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and expansion of research membership. Amongstothers, the UFS receives international researchfunding from the WK Kellogg Foundation, May andStanley Smith Charitable Trust, Bill and MelindaGates Foundation, and the Ford Foundation. Inaddition, the position of Coordinator: InternationalResearch Funding was created in the InternationalOffice and Mr Arthur Johnson was appointed toassist, in close collaboration with the DRD.The Internationalisation Office will also play animportant part in the further development of theStrategic Academic Clusters. Given that this initiativeaims to establish the University as a world leader in aselected number of strategic focus areas, the Clusterswill provide a vehicle for many internationalisationactivities. These activities will support the Clustersthrough directed and strategic marketing, and byenhancing international opportunities for researchfunding, research cooperation, postgraduate studentand postdoctoral fellow recruitment, and appropriatecurriculum development.Ultimately, the UFS operates within a globalcontext where markets for education services arehighly competitive, where graduates are increasinglymobile and require skills and qualifications that areglobal ly acceptable, and where the research environmentis highly focused and well-resourced. It istherefore imperative that the institution main tainsa dynamic focus on effective internationalisa tion inorder to uphold and consolidate its position as aleading South African university, both nationallyand internationally.Successful negotiations with theChangchun Advanced MedicalInstitute (CAMI) in China resulted ina formalised agreement with theUniversity of the Free State Schoolof Nursing. Pictured here are, fromthe left, front: Prof Letticia Moja(Dean: Faculty of Heath Sciences,UFS), Prof Zhang Xiangfu(President of CAMI); back: Dr YuanZhao Xin (InternationalCommunication, CAMI), Prof Anitavan der Merwe (Head of the Schoolof Nursing, UFS), Prof Dr Xin Li(Chief Secretary, CAMI), Dr AldoStroebel (Head ofInternationalisation, UFS), ProfFrancois du Toit (Professor ofSociology, CAMI), and a CAMIgraduate in International Nursing.48