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Medicine and health

Clinicians point to systemic barriers behind schizophrenia relapse

Schizophrenia relapse is a common and troubling reality in South Africa, with approximately one in three people living with the condition experiencing a...
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Booze

Medicine and health

New study highlights role of fathers’ drinking in foetal alcohol spectrum disorder

It's a well-known fact that foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) in children is caused by mothers who drink during pregnancy. But it turns out that the...

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Disability

Medicine and health

Look beyond stereotypes to truly include people with disabilities

If we truly want to include people with disabilities in all spheres of society, we must look beyond the stereotypes through which they are viewed and recognise...

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Robyn Adams

Medicine and health

Stellenbosch University researcher leads HPV advocacy on world stage

In a landmark appointment coinciding with Cervical Cancer Awareness Month – observed in South Africa in September – Dr Robyn Adams of the Department of...

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MMLC

Media release

Stellenbosch University launches Africa's most advanced Medical Morphology Learning Centre

Stellenbosch University (SU) today officially opened the Medical Morphology Learning Centre (MMLC), establishing Africa's largest and most technologically...

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Prof Soraya Bardien

Awards and milestones

Prof Soraya Bardien wins prestigious Women's Leadership Award

Professor Soraya Bardien of Stellenbosch University (SU) has been awarded the prestigious Higher Education Resource Services South Africa (HERS-SA) Women...

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NSTF Awards

Awards and milestones

SU shines at ‘Science Oscars’

​​​Stellenbosch University (SU) took home three prestigious accolades at the annual National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF)/South32 Awards, also known as...

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