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Social Impact orientation session
The Division for Social Impact recently hosted an orientation session for new staff members. The purpose of the event was to introduce participants to social impact as a strategic priority of Stellenbosch University (SU), as explained...
Joint effort required to rescue local government in crisis
The article below, entitled Local government in South Africa is in crisis. How it can be fixed by Dr Dirk Brand of the SU School of Public Leadership, was published in The Conversation on 29 May 2018. To read the original article, click...
SU signs collaboration agreement with Oudtshoorn Municipality
Stellenbosch University (SU) values the opportunity to collaborate with local governments through formal Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs). The University has MOUs in place with the Western Cape Government (WCG) and the City of Cape Town...
University and Municipality join forces to save water
The collaboration between the Municipality and University has resulted in substantial water savings in Stellenbosch, while these two institutions are also determined to reduce water consumption even further despite the recent rains. This...
Regulating fees will undermine independence of universities
In an opinion article published on the Businesslive website on Wednesday (30 May 2018), Proff Stan du Plessis (Operations and Finance) and Willem Boshoff (Economics) from Stellenbosch University write that government's plans to regulate...
Nolene Singh receives award for innovation management
A staff member of Stellenbosch University (SU) received national acclaim on Thursday (31 May 2018) for her contribution to innovation management in Southern Africa. Nolene Singh, Manager of Technology Transfer at SU's technology transfer...
SU key partner in SA’s first solar-powered desalination project
Stellenbosch University (SU) is one of the key partners in a project to establish South Africa's first solar-powered desalination plant at Witsand in the Southern Cape. The project was initiated by Prof Erwin Schwella from the School of...
Young and innovative PhD student redefining academia
“There is a place in the sun for us all to succeed and achieve our goals. We all have our own pace of success, so keep to yours." This is the advice from Johané Nienkemper-Swanepoel to the youth of today. At only 28 years of age, Johané...
Maties Machine Learning aims to help Africa
When you think of machine learning or artificial intelligence, as it is more popularly known, the image of killer robots and Arnold Schwarzenegger famously saying, "I'll be back" in the Terminator movie come more to mind. However, this is...
Two new research chairs awarded to FMHS
Two prominent female researchers at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) have been awarded Research Chairs in their respective fields. This brings the total number of research chairs at the Faculty to 12. The new SARChI chairs...