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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
Workshop on research culture
2006-11-22
| The Centre for Higher Education Studies and Development (CHESD) at the University of the Free State (UFS) presented a workshop on research leadership and how to build a culture of research and publishing in an academic department on the Main Campus in Bloemfontein. |
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Here are, from the left: Ms Yolandé Goosen (Research Assistant at the UFS Department of Pediatrics and Child Health), Ms Yu-Fang Wen (Lecturer at the UFS Department of Mercantile Law), Prof Jonathan Jansen (Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Pretoria and presenter of the workshop) and Ms Annette Prins (organiser from the Division of Performance Management and Staff Development at the CHESD).
Photo: Supplied
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