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2021-04-21	South Campus SRC member graduates with distinction despite hindrances
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2021-04-22	Dr Barakzai investigates HIV drug resistance in paediatric patients for PhD qualification
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2021-04-22	UFS awards three honorary doctorates to exceptional South Africans
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2021-04-21	Taking of Social Work Oath a defining moment
2021-04-21	Taking of Social Work Oath a defining moment
2021-04-20	Qwaqwa Campus honours academic excellence
2021-04-20	Qwaqwa Campus honours academic excellence
2021-04-20	The GIFT baby and opsimath – FARMOVS staff among thousands graduating
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2021-04-20	Celebrating Africa Month
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2021-04-19	Ups and downs, gains and losses, and an LLB degree later
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2021-04-07	UFS April graduations and everything you need to know
2021-04-07	UFS April graduations and everything you need to know
2021-04-16	Honorary doctorates for three prominent South Africans
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2021-04-09	Tiisetso Mokoena tops the Management Development Programme class of 2020
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2021-04-08	UFS mourns alumnus and literary giant Dr KPD Maphalla
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2021-04-08	COVID-19 and gender in the workplace
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2021-04-07	UFS experts analyse social media data in study to combat COVID-19
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2021-04-07	Land Court Bill: A step in the right direction for land reform
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2021-04-06	ARU researcher Ntebohiseng Sekhele guest edits journal on montane rangelands
2021-04-06	ARU researcher Ntebohiseng Sekhele guest edits journal on montane rangelands
2021-04-06	Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences receives funding from European Union
2021-04-06	Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences receives funding from European Union
2021-04-05	Episode three – featuring Jamba Isaac Ulengo
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2021-04-02	Fresh start for Shimlas as Varsity rugby returns
2021-04-02	Fresh start for Shimlas as Varsity rugby returns
2021-04-01	Department of Economics and Finance took hands with alumni students in writing a book
2021-04-01	Department of Economics and Finance took hands with alumni students in writing a book
2021-04-01	COVID-19 and Easter Weekend: Same trends as the festive season may lead to a third wave
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2021-04-01	Honouring Moshoeshoe I’s decolonial philosophy
2021-04-01	Honouring Moshoeshoe I’s decolonial philosophy

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UFS opens new Research and UDRAW writing unit

2010-08-27

Ms Huibré Lombard, Prof. Driekie Hay and Prof. Louis Venter in front of the newly opened UDRAW facility in the UFS Sasol Library.
Photo: Christiaan van der Merwe

The Library and Information Services Division at the University of the Free State (UFS) recently opened two brand-new facilities in the UFS Sasol Library, which includes a new research unit for postgraduate students as well as a new UDRAW Unit (Unit for the Development of Rhetorical and Academic Writing).

The opening of both units is the culmination of planning that originally started with Ms Huibré Lombard, Acting Director of the division Library and Information Services at the UFS, and Prof. Louis Venter, Head of UDRAW, back in 2005. The facilities were officially opened by the Vice-Rector: Teaching and Learning, Prof. Driekie Hay.

The research centre caters for postgraduate students, specifically for those studying towards a Masters or Doctoral degree at the UFS. The centre will help students by supplying advanced research information and specialised staff to cater for their needs. It will also serve as a quiet environment where students can come and work. The UDRAW facility will help shape the writing of postgraduate students as well as supervisors and also provide classes and consultations to further develop the research language of the students. An added benefit for students is that both services are provided free of charge to registered senior postgraduate students at our university.

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