Page 1 of 19 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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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)
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)
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)