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South Africa’s great white sharks heading for extinction
The magnificent great white shark ( Carcharodon carcharias L.) is one of the oldest shark lineages with an evolutionary origin dating back about 14 million years. New research from Stellenbosch University (SU) shows that the South African...
Funding 101: Sessions for funded students
Hosted by the Centre for Undergraduate Bursaries and Loans (CUBL), the Funding 101 information sessions are an opportunity to gain knowledge that will assist you to manage your financial circumstance during the year – a step towards...
Exercise in childhood benefits those with cerebral palsy in later life
There were two groups of athletes. First they cycled for 30 seconds as fast as they could on a stationary bicycle. Then they ran as fast as they could for 40m. And then they were asked to jump as high as possible off each individual leg...
Book shows Muslim education can help address social conflicts
An ethical exposition of Muslim education can help address many contemporary ills and global challenges such as social and societal conflicts, discrimination, exclusion and marginalisation, violence and the humiliation and dehumanisation of...
NSFAS Closeout Project: What, why, when?
NSFAS embarked on an on-going, national process to reconcile transactions between NSFAS and institutions at a student level.
nGAP position allocated to Food Science brings relief
The Department of Food Science within the Faculty of AgriSciences received one of four nGap positions allocated to Stellenbosch University (SU). A total of 79 allocations were made to universities across South Africa. The New Generation of...
CULTURAL DAY
On the 26 th of May, the Stellenbosch University Language Centre Intensive English Programme (IEP) international students, celebrated Cultural Day in a unique and exciting way. The United Nations declared 21 May of each year World Day for...
New appointment at the WAT
Dr Gerda Odendaal has been appointed as co-editor at the Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal. Dr Odendaal has a BA and an Honours BA (Afrikaans and Dutch) cum laude from the University of Stellenbosch. In 2010 her MA (Afrikaans and Dutch)...
It will take more than $36 billion every year to end AIDS
In the past 15 years, the global community has provided US$109.8 billion in development assistance to curb HIV/AIDS. Several international aid organisations created in this period have been instrumental in galvanising the resources needed...
CHPE scoops award for ‘best publication’
The award for Best Publication for 2016 was presented to Prof Susan van Schalkwyk at a recent conference of the South African Association of Health Educationalists' (SAAHE). Van Schalkwyk, who heads the Centre for Health Professions...