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What Level 3 risk adjustment means for SU and payment relief measures
25 May 2020Dear StudentOver the past eight weeks we as Stellenbosch University community have experienced first-hand how our daily activities have been transferred to the virtual world, a reality that will invariably become a feature of...
SU choir continues to sing during COVID-19 pandemic
With South Africa still in a state of lockdown, having to follow strict social distancing rules, the award-winning Stellenbosch University (SU) Choir has decided to continue bringing music of hope during the COVID-19 pandemic. The choir...
Memorial service for Prof Plaatjies-Van Huffel on 29 May
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Dr Neill Goosen first full-time Director of ARUA Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Energy
The first full-time Director of the ARUA Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Energy, Dr Neill Goosen, started his term in January 2020. Dr Goosen says: “Stellenbosch University is part of the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) launched...
SU researchers, alumni honoured by SA Academy
Three researchers and two former postgraduate students from Stellenbosch University (SU) have been honoured by the South African Academy for Science and Arts for their contributions to science and the arts. The award winners are Prof...
Lockdown and a lack of cigarettes for World No Tobacco Day
Ever since the ban on tobacco products came into effect, people have been laughing at all the “ZOL" memes and videos doing the rounds. People are frustrated and many have resorted to making use of the black market to gain access to tobacco...
TygerMatie’s data ‘skeem’ ensures no student gets left behind
In yet another example of students pulling together in a time of need, fifth-year medical student Sibongumezi Mtshali has started a campaign to help students from underprivileged backgrounds buy data to access their online studies during...
Stories of the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic can help us today
A research project at Stellenbosch University (SU) that commenced in 2018, the centenary year of the Spanish Influenza, has gained much more relevance today with the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The study, “Analysing the spread and...
Urgent mental health intervention needed during COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has damaged the mental well-being of many people. This damage may be hard to reverse without prompt action, argues Prof Soraya Seedat from the Department of Psychiatry in an opinion piece for News24. Read the complete...
'Extraordinary academic' receives Schumann medal
The recipient of the CGW Schumann medal for the best postgraduate student in 2019 at SU's Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, Mr Willem Wilken, is already fronting up to a new challenge as he furthers his studies in the foreign...