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Recreational Diving Medical Examination: What's it all about?
Diving is a physically demanding sport that can place a diver in dangerous situations or result in a delay in access to health care due to the nature of the sport: several meters of water often separate the diver from first aid and 'safety'...
Vaccines: Know What You Need To Protect Yourself And Others
Africa Immunization Week – celebrated every year in the last week of April as part of World Immunization Week – aims to promote the use of vaccines to protect people of all ages against disease. Immunization saves millions of lives every...
World Health Day: Primary health care helps combat COVID-19, lifestyle diseases
Wednesday (7 April) was World Health Day. In opinion pieces for the media, Profs Bob Mash (Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care) and Resia Pretorius (Department of Physiological Sciences) focus on health issues that should receive...
Rector tests positive for COVID-19, appeals to SU community to stay safe
Prof Wim de Villiers, Rector and Vice-Chancellor, again made an appeal to the public and Stellenbosch University (SU) community not to let their guard down against COVID-19. This comes after he tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday (7...
Biological pest control measures: researchers now know how to transport tiny nematodes to farms
For the past 18 years, researchers at Stellenbosch University (SU) have studied a selection of nematodes found naturally in South African soils. In the process they have identified quite a few such roundworm species that could be used to...
SU students connecting with tech internships through SU LaunchLab Techpreneurship Centre
The first cohort of Stellenbosch University graduates, SU faculty and corporate employees successfully completed the first 6-week programme of the newly established SU Techpreneurship Centre in March this year. At the end of the program...
Agricultural student clinches three awards
The permanent message on agriculture student Cecile Bester's Whatsapp status summarises the purposefulness and attitude with which she undertakes her studies: “The world is divided between the people who will start tomorrow and the people...
First clinical placement a milestone for undergraduate nursing students
The undergraduate nursing programme at Stellenbosch University (SU) recently reached an important milestone. For the first time in about 15 years, third-year nursing students at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) started...
SU’s INU membership to benefit students and staff
Stellenbosch University's membership of the International Network of Universities (INU) will open up even more opportunities for students and staff, and enhance existing and create new partnerships. The University joined the network in...
Hidden Years Music Archive: Discover a musical treasure at SU on Heritage Day
Heritage Day, celebrated annually on 24 September, gives South Africans an opportunity to rejoice and reminisce about our country's rich cultural heritage. At the Just Conversations event held at the Stellenbosch University (SU) Museum...