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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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International Office fares well at IEASA conference
2007-09-17

Various accolades and recognitions were awarded to UFS staff during the recent International Educators’ Association of South Africa (IEASA) Conference in Port Elizabeth. Mr Vernon Collett, Registrar Student Academic Services at the UFS, was awarded the certificate of honour in support of IEASA’s goals, recognising his strategic and long-standing support of internationalisation in South Africa over many years. Mrs Jeanne Niemann, Senior Officer in the UFS Internationalisation Office, received the award for most outstanding international student support services individual, celebrating her unstinting support of, and assistance to, international students on the UFS Main Campus. Dr Aldo Stroebel, Head of Internationalisation at the UFS, was elected to the Executive Committee of the IEASA Council, the body responsible for the strategic and conceptual governance of the Association. Pictured here are: Ms Niemann (right), receiving her award from Ms Fazela Haniff, President of IEASA.
Photo: Supplied
 

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