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IPB student attends SASRI postgrad symposium
Ms Malira Masoabi, a postgraduate student from the Institute for Plant Biotechnology (IPB), was invited to attend the annual year-end symposium of the South African Sugar Association (SASA), held in Mount Edgecombe in KwaZulu-Natal. This...
SUNCEP is celebrating a record number of graduates
Leading the group of graduates in SUNCEP is Dr Elza Lourens, Physical Sciences facilitator in SciMathUS who received her PhD degree. Dr Lourens explored graduates' transition into first-time employment. Lionel Hartzenberg, a former...
Reconciliation and justice essential for SA’s future
On Friday (16 December 2016), we celebrate Reconciliation Day. In an opinion piece in Cape Argus on Wednesday (14 December 2016), Prof Nico Koopman, Vice-Rector: Social Impact, Transformation and Personnel, writes that reconciliation...
Specialist training to enhance healthcare in Africa
The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) at Stellenbosch University (SU) and Tygerberg Hospital have an excellent reputation in the training of supernumerary registrars. With this inititiative, specialist training is made...
SU staff and students write prolifically in 2016
Stellenbosch University (SU) is a frontrunner in research and a place of thought leadership. Our staff and students write academic articles for accredited journals and also perform very well when it comes to sharing their insights with the...
Paediatrician advises on mandate of new Commisioner
Dr Elmarie Malek is one of just a few experts in the Western Cape who were invited to give input on the development of a policy guideline to inform the mandate of the Children’s Commissioner in the Western Cape Department of Health. This...
Student fees and registration 2017
Information on student fees, registration 2017 and the implementation of the state-funded DHET 8% gap-funding was sent to students by the Registrar, Dr Ronel Retief, on Thursday 15 December 2016. This was followed up by an email on 5...
Financial support makes graduation dreams come true
A total of 1 981 students of the more than 5 300 undergraduate students who received their well-earned degrees at Stellenbosch University's (SU) December 2016 graduation week, did so thanks to some form of financial assistance - whether it...
Health research ethics under the spotlight
The first workshop ever to bring together all the Health Research Ethics Committees in the Western Cape was recently held at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS). The workshop was opened by the renowned ethicist, Prof Anton...
R 11,2m Andrew W Mellon grant shines spotlight on transformation
What does transformation mean in higher education and for South Africa's higher education system, and for the wider South African society? Who defines, evaluates, and measures institutional transformation? And how has knowledge in the human...