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08 April 2020
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Story Prof Francois Vreÿ, and Prof Hussein Solomon
The international response to the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a health security threat stimulated an international response that commenced with drastic, but localised actions in China, but responses rapidly manifested in more extreme measures in the rest of the world. Amidst international efforts imposing extraordinary national and international movement restrictions and a rush to find a medical cure, two questions arise. First, how does COVID-19 as a health security threat feature within the global security debate and second, how to explain the harsh responses that one observes.
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UFS Vice-Chancellor selected as Fellow of AERA
2011-02-01
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Prof. Jonathan Jansen, Vice-Chancellor and Rector of the University of the Free State
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Prof. Jonathan Jansen, Vice-Chancellor and Rector of the University of the Free State (UFS), has been selected to become a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). He is part of the Class of 2011 Fellows - the third group to be inducted based on nomination by their peers, selection by the Fellows Program Committee, and approval by the AERA Council.
The AERA Fellows Program was established by the AERA Council in 2007 to honour education researchers with substantial research accomplishments, to convey the association’s commitment to excellence in research, and to emphasise to new scholars the importance of sustained research of excellence in the field.