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18 March 2021
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Story Xolisa Mnwuka
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The 2021 Bloemfontein Campus Student Representative Council (CSRC) Elective Portfolio Elections will be held online from 23 to 26 March 2021. A first-time experience for the University of the Free State (UFS)!
All registered UFS students are
entitled to vote for candidates to serve in the elective portfolios. Student councils will nominate their respective chairpersons as candidates for ex officio portfolios.
Your Vote is Your Voice, Your Vote Counts!
For more information
about who you to vote for, and how to vote, visit the election website here: www.ufsvote.co.za or call the toll-free number on +27 0 800 061 052.
Centre for Teaching and Learning honours excellence and innovation
2015-11-27
The 2015 Excellence in Teaching and Learning nominees with CTL management and Dr Lis Lange
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Excellence and innovation. These were the qualities celebrated at the recent Excellence in Teaching and Learning Awards. Annually, the University of the Free State (UFS) Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL) honours lecturers for their outstanding achievements in the classroom.
During the illustrious event, individual as well as group winners were announced in the category of the Vice Chancellor’s Award, as well as in several categories in the Innovation Awards. The winners of the Excellence in Teaching Awards were:
Vice-Chancellor’s Award
Individual
• Louise van den Berg (Faculty of Health Sciences)
Teaching team
• Salomien Boshoff and Naquita Fernandes (Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences)
Innovation Awards
Engagement and Learning
• Lerato Sekonyela (Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences)
• Rentia Engelbrecht, Jolandi Bezuidenhout, and Jamie-Lee Nortje (Faculty of the Humanities)
Curriculum Design
• Joyce Ras (Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences)
• Adre le Roux and Frans Kruger (Faculty of Education)
Community Engagement
• Martin Oliver (Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences)
• Ielse Seale and Karen Venter (Faculty of Health Sciences)
Assessment Practices
• Joyce Ras (Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences)
• Salomien Boshoff (Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences)
The awards serve to celebrate excellence among the university’s academic staff, while showcasing current best practice, and inspiring innovation among lecturers.
In aid of this, CTL hosted a showcase following the award ceremony. Academic staff and the broader university community could look over the various entries for new insights and added inspiration. A series of workshops and activities explored themes such as professionalism, and lectureship, as well as various apps that can be used in higher education.