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Graduates to celebrate their achievements at 2019 December Graduations

13 November 2019 | Story Xolisa Mnukwa | Photo Sonia Small

During the upcoming graduation ceremonies, the University of the Free State (UFS) will confer a number of qualifications on the Bloemfontein Campus on 9, 10 and 11 December 2019 in the Faculties of Education; the Humanities; Law; Theology and Religion; Economic and Management Sciences; Natural and Agricultural Sciences; and Health Sciences. 517 National Professional Diplomas and Advanced Certificates will be awarded to students graduating from the UFS South Campus University Access Programme.

An additional 147 master’s and doctoral degrees will be conferred in the Faculties of Education, Economic and Management Sciences, Health Sciences, the Humanities, Law, and Theology and Religion.

For more information about the upcoming graduation ceremonies and events, visit the UFS graduation ceremonies page.

Graduates can read through the Bloemfontein Graduations: Preparing for Graduations - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), which contain the necessary information for graduates to note during the graduation processions.

Graduation ceremonies for the different faculties will take place on the following dates:

9 Dec 2019
14:30: South Campus: Open Distance Learning
Certificates and diplomas

10 Dec 2019
09:00: Faculties of Education, the Humanities, Law, and Theology and Religion
All certificates, diplomas, bachelor’s degrees, and honours degrees

14:30: Faculties of Economic and Management Sciences and Natural and Agricultural Sciences
All certificates, diplomas, bachelor’s degrees, and honours degrees

11 Dec 2019
09:00: Faculty of Health Sciences
All certificates, diplomas, bachelor’s degrees, and honours degrees

14:30: All Faculties
Master's and doctoral qualifications

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Conference on critical studies in higher education

2013-03-05

05 March 2013

Conference in Bloemfontein, South Africa, 26 - 27 June 2013: Higher Education and Social Justice - Making 'human capability' pathways

The University of the Free State, in conjunction with its new Centre for Higher Education and Capabilities Research (CHECaR), is hosting a conference on critical studies in higher education, with a specific focus on diversity, change and social justice. Papers delivered by leading national and international scholars, master classes presented by international experts on conducting higher education research, as well as posters and papers, will all take up key challenges for higher education, human development and advancing capabilities as/for social justice, both theoretically and operationally in empirical research projects. For doctoral and post-doctoral researchers attending the conference there is a writing development workshop on 25 June.

For more information see http://www.ufs.ac.za/heconf or contact Professor Melanie Walker (walkermj@ufs.ac.za)

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