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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 shines at ASSAf award ceremony
2009-10-13
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Prof. Frans Swanepoel, Director of Research Development and Prof. Johan Henning, Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of the Free State (UFS) were inaugurated as members of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) during the award ceremony recently held at the CSIR International Convention Centre in Pretoria. Prof. Esta van Heerden from the Department of Microbial, Biochemical and Food Biotechnology was the recipient of the 2009 Young Scientist of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS), the Department of Science and Technology and ASSAf. Prof. Jonathan Jansen Rector and Vice-Chancellor of the UFS is Vice-President of ASSAf. Here are, from the left: Prof. Swanepoel, Prof. Van Heerden, Prof. Jansen, Prof. Henning and Prof. Neil Heideman, Vice-Dean: Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences.
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