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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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Music professor speaks about research, responsibility and scholarship
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Prof.Greg Barz’s inaugural lecture focuses on “Music, Advocacy and Activism in Contemporary Scholarship”.
Photo: Stephen Collett
19 November 2012
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Lecture (Pdf format)
“The roles of musicians, dancers, and storytellers are changing and continue to adapt in the face of increasing health care crises in sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere, as are the roles of ethnomusicologists as they engage community responses to global issues.” This is according to Prof. Greg Barz, Senior Professor at the Odeion School of Music, in his inaugural lecture delivered this month. Prof. Barz’s lecture focused on Music, Advocacy and Activism in contemporary scholarship.