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29 March 2022
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Story Teli Mothabeng
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Philmon Bitso, Student Recruitment Officer, with the top-10 cohort of the class of 2021 Free State Star of Stars.
The Department of Student Recruitment Services at the University of the Free State (UFS) hosted its annual Free State Star of Stars competition at the Amanzi Private Game Reserve during the first week of March. The event saw some of the brightest young minds in the Free State inducted as UFS first-year students into this year’s top-10 cohort for the competition. This marks the first Star of Stars event since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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This new cohort consists of a dynamic group of academically gifted students from Quintile 1-3 schools in the Free State who are currently enrolled for different UFS academic programmes, ranging from Medicine, Law, Education, and various Bachelor of Science courses. Many of these students had to overcome insurmountable challenges to perform as well as they did in their Grade 12 academic year and to become part of the top-10 cohort for the class of 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Student Recruitment Services was forced to take a different approach to celebrate these deserving students; consequently, a weekend-long induction camp was the substitute for the annual gala dinner.
Apply for the 2022 Free State Star of Stars competition
The UFS realised the need to establish a platform that recognises and celebrates the diverse and, in most instances, difficult circumstances that disadvantaged schools (Quintile 1-3) are facing. Consequently, the Star of Stars competition was developed and established in 2016. This competition provides disadvantaged Grade 12 learners from all districts in the Free State an opportunity to showcase their excellence, while motivating them to aspire to achieve more.
Faculty of Law presents research conference
2007-06-13
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The Faculty of Law at the University of the Free State (UFS), Rhodes University and the Potchefstroom and Mafikeng campuses of the North-West University presented a research conference on the UFS Main Campus in Bloemfontein to discuss the progress of research at the law faculties of the respective universities.
Attending the conference were, from the left: Mr Bradley Smith (organiser from the UFS Faculty of Law), Prof. Rob Midgley (Dean: Faculty of Law, Rhodes University); Appeals Court Judge Ian Farlam (guest speaker); Prof Johan Henning (Dean: Faculty of Law at the UFS); Appeals Court Judge Fritz Brand (guest speaker); Prof. Elizabeth Snyman-Van Deventer (organiser from the UFS Faculty of Law), Prof. Christa Rautenbach (Potchefstroom campus, University of the North-West) and Prof. Philip Iya (Mafikeng campus, University of the North-West).
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