‘Wokeness’ could threaten our constitutional democracy, says Helen Zille
Violent events will continue to take place if poverty is not eradicated as a matter of urgency
Welcome to Aurora, a new era of sensitivity
2020 UFS Annual Report
UFS partners in programme that promotes internationalisation and virtual exchanges
Gift of the Givers nutrition packs ensuring that no student goes hungry during lockdown
Human Rights Violations in Africa’s last absolute monarchy, Eswatini
Visit our 2021 Virtual Expo now!
Professoriate Mentoring Programme offers great support for emerging scholars
Research to fight water pollution in the eastern Free State
Dr Robert Hansen appointed as Director of Centre for Mineral Biogeochemistry
Dougie Heymans left huge boots to fill at KovsieSport
UFS expands learning opportunities for public servants through NSG agreement
Anthropology research team highlights xenophobia at international conference
Nthabiseng Kotsokoane to lead activities of international library association
Beware of important changes in tax legislation or face being convicted if you are negligent
Dr Bekithemba Dube recognised for his scholarly impact
Modern dilemma: How workplace bullying and sexual harassment leads to depression
Supporting healthcare workers with their crazy socks
Retiring after 41 years: It was a privilege – Prof Magda Mulder
Professoriate Mentoring Programme fundamental for young academics
Africa Day reflection – Africa’s crisis of leadership and lack of credible institutions
ARU extends mountain research across Africa
#AfricaMonth: The state of LGBT rights in Africa
Yet another Science Oscars nomination for UFS’ Prof Paul Oberholster
An African university that cares – UFS engagement on the continent
Book chronicles ANCYL’s fall from prominence
Why do we not speak of ubuntu for warriors?
Kovsie receives prestigious award for plant sciences research
A tale of sheer resistance and of never giving up
Charges against Frederick Mhangazo for Cape Town fire criminalise poverty
Prestigious Ali Mazrui Award for Prof Serges Djoyou Kamga
Is the school curriculum letting us down in postcolonial South Africa?
UFS contributes to discussion on food integrity, animal welfare, and antibiotics
Voices from the Free State: UFS alumnus Frikkie Meintjes a global team leader
Engaged citizenship towards enabling and training
Celebrating Africa Month
Ups and downs, gains and losses, and an LLB degree later
Tiisetso Mokoena tops the Management Development Programme class of 2020
COVID-19: Our Experts
Land Court Bill: A step in the right direction for land reform
ARU researcher Ntebohiseng Sekhele guest edits journal on montane rangelands
Honouring Moshoeshoe I’s decolonial philosophy
Department of Economics and Finance took hands with alumni students in writing a book
Restorative justice lies at the heart of how we ought to think about water management
Motion of Confidence in UFS Leadership
2021 UFS Academic Calendar
Six Kovsie players selected for national teams
Overcoming COVID-19 with the strength and resilience of Sharpeville
Student Affairs: Humanising lived experiences in higher education
Juxtaposing human rights and human trafficking in South Africa
Additional financial concessions for UFS students
Opinion: Swinging pendulum of trust in Public Protector
Opinion: Police corruption and criminality put South Africans at risk
Letter from Prof Francis Petersen: Update on the 2021 academic programme
‘I Am’ wellness programme sets the table for employees to thrive
Online registration period for senior students extended until 12 March 2021
Four new extraordinary professors for the Free State Centre for Human Rights
Episode two – featuring Bertus Jacobs
Student-turned-lecturer among the many new master’s graduates
From Chief Director in Northern Cape Government to Doctor Mangalane du Toit
Prof Rodwell Makombe on Qwaqwa migrants and their connection to home
Changes in Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences contribute to food security
UFS Research – the link between human population growth and mountain ecosystems
UFS online registration underway
#Opinion: SONA 2021 – A dream deferred yet again
Dr Alice Ncube: ‘I desire to make a difference’
Prof Lizette de Wet, pioneer in the field of Human Computer Interaction
Politics and legalities of land reform unpacked in UFS/IRR webinar
Prof Hendri Kroukamp serves on international accreditation body
UFS Library Loan services recognised for excellence
Communitas features wide-range of articles
Close encounters of the planetary kind
UFS preparing clinical trial protocol to determine efficacy of Ivermectin for COVID-19 in randomised controlled study
From the Rector and Vice-Chancellor: Update on the 2021 Academic Programme
Indigenous South African oral cultures a potential environmental knowledge system
An architect’s journey in finding a uniquely African mode of design
Dr Tshepo Moloi co-edits new book on guerrilla radios
Prof Abdon Atangana receives World Academy of Sciences award
Understanding the red meat export markets
Dr WA Lombard wins international award for his stock-theft research
Kovsies brewing up a storm
UFS partners with local radio stations to address community issues
UFS 2021 academic calendar
The problem with mourning COVID-19 and GBV concurrently
Journalism Lifetime Achievement Award for UFS’ Zubeida Jaffer
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16 Days of Activism in Lockdown
Faculty of Health Sciences celebrates history in new book
Passionate Entrepreneurs win Excellence in Teaching and Learning Awards
South Africa adopts innovative Policy Framework for Internationalisation of Higher Education
UFS launches R8 million US Embassy and Consulates-funded research project
UFS team makes it to top four in CFA University Research Challenge
World Prematurity Day, 84,000 babies born premature in South Africa
ISG researcher awarded prestigious Colin Murray Prize
The Best of the UFS: The National Control Laboratory for Biological Products
Odeion alumna offers free online music classes to Grade 12s
Medical student’s photo highly commended at international competition
#EndSARS: Frustration among Nigeria’s youth and the poor
Next level awaits Lefébre in Europe
UFS alumna turned her passion into action
Lecturer empowers students to take control of their studies
Monique Tangah – this year’s winner of UFS ‘3MT’
Study can increase conviction rate of sex offenders
Do we have a culture of violence in South Africa?
