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Communication from Council (meeting of 21 September 2020)
On Monday 21 September, the Stellenbosch University (SU) Council had its third meeting of 2020. Although the meeting took place on the first day of level 1 of the COVID-19 lockdown, which permits face-to-face gatherings, we decided to...
We’ve stopped caring because of compassion fatigue
Compassion fatigue during abnormal times such as the COVID-19 pandemic can cause people to care less for others, writes Prof Dion Forster from the Department of Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology in an opinion piece for Mail & Guardian...
Sustainable wood-based housing market possible in SA
Researchers at Stellenbosch University (SU) found that South Africa has sufficient log resource options for a sustainable wood residential building market. “Our study showed that with the use of wood resources currently exported as chips...
Casual Day: We need a society truly inclusive of people with disabilities
Casual Day is celebrated annually on the first Friday in September (1 September in 2023). In opinion pieces for the media, staff at the Disability Unit at Stellenbosch University emphasise the importance of creating an inclusive society...
#Researchforimpact: Using next-generation genetic tools to save African wild dogs
As human populations grow, space for wildlife continues to shrink, resulting in small, fragmented populations, especially in the case of species that need large territories. Natural mechanisms for maintaining biodiversity include the...
Fellowship helps Heine tackle heart disease in low-resource settings
Senior postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Sport and Exercise Medicine (ISEM), Dr Martin Heine, has been accepted into the World Heart Federation's prestigious Salim Yusuf Emerging Leaders Programme, an accolade which, he said, is an...
COVID-19 ‘holds significant possibilities for renewal’
“We need to create favourable conditions for meaningful change not only in spite of, but also because of this crisis moment. The COVID-19 moment will impact on future agency and holds significant possibilities for renewal. We might, for...
Ubuntu and rooibos connected through their intrinsic value
There is a particular connection between the metaphor of Ubuntu and the ecology of Aspalathus linearis, one of the endemic species popularly known in global markets as rooibos tea. According to Rhoda Malgas, a lecturer and PhD candidate in...
New study probes COVID-19 impact on women academics
The findings of a research study on the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on women academics was at the heart of an online gender enrichment workshop run by the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences on 28 September 2020. The workshop...
Prof Deresh Ramjugernath appointed as SU's new Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Learning and Teaching
Prof Deresh Ramjugernath (48), Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Research at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), is the new Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Learning and Teaching at Stellenbosch University (SU). The SU Council appointed Ramjugernath in...