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Annual Review • 2007 33<br />

Die Sentrum vir Afrikastudie in die Fakulteit Geesteswetenskappe is in November<br />

2007 geloods met ’n openingsrede deur die Adjunkminister van Onderwys, mnr.<br />

Enver Surty. Die sentrum is die uitvloeisel van fakulteitsinisiatiewe, asook die<br />

strategiese visie en herposionering van die <strong>UV</strong> ten opsigte van sy rol in Afrika.<br />

Dit is die vyfde sentrum van sy soort in Afrika en die tweede in Suid-Afrika. Die sentrum beoog<br />

om op ’n innoverende wyse betrokke te wees by die uitdagings en kwessies van die kontinent.<br />

Die oogmerk sal nagestreef word deur samewerking met plaaslike, streeks- en kontinentale<br />

organisasies en instellings.<br />

Enlarging <strong>the</strong> footprint internationally<br />

The UFS’s vision <strong>of</strong> playing a bigger role in <strong>the</strong> sub-region<br />

and also in Africa as a continent received fur<strong>the</strong>r momentum<br />

with <strong>the</strong> appointment <strong>of</strong> a Head <strong>of</strong> Internationalisation<br />

from <strong>the</strong> beginning <strong>of</strong> 2007. The <strong>of</strong>fice is finalising <strong>the</strong><br />

UFS Internationalisation Strategy, which will include a<br />

focus on <strong>the</strong> internationalisation <strong>of</strong> research. In this regard,<br />

<strong>the</strong> <strong>of</strong>fice will identify international research funding<br />

opportunities and establish contact with large funding<br />

bodies. It will aim to create research opportunities, facilitate<br />

international visits, mobilise research funding, expand<br />

and maintain international research agreements, establish<br />

administrative aid, and expand research membership.<br />

Bande oor (digitale) grense heen gesmee<br />

’n Videokonferensie is in 2007 op die Ho<strong>of</strong>kampus gehou<br />

waartydens ’n memorandum van verstandhouding met die<br />

Universiteit van Gent in België onderteken is. Die ondertekening<br />

het deel gevorm van ’n weeklange program,<br />

Accenta, waarop Bloemfontein en die Vrystaat die eregaste<br />

was. Akademici van die Departement Rekenaarwetenskap<br />

en Informatika het referate gelewer in een van die forums<br />

wat deel van die program in Gent was. ’n Videokonferensie<br />

oor maniere om die digitale klo<strong>of</strong> te oorbrug is uit Bloemfontein<br />

en Gent toegespreek en terselfdertyd regstreeks op<br />

die internet uitgesaai. Die rektore van die universiteite van<br />

die Vrystaat en Gent het die ondertekening ook per videokoppeling<br />

gedoen.<br />

More postgraduates drawn<br />

In <strong>the</strong> Faculty <strong>of</strong> Humanities <strong>the</strong> research projects <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Centre for Health Systems Research and Development<br />

were multi- and interdisciplinary, and multi- and interinstitutional<br />

in nature. The impact <strong>of</strong> work by <strong>the</strong> centre<br />

was particularly evident through a Roundtable on Health<br />

Systems and Antiretroviral Access in Bloemfontein in<br />

October. The Roundtable was organised and presented in<br />

collaboration with <strong>the</strong> <strong>Free</strong> <strong>State</strong> Department <strong>of</strong> Health.<br />

Delegates from as far as Malawi, Zimbabwe, Kenya,<br />

Zambia, Uganda, Belgium, <strong>the</strong> USA and France attended.<br />

Conference proceedings will be published to reach regional<br />

and international stakeholders. Staff at <strong>the</strong> centre supervise<br />

an increasing number <strong>of</strong> master’s and doctoral studies from<br />

various disciplines, and also from countries like Zambia,<br />

Namibia, Eritrea and Zimbabwe. In this manner <strong>the</strong> centre<br />

contributes to <strong>the</strong> research capacity <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> region.<br />

Collaborations include <strong>the</strong> Development Economics<br />

Research Group (DERG) <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> World Bank and <strong>the</strong><br />

Ne<strong>the</strong>rlands Support Programme <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> World Bank, <strong>the</strong><br />

Department for International Development (UK), <strong>the</strong><br />

Flemish International Cooperation Agency, <strong>the</strong> Center for<br />

Global Development (<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Houston), and <strong>the</strong><br />

Department <strong>of</strong> Sociology, <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Antwerp.<br />

Samewerking voortgesit<br />

Die Eenheid vir Taalbestuur (ETB) het sy samewerking<br />

met die Departement Sport, Kuns en Kultuur van die<br />

Vrystaatse Regering voortgesit rondom die Multilingual<br />

Information Development Programme. Die projek het in<br />

Desember aan die einde van sy derde siklus suksesvol ten<br />

einde geloop. Die jaar is afgesluit met ’n internasionale<br />

colloquium aan die Universiteit van Antwerpen wat by gewoon<br />

is deur verteenwoordigers van die Vrystaatse Pro vinsiale<br />

Regering en die befondser van die projek, die Provinsie<br />

van Antwerpen. Die eenheid het goeie na vorsingsuitsette<br />

gelewer in die vorm van die sesde nom mer in die Van<br />

Schaik-reeks Studies in language policy in South Africa.<br />

Die bundel – Multilingualism and Exclusion – bevat<br />

bydraes deur plaaslike en oorsese kundiges.<br />

Afrikaans woeker<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>. Hennie Van Coller, ho<strong>of</strong> van die Departement<br />

Afrikaans en Nederlands, Duits en Frans, het op uitnodiging<br />

saam met internasionale navorsers aan die projek The

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