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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.
UFS well represented at the Cape Town Book Fair
2009-06-25
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At the fair are, from the left: Prof. Eugene van Niekerk, chief editor and involved on a part-time basis at the UFS, Ms Liesbet van Wyk, Heinemann Publisher, Dr Annette Prins, Divisional Head: Staff Wellness at the UFS and co-editor of the first edition, and Prof. Johnnie Hay, Departmental Chairperson, Psychology of Education at the UFS and co-editor of the current edition.
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A book of the publisher Heinemann, namely Handbook of Youth Counselling, was released during the Cape Town Book Fair this month. The authors are predominantly from the University of the Free State (UFS). This release took place a day after the incumbent rector of the UFS, Prof. Jonathan Jansen, also released his new book Knowledge in the Blood at the same fair.