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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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Annual Theological day
2006-02-17
The annual Theological day of the University of the Free State's (UFS) Faculty of Theology took place recently. The subject, Does the Bible still provide moral guidance about issues such as homosexuality?, drew wide interest.
Some of the speakers included from the left Prof Francois Tolmie (Head: Department New Testament at the UFS), Prof Hermie van Zyl (Dean: Faculty of Theology at the UFS), Dr Fanus Erasmus (Chairperson: Curatory of the Dutch Reformed Church in the Free State), Prof Ettiene De Villiers (Department of Dogmatics and Christian Ethics at the University of Pretoria) and Dr Marius Terblanche (senior lecturer from the UFS Department of Old Testament).