committee of Council (HRC)

Wednesday 14 Tender Committee (TC)

Senate Higher Degrees Committee (SHD) [Approval of Examiners reports for April Graduation]

Thursday 15 Student Development and Support Services Committee (SDSSC)

Faculty Board: Faculty of Community and Health Sciences

Friday 16 Humanities and Social Science Research Ethics Committee (HSSREC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Council (C)

DUE DATE: Creation of 1st semester and yearlong module assessment schedules on MAS

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Saturday 17

Sunday 18

Monday 19 Executive Management Committee (EMC)

Institutional Forum (IF)

DUE DATE: Documentation for Audit and Risk Committee of Council (CAR)

Tuesday 20 SENATE (S)

Wednesday 21 Information, Communication and Technology Governance Committee (ICTGC)

Thursday 22 Council on Higher Education Consortium Board (CHEC)

Senate Assessment Committee (SAC) [Senate Discretionary Assessment (SDA) Promotions]

Friday 23

Senate Physical Resources Committee (SPRC)

Biomedical Research Ethics Committee (BMREC)

Animal Research Ethics Committee (AREC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Joint Appointments and Promotions Committee of Senate and Council (SA)

Saturday 24

Sunday 25

Monday 26

Safety, Health and Environmental Risk Committee (CSHER)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Employment Equity Forum (EEF)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Finance Committee of Council (CF)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Faculty Professorial Appointments and Promotions Committee (FPAPC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Senate Academic Planning Committee (SAP) [Academic and Programme Review Progress Reports]

Tuesday 27 Membership Committee (CM)

Human Resources Committee of Council (HRC)

Wednesday 28 Executive Committee of Council (C Exco)

DUE DATE: Accounts settled in full will be eligible for 5% discount

MARCH

Thursday 1 Audit and Risk Committee of Council (CAR)

Friday 2

Faculty Board: Faculty of Dentistry

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Curriculum Sub-Committee of the Senate Academic Planning Committee (SAP)

DUE DATE:

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Senate Executive Committee (SEC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Humanities and Social Science Research Ethics Committee (HSSREC)

Executive Retreat

Saturday 3 Executive Retreat

Sunday 4

Monday 5 Executive Management Committee (EMC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Senate Teaching and Learning Committee (STLC)

Tuesday 6

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Wednesday 7

Thursday 8

Faculty Board: Faculty of Natural Sciences

Faculty Board: Faculty of Education

Faculty Board: Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences

Employment Equity Forum (EEF)

Finance Committee of Council (CF)

Enquiry Management Forum (EMF)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Human Resources Committee of Council (HRC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Biomedical Research Ethics Committee (BMREC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Animal Research Ethics Committee (AREC)

Friday 9

Senate Academic Planning Committee (SAP) [Academic and Programme Review Progress Reports]

CLOSING DATE: Applications for leave of absence for Master’s and PhD students

DUE DATE: Registration of Master’s (Research/Full Thesis) and PhD students

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Senate Executive Committee (SEC)

Saturday 10

Sunday 11

Monday 12 Senior Management Meeting

Curriculum Sub-Committee of the Senate Academic Planning Committee (SAP)

Tuesday 13 Joint Appointments and Promotions Committee of Senate and Council (SA)

Curriculum Sub-Committee of the Senate Academic Planning Committee (SAP)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Senate Research Committee (SR)

Wednesday 14

Faculty Professorial Appointments and Promotions Committee (FPAPC)

Curriculum Sub-Committee of the Senate Academic Planning Committee (SAP)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Human Resources Committee of Council (HRC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Senate Higher Degrees Committee (SHD) [General]

Thursday 15 COUNCIL (C)

Curriculum Sub-Committee of the Senate Academic Planning Committee (SAP)

Faculty Board: Faculty of Law

Friday 16

Senate Teaching and Learning Committee (STLC)

Humanities and Social Science Research Ethics Committee (HSSREC)

Registrar’s Administrative Forum (RAF)

DUE DATE: Submission of corrected thesis to Library for April Graduation

Saturday 17

Sunday 18

Monday 19 Executive Management Committee (EMC)

Tuesday 20 Senate Executive Committee (SEC)

Records Management Coordinating Committee (RMCC)

