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23 May 2024
State of the Nation Book Launch

The Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Prof Francis Petersen, invites you to attend the upcoming book launch of State of the Nation: Quality of Life and Wellbeing.

Celebrating its 20th year of existence, this HSRC flagship publication serves as an invaluable, independent scholarly resource offering insights into the current state of South Africa. The theme of the 2024 edition, Quality of Life and Wellbeing, underscores the commitment to understanding and addressing critical societal issues. Edited by Profs Vasu Reddy, Narnia Bohler-Muller, Zitha Mokomane, and Crain Soudien, this edition builds on the preceding editions, focusing on HSRC priorities of poverty and inequality in novel and relevant ways.

During the launch, UFS scholars and editors will hold an interactive session and panel discussion; we look forward to your participation, which will help to enrich the conversations.

 

Date: Thursday 13 June 2024

Time:  15:00 to 16:30 (guests required to be seated by 14:45)

Venue: Equitas Auditorium, Bloemfontein Campus

RSVP:   https://ufsweb.co/3QGWpXY  before 10 June 2024

Contact: For more information, please contact Pienaaran1@ufs.ac.za

ONLY MS Teams for Qwaqwa and South Campus staff (upon request to the RSVP address)

Books available for purchase at the event venue. Card payments will only be accepted.

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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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