It’s okay not to be okay
Former Deputy Justice discusses SA’s legal and political landscape post-1994
Corruption in South Africa: The politics, the law and all the shenanigans in between
Player management key to netball team
COVID-19 has widened the gap between cities and rural areas
Kgalalelo Motlhabane: Master of her own destiny
Broadening the heritage landscape
UFS Council member Leah Molatseli releases legal tech book
Mojalefa Mosala and Haneke van Zyl part of top-35 2020 SAICA finalists
Police brutality has emerged as a serious issue of national concern
‘Embrace technology for competitive advantage’
Can COVID-19 change us for the better?
Social Work Student Association raise funds for Sunflower House
The importance of the first 1 000 days of life
Legalising communal artisanal small-scale miners
International Cultural Diversity Festival connects cultures
Can we use African Indigenous Knowledge to tackle COVID-19?
You too can get behind Ubuntu
Teaching and Learning at UFS
The ignored threat of fungal infections
Plant breeding enhances crop improvement
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Lights, Camera, Action
Black women’s hair: A political battlefield
UFS and CUT research projects get funding
'Kamphoer' author delivers another compelling novel
Call for contributions: 2020 International Cultural Diversity Festival
‘People must be at the centre of what we do’
Faculty of Health Sciences welcomes donations of PPEs
UFS postdoctoral fellow wins medal at international webinar
SAA, fly me to the moon
Lack of economic density is the problem, rather than high population density
SADAG and UFS Student Counselling and Development launch 24/7 healthline
#WomensMonth: Nicole Morris: Always live your truth
Betsy Eister – Keeping the main thing the main thing
‘Embrace your setbacks, as they allow you to evolve towards success’
Stegmann Gallery hosts Sam Nhlengethwa collection in virtual exhibition
UFS Transformation Week: Call for Submissions
Book explores Middle East and North Africa crises in the time of Covid-19
Important second semester dates
2021 NSFAS applications open
#WomensMonth: Dr Stephanie Cawood passionate about the women of Africa
#WomensMonth: Dr Tsakeni: This is for you grandma!
What are we really celebrating this Women’s Day?
UFS athletes unite against GBV
UFS again receives Level-4 BBBEE rating
#WomensMonth: Champion woman help communal wool growers excel
Breastfeeding best for babies, best for the planet
UFS scientists part of international COVID-19 study published in peer-reviewed scientific journal
Confronting the COVID-19 crisis with curriculum relevance
First ‘I Am’ Wellness programme cohort shares their experience
COVID-19: Humankind has ignored warnings of coming pandemics for years
UFS alumnus in top position at Sky News Australia
Hope is a never-ending story
Librarian Ronet Vrey invests in students' academic journeys
Ataxia no hindrance for future lawyer Tau Tladi
Two UFS researchers nominated for Science Oscars
Education dominates Qwaqwa Campus Teaching and Learning Awards
UFS receives R1,3 million grant from Oppenheimer Memorial Trust
GBV: Men need to challenge these insidious forms of violence
Dedication and good facilities make for fine Geology education
Innovative approach towards education can improve student engagement
Prof Solomon appointed as visiting professor to Osaka University in Japan
UFS expands virtual support services for its students
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Notice regarding the nomination and election of a representative of the Convocation to the UFS Council
Protecting South Africans’ personal information starts now
2020 supplementary budget: The road map to the revival of the economy
Tracing food safety between farm and fork
Loss of income due to COVID-19 significantly affects nutrition and hunger in the home
Human rights, world-making, and living under COVID-19
Prof Hussein Solomon on pandemics, plagues, and security
UFS graduation ceremonies
Prof Nico Luwes honoured with Gerhard Beukes Prize for drama
Urban and regional planner receives prestigious Stals prize
One Africa #COVID-19 Africa unite
Are universities regaining public trust?