Wednesday 21 HUMAN RIGHTS DAY

Thursday 22 Senate Higher Degrees (SHD) [General]

Friday 23 END OF FIRST TERM

Biomedical Research Ethics Committee (BMREC)

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Animal Research Ethics Committee (AREC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Executive Committee of Council (CExco)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Joint Appointments and Promotions Committee of Senate and Council (SA)

DUE DATE: Termination of Studies for 100% tuition fees rebate

Wellness Day

Saturday 24

Sunday 25

Monday 26

Tuesday 27 Senate Assessment Committee (SAC) [Outstanding Promotion Matters]

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Humanities and Social Science Research Ethics Committee (HSSREC)

Wednesday 28 Human Resources Committee of Council (HRC)

DUE DATE: Submission of Intention to Submit by student to faculty for August Graduation

Thursday 29

Senate Research Committee (SR)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Membership Committee of Council (CM)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Senate Library Committee (SL)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Senate Academic Planning Committee (SAP) [Submission of amendments to existing programmes, new and amended modules, and general rule changes for 2019]

Friday 30 GOOD FRIDAY

Saturday 31 PESACH

DUE DATE: Accounts settled in full will be eligible for 3% discount

APRIL

Sunday 1 EASTER SUNDAY/PESACH

Monday 2 FAMILY DAY

Tuesday 3

START OF THE SECOND TERM

Executive Management Committee (EMC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Faculty Professorial Appointments and Promotions Committee (FPAPC)

Wednesday 4 GRADUATION

Thursday 5 GRADUATION

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Senate Executive Committee (SEC)

Friday 6

GRADUATION

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Biomedical Research Ethics Committee (BMREC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Animal Research Ethics Committee (AREC)

Saturday 7

Sunday 8

Monday 9 GRADUATION

Tuesday 10 GRADUATION

Wednesday 11 GRADUATION

Thursday 12 Executive Committee of Council (CExco)

Senate Library Committee (SL)

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DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Human Resources Committee of Council (HRC)

Friday 13

Senate Academic Planning Committee (SAP) [Submission of amendments to existing programmes, new and amended modules, and general rule changes for 2019]

Humanities and Social Science Research Ethics Committee (HSSREC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Student Development and Support Services Committee (SDSSC)

Saturday 14

Sunday 15

Monday 16

Executive Management Committee (EMC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Senate Assessment Committee (SAC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Honorary Degrees Committee (HDC)

Tuesday 17 Senate International Relations Committee (SIRC)

Joint Appointments and Promotions Committee of Senate and Council (SA)

Wednesday 18 Membership Committee (CM)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Senate Higher Degrees Committee (SHD) [General]

Thursday 19 Faculty Professorial Appointments and Promotions Committee (FPAPC)

Friday 20

Biomedical Research Ethics Committee (BMREC)

Animal Research Ethics Committee (AREC)

Archives and Records Management Committee (ARMC)

Executive, Deans, Senior and Professional Administrative and Support Staff Management Meeting

DUE DATE: Submission of question papers for June Examination

Saturday 21

Sunday 22

Monday 23 DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Employment Equity Forum (EEF)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Tender Committee of Council (TC)

Tuesday 24

Senate Executive Committee (SEC)

Student Development and Support Services Committee (SDSSC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Safety, Health and Environmental Risk Committee of Council (CSHER)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Information, Communication and Technology Governance Committee (ICTGC)

Wednesday 25

Senate Higher Degrees Committee (SHD) [General]

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Joint Appointments and Promotions Committee of Senate and Council (SA)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Senate Executive Committee (SEC)

Thursday 26

Council on Higher Education Consortium Board (CHEC)

Senate Assessment Committee (SAC) [External Moderators Reports and Integrity of Nov. 2017 Assessments; Appointment of Moderators and Examiners; Reports on Special Assessments]

Human Resources Committee of Council (HRC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Faculty Professorial Appointments and Promotions Committee (FPAPC)

Friday 27 FREEDOM DAY

Saturday 28

Sunday 29

Monday 30

DUE DATE: Interim payment of tuition fees (50% of total account)

DUE DATE: Accounts settled in full will be eligible for 2% discount

DUE DATE: Termination of Studies for 75% tuition fees rebate

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MAY

Tuesday 1 WORKERS’ DAY

Wednesday 2 Executive Management Committee (EMC)

