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Collaboration helps develop aspiring and emerging scholars in and for Africa
Africa Universities' Day was celebrated last week (Friday 12 November). In an opinion piece for Cape Times, Prof Sarah Howie from the Africa Centre for Scholarship writes how collaboration between tertiary institutions across the continent...
The SU-Mandela connection
The end of July 2018 – the month in which Nelson Mandela's life was honoured through many social impact activities of Stellenbosch University (SU) – does not signal the end of the University's initiatives to make a difference in the lives...
So many generational curses broken
As part of the celebration of the SciMathUS Program's 20-year anniversary, we are launching a series sharing the stories of a handful of students for whom this program has been a stepping stone in their individual success stories. Here...
Faculty of AgriSciences grows from strength to strength
Stellenbosch University’s Faculty of AgriSciences is growing from strength to strength.During the December graduation ceremony, a total of 247 students in the faculty received their first degree, 10 received post-graduate diplomas...
Commitment and resilience enables Deaf teacher to realise his dream
Ten years after matriculating, Imran Bodalaji's relentless pursuit of his dream to become a teacher was realised when he crossed the graduation stage to receive his BEd degree from Stellenbosch University at the December graduation...
In conversation with Patience Badze
'Innovator', 'entrepreneur' and 'marketing specialist' are some of the words Patience Badze uses to describe herself. Patience is a Stellenbosch University (SU) alumna who currently lives in Canada. She is passionate about creating things...
Another record number of doctorates for SU
Stellenbosch University will again this year award a record number of doctoral degrees at its December graduation ceremonies – 138 compared to the 127 of 2015. Degrees and diplomas will be awarded to more than 5300 Matie students at nine...
PhD recipient thinks out of the box to benefit pomegranate industry
Sometimes you have to think outside the box to solve a problem. This is exactly what Dr Matia Mukama from the Postharvest Technology Research Laboratory at Stellenbosch University (SU) did when he designed new multi-layer ventilated...
SU partners with the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation to drive student success
Stellenbosch University (SU), in partnership with the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, is excited to announce the launch of the Dell Young Leaders programme, enabling Stellenbosch University students from low-income backgrounds to receive...
Doctoral study could assist in fight against antibiotic resistance
Antibiotic resistance – when bacteria develop resistance to bactericidal drugs – is a major global public health threat making it difficult to treat common bacterial infections effectively. Antimicrobial peptides, i.e. molecules produced...