Latest News Archive
Please select Category, Year, and then Month to display items
21 June 2019
|
Story Lacea Loader
The University of the Free State (UFS) will be presenting the 2nd UFS Thought-Leader Series in cooperation with Vrye Weekblad as part of the Vrystaat Arts Festival.
Facilitator: Dr Max du Preez, Editor of Vrye Weekblad
Thursday 4 July 2019
Economic and Management Sciences Auditorium, UFS Bloemfontein Campus.
Two panel discussions will take place:
10:00
Panel 1:
How can we fix the South African economy and create jobs?
12:00
Panel 2:
How can we establish a pro-youth and entrepreneurship strategy for South Africa?
Panellists include:
Mr Prince Mashele, Executive Director at the Centre for Politics and Research, political commentator
Ms Annabel Bishop, Chief Economist: Investec
Prof Philippe Burger, Vice-Dean (Strategic Projects):Faculty of Economic and Management
Sciences, UFS
Mr Dawie Roodt, Chief Economist, Efficient Group
Ms Maryana Iskander, Chief Executive Officer of Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator
Mr David Abbey, Rand Merchant Bank
Prof Brownhilder Neneh, Head: Department of Business Management, UFS
Attendance is free of charge.
Enquiries: news@ufs.ac.za | +27 51 401 3422.
Third-year communication students visit Singapore for the second time
2009-03-27
 |
A group of 22 students from the University of the Free State’s (UFS) Department of Communication Science will this holiday be visiting the National University of Singapore. It will be the second time that students from this department visit this university. Three lecturers, Ms Rentia du Plessis, Ms Maresa Lotter and Ms Elbie Lombard will be accompanying the students. The students will attend classes in the university’s Department of Communication and New Media. They will also go on several tours to places such as Merlion, Chinatown, Little India, Sentosa (an island) and Bangkok.
Photo: Rentia du Plessis |