Thursday 3 Employment Equity Forum (EEF)

Tender Committee of Council (TC)

Faculty Board: Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences

Friday 4 Faculty Board: Faculty of Dentistry

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Humanities and Social Science Research Ethics Committee (HSSREC)

Saturday 5

Sunday 6

Monday 7 DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Institutional Forum (IF)

Tuesday 8

Wednesday 9 Information, Communication and Technology Governance Committee (ICTGC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Senate Higher Degrees Committee (SHD) [Intention to Submit]

Thursday 10

Safety, Health and Environmental Risk Committee of Council (CSHER)

Faculty Professorial Appointments and Promotions Committee (FPAPC)

Faculty Board: Faculty of Community and Health Sciences

Enquiry Management Forum (EMF)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Board of Trustees (BoT)

Friday 11

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Executive Committee of Council (CExco)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Senate Physical Resources Committee (SPRC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Biomedical Research Ethics Committee (BMREC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Animal Research Ethics Committee (AREC)

Saturday 12 OPEN DAY

Sunday 13

Monday 14 Executive Management Committee (EMC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Senate Academic Planning Committee (SAP)

Tuesday 15

Senate Executive Committee (SEC)

Faculty Board: Faculty of Law

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Senate Scholarships and Fellowships Committee (SSFC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Human Resources Committee of Council (HRC)

Wednesday 16

RAMADAN

Faculty Board: Faculty of Arts

Senate Higher Degrees Committee (SHD) [Intention to submit]

Announcement of Coursework Marks

Thursday 17 Honorary Degrees Committee (HDC)

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Joint Appointments and Promotions Committee of Senate and Council (SA)

Friday 18 Study Period Commences

Humanities and Social Science Research Ethics Committee (HSSREC)

Saturday 19

Sunday 20 End of Study Period

Monday 21 Final Assessment Commences

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Senate (S)

Tuesday 22 Records Management Coordinating Committee (RMCC)

Wednesday 23

Thursday 24 Senate Physical Resources Committee (SPRC)

Friday 25 Senate Academic Planning Committee (SAP)

Biomedical Research Ethics Committee (BMREC)

Animal Research Ethics Committee (AREC)

Saturday 26

Sunday 27

Monday 28

Executive Management Committee (EMC)

Board of Trustees (BoT)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Finance Committee of Council (CF)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Senate Teaching and Learning Committee (STLC)

DUE DATE: submission of Thesis for Examination for August Graduation

Tuesday 29 Institutional Forum (IF)

Human Resources Committee (HRC)

Wednesday 30 SENATE (S)

Thursday

31

Executive Committee of Council (C Exco)

Faculty Board: Faculty of Education

JUNE

Friday 1

Registrar’s Administrative Forum (RAF)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Council (C)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Humanities and Social Science Research Ethics Committee (HSSREC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Joint Appointments and Promotions Committee of Senate and Council (SA)

Saturday 2

Sunday 3

Monday 4 DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Audit and Risk Committee of Council (CAR)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Faculty Professorial Appointments and Promotions Committee (FPAPC)

Tuesday 5 Senate Scholarships and Fellowships Committee (SSFC)

Wednesday 6

Thursday 7 Finance Committee of Council (CF)

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Friday 8

Senate Teaching and Learning Committee (STLC) [2017 Annual Reports]

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Senate Executive Committee (SEC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Biomedical Research Ethics Committee (BMREC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Animal Research Ethics Committee (AREC)

Saturday 9 Convocation AGM

Sunday 10

Monday 11 Executive Management Committee (EMC)

Tuesday 12 Senior Management Meeting

Wednesday 13

End of Final Assessment

Faculty Board: Faculty of Natural Sciences

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Human Resources Committee of Council (HRC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Senate Research Committee (SR)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Senate Higher Degrees Committee (SHD) [General]

Thursday 14 Audit and Risk Committee of Council (CAR)

Humanities and Social Science Research Ethics Committee (HSSREC)

Friday 15 EID AL-FITR

Saturday 16 YOUTH DAY

Sunday 17

Monday 18 Re-Assessment Commences

Faculty Professorial Appointments and Promotions Committee (FPAPC)

