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26 November 2020
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Story Leonie Bolleurs
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Mind Matters is a first for the UFS. It is a mental-health publication for students aimed at highlighting what matters most when it comes to your mind, life, and well-being. Some sections share how individuals in the top echelons of the UFS take care of their minds. Other sections focus on how to support your grey matter (i.e. your brain) and, consequently, improve your general functioning. Some parts discuss matters related to careers, well-being, finance, and self-development. We also provide news and resources that might matter to you.
Whatever your fancy, Mind Matters focuses primarily on why the health of your mind matters. Our minds and brains are the most powerful intelligence or apparatuses on the planet. A power like this needs to be wielded wisely, otherwise we may suffer much from our own neglect of our mental health. It’s not always easy, but it is important!
Mind Matters was possible due to the cumulative contributions, inputs, and work of numerous UFS professionals, especially within
Student Affairs. We are grateful and proud of each person involved. We endeavour to honour these efforts by continually improving and developing Mind Matters. Your feedback and voices are most welcome and will continue to inform what we do next.
UFS academic appointed on the South African Board of SANPAD
2008-06-24
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 Dr. Aldo Stroebel, Head of Internationalisation and Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development at the University of the Free State (UFS), has been appointed to the South African Board of the South African Netherlands Partnership Programme on Alternatives in Development (SANPAD).
SANPAD is a collaborative, long-standing partnership programme funding high-quality, collaborative research conducted by South African researchers in partnership with researchers in the Netherlands. Some of the additional programmes include support for research capacity building and mentoring. The third phase of SANPAD's support has recently been announced and will include multi-disciplinary and cross-thematic themes from 2009 onwards. The current second phase funds research in the areas of among others new approaches to economic development; poverty reduction; and democracy, the government and civil society.
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