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Indigenous foods can contribute to food security
Indigenous foods can contribute to food security, the eradication of hunger and poverty, as well as the prevention of diseases in Africa, said Prof Xikombiso Mbhenyane of the Division of Human Nutrition at Stellenbosch University (SU) in...
Protest action on Stellenbosch Campus
Groups of protesters convened on the Stellenbosch Campus (about 70 in total) today. Information available to the University is that most members of the group were not from Stellenbosch University (SU), but from other universities in the...
SU crocodile researcher receives international award
Dr Alison Leslie of the Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology has won the prestigious IUCN-Crocodile Specialist Group (CSG) Costello Award for Crocodile Conservation. It recognises her contribution to crocodile research in...
Achievements of food scientists, horticulturalists and meat scientists acknowledged
The excellence of staff and students of the Faculty of AgriSciences have been acknowledged in many ways over the past few months – from food science to horticulture and meat science. Prof Pieter Gouws of the Department of Food Science was...
Rector's award for Calvin Ullrich
Calvin Ullrich was recently named as the top master's student in the Faculty of Theology. Stellenbosch University (SU) honoured those students who excelled in areas ranging from academics to leadership at the annual Rector's Awards for...
Scientists go to the heart of the community
An outreach project, where researchers were meant to teach the community about health and science, turned out to be a valuable lesson for scientists who learned about the lives and challenges of the communities they aim to serve through...
IPB represented at the Frontiers Editor’s Summit
Dr James Lloyd from the Institute for Plant Biotechnology (IPB) attended the 2016 Frontiers 2 nd Editors' Summit in Champéry, Switzerland. He helps run the Plant Biotechnology section of Frontiers in Plant Science, the largest open access...
SU prepares teachers for diversity in classrooms
In an article published on The Conversation website of Friday (4 November 2016), Prof Maureen Robinson, Dean of the Faculty of Education at Stellenbosch University, writes how her faculty is helping to prepare prospective teachers to deal...
Diacon scoops 2016 Scientific Prize at The Union conference
Prof Andreas Diacon was awarded the 2016 Scientific Prize at the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Conference recently held in Liverpool, UK. Diacon is an associate professor at Stellenbosch University's Faculty of...
PREDAC (for newly appointed academics)
During this programme participants will, together with other newly appointed lecturers from different disciplines, be given the opportunity to reflect on their views, knowledge and assumptions about teaching, learning and assessment within...