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24 August 2021
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Story Amanda Tongha
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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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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.