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Appreciate and conserve nature in lockdown
On Tuesday (28 July), we celebrate World Nature Conservation Day. In an opinion piece for News24, Drs Tony Rebelo (South African National Biodiversity Institute) and Alanna Rebelo (Department of Conservation Ecology & Entomology) write that...
SA could face mass hunger
South Africa could face mass hunger if efforts to offset the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic are eased, write Dr Gabrielle Wills, Prof Servaas van der Berg (both from the Department of Economics) and Prof Leila Patel...
'Welcome back, and all the best with the second semester'
Dear colleagues and students Welcome back from recess, and all the best with the second semester! Most of us are still working and studying online from home. Nevertheless, our Stellenbosch University (SU) campuses are slowly but surely...
Vital to protect newborns and their mothers against COVID-19
Since newborn babies, as well as their mothers and the hospital staff looking after them, are very vulnerable to COVID-19, we need policies and systems that can help to protect them, write Profs Angela Dramowski and Adrie Bekker from the...
Keep growing your teaching @ SU
Keep growing your teaching @ SU Teaching Fellowships The SU Teaching Fellowships provide excellent teachers and scholars of teaching and learning with the opportunity to spend more consistent periods of time, with various forms of...
Maties computer science students ace Investec hackathon
A team of computer science students from Stellenbosch University walked away with the first place in Investec's Programmable Banking hackathon, which took place from 23 to 24 July. The team of BScHons students, consisting of Jaco Swart...
Children should be at centre of government policies and plans
What would happen if South Africa were to place the interests of children and adolescents front and centre of all policy and responses? This is the question Prof Mark Tomlinson from the Institute for Life Course Health Research tried to...
'It’s not about leadership, but ownership,' says Rassie
Stellenbosch University's Development and Alumni Relations (DAR) has successfully launched the first in a series of conversations with national and international leaders, titled the Matie Crest Talks. On Thursday, 23 July more than 1 600...
SU's RW Wilcocks Building to be renamed
Stellenbosch University (SU) has launched a process to rename the RW Wilcocks Building on its Stellenbosch campus. SU staff, students and representatives of the Stellenbosch community have been invited to participate in the process. The...
Rector invites staff to SU's first virtual staff assembly
The Rector and Vice-Chancellor, Prof Wim de Villiers, invites all personnel of Stellenbosch University (SU) to the second Staff Assembly of 2020. In a first for our institution, the meeting will be held online because of restrictions on...