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21 June 2019 | Story Lacea Loader
UFS Thought Leader series


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.


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Writing workshop for middle managers presented by Prof Jonathan Jansen on 22 April 2013
2013-03-12

A workshop for university middle managers and administrators on how to write effectively for internal (eg. students) and external (eg. parents, government) audiences, will be presented by Prof Jonathan Jansen, Vice-Chancellor and Rector.  Topics include written communication with difficult clients and how to write for political audiences.  A ‘case study’ approach that requires colleagues to do active writing in the workshop, will be used.  Workshop participants must bring their own laptops.

Date: 22 April 2013
Time: 15:00-18:00
Venue: Room 16, Main Building, Bloemfontein Campus

Please confirm your attendance with Tarusha Sewkumar at sewkumart@ufs.ac.za / x7152 by 19 April 2013. Enquiries can be directed to Lacea Loader at loaderl@ufs.ac.za / x2584.



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