University of the Free State

During its meeting on 25 November 2022, the Council of the University of the Free State (UFS) unanimously approved the name changes of five residences on the Bloemfontein Campus. The UFS Institutional Transformation Plan (ITP) states that…

Sikholiwe “Sne” Mdletshe’s passion and performance on the netball court makes her a force to be reckoned with. A fierce sportswoman and strong academic, Sne’s passion for her craft is also about inspiring those around her, and the next…

To become a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®), a candidate with a Postgraduate Diploma in Financial Planning or a BCom (Honours) in Financial Planning must, among others, pass the Professional Competency Examination (PCE) of the…

Speaking at the 2022 Long Service Recognition Awards, celebrating ‘the best’, University of the Free State (UFS) Rector and Vice-Chancellor, Prof Francis Petersen, said: “The event is a reminder that the people – the staff – are the…

The Women’s Jail at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg was the venue for an event that the University of the Free State (UFS) presented in partnership with the Quartet of Peace Trust on 20 October 2022. The Odeion String Quartet played on…

The Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL) at the University of the Free State (UFS), in partnership with Aeon Investment Management and the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, hosted a guest lecture focusing on asset management…

A study of subantarctic islands tells us that, in general, the Southern Hemisphere is experiencing a rise in temperature, with an increase in rainfall in some locations, and other areas becoming drier. The annual temperature and rainfall…

The Interdisciplinary Centre for Digital Futures (ICDF), in collaboration with the Department of Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems and the Department of Business Management at the University of the Free State (UFS), is working on a…

Researchers in the University of the Free State (UFS) Division of Human Genetics believe the implementation of a new diagnostic test for familial breast and ovarian cancer – using new technology based on rapid point-of-care (POC) testing…

The University of the Free State (UFS) Faculty of the Humanities recently hosted its first-ever arts entrepreneurship workshop. The three-day workshop, which took place at the Stegmann Gallery on the Bloemfontein Campus, aimed to not only…