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The UFS is continuously working to ensure that you are kept abreast of important critical information. It is therefore important that the cellphone number you are using is updated to reflect your current correct number.
To update your cellphone number, please go to the UFS self-service portal at https://www.ufs.ac.za/kovsielife/student-self-service OR contact
the Call Centre at +27 51 401 9666. Please provide the following information to the call centre agent:
– your initials, surname, student number, cellphone number, email address, and physical address.
Monitor the official UFS communication platforms regularly for important information, and please stay safe during this lockdown period.
Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Award nominations open
2013-07-04
04 July 2013
The nomination process for the 2013 Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Award is now open. The Fellowship carries a total monetary value of R1.5 million and is the most prestigious award handed out by the Openheimer Memorial Trust.
According to the organisers, the award ‘serves to reward excellence and exceptional scholarship in all its forms.’ Nominations are welcome from South African universities, universities of technology, science councils, research and policy institutes, as well as deserving individuals with no specific institutional affiliation.
The deadline for applications and nominations is 1 November 2013, with no limits for nominations by single institutions. Previously nominated candidates may also re-apply for 2013.
More information on Submission criteria, nominations, applications and selection processes.