Tuesday 19 Joint Appointments and Promotions Committee of Senate and Council (SA)

Archives and Records Management Committee (ARMC)

Wednesday 20 Senate Higher Degrees Committee (SHD) [General]

Thursday 21

Friday 22 Biomedical Research Council (BMREC)

Animal Research Council (AREC)

Saturday 23

Sunday 24

Monday 25 Executive Management Committee (EMC)

Tuesday 26 Senate Executive Committee (SEC)

Wednesday 27 Human Resources Committee of Council (HRC)

Senate Research Committee (SR)

Thursday 28

COUNCIL (C)

End of Re-Assessment

END OF SECOND TERM and the FIRST SEMESTER

Residences Close for Winter Vacation

Friday 29 CLOSING DATE: Applications for Admission to 2018 Second Semester Postgraduate Programmes

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Executive Committee of Council (CExco)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Senate Executive Committee (SEC)

Saturday 30 CLOSING DATE: Application for Family University Rebate

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JULY

Sunday 1

Monday 2

Tuesday 3

Wednesday 4

Thursday 5

Friday 6 DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Joint Appointments and Promotions Committee of Senate and Council (SA)

Saturday 7

Sunday 8

Monday 9

Tuesday 10 Enquiry Management Forum (EMF)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Human Resources Committee of Council (HRC)

Wednesday 11 DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Information, Communication and Technology Governance Committee (ICTGC)

Thursday 12

Friday 13 Release of mid-year results – University Website

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Humanities and Social Science Research Ethics Committee (HSSREC)

Saturday 14

Sunday 15

Monday 16

Second Semester Registration Commences

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Tender Committee of Council (TC)

DUE DATE:Submission of documentation for Senate Academic Planning Committee (SAP)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Faculty Professorial Appointments and Promotions Committee (FPAPC)

Tuesday 17

Wednesday 18

Thursday 19 Executive Committee of Council (C Exco)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Membership Committee of Council (CM)

Friday 20

Residences open for 2nd

Semester

Second Semester Registration Ends

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Biomedical Research Ethics Committee (BMREC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Animal Research Ethics Committee (AREC)

Saturday 21

Sunday 22

Monday 23

BEGINNING OF SECOND SEMESTER AND THE THIRD TERM

Second Semester Module Amendments Commences

Executive Management Committee (EMC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Senate Library Committee (SL)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Finance Committee of Council (CF)

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DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Senate Teaching and Learning Committee (STLC)

Tuesday 24 Human Resources Committee of Council (HRC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Employment Equity Forum (EEF)

Wednesday 25 Information, Communication and Technology Governance Committee (ICTGC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Senate Higher Degrees Committee (SHD) [Approval of Examiners Reports for August Graduation]

Thursday 26 Joint Appointments and Promotions Committee of Senate and Council (SA)

Tender Committee of Council (TC)

Friday 27

Second Semester Module Amendments End

Senate Academic Planning Committee (SAP)

Humanities and Social Science Research Ethics Committee (HSSREC)

CLOSING DATE: Applications for remarking of May/June 2018 Examination Scripts/Final Assessments

DUE DATE: Submission of corrected thesis to Library for August Graduation

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Ad Personam at Faculty Level

DUE DATE: Senior Professor Status Applications at Faculty Level

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Senate Scholarships and Fellowships Committee (SSFC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Student Development and Support Services Committee (SDSSC)

Saturday 28

Sunday 29

Monday 30 Faculty Professorial Appointments and Promotions Committee (FPAPC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Audit and Risk Committee of Council (CAR)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Safety, Health and Environmental Risk Committee of Council (CSHER)

Tuesday 31

Senate International Relations Committee (SIRC)

Senate Executive Committee (SEC)

Senate Higher Degrees Committee (SHD) [Approval of Examiners Reports for August Graduation]

DUE DATE: Final payment of tuition fees (remaining balance)

DUE DATE: Termination of Studies for 50% tuition fees rebate

AUGUST

Wednesday 1 DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Senate Physical Resources Committee (SPRC)

Thursday 2 Senate Assessment Committee (SAC) [Promotions and Completions]

Senate Library Committee (SL)

