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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.
NCEE educators visit the USA
2007-06-15
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Four educators from South Africa recently visited the National Council on Economic Education (NCEE) in the United States of America (USA) on an exchange programme to study economic education delivery systems. The NCEE is a non-profit educational organisation in the USA with a nationwide network of university based centres for economic education. The South African delegation met with among others the department of education in Minnesota, staff from the national department of education in Washington DC and representatives of the South African Embassy.
From the left are: Dr Patty Elder (Vice-President: International Economics of the NCEE), Ms Faith Ndaba (Chief Director: Curriculum Management, Department of Education, Free State), Dr Thula Mbatha (Chief Director: Curriculum, Department of Education, KwaZulu-Natal), Representative Betty McCollum (Education and Related : Washington DC), Prof. Klopper Oosthuizen (Department of Agricultural Economics, UFS), Dr Nhlanhla Ngcobo (Director: Teacher Development, Department of Education, KwaZulu-Natal), and Prof. Claudia Parliament (Executive Director: Minnesota Council on Economic Education).
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