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Dr Margaret Blackie - SU Teaching Fellow 2020
Dr Margaret Blackie, Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science, has been appointed as SU Teaching Fellow from 2020. Dr Blackie is a senior lecturer in the Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science. She has been at SU since January 2010...
Self-regulating intervention curbs excessive media multitasking
Are you one of those people who simultaneously watch TV, check the latest Twitter trends or Instagram feeds, or chat on WhatsApp? If yes, you are media multitasking which may sound impressive, but it does come at a cost. “Because media...
Research delves into the mind of rapists
Nobody wakes up in the morning and says, 'I want to rape somebody'. There are many external factors that cause a person to want to commit such an act – including stress and social isolation. This is the strong view of Dr Lihle Qulu, a...
Mind the (gender) gap in STEM fields
On Tuesday (11 February), we celebrated the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. In an opinion piece for News24, Dr Tashnica Sylvester from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences writes that we need to embrace the...
Corné joins Maties Rugby
As a former Maties rugby player, Corné Uys could not pass up the opportunity to become part of the Maties Rugby coaching staff. Uys represented the Maroon Machine from 2003 till 2005. He now joins head coach Drikus Hancke and his assistant...
EMS student first Zimbabwean to chair SRC
Economic and Management Sciences (EMS) student Lewis Mboko has recently been elected the new Stellenbosch University (SU) Student Representative Council (SRC) Chairperson for the 2020 academic year. The 22-year-old Economics and Investment...
Healthy Lifestyle Awareness Month 2020
Being healthy is not just about eating a healthy meal every now and again and hitting the gym once a month. Being healthy means following a healthy lifestyle, and with February being Healthy Lifestyle Awareness Month, we're sharing some...
Study shows standardised reference letters increase employment prospects
A cost-effective intervention that is easy to implement – this is how researchers describe the standardised reference letter that was developed to assist unemployed South Africans in their search for a job. A new research study has found...
Blackie to combine love for science and teaching in scholarship
Stellenbosch University (SU) chemistry lecturer Dr Margaret Blackie, who recently received a three-year teaching fellowship from the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), is committed to sharing her knowledge not only in the field...
SU Food scientist recognised as a rising researcher thanks to food fraud studies
Food scientist Dr Paul Williams is among 13 distinguished young professionals recognised by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, as one of it is 2020 DCS Rising Researchers. Dr Williams is a lecturer and researcher...