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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
US educational expert visits UFS
2006-08-07
Dr Benjamin Quillian, senior vice-president: business and operations at the American Council of Education (ACE), visited the University of the Free State (UFS). Dr Quillian is an expert in the areas of strategic planning and budgeting and revenue generation in higher education. Before joining the ACE, Dr Quillian was associated to the California State University-Fresno.
During his meeting with the UFS management were from the left: Dr Ezekiel Moraka (Vice-Rector: Student Affairs at the UFS), Prof Magda Fourie (Vice-Rector: Academic Planning at the UFS) and Dr Quillian.