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Med student chosen to help ‘change the world’
A first-year medical student, Keaton Harris, is one of just 21 young people from around the world that were selected to take part in the Young Sustainable Impact (YSI) Innovation Program. The goal of the YSI initiative is to find viable...
Energy Research Programme passes with flying colours
The Energy Research Programme (ERP)*, funded by the National Department of Science and Technology and administered by the National Research Foundation (NRF), and driven by the Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Studies (CRSES)...
Voices from the profession give advice to pre-service teachers
The Department of Curriculum Studies at Stellenbosch University recently invited several teachers and principals to address final-year pre-service Education students on the topic: “Classroom communication: insights from the profession". The...
Workshop on modelling South Africa’s future power system
“Coordinated research on the modelling of future power systems within the context of increasing renewable energy penetration is critically important", according to Dr Bernard Bekker, Eskom Chair in Power System Simulation at the Department...
Toyosi Craig wins awards at the 2018 African Young Graduate Summit
Toyosi Craig, a final-year PhD student at the Department of Industrial Engineering, attended the 2018 African Young Graduate Summit at the Birchwood Hotel in Johannesburg from 12 – 16 March 2018. During this one-week workshop, as organised...
SU develops first industrial-grade gantry type 3D concrete printer in Africa
The first industrial-grade gantry type 3D concrete printer in Africa produced its first 3D printed object last month. Jacques Kruger, who recently upgraded to PhD in structural engineering, designed and manufactured the printer. The...
Large Scale Fan Test Facility
As part of the MinwaterCSP H2020 project, the European Union allocated funding for the construction of a 24 foot diameter fan and cooling system test facility on the premises of Stellenbosch University. The MinwaterCSP project aims to...
Undergraduate Diploma in Sustainable Development
A new diploma in sustainable development aims to address one of our great challenges: the creation of a new generation of responsible entrepreneurs who understands the world we live in, and have the skills and values to equip them for...
Medical student lives out her cricket dream
The fact that Laura Wolvaardt is currently living out her dream by walking onto the field as an opening bowler of the South African women's cricket team doesn't mean that she has abandoned her other great dream – to qualify as a doctor...
Getting through exams
It is important that our students are mentally and physically ready to handle the volume of work during examinations and to approach each examination opportunity with confidence. Student Affairs' Elmien Sinclair, Educational Psychologist...