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24 August 2021
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Story Amanda Tongha
In a year marked by a global pandemic, the University of the Free State (UFS) has made great strides in research, teaching, and impactful engagement.
Our 2020 journey has seen many staff members providing services to advance public knowledge of COVID-19 for the greater good of South Africa. We have produced top-rated scientists, boasting six SARChI research chairs and three A-rated scholars in our world-class workforce. Our various initiatives to ensure student success continue to bear fruit, with current and former students making their mark in the world. One such example is Qinisani Qwabe, a PhD student in the Centre for Sustainable Agriculture, Rural Development and Extension, who was selected in the education category of the Mail & Guardian Top 200 Young South Africans. He was also chosen to represent South Africa at a BRICS conference in Russia.
You can read these and other facts and figures in ‘Our 2020 Journey’ publication.
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UFS academics receive national award for article
2008-11-12
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Three academics from the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of the Free State (UFS) were recently awarded the Douw Greeff Prize from the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns. The prize in awarded to a research or summary article of high scientific quality that was published in the SA Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie during the year preceding the prize. Here are Dr Herman Booysen (left), NetGroep SA by die departement, and Prof. Giel Viljoen. The other member of the team, Prof. Gawie de Villiers, was absent when the photo was taken.
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