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"Focus on reading skills first" – reports
The over-arching goal of the Department of Basic Education should be that every South African child learn to read for meaning by the end of Grade 3. That is the key message of two reports launched by the Research on Socioeconomic Policy...
GPS tracking help athletes train smarter and more efficiently
Managing a student-athlete's physical workload at university level is very important for the Maties Sport High Performance (HP) Unit. The VX Sport GPS athlete tracking system is one of the many tools that is used at the Maties Sport HP Unit...
Nutritious veggie chocolate spread set to take food science students places
A chocolate sandwich spread crammed with sweet potato and beans sounds like the perfect way in which parents can sneak more vegetables into their children's food. Food scientists from Stellenbosch University are also hoping that the...
SSML graduate lands internship in Bern, Switzerland
Dominique ter Huurne, a 2016 graduate of the SSML, has embarked on a Swiss adventure to gain international experience in the field of traffic engineering. She landed an internship with SWISSTRAFFIC INC. in the capital city of Bern, where...
If cabbage is anything to go by, South Africans waste too much food
SA study monetises wastage, environmental impact of a specific type of food If cabbage is anything to go by, stacks of money and litres of water are wasted when farmed produce goes uneaten in South Africa. This is the conclusion of a study...
Vicariate of Rome and Italian Government invite Van Niekerk to speak at international jubilee
Prof Anton van Niekerk, a Distinguished Professor in Philosophy and Director of the Centre for Applied Ethics in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, has been invited to participate in a debate on research centres in Rome, Italy, by the...
USB MBA group learn from international managers at roundtable in Canada
A USB MBA Modular group, accompanied by Prof Mias de Klerk, head: Research at USB, recently went to Montreal, Canada, as part of their International Study Module. They attended the module – Managing around the world: International...
#AfricaDay: Call for new thinking about Africa
The University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB), the Institute for Futures Research (IFR) and USB-Executive Development (USB-ED) hosted an event to celebrate Africa Day last week. Dean of Stellenbosch University's Economic and...
Steinhoff Maties Hockey men back on winning track
After losing its first Western Province Grand Challenge (WPGC) match in three seasons a few weeks ago, the Steinhoff Maties Hockey men's team got back on the winning track this past weekend by beating Fish Hoek 5-1. Goals were scored by...
Two Maties awarded sought after Mensa scholarships
Luna Chencinski and Jess Steyn, both students at Stellenbosch University (SU), were recently awarded two of five scholarships worth US$1000 each to further their studies by the Mensa Education & Research Foundation, based in the USA. "What...