Bloemfontein, Free State: Ms Aucamp, a Master’s student in the Department of Information Technology at the Central University of Technology, Free State (CUT) will join a selected group of students from South Africa universities as a recipient of Abe Bailey Travel Bursary Award. This bursary was awarded for her outstanding academic performance and exceptional qualities. Congratulating Ms Jenny Aucamp is (left) Dr Daryl Balia, Director of Academic Planning Unit and Prof. Herman Vermaak, Acting Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology (right).
Central University of Technology, Free State (CUT) Engineering walks away with the prestigious Abe Bailey Travel Bursary award for the 2nd year!
Ms Aucamp, a Master’s student in the Department of Information Technology at Central University of Technology, Free State (CUT) will join a selected group of students from South Africa universities as a recipient of Abe Bailey Travel Bursary Award. This bursary was awarded for her outstanding academic performance and exceptional qualities. Now, a new member of this exclusive ambassadorial group from CUT, Ms Aucamp will travel to the United Kingdom at the end of 2013 on an all-expenses-paid trip.
This is not a first academic achievement for Ms Aucamp; in 2012 she was awarded the prestigious Vice-Chancellor’s Award for best Academic Performance at BTech level. “This is confirmation of the quality of graduates we as a faculty deliver” said Prof. Herman Vermaak, Acting Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology.
The objective of the Travel Bursary is to broaden the views of young South Africans through travel, engagement, and each member will be expected to do a presentation at the Goodenough College in London, where they will be hosted for close to a month. The Abe Bailey Travel Bursary has been in existence since 1951, and so far CUT has been represented three times, Ms Aucamp is the fourth. In 2012 Mr Mphikeleli Jele was awarded the prestigious Abe Bailey Travel Bursary.
“It is a great honour for CUT to have one of our students winning the ABE Bailey Travel Bursary. The group of bursars will be given the opportunity to equip themselves with exceptional leadership qualities and strong service ethic. A greater understanding and co-operation among those with various language and cultural backgrounds, and to foster enterprise, commitment and effective participation in a common future are just some of the items on the agenda”, said Prof. Henk de Jager, Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Academic.
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CUT is a leader in many technology fields ranging from learning programmes in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) a broad field in which CUT has about 45% of its enrolments, much higher than many other South African universities. Further, CUT’s research and innovation leadership in many areas, more especially in rapid prototyping and manufacturing is world class. The latter has been honoured by both the Medical Research Council (MRC) as part of its National Medical Device Platform and the National Research Foundation (NRF), with the latter having granted CUT a Chair in this area. Through its social and technological innovations CUT aims to contribute towards the social-economic development in the region as well as in the rest of South Africa and internationally. For more information about CUT visit www.cut.ac.za
