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Shining a light on student protest – join the discussion

24 May 2022

The Faculty of the Humanities will be hosting a round-table dialogue on ‘Humanistic Perspectives on Student Protests in South Africa’, an important discussion on a matter that is currently in the spotlight at the UFS and other institutions nationally. Both students and staff are invited to attend in-person or virtually.

The dialogue aims to discuss ‘humanistic perspectives’ on student protests and includes, among others, the following topics:

• Dynamics of student protests

• The relationship between politics and protests

• Why protests are a challenge for the higher education secto

• Possible responses to protests by universities.

Event details

In-person venue: Equitas Auditorium
Online platform: Microsoft Teams
Date: 30 May 2022
Time: 14:00-16:15

Moderator:

Dr Grey Magaiza

Panellists:

Prof Francis Petersen (Rector and Vice-Chancellor

Prof Sethulego Matebesi (Department of Sociology)

Prof Nyasha Mboti (Department of Communication Science)

Prof Joy Owen (Department of Anthropology)

Prof Colin Chasi (Unit for Institutional Change and Social Justice)

Mr Motlogeloa Moema (Student Affairs)

Opening remarks:

Prof Chitja Twala, Vice-Dean: Faculty of the Humanities

Closing remarks:

Prof Heidi Hudson, Dean: Faculty of the Humanities

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SMS service for exam results

2005-05-24

Students at the University of the Free State (UFS) can now also receive their exam results via SMS.

“The service will be implemented with the mid-year exams, which started this week,” said Mr Vernon Collett, Registrar: Academic Student Services at the UFS.

“The exam results will, as always, be made available by the department involved and the SMS service will be updated on a daily basis by means of computers,” said Mr Collett.

According to Mr Collett the service is quick and easy and results are sent within seconds. He explains that a students will be able to obtain their module results during the exam by sending the word UFS and their student number to 35606.

“Although students could already obtain their exam results from the UFS web page, this service provides them the opportunity to obtain their results at any time and place,” said Mr Collett.

The service is applicable to MTN, Vodacom and Cell-C users at a cost of R3 per SMS.

MEDIA RELEASE

Issued by:  Lacea Loader
   Media Representative
   Tel: (051) 401-2584
   Cell: 083 645 2454
   E-mail: loaderl.stg@mail.uovs.ac.za

24 May 2005

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