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Academic Development Unit

The Academic Development Unit (ADU) is a component within the Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment (EBE) tasked with three main mandates

Contribute to improved faculty through-put,
Coordinate and oversee the Engineering common first year (CFY) programme, and
Provide student and staff support at all strata’s [Academic (student & staff), Eco-social support and Psycho-social support].

We like to think of the ADU as a home for all the students in the faculty, a safe space to be heard, and a solid foundation for achieving academic potential in a holistic (all rounded) way. This philosophy enables the ADU to impact over a thousand engineering and built environment undergraduate and postgraduate students every year.

The ADU is centrally focused on improving the students holistic learning experience with the aim of increased faculty through-put, and this is achieved through the below:

Contributions to faculty teaching & learning,
Coordination of the Engineering common first year (CFY) programmes
Collaboration with Wits Plus
Design, and running of several data-informed student interventions [from student support tutorials, mid-semester school camps, use of learning technology to one-on-one & group workshops/webinars (on time management, study skills, transition to university, coping with anxiety, etc.) and access to our in-house Psychologist], and
Design, and running of several staff support programs, with the current focus being online pedagogy.

At the ADU, our motto is We are … so that You can…, meaning we are here so that you (students) can be the best version of yourselves in your Academic Journey at Wits Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment.

Resources

For access to more information on our activities and updates, if you are a registered student/member of staff in the EBE faculty, please visit the relevant uLwazi site mentioned below:

Academic Development Unit

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