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28 June 2022
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Story Nonsindiso Qwabe
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Photo ALBERT VAN BILJON
In conversation: Prof Petersen and Leanne Manas.
An outward-looking, globally competitive university that ranks among the top-tier universities in South Africa and on the continent, driven by a strong human-centred, diverse social-justice approach. This is at the heart of the vision
Prof Francis Petersen, Rector and Vice-Chancellor of the UFS, shared with multi-award-winning
news anchor
Leanne Manas during a sit-down conversation on Friday 22 July 2022.
Prof Petersen reflected on the great strides and difficulties faced during his first term, as well as navigating the UFS through the COVID-19 pandemic to position the institution in a strategic and focused manner as a university of choice on the continent
and in other parts of the globe.
Prof Prakash Naidoo, Vice-Rector: Operations, introduced Leanne Manas
Prof Francis Petersen
Leanne Manas and Prof Petersen In conversation
Leanne Manas
Leanne Manas meeting our staff members.
Leanne Manas meeting our staff members.
Leanne Manas meeting our staff members.
Prof Petersen with some of our staff members
From the left; Prof Prakash Naidoo, Leanne Manas, Prof Francis Petersen and Temba Hlasho, Executive Director: Student Affairs
Leanne Manas meeting our staff members.
From the left; Prof Prakash Naidoo, Prof Francis Petersen and Quinton Koetaan, Senior Director; HRA
Leanne Manas meeting our staff members.
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 |