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Unintended consequences of online teaching
The article entitled Emergency online remote learning's unintended consequences by Prof Riaan Rudman was published in University World News (Africa Edition) on 28 October 2021. Here is a short excerpt: In 2020, the higher education sector...
Rector's Award recipient serves to help others excel
Grace Mngadi's passion for leadership was recently recognised when she was awarded a Rector's Award for Excellence. She is one of the 82 recipients of this year's annual Rector's Award for Excellent Achievement, which recognises students...
A year of transformation: SciMathUS celebrates student achievements
More than 133 students embarked on a life-altering journey in 2023, having accepted the challenge to reshape their future through the SciMathUS university preparation programme. On the evening of 20 October, their achievements and the...
Open data crucial and sometimes even lifesaving, Library Symposium says
The pandemic and lockdown have proven that open data and the sharing of information, especially by governments, save lives and accelerate innovation, research, open science, collaboration and community engagement. So said Prof Kanshukan...
Poets Schaffer and Pedro honoured at festival
Two poets, both affiliated with the Department of Afrikaans and Dutch at Stellenbosch University (SU), were recently honoured at the 10th Tuin van Digters (Garden of Poets) festival at the Breytenbach centre in Wellington – lecturer Dr...
Rector's Award affirms hard work is paying off
Receiving a Rector's Award feels surreal, says Lwazi Madi, a Maties water polo player and captain of the South Africa water polo team that participated in the Tokyo 0lympic Games earlier this year. Madi, a Master's student in Sport Science...
Food Science student's passion is infectious
Faculty of AgriSciences student Kim Teresa Mannix's enthusiasm for her chosen field of study is quite infectious and one can see exactly why Stellenbosch University (SU) bestowed a 2021 Rector's Award of Excellent Achievement upon her. The...
Focus and be present, says recipient of Rector's Award
Alexander O'Riordan can think of nothing more satisfying than to close his chapter at Stellenbosch University (SU) with the 2021 Rector's Award of Excellent Achievement. O'Riordan, one of the 82 recipients of this this annual award, was...
Technological advances helping in the fight against emerging infections
The recent progress in diagnostics and vaccine development will remain essential in the fight against current and future emerging infectious diseases. This is one of the viewpoints of Prof Gert Uves van Zyl (National Health Laboratory...
Major GC Africa research grant for discovery of new antimicrobial agents
Prof Erick Strauss, a specialist in chemical biology in the Department of Biochemistry in the Faculty of Science, have received a grant of R1.4 million over the next three years to explore a unique approach for the discovery of new...