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It is also a priority to make funds available forresearch with special consideration for designatedgroups. With an eye on the opti mali sation ofresearch, large amounts of money were allocated in2006 and 2007 for research assistance to enablesenior researchers in particular to optimally utilisetheir time for research.Prof Gerhardt de Klerk (Dean: Faculty of the Humanities) andProf Louise Cilliers (Department of English and ClassicalLanguages, and Chairperson of the Faculty ResearchCommittee).The Faculty of the Humanities strives tomaintain a dynamic research culture. Strategicresearch priorities within the Faculty are thepromotion of research excellence through thecontinuous monitoring of the quality of its outputsand the development of young, inexperiencedresearch ers through mentorship and with the assistanceof senior researchers.Research deliberations are presented regularlywithin the Faculty to discuss issues such as thequality assurance of research. Besides the mentorshipsystem to develop upcoming researchers, allresearch proposals from Master‘s and Doctoralstudents are submitted to a committee for evaluationand recommendations before these studiescommence. This prevents students discover ing thattheir topics are not viable at a later stage. TheFaculty also uses its own funds to arrange de velopmentopportunities for inexperienced research ersand to expose junior academic staff members tointernational conferences and contacts. Teamresearch is also promoted through the involvementof various colleagues in the Strategic AcademicCluster Trans forma tion in Highly Diverse Societies.A promising sign indicating that new researchersare improving at the University is the dramaticincrease in participants in the Thutuka programme– from five in 2003 to 44 in 2007. In comparison,the number of National Research Foundation-ratedaca demics has remained relatively constant since2005. The latest additions from the Faculty of theHumanities are Prof Heidi Hudson of the Departmentof Political Science with a C1 rating; Prof JackieNaudé from the Department of Afroasiatic Studies,Sign Language and Language Practice with a C294
The HumanitiesMessage from the Dean: Prof Gerhardt de Klerkrating; and Dr Christo Heunis from the Centre forHealth Systems Research and Development(CHSR&D) with a C3 rating. In 2006, Prof Hudsonalso received an award to conduct research at theNordic Africa Institute in Uppsala, Sweden.Five of the nine professors that were promotedto senior professors in 2006 are from this Faculty.They are Profs Louise Cilliers (Department of Englishand Classical Lang uages), Dap Louw (Departmentof Psychology), Philip Nel (Department of AfroasiaticStudies, Sign Language and Language Practice),Dirk van den Berg (Department of History of Art),and Dingie Janse van Rensburg (CHSR&D).In 2006, the Outstanding Award in Excellencefrom the Premier of the Free State was awarded toProf Dingie Janse van Rensburg for leadership inThe senior professors in the Faculty of the Humanities are, from the left, front: Profs Louise Cilliers (Department of English andClassical Languages), Dap Louw (Department of Psychology); middle: Dirk van den Berg (Department of History of Art),Dingie Janse van Rensburg (Centre for Health Systems Research and Development); and back: Philip Nel (Department ofAfroasiatic Studies, Sign Language and Language Practice).95
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Celebrating research development an
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Table of ContentsForeword .........
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Message from Prof Frederick FourieF
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Future VisionA new strategic framew
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Table 1: Promising Emerging Researc
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Minister Mosibudi Mangena (Minister
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