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Dr Shakir Mohamed, Wits Alumnus and Director of Research at Google DeepMind, delivered the 3rd annual Barry Dwolatzky Memorial Lecture.
21 September 2026
Disability Rights Unit celebrates 40 years of student success
The Unit has been lauded for pioneering access to higher education by removing barriers that impede disabled students from succeeding.
18 September 2026
Aerospace partnership opens international opportunities for Wits engineering students
A key part of the agreement will see Wits and ISAE-SUPAERO compare and align parts of their aerospace engineering curricula.
17 September 2026
Wits engineering students gain access to specialised aerospace training and research through a new partnership in France. Professor David Phaho takes up a new Wits Innovation Chair focused on turning research into practical solutions. New research on Little Foot reveals how human ancestors moved from climbing trees to spending more time on the ground. Wits PhD student Chérien Roux is developing guidelines to help cancer patients use exercise safely during treatment and Wits’ LINK Centre and CRASA partner to strengthen digital policy, research and skills across southern Africa.
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Wits University is committed to the responsible, ethical and innovative use of AI with academic integrity at its centre. The purpose of this policy is to provide academic and professional and support staff (staff), and students with contextually valued practices regarding the fair and productive use of AI in advancing research, innovation, learning, teaching, course design and assessment of student learning at the University.
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