7. THE WAY FORWARD

The year 2020 was shaped by two notable events - Wits University completed the academic year amidst a global pandemic, and successfully navigated a change of leadership. Wit’s response to the pandemic saw a number of remarkable achievements - emergency online Teaching & Learning was implemented, a substantive amount of research on the virus was conducted by Wits researchers, and Wits academics took leading roles in the national response to the pandemic. The University embraced the change of leadership with Professor Vilakazi ably set to lead Wits to its centenary in 2022 and beyond, to steward a new vision for the academy, and to reinvigorate the academic project in a higher education context that is rapidly changing. With the 2022 Strategic Framework in its last phases, the University is focussed on realising the objectives contained in the framework, as well as creating a new vision and strategy to catapult Wits into a new era.

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