Faculty Board: Faculty of Education

Friday 3

Senate Teaching and Learning Committee (STLC)

Biomedical Research Ethics Committee (BMREC)

Animal Research Ethics Committee (AREC)

Faculty Board: Faculty of Dentistry

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Senate Executive Committee (SEC)

DUE DATE: Creation of second semester assessment schedules (MAS)

Saturday 4

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Sunday 5

Monday 6 Executive Management Committee (EMC)

Records Management Coordinating Committee (RMCC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Faculty Professorial Appointments and Promotions Committee (FPAPC)

Tuesday 7 Employment Equity Forum (EEF)

Finance Committee of Council (CF)

Wednesday 8 Membership Committee of Council (CM)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation Joint Appointments and Promotions Committee of Senate and Council (SA)

Thursday 9 NATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

Friday 10 DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Executive Committee of Council (CExco)

Saturday 11

Sunday 12

Monday 13 Senior Management Meeting

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Senate Academic Planning Committee (SAP) [Submission of 2017 Annual Reports]

DUE DATE: Submission of corrected thesis to Library for August Graduation

Tuesday 14 Safety Health and Environmental Risk Committee (CSHER)

Senate Scholarships and Fellowships Committee (SSFC)

Wednesday 15 Audit and Risk Committee of Council (CAR)

Student Development and Support Services Committee (SDSSC)

Faculty Board: Faculty of Law

Thursday 16

Senate Physical Resources Committee (SPRC)

Faculty Board: Faculty of Community and Health Sciences

Faculty Board: Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Human Resources Committee of Council (HRC)

Friday 17

Registrar’s Administrative Forum (RAF)

Faculty Professorial Appointments and Promotions Committee (FPAPC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Curriculum Sub-Committee of the Senate Academic Planning Committee (SAP)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Humanities and Social Science Research Ethics Committee (HSSREC)

Saturday 18

Sunday 19

Monday 20 Executive Management Committee (EMC)

Faculty Board: Faculty of Natural Sciences

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Senate Assessment Committee (SAC)

Tuesday 21 Senate Executive Committee (SEC)

Wednesday 22 EID AL-ADHA

Thursday 23 Joint Appointments and Promotions Committee of Senate and Council (SA)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Senate (S)

Friday 24 Senate Academic Planning Committee (SAP) [Submission of 2017 Annual Reports]

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Institutional Forum (IF)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Biomedical Research Ethics Committee (BMREC)

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DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Animal Research Ethics Committee (AREC)

Saturday 25

Sunday 26

Monday 27 GRADUATION

Curriculum Sub-Committee of the Senate Academic Planning Committee (SAP)

Tuesday 28 GRADUATION

Curriculum Sub-Committee of the Senate Academic Planning Committee (SAP)

Wednesday 29 GRADUATION

Curriculum Sub-Committee of the Senate Academic Planning Committee (SAP)

Thursday 30 Council on Higher Education Consortium Board (CHEC)

Executive Committee of Council (C Exco)

Human Resources Committee of Council (HRC)

Friday 31

Senate Assessment Committee (SAC) [External Moderators Reports – June 2018 Assessment]

Humanities and Social Science Research Ethics Committee (HSSREC)

CLOSING DATE: Applications for Biokinetics (Hons) programme

CLOSING DATE: Applications for Biokinetics Internships

Executive Retreat

SEPTEMBER

Saturday 1 Executive Retreat

Sunday 2

Monday 3 Executive Management Committee (EMC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Council (C)

Tuesday 4 Institutional Forum (IF)

Enquiry Management Forum (EMF)

Wednesday 5 Faculty Board: Faculty of Arts

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Senate Executive Committee (SEC)

Thursday 6 SENATE (S)

DUE DATE: Senate Research Committee (SR)

Friday 7

END OF THIRD TERM

Biomedical Research Ethics Committee (BMREC)

Animal Research Ethics Committee (AREC)

DUE DATE: Submission of Intention to Submit by student to faculty for April 2019 Graduation

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Joint Appointments and Promotions Committee of Senate and Council (SA)

Saturday 8

Sunday 9

Monday 10 ROSH HASHANAH

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Senate Academic Planning Committee (SAP) [Submission of new programmes and changes to admission rules for 2020]

