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28 June 2022 | Story Nonsindiso Qwabe | Photo ALBERT VAN BILJON
Leanne Manas and Prof Francis Petersen
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.




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Recreate yourself at the Kovsie Outdoor Gym
2014-03-12

It’s free, user-friendly and will encourage you to utilise outdoor spaces for fitness more often…

The recent addition of an outdoor gym to the Bloemfontein Campus produces pure enjoyment in all Kovsie students and staff. Located between the Exercise & Sport and Claerhout buildings, the outdoor gym is aimed at:

• Improving students’ and staff’s health and wellbeing
• Increasing physical activity
• Helping to address a range of lifestyle conditions
• Socialising and enjoying the outdoors while exercising

These 10 pieces of quality exercise equipment were made by World Outdoor Fitness SA, a company specialising in the design, production and installation of outdoor fitness equipment. Purposefully planned to withstand all forms of weather, it can be used by people of almost any fitness level.

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