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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.
Department evaluated by peer tertiary institutions
2009-11-17
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Here are, from the left: Prof. Chrisjan Cruywagen, University of Stellenbosch: Prof. Japie van Wyk, Department of Animal, Wildlife and Grassland Sciences at the UFS; Prof. Johan Greyling, Head of the Department of Animal, Wildlife and Grassland Sciences at the UFS; Prof. Klaus Kelner, Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University; and Prof. Eddie Webb, University of Pretoria.
Photo: Stefanie Naborn |
Die Department of Animal, Wildlife and Grassland Sciences at the University of the Free State (UFS) was recently evaluated externally by persons of peer tertiary institutions as part of the auditing process of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences. This action ensures that the quality of the UFS, and specifically the Department’s teaching, research en community service are compared with the best in the country and that it is a centre for excellence, also in Africa.