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Centre for Environmental Management Selection Form
MSc majoring in Integrated Water Management

Closing date for applications: 30 September

You will not be able to submit the form without completing all the compulsory fields.

Applicant Details

Surname

Firstname

Title

Initials

ID/Passport Number

Date of Birth

Nationality

UFS Student Number

Telephone

Cellphone

Educational background

Highest qualification

Institution

Year awarded

List your main subjects in your final year of your highest qualification:

Subject 1

Subject 2

Subject 3

Subject 4

Subject 5

Subject 6

Employment and expertise

Current employment:

Position held

Employer

From

Main responsibilities

Other employment related to Integrated Water Management:

Position held

Employer

From

Position held

Employer

From

Position held

Employer

From

Essay

Write an essay on: “The potential value of this course in my present situation or job, and for my future career development.” Your essay should reflect your own opinion, which should be given in your own words.

Preliminary Research Proposal

Do you foresee that you will carry out a research project within your current employment situation? If yes, is there a prospective colleague with research experience who could supervise your project?

If you do not have a work-related research project, do you have a research ideas that matches your background, experience and expertise and that can be supervised by one of the following staff members at CEM? If so, please identify the staff member and briefly (2-3 sentences) outline your research idea.
A list of staff members is provided at the end of this section.

Title of proposed research project

Problem statement: Here you should include how your research interest fits with that of a CEM staff member

max 900 characters incl. spaces

Research question or hypothesis

max 300 characters incl. spaces

Where and how will you conduct this study? Provide a brief outline of appropriate methodology.

max 800 characters incl. spaces

Describe the anticipated results

max 650 characters incl. spaces

List of references (If any)

STAFF MEMBERS AT CEM

Prof Paul Oberholster
Water quality expert, with specific focus on novel applications in ecotoxicology, pollution control and freshwater treatment and rehabilitation.

Dr Shola Ololade
Sustainability scientist focusing on the mining sector and the nexus between water consumption and supply; energy generation and usage; and food production.

Marinda Avenant
Aquatic ecologist, with specific focus on environmental water flow requirements in river systems in light of environmental change.

Dr Surina Esterhuyse
Geohydrologist exploring the policy options to prevent ground water contamination during the exploitation of unconventional oil and gas.

Dr Tascha Vos
Limnologist, with expertise in water quality and a specific focus on aquatic monitoring using phytoplankton

Marthie Kemp
Plant ecologist, with specific focus on using dendrochronology (tree rings) to determine water usage in natural ecosystems.

Dr Bimo Nkhata
Leading expert on environmental and water management and water management, planning and policy

Recommenders

We require information of two recommenders who might be contacted during the selection process.

Recommender's name

Cellphone

Relationship to applicant

Recommender's name

Cellphone

Relationship to applicant

General

Where did you hear about this course?

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Friend or colleague
Online
Other

Provide more information regarding the above choice made

If choice above is "Advertisement" or "Online", please state where? If choice above is "Friend or colleague", please state who?

Document Uploads

Certified copy of my ID or passport

Certified copies of my previous qualifications (certificates):

Please include certified official transcripts from previous academic institutions and SAQA Verification Certificate

Declaration

I declare that I am computer literate and have regular access to the internet.

I have attached a certified copy, not older than 3 months, of my ID or Passport.

I have attached certified copies of my previous qualifications (certificates), including certified official transcripts from previous academic institutions. They are not older than three months.

I declare that the information in this form is truthful, accurate and provided by me as the applicant.

I declare that I take cognisance of the fact that an incomplete selection form will result in my application not being considered for this course by the selection committee.

Please ensure that all supporting documents have been uploaded.

If you have not received a response from us within 72 hours after completing this form, it means that we have not received your form. Please email the Centre for Environmental Management at iwm@ufs.ac.za.

BLOEMFONTEIN CAMPUS FACULTY CONTACT

Elfrieda van den Berg (Marketing Manager)
T: +27 51 401 2531
E:vdberge@ufs.ac.za

QWAQWA CAMPUS FACULTY CONTACT

Dilahlwane Mohono (Faculty Officer)
T: +27 58 718 5284
E:naturalscienceqq@ufs.ac.za

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