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17 August 2020
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Story Nitha Ramnath
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Within the next five years, 60% of the world’s population will be living in urban areas. Urban living comes with large-scale economic advantages and society benefits from economies of scale. But, COVID-19 is challenging urban living. We have introduced the term ‘social distancing’ and some policy analysts have even argued for the de-densification of cities.
Join us for a discussion where our panellists will analyse this perceived conflict.
Date: Thursday, 27 August 2020
Time: 14:00 to 15:30 (South African Standard Time – GMT +2)
Please RSVP to Elelwani Mmbadi at
mmbadiE@ufs.ac.za no later than 25 August, upon which you will receive a Skype for Business meeting invite and link to access the webinar.
Speakers:
Prof Ivan Turok
Dr Geci Karuri-Sebina
Mr Thiresh Govender
Moderator:
Lochner Marais
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.