2017 Annual Report

The 2017 academic year is highlighted as a pivotal year in which the University community truly embraced the integration of technology throughout the institution, including in its teaching, learning and research programmes. The advent of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the transformation of the higher education, the future of work and the interaction between humans and technology featured high on the agenda this year. In addition to the technological revolution at Tshimologong, Wits’ new digital innovation precinct in Juta Street, Braamfontein, the University has invested R500 million in an ICT upgrade, adopted a new cutting edge research strategy, and introduced innovative blended learning options, including a digital campus, new online courses and high tech classrooms.