University of the Witwatersrand School of Mining Engineering

LaTFURE: The University of the Witwatersrand School of Mining Engineering

Friday, 9 October, 2020

Module 8.6. Final Conference 1 Table of Contents.

• History of mining education in South Africa. • Work Integrated Learning (WIL) and the South African Mining Industry. • Industry involvement at Wits School of Mining. • The Future of WIL and the South African Mining Industry. • What has Wits School of Mining achieved through participating with LatFURE.

Module 8.6. Final Conference 2 History of Mining Education in South Africa

• The history of the School of Mining Engineering goes back to Kimberly diamond fields in the late 19th centaury.

• The School is the nucleus around which both the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) as well as the University of Pretoria (UP) were later formed.

• The Witwatersrand Technical Institute was formed out of the South African School of Mines as the Transvaal Technical Institute, initially to serve the mining industry.

Module 8.6. Final Conference 3 History of Mining Education in South Africa • The Witwatersrand Technical Institute later became the Technikon Witwatersrand (TWR).

• WIL was always part of the TWR curriculum with its origins in the earlier institutions.

• TWR was merged with the Rand Afrikaans University (RAU) to form the University of Johannesburg (UJ).

• The Technikon RSA was formed out of TWR. Technikon RSA merged with the University of South Africa (UNISA).

• Both UJ and UNISA offer mining higher education with a WIL component.

Module 8.6. Final Conference 4 Timeline SA Mining Institutions

1896 School of Mines (Kimberley)

1903 Transvaal Technical Institute

1906 Transvaal University College

1916 S.A. School of Mines Transvaal University UNISA College University College 1920 Johannesburg

1922 Univ.Witwatersrand Witwatersrand Tech. Institute 1925 Witwatersrand Tech. College 1930 Univ. Pretoria Witwatersrand College 1967 Technikon Witwatersrand Technikon RSA 1979

2005

2015 Work Integrated Learning and the South African Mining Industry SA higher education policy framework has three institutional types:

• Universities: offer basic formative degrees such as BA & BSc, and professional undergraduate degrees such as BSc Eng and MBChB.; at postgraduate level offer honours degrees, and range of masters and doctoral degrees. (e.g. Wits and UP)

• Universities of technology: offer mainly vocational or career‐focused undergraduate diplomas, and BTech which serves as a capping qualification for diploma graduates. Offers limited number of masters and doctoral programmes.

• Comprehensive universities: offer programmes typical of university as well as programmes typical of university of technology. (eg UNISA and UJ). WIL is included in the curriculum.

Module 8.6. Final Conference 6 Higher Education Qualification Sub-Framework (HEQSF)

Module 8.6. Final Conference 7 Industry involvement at Wits School of Mining • NQF Level 6: Explosives Engineering for Surface and Underground Mining (MINN0140); Advanced Mineral Resources Management (MRM) or Mine Planning (through Wits Enterprise); Certificate in Mine Environmental Control from 2018.

• NQF Level 7: Introduction to Mining Engineering (MINN 0104).

• NQF Level 8: BSc in Mining Engineering.

• NQF Level 9: MSc in Mining Engineering.

• NQF Level 10: PhD in Mining Engineering.

Module 8.6. Final Conference 8 Industry involvement at Wits School of Mining

NQF Level 6 (Presented in conjunction with Wits Enterprise): • Mineral Resource Management; • Mine Planning (sponsored by the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy); and • Certificate in Mine Environmental Control (with the Mine Ventilations Society of South Africa).

Module 8.6. Final Conference 9 Industry involvement at Wits School of Mining

NQF Level 8. BSc (Engineering): • Industry supplied work experiences during vacations; • Industry supplied individual final projects; • Industry supplied final mine design; • Mine tour to various mines; and • Links with Gold Fields (from 2018) and African Rainbow Minerals (from 2020) for sponsoring undergraduate students.

Module 8.6. Final Conference 10 Industry involvement at Wits School of Mining

Postgraduate:

• NQF Level 7: Introduction to Mining Engineering • The link into the School for people in the mining industry, or on the periphery of the mining industry.

• NQF Level 9/10: MSc and PhD • Most students complete their research projects at mines where they are employed; and • Links with Gold Fields (from 2018) and African Rainbow Minerals (from 2020) for sponsoring postgraduate students.

• Industry Steering Committees for various areas of specialisation

Module 8.6. Final Conference 11 The Future of WIL and the South African Mining Industry

• Professor Grobler spoke to this and the idea of bringing the work place into the University. • Wits School of Mining has a mock-up in the basement • Stope; • Tunnel; • Refuge Bay; and • Smart Lamproom.

Module 8.6. Final Conference 12 The Future of WIL and the South African Mining Industry

Module 8.6. Final Conference 13 What has Wits School of Mining achieved through participating with LatFURE

• Actively participated in all the Steering Committee Meetings and Conferences.

• Worked with the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy to put together a Higher Education Industry Workshop.

• This workshop did not take place due to lack of participation from industry, but some of the papers were subsequently used for the South African Steering Committee Meeting and Conference.

• Hosted the South African Steering Committee Meeting and Conference.

Module 8.6. Final Conference 14 What has Wits School of Mining achieved through participating with LatFURE

• Hosted Prof Haas and Dr Campbell to a mine visit to one of the deepest mines in the world.

• Treated to the attendees of the Johannesburg meeting/conference to an African Meal at the Carnivore Restaurant west of Johannesburg.

Module 8.6. Final Conference 15 What has Wits School of Mining achieved through participating with LatFURE

Module 8.6. Final Conference 16 What has Wits School of Mining achieved through participating with LatFURE

• Considered how WIL has been implemented in the mining industry in the past (UJ and UNISA) and how the concept of “bringing the workplace to the University” can be applied.

• Used the equipment fund to establish a second Smart Classroom at the School of Mining Engineering.

• There has been an expansion of blended learning as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown.

• The Smart Classrooms have been invaluable in delivering material to students in remote mining locations both in South Africa as well as throughout Southern and Central Africa.

Module 8.6. Final Conference 17 What has Wits School of Mining achieved through participating with LatFURE

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