KovsieX UFS E-Engaged Scholarship Podcasts

UFS E-Engaged Scholarship Podcasts

The COVID-19 pandemic is attacking societies at their core, claiming lives and people’s livelihoods. The Directorate Community Engagement at the University of the Free State, as a caring institution, will assist communities to overcome the challenges brought about by the lockdown on their lives and families, through the application of E-Engaged Scholarship.

E-Community Engagement refers to an alternative online/virtual community engagement platform aimed at facilitating greater participation, dialogue and training by university staff as well as students in partnership with other role-players to encourage citizens to take active part in developing their own lives and their communities

The Directorate and their partners will in line with their new strategy share virtual training programmes with communities to address the effects of lockdown on their lives and businesses.
Occasionally English South Africa Education · Self-Improvement Narrated by Gerben van Niekerk
33 Episodes
12 – 32

Strategies to Help Students Cope with COVID-19

In this podcast, three Masters' students from the University of the Free State Department of Psychology talks about strategies students can use to cope with the new normal.
30 Sep 2021 17 min

Life Crafting with Steyn Swanepoel

We live in a fast-paced, performance-driven society that is characterized by working long hours and enduring constant stress. Do you feel like you are constantly on the go? Without time to just stop, take a breath and rest? Like you’ve become too tired to properly enjoy the things that used…
8 Sep 2021 24 min

A Mindful Journey to Fight Burnout with Reinhardt Ral

Reinhardt Rall, a Psychology Honours student at the University of the Free State talks about mindfulness and burnout. The podcast will be focusing on how to prevent burnout. We believe that the most valuable gift you can give yourself is being present in the moment. This entails allowing yourself to…
8 Sep 2021 13 min

Conquering Stress in the New Normal with Sharissa Krause

Last year was a difficult year, especially for teachers such as yourselves. The pressure to continue to perform and to do your jobs to the best of your abilities was severely impacted by the corona virus. The effects can still be felt across South Africa to this day. Teachers are…
7 Sep 2021 15 min

Student Adjustment During COVID-19

When life gives you lemons, make some lemonade! Shoki, together with her fellow colleagues Francois and Mpho, psychology masters’ students at the UFS Department of Psychology talks about how students can adjust during the COVID-19 pandemic.
20 Aug 2021 15 min

Taking care of the perineum after birth with Mofumahadi Tsoene

Mofumahadi Tsoene talks about the care of the perineum after birth. It is a topic that nurses never focus too much on and women ends up complicating due to lack of information. So my group and I found it so important to educate women more on it to prevent more…
18 Nov 2020 9 min

Taking Care of Baby’s Bums with Jiena Menyatso

In this podcast we will focus on the treatment of a baby’s bum. A baby’s bum needs to be protected from becoming red and sore. This happens when your baby spends too much time a wet or dirty nappy. The red rash can become much worse and cause open sores…
18 Nov 2020 7 min

Caring for your baby's skin with Nompumelelo Tshabangu

The first thing that comes to mind when thinking of a new born is the characteristic smell of a baby and their soft skin. Their skin goes through a lot of change after birth and to keep their soft and flawless skin may cause a great deal of stress on…
10 Nov 2020 8 min

Post-partum depression with Rethabile Rapasa

A baby is blessing, gift from heaven above, a precious little angel to cherish and to love, but it does not always feel like a blessing to everyone due to different challenges that the mothers can have in their lives. Post-partum depression is real and it does not chose whether…
9 Nov 2020 5 min

Warning signs during pre- and post-pregnancy

We are going to address danger/warning signs during and post pregnancy that woman who are pregnant or have given birth already should be in the lookout for. And the community at large to be able to give each other informed advice and woman to be able to seek medical help…
9 Nov 2020 6 min

Jaundice in Neonates with Seipati Molieleng

The aim of this podcast is to inform people about a very common sign found in newborns, called jaundice. Jaundice is the medical term for a baby that appears yellow. The following will be discussed: what jaundice is, what to look out for, how it is treated and how it…
5 Nov 2020 6 min

Meaning Making as an Alternative to Feelings of Helplessness during a Health Pandemic

Three student psychologists will look at a few concepts including helplessness, meaning-making and context. This will then be made more practical by applying them to the COVID-19 pandemic. After this, they address how meaning can be found in these uncertain times using Viktor Frankl’s three sources of meaning. These ideas…
1 Sep 2020 21 min

Grief and Self-Compassion during COVID-19

Ndifelani Murida on behalf of her group Siyanda Mhlom, Sinegugu Zungu and Monique Basson, student psychologists from UFS Department of Psychology, shares some thoughts on grief and self-compassion during COVID-19. (Transcription attached)
28 Aug 2020 20 min

Prevention of GBV and the Promotion of Women’s Wellbeing during Covid-19

Three student psychologists from UFS compiled and will be speaking about Gender Based Violence (GBV) in the Covid-19 pandemic. This podcast will be specifically zooming in on the psychological impacts of GBV on women and girls, the underlying factors that are believed to lead men to abuse women and young…
27 Aug 2020 19 min
12 – 32