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Michael Skosana
Michael Skosana is set to leave on 30 August to start the semester on 1 September 2023 at the University of Applied Sciences in Austria.

Michael Skosana, a student on the Bloemfontein Campus of the University of the Free State (UFS), has been selected as the recipient of the 2023 Ernst Mach Grant scholarship exchange programme at the University of Applied Sciences in Austria.

Skosana, currently pursuing his honours in Financial Economics and Investment Management at the UFS, aspires to pursue not only his master's qualification but also his Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) levels and regulatory exams and ultimately pass his board exams. Skosana is set to leave on 30 August to start the semester on 1 September 2023.

About the grant

The Ernst Mach Grant is a program aimed at students from non-European universities who wish to spend a semester or two at an Austrian University of applied sciences. The Austrian Ministry of Science and Research offers the Ernst Mach Grant to students with non-European citizenship who plan to take up exchanges at an Austrian university.

According to its 2023 – 2028 internationalisation strategy, the UFS aims to integrate international and intercultural dimensions into the university's being, including the formal and informal curriculum. The Office for International Affairs (OIA) enables such comprehensive internationalisation, and specifically its International Scholarships portfolio, under the leadership of Mbali Moiketsi, contributes by liaising with funding bodies for mobility, sharing information about possible opportunities, and supporting students through the process.

The responsibility of the OIA is to ensure that students and staff are exposed to intercultural opportunities as part of their learning curriculum through information sharing. The OIA partners and works with international funding agencies to bring the information to the students and staff and support them through the process.

Skosana's motivation to study abroad is to challenge himself on the spectrum of finance, to learn more about the Austrian and South African economies, and, hopefully, to work in Europe and gain insight before returning home to change the financial landscape of South Africa. He added that the acquired skills will empower and develop the South African financial economy and educate South Africans on financial literacy, investments, and any financial goals they seek knowledge about.”

Furthermore, Skosana encourages students to be more open to knowledge and international experiences by participating in such opportunities. He emphasizes that “students should always want to broaden their intercultural and global competencies beyond academics.”

For more information related to scholarships and opportunities, contact Mbali Moiketsi at the following email moiketsimv@ufs.ac.za

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Break in UFS registration process
2007-01-18

(Issued by prof Niel Viljoen, Chief director: Operations)
 
The University of the Free State (UFS) is currently experiencing problems with its computer system, which caused a break in today’s (18 January 2007) registration process.
 
Technical staff from the UFS are busy attending to the fault and the registration process should continue tomorrow (19 January 2007) according to the normal programme.
 
Today’s registration programme has been rescheduled for Saturday 20 January 2007. On this day, students can register as follow in the Callie Human Centre on the Main Campus:
 
11:00
Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences: B Acc and B Com (Accounting).

 
13:30
School of Education: B Ed (Pre-school and Foundation Phase), B Ed (Intermediate Phase), B Ed (Further Education and Training) and B Ed (Further Education and Training Phase – 5 year curriculum).

 
15:00
Faculty of Theology
 
The UFS management apologises for the inconvenience caused by the rescheduling of today’s registration process.
 
Media release
Issued by: Lacea Loader
Media Representative
Tel: (051) 401-2584
Cell: 083 645 2454
18 January 2007
 

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