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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.
International social sciences workshop held at the UFS
2010-08-19
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From the left: Prof. Julia Littell, Bryn Mawr College; Prof. Frikkie Booysen, Department of Economics at the UFS; Prof. Terri Pigott, Loyola University; Moses Okumu, Centre for Development Support at the UFS; and Prof. André Dannhauser from the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics at the UFS.
Photo: Lize du Plessis |
An international workshop entitled “Systematic reviews and Meta-analysis of the social sciences” was held in collaboration with the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences and the New Frontiers on Sustainable Development Cluster at the University of the Free State (UFS).
The presenters, Proff. Julia Littell, from Bryn Mawr College, and Terri Piggot, from Loyola University in the United States of America (USA), discussed topics on the logic and methods of research synthesis, the summary of steps involved in the review process, problem formulation, data collection, data evaluation, data analysis and interpretation and development of protocols for a systematic review and meta-analysis.