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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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Department celebrates World Planning Day
2007-11-14
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The Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of the Free State (UFS) celebrated World Planning Day on 8 November 2007 with a lecture by Prof. Martin Drake, a retired professor from the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits). In his lecture, Prof. Drake discussed the development of urban planning and the need for planning, with a focus on Africa. Some of the guests at the lecture were, from the left, front: Mr Jacques Janse van Rensburg (student), Prof. Peter Bikam (Head of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Venda), and Prof. Drake; back: Mr JJ Pienaar (student) and Prof. Das Steÿn (Head of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the UFS).
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