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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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Life Healthcare presents its first lecture at the UFS
2008-02-19
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The University of the Free State’s (UFS) Sports Medicine Programme presented the first annual Life Healthcare sports medicine lecture with Mr Mike Flemming, Managing Director of Life Healthcare, as guest lecturer. His lecture was on: "South African private health care - Asset or liability".
During the lecture a charter was presented to Mr Flemming for the Life Healthcare sponsorship of the Master’s Programme in Sports Medicine. The programme presents a masters degree in sports and exercise medicine for doctors, including specialised preventative and lifestyle care, medical care of the athletes and patients with chronic diseases.
At the lecture were, from the left: Mr Flemming, Prof. Teuns Verschoor (Vice-Rector: Academic Operations at the UFS), Dr Louis Holtzhausen (Programme Director: Sports Medicine at the UFS), Mr Lourens Bekker (Manager: Life Rosepark Hospital), and Dr Stephan Pretorius (master’s student in Sports Medicine).
Photo: Leonie Bolleurs
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