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Seven steps that will improve governance in South Africa
The following article by Dr Dirk Brand, Extraordinary Senior Lecturer at the School of Public Leadership, Stellenbosch University, was published in The Conversation of 26 May 2019: South Africa's new national government and nine new...
Good news on World No Tobacco Day 2019
South Africa's first Smoke and Tobacco-free campus will be celebrating its success on World No Tobacco Day 2019, marked on 31 May. On 1 January 2019, Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) became South...
Matie named top in the world for AS Level maths
The following is based on an article by Chelsea Geach, which was published in the Weekend Argus of 13 April 2019: Rizqah Hassiem, a first-year student in actuarial science at Stellenbosch University, has been named top in the world for...
Crazy Socks for Docs: Raising awareness one sock at a time
Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) is proud to be part of the #CrazySocks4Docs campaign in South Africa – a drive to raise awareness and give moral support to medical and health professionals battling...
Senate adopts motion on transforming research and science at SU
The Stellenbosch University (SU) Senate has thrown its weight behind a “focused and concerted long-term institutional response" to the issues brought to the fore by the recent controversial journal article on race and cognition by five SU...
Get into the rhythm, your heart rhythm!
South Africa is celebrating World Heart Rhythm week from 4-10 June 2019. A heart rhythm problem often presents with palpitations. So, what exactly are palpitations? Heart palpitations are the feelings of having a fast beating, fluttering or...
New divisional head takes futuristic approach to public health
Through innovation, ingenuity and collaboration Prof René English intends to tackle some of the challenges facing public health, now and in the future. English, a medically trained doctor with a PhD in Medicine, a specialist qualification...
Alumni now protégés of the Winemakers’ Guild
Four alumni of the Department of Viticulture and Oenology have been included in the Cape Winemakers' Guild Protégé Programme. They are oenologists Victoria Davis from Paarl, Michael Topkin from Simon's Town and Kelsey Shungking from...
University and Municipality take hands to help the destitute
The challenges facing destitute people on the streets of Stellenbosch came under the spotlight at a recent meeting of the Rector-Mayor Forum, a joint structure that facilitates collaboration between Stellenbosch University (SU) and...
Arts Faculty helps secure grant to build capacity for early career scholars in Africa
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Stellenbosch University has helped secure a grant of R13.6 million from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for the newly developed Building Capacity for Early Career Humanities Scholars in Africa...