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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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UNESCO's World Conference on arts and culture education
2006-03-25
Two people from Bloemfontein, Ms Emmie van Wyk (staff member of the University of the Free State's Department of Drama and Theatre Arts) and Mr Lomon de Jager (from Free State Opera) were the only two South Africans to attend UNESCO's World Conference on arts and culture education this month. The conference was presented in Lisbon, Portugal. During the conference guidelines were given to international training institutions on education in arts and culture.
Mr Lomon de Jager and Me Emmie van Wyk in front of the Belém Cultural Centre where the conference was presented. Photo supplied