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04 September 2018

Watch the livestream

Safety Week is here, and you are invited to attend the series of events which are taking place on the Bloemfontein and South campuses from 3 to 6 September 2018.

Issues to be discussed include the handling of sexual assault, gender equality, mental health, personal and road safety. Representatives from, among others, the Sector 3 Community Policing Forum, South African Police Services, Mangaung Local Municipality, Embrace A Sister organisation, Next Chapter organisation, and the Gender and Sexual Equity office will deliver keynote addresses.

Bloemfontein Campus:
3–5 September 2018
12:30–15:00
Thakaneng Bridge

South Campus:
6 September 2018
13:00–15:00
Southern Café (cafeteria area)
Great prizes will be given away. Don’t miss out!

Click here for the programme:

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International MDS student gets scholarship
2010-02-17

Here he is pictured with Prof. Lucius Botes, the Programme Director for the MDS and the Dean of the Faculty of the Humanities.
Photo: Supplied


A postgraduate student from the University of the Free State, Mr Kuela Kiema, has received a scholarship from the University of Tromsø in Norway. The scholarship, worth R15 000 per year, will cover all his class fees for the two years that he will spend there in the multi-disciplinary programme of Masters in Development Studies (MDS). Mr Kiema is a citizen of Botswana.

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