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Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002060'>Dear NSEF members<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002060'>Please find attached an official letter from the DHET regarding the 2015 Research Outputs Policy in response to the letter sent by ASSAf in September 2015 (also attached).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002060'>Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002060'>Susan Veldsman<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA 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