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DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Faculty Professorial Appointments and Promotions Committee (FPAPC)

Tuesday 11 ROSH HASHANAH

Wednesday 12 DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Human Resources Committee of Council (HRC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Senate Higher Degrees Committee (SHD) [General]

Thursday 13 Archives and Records Management Committee (ARMC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Humanities and Social Science Research Ethics Committee (HSSREC)

Friday 14 SHABBAT SHUVA

Saturday 15

Sunday 16

Monday 17 BEGINNING OF FOURTH TERM

Executive Management Committee (EMC)

DUE DATE: Submission of question papers for November/December Examination

Tuesday 18 Senate Executive Committee (SEC)

Wednesday 19 YOM KIPPUR

Senate Higher Degrees Committee (SHD) [General]

Thursday 20 Senate Research Committee (SR)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation Information, Communication and Technology Governance Committee (ICTGC)

Friday 21 Senate Academic Planning Committee (SAP) Submission of new programmes and changes to admission rules for 2020]

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Board of Trustees (BoT)

Saturday 22

Sunday 23

Monday 24 HERITAGE DAY

Tuesday 25 Faculty Professorial Appointments and Promotions Committee (FPAPC)

Wednesday 26 Human Resources Committee of Council (HRC)

Joint Appointments and Promotions Committee of Senate and Council (SA)

Thursday 27 COUNCIL (C)

Friday 28

Humanities and Social Science Research Ethics Committee (HSSREC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Senior Professor Status Committee of Council (SENIOR PROFS)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Biomedical Research Ethics Committee (BMREC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Animal Research Ethics Committee (AREC)

Saturday 29

Sunday 30

OCTOBER

Monday 1 Executive Management Committee (EMC)

Tuesday 2 DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Senate Executive Committee (SEC)

Wednesday 3 Information, Communication and Technology Governance Committee (ICTGC)

Thursday 4 DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Membership Committee of Council (CM)

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Friday 5 Executive, Deans, Senior and Professional Administrative and Support Staff Management Meeting

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Joint Appointments Committee of Senate and Council (SA)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Executive Committee of Council (CExco)

Saturday 6

Sunday 7

Monday 8

Board of Trustees (BoT)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Tender Committee of Council (TC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Safety, Health and Environmental Risk Committee of Council (CSHER)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Senate Teaching and Learning Committee (STLC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Faculty Professorial Appointments and Promotions Committee (FPAPC)

Tuesday 9 Senate International Relations Committee (SIRC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Senate Library Committee (SL)

Wednesday 10 Senior Management (Annual Planning and Budgets)

Thursday 11 Senior Management (Annual Planning and Budget)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Audit and Risk Committee of Council (CAR)

Friday 12

Biomedical Research Ethics Committee (BMREC)

Animal Research Ethics Committee (AREC)

Registrar’s Administrative Forum (RAF)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Student Development and Support Services Committee (SDSSC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Senate Scholarships and Fellowships Committee (SSFC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Humanities and Social Science Research Ethics Committee (HSSREC)

Saturday 13

Sunday 14

Monday 15 Executive Management Committee (EMC)

Tuesday 16 Senate Executive Committee (SEC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Senate Physical Resources Committee (SPRC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Human Resources Committee of Council (HRC)

Wednesday 17 Tender Committee of Council (TC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Institutional Forum (IF)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Senate Higher Degrees Committee (SHD) [Intention to Submit]

Thursday 18 Faculty Board: Faculty of Community and Health Sciences

Faculty Board: Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences

Records Management Coordinating Committee (RMCC)

Friday 19 Senate Teaching and Learning Committee (STLC)

DUE DATE: Submission of Progress Reports by students

Saturday 20

Sunday 21

Monday 22 Faculty Professorial Appointments and Promotions Committee (FPAPC)

Senate Higher Degrees Committee (SHD) [Intention to Submit]

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Senate (S)

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Tuesday 23 Audit and Risk Committee of Council (CAR)

Student Development and Support Committee (SDSSC)

Joint Appointments and Promotions Committee of Senate and Council (SA)

Wednesday 24 Membership Committee of Council (CM)

Senate Library Committee (SL)

Thursday 25 Executive Committee of Council (C Exco)

Friday 26

Senior Professor Status Committee of Council (SENIOR PROFS)

