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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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Sisters receive the same degree
2008-04-16
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Two sisters, Ms Elsabi Bezuidenhoudt and Ms Isabel Human, both received their master's degree in Governance and Political Transformation during this week's autumn graduation ceremony of the University of the Free State (UFS). Dr Tania Coetzee, Director of the programme Governance and Political Transformation, was the study leader to both. The subject of Ms Bezuidenhoudt’s thesis was “Apartheid and political transformation as ideologies: Differences and similarities”. Ms Human’s thesis was titled “The role of labour unions in a transformational tertiary environment: A critical analysis of the University of the Free State”. Both of them are working at the UFS. Ms Bezuidenhoudt works at the division Meeting Administration and Ms Human works at the Department Zoology and Entomology.
Photo: Leonie Bolleurs
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