University of the Free State

The University of the Free State (UFS) has forged an exciting new partnership with the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) to promote the two provinces’ most widely spoken languages, Sesotho and IsiZulu. This historic collaboration will…

Transforming lives through quality, impact, and care – reads the essence of the University of the Free State (UFS). However, this phrase can also be used to describe the work of honours students in the Department of Psychology’s Community…

Siphilangenkosi Dlamini, a fourth-year Governance and Political Transformation student at the University of the Free State (UFS), has been selected as one of South Africa’s 100 Shining Stars for 2022 by Inside Education, in partnership…

On 25 October 2022, the World Health Organisation (WHO) released the first ever fungal priority pathogens list in order to guide research, development, and public health action. This document recognises that although the rising resistance…

The UFS Department of Sociology on the Qwaqwa Campus has partnered with the Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg (PHF) to take transcontinental learning experiences to the maximum impact level. Through a collaboration between the two…

The countdown to the 55th national conference to elect new party leaders for the African National Congress (ANC) has begun in earnest. The purpose of these conferences, held every five years since 1997, is twofold: the debate and adoption…

One of the roles of higher education institutions is to research and address the diverse challenges that plague society. One such challenge is poverty. For the past nine years, we have been working on projects focused on education and…

UFS Womxn’s Forum members recently came together to support the KovsieAct’s donation drive for the Jagersfontein Community. The handover took place took place at the KovsieAct office of the University of the Free State Bloemfontein on…

What if you knew there was a body whose endeavours sought to be dynamic and engaging, promote excellence, welcome inclusion, and serve its alma mater?One of the aims of the UFS Convocation – a body of more than 40 000 members – is to pay…

A big honour and motivation to work even harder. This is how Robert Summers summed up his emotions after being crowned University of the Free State (UFS) Sportsman of the Year.The young South African badminton player walked away with the…