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18 October 2021
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Story Dr Nitha Ramnath
Our podcast guest
Prof Jeandrew Brink holds the post of Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Applied
Mathematics within the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of the Free State. Her areas of interest include an analytical interest in Einstein field equations, dynamical systems, algorithms for testing general relativity
and the no-hair theorems, black holes, and gravitational waves. Prof Brink registered for a Bachelor of Sciences in 1998, continued with honours studies in 1999, and completed her master’s degree in 2000. Prof Brink’s research is on various
theoretical aspects of testing general relativity. She is a member of the MeerKAT telescope team that times and detect pulsars. She is also working with members of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) to find ways of using
gravitational waves to test Einstein’s theory.
Prof Brink was involved in the compilation of a video of geodesic orbits around a Manko-Novikov singularity, selected to be part of a Starmus 3 concert, the proceeds of which went towards promoting the Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication and
to support the charitable activities of the Stephen Hawking Foundation. It could also be part of a subsequent documentary.
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François van Schalkwyk and Keenan Carelse,
UFS alumni leading the university’s United
Kingdom Alumni Chapter, have put their voices together to produce and direct the podcast series. Intended to reconnect alumni with the university and their university experience, the podcasts will be featured on the first Monday of every month,
ending in November 2021. Our featured alumni share and reflect on their experiences at the UFS, how it has shaped their lives, and relate why their ongoing association with the UFS is still relevant and important. The podcasts are authentic
conversations – they provide an opportunity for the university to understand and learn about the experiences of its alumni and to celebrate the diversity and touchpoints that unite them.
For further information regarding the podcast series, or to propose other alumni guests, please email us at
alumnipodcast@ufs.ac.za
For all Voices from the Free State podcasts,
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First prestige forum for teaching and learning presented at the UFS
2008-10-31
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The Centre for Higher Education Studies and Development (CHESD) recently presented the first prestige forum for teaching and learning on the Main Campus of the University of the Free State (UFS) in Bloemfontein. With “Whereto with teaching-learning at the UFS?” as theme, certain critical aspects and various innovative approaches to teaching and learning were introduced. The forum was also the platform for the annual Magda Fourie Prestige Lecture, which was presented by Prof. Magda Fourie, former Vice-Rector: Academic Planning at the UFS and currently Vice-Rector: Teaching at Stellenbosch University. It is envisaged that the forum will be presented annually. At the lecture were, from the left: dr. Saretha Brüssow, head: Teaching, Learning and Assessment at the UFS, Prof. Magda Fourie, Prof. Constanze Bauer, Department of Political Science at the UFS, and Prof. Susan Coetzee-van Rooy, guest speaker from the North-West University.
Photo: Leonie Bolleurs |