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Capacity Building of Rural TVET College Lecturers from the Northern Cape
The Stellenbosch University Water Institute (SUWI) presented a short course entitled 'Water quality management and risk assessment at water care works' at Northern Cape Rural Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) College in...
Mental illnesses among youth often ignored, says SU expert
Young people with mental health problems, especially those in low- and middle-income countries, are often being left in the lurch when they need help. They don't always get the necessary treatment despite the fact that mental illnesses...
Equality Unit hosts visitors from New York University
Last month, the Equality Unit at the Centre for Student Counselling and Development had the honour of hosting two visitors from the New York University's Office of Global Inclusion, Diversity and Strategic Innovation. Dr Lisa Coleman...
From two cupboards to 170 laboratories within a century
Only a hundred years ago, all the glassware and chemicals for the first professor of Mathematics and Natural Science's Laboratory for Experimental Sciences were stored in two small cupboards in a two-room building that is still standing in...
Discomfort is the springboard for success
In 2008, after finishing matric and spending six months working in a hotel in England, Matie alumnus and upcoming Careers Café speaker Philip Parrock, realised one thing – he was not prepared to slog away at a job that was not fulfilling...
Book celebrates 100 years of natural sciences at SU
A book which traces the steps of the first pioneers who laid the foundations for training and research in various disciplines in the natural sciences at Stellenbosch University, will be launched on 1 October 2018. The book, A Particular...
Convocation meeting set for 8 November
Members of the Convocation of Stellenbosch University (SU) and their partners are invited to the annual meeting of the Convocation on Thursday, 8 November 2018.All SU graduates, diplomates, and full-time academic staff of SU are members of...
SU grateful for donation to needy students
“We are thankful to people who, with generous donations, make it possible for others to get a good education. We thank them because they help to change the lives of students for the better." With these words, Prof Wim de Villiers, Rector...
Mathematics postgraduates at Heidelberg Laureates Forum
Three postgraduate students in Mathematics had the privilege of attending the Heidelberg Laureates Forum which took place from 23 to 28 September 2018 in the historic town of Heidelberg in Germany. This is an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity...
Research leadership and science communication go hand-in-hand, says rector at inaugural media awards
The question is actually not whether you can afford to spend time on public science communication. It's whether you can afford not to! This was the message of Prof Wim de Villiers, Rector and Vice-Chancellor of Stellenbosch University (SU...