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NRF honours SU ecologist with Lifetime Achievement Award
The National Research Foundation (NRF) honoured Emeritus Professor Brian van Wilgen with the Lifetime Achievement Award, the highest honour that is bestowed by the NRF for a deserving South African for their outstanding contribution to the...
Lack of funding impedes services to people with psychosocial disabilities
Mental health care for persons with psychosocial disabilities has historically been under-prioritised. Globally, there has been a shift away from institutionalisation as the primary response to psychosocial disability towards community...
Centre for Global Surgery brings health education to rural communities
The Centre for Global Surgery (CGS) at Stellenbosch University (SU) has undertaken a project to improve health education in rural South Africa. CGS has partnered with the non-governmental organisation, One to One Africa, to improve diabetes...
Social Impact Symposium 2022 - Universities are about more than just teaching and learning
Joining universities worldwide in the quest to embed social impact in their teaching and learning functions, Stellenbosch University (SU) recently hosted its annual Social Impact Symposium to reimagine the University's social impact...
New editor-in-chief and executive director for WAT
Dr Phillip Louw has been appointed with effect from 1 January 2023 as the new editor-in-chief and executive director of the Woordeboek van die Afrikaans Taal (WAT).WAT (Dictionary of the Afrikaans Language) is the largest descriptive...
Activists, students and staff discuss challenges faced by LGBTQIA+ community
Activists, students, and staff participated and attended a hybrid panel discussion focusing on the theme, Confronting the barriers to inclusion for the LGBTQIA+ community, held at Stellenbosch University's Tygerberg campus recently. The...
Study skills training offered in support of students
The Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences recently hosted educational psychologist Liezl Klopper from the Centre for Student Counselling and Development (CSCD), who presented four support sessions to assist students with their...
Stellenbosch University extends closing date for funding applications till 30 November 2022
Stellenbosch University's (SU) Centre for Undergraduate Bursaries and Loans (CUBL) has extended the closing date for 2023 Stellenbosch University funding applications until 30 November 2022 to allow more students to apply for financial...
Basic income grants for SA: more money for the poor but at a heavy cost
The article “ A basic income grant for South Africa: more money in poor people's pockets, but at a heavy cost" has been published on 4 October 2022 in The Conversation. It was written by Hylton Hollander, Daan Steenkamp and Roy Havemann of...
Health care in South Africa can benefit from technology
South Africa has been slow on the uptake of technology to assist in medical care – all to the peril of the patient. This is according to Dr Nadiya Ahmed, a general surgeon and intensivist at Tygerberg Hospital (TBH) and Stellenbosch...