The fundamental role of any university is to promote freedom of enquiry & the search for knowledge & truth. Wits has built a reputation for itself in this role.
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Congratulations to Nduka Mntambo - Faculty of Humanities, Wits University - 2020 NIHSS Award Winner for Best Visual Art! @Wits_News @WitsHumanities @WitsUniversity @AdHabb @iNIHSS linkedin.com/posts/garthrste…
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Artwork on display by our very own Bev Butkow who is currently completing her Masters in Fine Arts @WitsHumanities
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The fifth installation of the annual Humanities and Social Sciences Awards will take place on March 12 this year, and five of our titles are shortlisted! Check out this article bit.ly/2HU0nsb to see why they deserve the honour!
PLEASE NOTE: Faculty of Humanities 2020 Curriculum Planning Dates : 27, 28 and 29 January 2020 in South West Engineering Building Atrium from 09h00 to 15h00
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Graduated from @WitsUniversity today with a Master’s in Arts! Enjoyed the #scicomm research. Thanks to all who helped me achieve it! #IAmBecauseWeAre #proudWitsie #witsgraduate @witsalumni
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🎓💯 🧑🏻⚖️ Advocate Nick Ferreira is our guest speaker and he has appeared in the Supreme Court of Appeal & the Constitutional Court. He says his hope is instilled in the instrumental input that students studying a degree in humanities will provide for this country. #WitsGrads
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📸💯🎓 IN PICTURES #WitsPhDGrads: Our PhD cohort are part of over 180 000 @witsalumni worldwide. Doctoral education has become of paramount significance in a world where knowledge is the new fuel. #Halala to all #WitsPhD graduands 🎉
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🏛️💯🎓The Council of Wits University unanimously approved the appointment of Prof Garth Stevens as the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities from 1 Dec 2019. With more than 25 years of experience in the higher education sector, Prof Stevens is befitting for this leadership position.
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💯🤖✋🏾✋🏽✋🏻#WitsForGood : Currently, a prosthetic hand costs around R500,000 an investment out of reach for most South Africans. Biomedical engineers at Wits will use 3D-printing to create a prosthetic hand for R20,000, increasing access to such healthcare for many. Read more👇🏾
Biomedical engineers at @WitsUniversity have researched how brainwaves can be used to control a robotic prosthetic hand. Stroke victims may benefit significantly from this technology - strokes afflict an estimated 132,000 South Africans a year. bit.ly/2RhxI6n
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STATEMENT: Read Wits University's statement on the outcome of the investigation into concerns raised around the Life Skills Exam in the School of Education here: wits.ac.za/news/latest-news/…
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From hieroglyphics to emojis 🤓, and grunts😠 to gestures✊🏿, humans have always used multiple modes to communicate, including language🔠. But why do words make language?
💡#Curiosity 8: #Code
👉🏿wits.ac.za/curiosity/stories…
#Wits4IR #WitsResearch
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📹🏛️🙏🏾WATCH: Professor Adam Habib (@AdHabb), Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of the Witwatersrand wish all Witsies the best during this exam season & that their steadfast pursuit of knowledge and drive has the capacity to change the world. #ProudWitsie #Goodluck💫
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BOOK SALE in Solomon Mahlangu House Concourse, Wits - ONE DAY ONLY!
Wits University Press BOOK SALE – books from R20,00!!
When: Thursday 26 September 2019 from 9am-4pm
Where: Solomon Mahlangu House Concourse
Don’t miss this opportunity!
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@WitsHumanities We are launching Interactive Struggle Theatre Soweto Uncle Tom's Hall, on Wednesday 13t 13:30 for 14:00. Our aim is to encourage thinking, and for the human, to search for Knowledge, rather than have the system dictate. Please join us, in our search for knowledge
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.@WitsUniversity academics share their insights into 'HOW TO GET TO A POST-CAPITALIST WORLD' in a special issue of the journal #Globalizations @tandfonline - edited by Michelle Williams and @VishwasSatgar
👉🏿 wits.ac.za/news/latest-news/… via @dailymaverick #MaverickCitizen
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👮🏾♂️👍🏾Whether you are working late in libraries or computer labs, the Wits Protection Service escorts all students and staff in and around campus to a place of safety after hours. Please be alert and do not walk alone at night. Call 011 717 6666 or 717 4444 from 8pm – 5am.
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💯🏛️ Wits University has been ranked NUMBER ONE 🔝 in Africa by the @timeshighered (Times Higher Education) rankings in the area of art, performing arts & design (humanities) 🎭🎨🖼️. Read more about the ranking here: bit.ly/35aAdvX #ProudWitsie #Halala #WitsForGood
