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Creative careers are big business
September 19, 2026
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UFS, Tiger Brands take agricultural research from the laboratory to food value chain
September 19, 2026
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Why tertiary education still matters in a changing economy
September 19, 2026
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Graduate earns PhD at 82 and champions family-centred postnatal care
September 19, 2026
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Skills partnership opens green-economy pathways for Bay engineering graduates
September 19, 2026
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Scholarship graduate sets sights on giving back
August 31, 2026
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SA’s tertiary education capacity crisis gains momentum
August 27, 2026
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91% of SA executives: “AI has improved work, but can’t say why”
August 27, 2026
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SA can close its critical artisan gap by fixing the path from training to qualification
August 27, 2026
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Delecia Davids makes history with prestigious Einstein Fellowship
August 25, 2026
Charissa Worthmann, a gymnast and postgraduate Biokinetics student at the UFS, overcame heart surgery earlier this year and excelled at her sport. Life is too short to abandon what sets you on fire. Find your passion, work hard at it and be great. You will never look back...
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“It does not matter how old you are, it is all about where God wants to use you, and I believe that this is where He wants me now.” These were the words of 75-year-old Dr Hanneke Meyer, who recently graduated from the University of the Free State. She completed her...
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According to the World Health Organisation, a large majority of the African population are making use of traditional medicines for health, socio-cultural, and economic purposes. In Africa, up to 80% of the population uses traditional medicines for primary healthcare. The Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) was identified as a lead programme...
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The Centre for Research on Higher Education and Development and the International Studies Group celebrated its PhD graduates on 26 June 2017. The four graduates were joined by their PhD promoters Prof Ian Phimister and Prof Melanie Walker, the dean of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, and...
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A new curriculum, exciting third-year seminars, and a transition to continuous assessment. These are some of the changes made by the Department of English at the University of the Free State (UFS) over the past few years. The department, which also boasts four National Research Foundation (NRF) researchers, did this to tailor the...
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Three heart-valve studies which have been developed at the Robert WM Frater Cardiovascular Research Centre at the School of Medicine at the University of the Free State (UFS) were recently presented in Monte Carlo at the conference of the prestigious global Heart Valve Society (HVS). These studies are all headed by Prof Francis Smit,...
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To present a research paper at an international conference of about 10 000 people and where 100 sessions are taking place at the same time is what dreams are made of for an academic. This is no longer a dream for the humble Dr Tshokolo Makutoane who will share his knowledge...
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The MerSETA (Skills and Training Authority for Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Industries) signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the University of the Free State (UFS) for a grant of approximately R8.7million on 14 June 2017, which will be disbursed over a three-year period. UFS seeks to bridge the skills gap...
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