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24 August 2021
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Story Amanda Tongha
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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Academic receives R500 000 from SANPAD for research
2007-10-02
Prof. Philip Nel from the Department Afroasiatic Studies, Sign Language and Language Practice at the University of the Free State (UFS) recently received R500 000 in project funding support from the South Africa-Netherlands Programme on Alternatives in Development (SANPAD). SANPAD is financed by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and funds high quality, collaborative research conducted by South African researchers in partnership with researchers in the Netherlands. The title of Prof. Nel’s project is: “Communities in Communion: Religious integration in South African sacred places in forming the new South African identity”.
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