Humanities and Social Science Research Ethics Committee (HSSREC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Biomedical Research Ethics Committee (BMREC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Animal Research Ethics Committee (AMREC)

Saturday 27

Sunday 28

Monday 29 Executive Management Committee (EMC)

Announcement of Coursework Marks

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Finance Committee of Council (CF)

Tuesday 30 Senate Scholarships and Fellowships Committee (SSFC)

Safety, Health and Environmental Risk Committee of Council (CSHER)

Human Resources Committee of Council (HRC)

Wednesday 31

Study Period Commences

Faculty Board: Faculty of Natural Sciences

Faculty Board: Faculty of Law

Institutional Forum (IF)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Joint Appointments and Promotions Committee of Senate and Council (SA)

NOVEMBER

Thursday 1 Senate Physical Resources Committee (SPRC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Employment Equity Forum (EEF)

Friday 2 DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Council (C)

Saturday 3

Sunday 4 End of Study Period

Monday 5 Final Assessment Commences

SENATE (S)

Tuesday 6

Wednesday 7 DEEPAWALI (DIWALI)

Thursday 8 Finance Committee of Council (CF)

Faculty Board: Faculty of Arts

Faculty Board: Faculty of Education

Friday 9 Biomedical Research Ethics Committee (BMREC)

Animal Research Ethics Committee (AREC)

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Faculty Board: Faculty of Dentistry

DUE DATE: Submission of Thesis for Examination for April 2019 Graduation

Saturday 10

Sunday 11

Monday 12

Executive Management Committee (EMC)

Enquiry Management Forum (EMF)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Faculty Professorial Appointments and Promotions Committee (FPAPC)

DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Human Resources Committee of Council (HRC)

Tuesday 13 Senior Management Meeting

Archives and Records Management Committee (ARMC)

Wednesday 14 Employment Equity Forum (EEF)

Thursday 15 Council on Higher Education Consortium Board (CHEC)

Joint Appointments and Promotions Committee of Senate and Council (SA) [Ad Personam]

Friday 16 DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Humanities and Social Science Research Ethics Committee (HSSREC)

Saturday 17

Sunday 18

Monday 19

Tuesday 20

Wednesday 21 DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Senate Higher Degrees Committee (SHD) [Progress Reports]

Thursday 22

Friday 23 DUE DATE: Submission of documentation for Senate Research Committee (SR)

Saturday 24

Sunday 25

Monday 26 Executive Management Committee (EMC)

Human Resources Committee of Council (HRC)

Tuesday 27 Faculty Professorial Appointments and Promotions Committee (FPAPC)

Wednesday 28 Senate Higher Degrees Committee (SHD) [Progress Reports]

Thursday 29 End of Final Assessment Period

COUNCIL (C)

Friday 30 Humanities and Social Science Research Ethics Committee (HSSREC)

DECEMBER

Saturday 1

Sunday 2

Monday 3 Re-Assessment Commences

Tuesday 4 Senate Assessment Committee (SAC) [Completions for December Graduation]

Wednesday 5

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Thursday 6

Friday 7 Senate Research Committee (SR)

Saturday 8

Sunday 9

Monday 10 Executive Management Committee (EMC)

Tuesday 11

Wednesday 12

Thursday 13 END OF THE FOURTH TERM and the SECOND SEMESTER

End of Re-Assessment

Residences close for the summer vacation

Friday 14 GRADUATION

Saturday 15

Sunday 16 DAY OF RECONCILIATION

Monday 17 PUBLIC HOLIDAY

Tuesday 18

Wednesday 19 Senate Assessment Committee (SAC) [Promotions and Completions for April 2019 Graduation]

Thursday 20 Senate Assessment Committee (SAC) [Promotions and Completions for April 2019 Graduation]

Friday 21 UNIVERSITY OFFICES CLOSES

Release of Final Results (Website)

CLOSING DATE: Applications for BA Hons Sport and Recreation Management

Saturday 22

Sunday 23

Monday 24

Tuesday 25 CHRISTMAS DAY

Wednesday 26 DAY OF GOODWILL

Thursday 27

Friday 28

Saturday 29

Sunday 30

Monday 31

*University re-opens on Thursday, 3 January 2019