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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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Two professors in Chemistry visit the UFS
2007-03-01

An affiliated professor and an extraordinary professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of the Free State (UFS) visited the Main Campus in Bloemfontein to present classes to honours students. From the left: Prof. Rui Carvalho (Associate professor at the University of Coimbra in Portugal), Prof Jan van der Westhuizen (Associate professor at the UFS Department of Chemistry) and Prof. Daneel Ferreira (Research professor at the University of Mississippi in the United States of America). Prof. Carvalho is an affiliated professor at the UFS and specialises in nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy research and Prof. Ferreira is an extraordinary professor at the UFS, who specialises in natural product chemistry.
Photo: Lacea Loader
 
 

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