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Interdisciplinary 'Knowledge Skills' sets first-years on path to academic success
Word processing, identifying fake news, plagiarism, how to be a responsible online citizen and digital literacy among the essential knowledge skills first-year students will learn The six-credit module – convened by the Department of...
World Day of Social Justice: We need justice as a virtue
The World Day of Social Justice is celebrated annually on 20 February. In opinion pieces* for the media, Dr Chris Jones (Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology / Unit for Moral Leadership) and Prof Nico Koopman (Deputy Vice-Chancellor...
Care and excellence at the heart of Prof Solomons’ success
Behind the kind smile of this warm paediatrician is an astute mind that's constantly searching for inventive ways to better serve the young patients that present at the children's ward at Tygerberg Hospital. “Are we using our available...
Wood Science students are supporting the STEM@Maties programme
The STEM@Maties programme is aimed at previously disadvantaged high schools to familiarise learners with experimental techniques and possible project ideas. About ten schools from the Stellenbosch / Winelands region participated. Karl...
Molecular biologist new Dean of Science at Stellenbosch University
Prof Burtram C Fielding, a molecular biologist and prolific researcher with the University of the Western Cape (UWC), will start his term as the new dean of the Faculty of Science at Stellenbosch University (SU) on 1 April this year (2024)...
SU collaboration offers much-needed support to GBV victims in Cape Winelands
Stellenbosch University (SU) has bolstered its commitment to the fight against gender-based violence by accepting the Ring for Peace Cape Trust’s (RfPCT) invitation to actively participate in establishing the SU INSPIRE (Initiative for...
Student and staff data now available in a flash thanks to SU experts
A team from the Information Governance Division (IG) at Stellenbosch University (SU) came up with a brilliant plan to make mountains of data about students and staff at South African universities more accessible to users. This unique...
Circular economy can help municipalities manage waste sustainably
Municipalities, especially the smaller ones, should consider implementing a circular economic model of reusing, recycling, refurbishment and remanufacturing of waste products instead of just dumping them in landfills. This could help them...
SA’s women academics burnt out when working from home
Working from home became a nightmare for many of South Africa's women academics during the first six months of the Covid-19 pandemic-enforced lockdown in 2020. Increased workloads, domestic pressures, and inadequate workspaces turned the...
Artificial Intelligence boost for SU research on long-Covid
Research at Stellenbosch University (SU) into long Covid has received an “Artificial Intelligence" boost worth over R11.75 million (€600 000) over the next three years via the Erasmus.AI search engine. The Erasmus.AI engine, lead by SU...