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2020 Second Semester Registration Guide

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2020 Second Semester Registration Guide

Important second-semester dates

14 August 2020 | Story Anban Naidoo | Photo Charl Devenish

Students returning for the second semester should take note of the following important dates. Also note that the online self-service facility for module changes and additions will be available until 11 September 2020. If you are unable to register online and need assistance with changes to your registration, please contact your relevant faculty for academic advice/approval.

Important second-semester dates:

• 31 July 2020: Predicate day

• 3 August 2020: Main mid-year examination commences

• 22 August 2020: Main mid-year examination ends

• 22 August 2020: Final date to submit final marks for module with continuous assessment

• 24 August 2020: Mid-year additional examination commences

• 27 August 2020: Mid-year additional examination ends

• 28 to 31 August 2020: UFS long weekend (no academic activity)

• 1 September 2020: Second semester commences

• 1 September 2020: Second-semester registration commences (Faculty of Health Sciences)

• 2 September 2020: Final date to transfer marks for the first semester (excluding Faculty of Health Sciences)

• 3 September 2020: Second-semester registration commences (all faculties, excluding Health Sciences)

• 3 September 2020: Mid-year additional examination ends

• 10 September 2020: Final date to transfer marks for the first semester (only Faculty of Health Sciences)

• 11 September 2020: Second-semester registration ends

• 11 September 2020: Last date to cancel year modules and second-semester modules with financial credit

• 24 to 27 September: 2020: UFS long weekend

• 30 September 2020: Last date for master’s and doctoral students to register for the second semester

• 30 October to 2 November 2020: UFS long weekend

• 27 November 2020: Second-semester classes ends

• 30 November 2020 to 18 December 2020: Main Examinations

• January 2021 to 16 January 2021: Additional Examinations

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Pres Steyn turns pink in anticipation of Vryfees

2014-06-06

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Australian artist Cigdem Aydemir vacuum packed the Pres Steyn monument on the Bloemfontein Campus’s Red Plain – in pink. Aydemir’s project, ‘Plastic Histories’, forms part of a public art project that encourages us to evaluate public monuments in their historical context.

By vacuum packing monuments, Aydemir alludes to their significance and preservation. At the same time, though, it reveals the nature of their contentious and gendered historical function. This is because most monuments in post-colonial countries typically celebrate men’s achievements in serving their nations.

In response, this project acknowledges the contribution of women from all races, communities and sexual orientations to the grand narrative of a post-apartheid South Africa.

Aydemir is also developing an app in collaboration with Australian artist Warren Armstrong. This will be used for augmented reality viewing of three city monuments – those of President Brand, General De Wet and General Hertzog. This means that visitors will be able to hold a smart phone or iPad in front of the monuments and view the monuments as if vacuum packed in pink plastic.

In conjunction with the public art project there will be an exhibition of digitally manipulated photographs of nineteen-century and contemporary male monuments in Bloemfontein. These photos will be exhibited at the Johannes Stegmann Gallery at the UFS Sasol Library from 15 July – 1 August 2014.

Public tours on the Bloemfontein Campus and into the city will take place on:

• Tuesday 15 July at 11:00,
• Wednesday 16 July at 14:00, and
• Saturday 19 July at 11:00.

Aydemir’s ‘Plastic Histories’ public art project is part of the UFS Programme for Innovation in Artform Development (PIAD) and the Vryfees arts festival’s partnership with the Australian-based SituateArt in Festivals initiative. This partnership is managed by the Salamanca Arts Centre in Tasmania.