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04 September 2019
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Story Rulanzen Martin
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Photo Sonia Small
With the second semester well underway, you may feel overwhelmed by the academic pressure and you aren’t sure how to find your way out of this maze. Some first-years are still trying to cope with the hectic academic workload, and our soon to be graduates are contemplating how they will find their feet in the post-university world.
The new edition of Kovsie Advice by the Advising Team in the Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL) would like to help you get ready for the busy academic times ahead. But they would also like to dedicate this edition to helping you align your tasks and efforts with the end goal – that dream job!
In this edition, ideas and resources are shared to help you align your academic journey with your career aspirations.
Enjoy the journey!
The UFS Advising team
Talented people make the difference, says Brand Pretorius
2010-10-22
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“Talented, knowledgeable and committed people make all the difference. We tend to underestimate the potential and ability of people, and we don’t trust them enough,” Prof. Brand Pretorius, Honorary Professor in the Department of Business Management at the University of the Free State (UFS), said in his annual lecture last week.
The theme was Lessons I learnt during my career in business. He continued to say that passion, energy and enthusiasm provide the electricity that propels teams and individuals to optimum performance.
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