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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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Scholars discuss gender issues
2012-08-11
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Attending the International Feminist Journal of Politics keynote lecture were, from the left: Prof. Cynthia Weber, University of Sussex; Prof. Inderpal Grewal, Yale University; Dr Laura Sjoberg, University of Florida and Prof. Heidi Hudson, University of the Free State.
Photo: Johan Roux
10 August 2012 |
Delegates from around the world attended the first annual International Feminist Journal of Politics conference that was held on the Bloemfontein Campus. The theme of the conference was “Leaving the Camp – Gender Analysis across Real and Perceived Divides”. Leading scholars, including Inderpal Grewal, Professor of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Yale University in the United States who delivered the keynote address, delivered papers. Prof. Amanda Gouws, newly appointed Commissioner to the Commission for Gender Equality and Bernedette Muthien, activist, poet and director of Engender, also attended the conference.