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16 March 2021 | Story Lacea Loader

All academic activities have been suspended on all UFS campuses from 17 to 22 March 2021. No online/face-to-face lectures/tests/assignments will take place until 23 March 2021, and the full academic programme will resume on this date.
This decision will allow the university management an opportunity to address outstanding matters regarding the admission of senior undergraduate students.
Administrative activities will continue during this time and the campuses are not closed. The university management is aware that sporadic disruptions of activities by small groups are still taking place on the Bloemfontein Campus.
 
Protection Services, with the assistance of private security, remains on high alert and is closely monitoring the situation on the campuses. The necessary safety and security plan, as well as contingency plans, are in place.
 

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Cattle farmer conference presented at UFS
2008-10-15

 

The University of the Free State (UFS) and the Glen Agricultural Institute recently presented a cattle farmer conference on the Main Campus in Bloemfontein. The theme of the conference was “Economical survival of the beef cattle farmer”. Prof. Herman van Schalkwyk, Dean of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, gave the global picture whilst Prof. Johan Willemse, Head of the Department of Agricultural Economics, spoke about South African beef cattle farming in a changing and challenging economical environment. At the conference were, from the left: Prof. Johan Greyling, Head of the Department of Animal, Wildlife and Grassland Sciences at the UFS, Prof. Willemse, Dr Johann Erasmus, Assistant Director: Animal Science at Glen Agricultural Institute, and Prof. Herman van Schalkwyk.
Photo: Leonie Bolleurs

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