Prof. George Ellison from the University of London in the United Kingdom (UK) and Mr Marcel Kroth, a lecturer at the University of Johannesburg (UJ), visited the School of Nursing at the University of the Free State (UFS). Prof. Ellison is the principal researcher and Mr Kroth is the South African based co-ordinator of a project focusing on Evidence Informed Decision Making. This project is a partnership between the University of London, UFS School of Nursing, UJ, University of Limpopo, University of KwaZulu-Natal and the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU). The British Council of Higher Education’s England-Africa Partnership scheme is funding the project.

From the left are, front: Prof. Anita van der Merwe (Head of the UFS School of Nursing) and Prof. Ellison; back: Mr Kroth and Prof. Yvonne Botma (the UFS co-ordinator of the project).