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The University of the Free State (UFS) wishes to confirm that the following financial concessions have been made to enable students to register for the 2024 academic year:
- Students with confirmed NSFAS funding:
- Students with a confirmed National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) funding allocation for 2024 with a debt of R20 000 and less may register fully without making any payments.
- First-time entering students (FTENS) with a confirmed NSFAS funding allocation for 2024 may register fully without any payments.
- Students with a confirmed NSFAS funding allocation for 2024 with a debt of R30 000 and less may register provisionally and pay the required fees* for provisional registration.
- South African self-paying (NON-NSFAS) students:
- SA students with a debt of up to R500 may register fully without making any payments.
- SA students with a debt of up to R30 000 may register provisionally and pay the required fees* for provisional registration.
- FTENS not on UFS funded list:
- Students who are not on the funded list but report that they have been approved on their portal must contact our
Financial Aid Offices urgently so that the university can escalate to NSFAS.
The university will have continuous engagement with the National Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) to resolve outstanding matters. The university’s Financial Working Group (FWG) will meet regularly to determine how it can best assist students taking into consideration the financial constraints of the university.
Service learning research day
2008-11-21
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| The Centre for Higher Education Studies and Development (CHESD), recently presented a Service Learning Research Day. Some of the presentations delivered included “Preparing students for life: The role of service learning and critical reflection” and “Can science and service learning marry?”, presented by the couple Mr Dawie and Ms Deidré van Jaarsveldt. At the research day were, from the left: Dr Luzelle Naudé, Lecturer in the Department of Psychology, Dr Teresa Carmichael, University of the Witwatersrand, and Prof. Mabel Erasmus, Head of the Division Service Learning at CHESD and co-ordinator of the research day. Photo: Leonie Bolleurs |