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ACS Emerging Scholars Initiative online and on the go
Launched in 2020, the Africa Centre for Scholarship (ACS) Emerging Scholars Initiative (ESI) is a collaborative project that will see several multidisciplinary joint schools hosted with Stellenbosch University's partners from across the...
Volunteers develop first machine translation benchmarks for 30 African languages
From Khoekhoegowab to Igbo and Sepedi – these are only three of the low-resource languages in Africa that a group of over 400 volunteers from more than 20 African countries are targeting to address the lack of diversity in the field of...
No freedom without equality and equity
Tuesday (27 April) was Freedom Day. In opinion pieces for the media, Prof Nico Koopman (Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Social Impact, Transformation and Personnel) and Dr Chris Jones (Unit for Moral Leadership) argue that it is difficult for...
Malawi’s farm subsidies aren’t helping women: but there are solutions
The following article by Dieter von Fintel, Anja Smith, Francesca Marchetta and Martin Limbikani Mwale was published on 27 April 2021 by The Conversation. To read the original article, click here. Smallholder agriculture is the backbone of...
Tygerberg campus launches brand new outdoor gym
Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) has launched a brand new outdoor gym on its Tygerberg Campus for staff and students to enjoy. The initiative, which was led by the FMHS' Dean's Advisory Committee on...
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...
How the pandemic is hurting university students' mental health
The article, How the pandemic is hurting university students' mental health, has been published by The Conversation on 4 May 2021. It was written by Emmanuel Ojo (Wits); Annie Burger, Samantha Adams, Bryan Jason Bergsteedt & Talitha Crowley...
Expertise and leadership earns Prof Jordan top position at FUNDISA
Prof Portia Jordan, executive head of the Department of Nursing and Midwifery at Stellenbosch University (SU), is the new board chairperson of the Forum of University Nursing Deans of South Africa (FUNDISA). Jordan previously served two...
Is the future of science under threat in a post-truth world?
We need “inoculations" against fake news to help safeguard the future of science in a post-truth world, writes Prof Faadiel Essop (Department of Physiological Sciences / Centre for Cardio-metabolic Research in Africa) in an opinion piece...
SU celebrates International Earth Day all week long
Stellenbosch University celebrated Earth Day (22 April 2021) for the first time with a week-long programme of activities on the Stellenbosch and Tygerberg campuses to raise awareness for sustainability. From new vegetable gardens at...