Fast-tracking the recovery of school learning
UFS academics on COVID-19
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Pandemics, new initiatives, and social work
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Internationalisation at home: Perspectives from abroad
National honour for Kovsie football director
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Autism in the time of the novel Coronavirus
iKudu Project launches Blog
Covid-19: The impact on the education system
Coronavirus: Travelling across borders
Faculty of Education inaugurates Academic Advisory Board
Faculty of Health Sciences kicks off 50-year celebrations with cocktail and stories
Welcoming postgraduate students
Kovsie students recognised by national quantity surveying organisation
ARU strengthens ties with Japanese universities
Bloemfontein Campus April 2020 graduation ceremonies
UFS Student Toolkit first of its kind in South Africa
Strong transformational focus at faculty opening, celebrating 40 years
Qwaqwa first-year students formally welcomed to the UFS
Clarification of urgent notice regarding accredited and non-accredited accommodation
Symposium bridges the gap between students, staff, and management
2020 Kovsie ACT programme rounds off on an electrifying note!
Three Kovsies in Springbok coaching team
Everything you need to know about NSFAS Funding
Odeion to host international artists at Clarinet Extravaganza
New way for staff and students to learn third language
‘Success is tied to the company you keep’
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Important information for prospective UFS first-year students
Kweku flies Kovsie flag high at Universität Bremen
Making the First 1 000 Days Count
When academics and economics meet
Music outreach programme teach valuable lessons
UFS Campus Choirs make a full comeback in 2020
Off-campus students at the centre of Safety Summit
Jaap Steyn: Book pays tribute to leading Afrikaans academic
Humans the focus of human settlement conference at the UFS
#WorldFoodDay: Access to water and food is a social justice issue
Expert panel shares knowledge with UFS Department of Afrikaans
Mental Health not a conversation reserved just for October
New astrophysics infrastructure place UFS in ‘elite bracket’
Odeion Camerata end the year on a high note
BCom Business and Financial Analytics qualification now open at UFS
MICT SETA gives UFS Journalism students a stepping stone
SA animal population genetically more diverse than Europe
Netball captain rewarded, Chawane gets UK contract
Kovsie sports stars crowned
2019 Matriculant of the Year hails from Polokwane
Nomination of representative from the Qwaqwa Campus convocation and alumni to the UFS Council
Two UFS students are winners in Old Mutual Agricultural Student of the Year competition
UFS hosts International Conference on the Right to Development
Prof LenkaBula promotes partnership with German University
UFS are new student cross-country champions
Kovsie women end fourth in Varsity Football
Festival celebrates growing global footprint at UFS
Going green: Kovsies plant 150 trees in 30 days
Kovsies pedal smoothie bike for #MentalHealth
UFS position statement on xenophobia
Kovsies netball team building up towards play-offs
Student dialogue on xenophobia, cultural appropriation, and xenocentrism
Research project examines variation between Sesotho, Setswana in Free State
Yet another national record for Louzanne
UFS/UCT workshops equip MMed students with research skills
How British imperialism shaped South Africa’s education
Two medals for Kovsie athletes at African Games
Opening of 2020 National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) applications
Notice regarding the nomination and election of representatives of the Convocation to the UFS Council
UFS 3MT-thesis winners braced for national contest
UFS launches its first-ever Student Toolkit
Varsity Netball 2019: Follow 2018’s recipe, says UFS captain
#KovsieCare: UFS student requests tackie donations for poor school kids
Yoga Yodas create calm and improve mental fitness at UFS
Two Kovsies in Entrepreneurship Intervarsity finals
Lifetime achievement for UFS language guru, Prof Albert Weideman
New research forum to serve as interdisciplinary umbrella network
Eco-friendly facelift for Red Square
UFS researcher makes MAGIC for the mining industry
Student safety top priority at Kovsies
#KovsiesCare: HR prioritises mental health in the workplace
Prof Dave Lubbe honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award
#KovsiesCare: Human Rights Ambassadors programme creates open dialogue
#KovsiesCare: Former gangster touches lives of Heidedal learners
FSDoE praises inclusive education on UFS South Campus
Solid performances by Kovsies at USSA Championships
The role of universities in a post-development world
Education is the thread for PhD graduate’s family
UFS students progress to next stage of Entrepreneurship Intervarsity
Geology receives funding to explore most valuable mineral provinces on Earth
Kovsie coach to assist Ghana hockey
UFS hosts launch of Universities Consortium
The Future Is Here: Download the KovsieApp
Research explores solution for electricity generation
What are the economics of air?
Tough, but good, says Louzanne about marathons
'Courts must embrace 4IR', says Judge President Musi
Epistemic justice is crucial for a sustainable democratic future
Housing and Residence Affairs promotes quality accommodation for students
Absa supports UFS students through to graduation
Your future is here; this is the place to be, future Kovsies are told
More success for netballers in different competition?
Crime dialogue elicits commitment to ensure tighter security
Long jumper Lynique dreams big
Government to enhance PhD production
Students with disabilities thrive with support of FNB grant
Important discussions during UFS Social Justice Week
National Lotteries Commission funded projects, the pride of UFS
Spontaneous Science ambassadors bring message home
Industry expert Andrew Lane talks future of Mining industry in SA
Book gives compelling account of migrants’ education
Vishuis aiming for number seven
Agreement between UFS management and the ISRC regarding deregistration process
UFS Career Services develops employable students
Disability support taken up a few notches on Qwaqwa Campus
Ergonomics – making your space practical and comfortable
Leading women honoured at faculty opening
UPDATE: General NSFAS information
Graduate survives horrific road accident