On Friday, 05 March 2010 a large group of CUT staff and students attended the first Research and Innovation Workshop at the Central University of Technology, Free State (CUT).
Prof Laetus Lategan, Dean of Research and Innovation has instituted a new workshop series for research and this workshop was the first of four in a series – the next one is taking place in May followed by others in August and October. The Office of Research and Innovation was recently rated the best research centre in the country.
The reason for the workshops is to motivate researchers to be more adventurous in their research, offer them support, advice, and skills on how to conduct successful research. The Office of Research and Innovation at the CUT links research with a pencil - in days gone by, a pencil was associated with writing which in turn was associated with ideas that produced knowledge.
Photographer Johan Roux
The eleventh annual Technology and Environment Quiz for high schools, hosted by the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology (FEIT) at the Central University of Technology, Free State (CUT), will take place during May 2010.
Since the inception of this event in 1999, more than 55 high schools from all over the Free State and Northern Cape have participated. During 2008 a record number of 29 schools participated. Eight different schools have already won the title of “Champion Quiz School”. Sentraal High School has won the competition a record three times and currently St. Andrews High School is the defending champions.
This year the qualifying round takes place on Thursday, 6 May at 14:00 in the Japie van Lill Auditorium, during which schools from outside Bloemfontein may participate via satellite link. The qualifying round will see the top three schools go through to the final round, which will take place in Bloemfontein on Tuesday, 11 May 2010, at 18:30. The finals will coincide with the National Science and Technology Week in the Free State. The three finalist schools will be sharing in R18 000 worth of FEIT bursaries.
For entry forms and further information, kindly contact the FEIT Faculty Officer at +27 51 507 3081 or email lbotha@cut.ac.za
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