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Partnerships help universities to respond to disruptors in higher education – Prof Hester Klopper
Global shifts in population demographics and accelerated digitalisation are among the key disruptors rapidly changing the higher education landscape. Collaborative partnerships can help universities deal with these and other disruptors in...
Prof Liezel Frick: How to help unlock creativity through doctoral education
Prof Liezel Frick, Vice-Dean: Research and Postgraduate Studies in the Faculty of Education at Stellenbosch University, recently delivered her inaugural lecture titled “Not just another brick in the wall: The role of doctoral creativity...
Genomic surveillance under the spotlight at BMRI Symposium
Africa has the potential to “leapfrog" over the rest of the world in the field of genomic surveillance in the next few years, Stellenbosch University bioinformatician Professor Tulio de Oliveira has told a symposium of global scientists...
Wine is a winning investment – SU develops SA’s first fine wine index
It's widely known that nothing ages better than a fine wine, and now a team from Stellenbosch University has combined finance and oenology to develop a fine wine index that proves the positive value of the beverage as an investment asset...
Health workers cope with a huge amount of stress - how to build a resilient health system in South Africa
This article was first published on The Conversation . Read the original article here . Popular and academic literature is replete with examples of how to cope with daily stresses. Mental health professions have also long researched and...
Freedom Day: Many South Africans still unfree
Freedom Day was celebrated on 27 April. In opinion pieces* for the media, experts at Stellenbosch University wrote that many South Africans are becoming increasingly angry because they have yet to taste the fruits of true freedom. Click on...
Havenga Prize in life sciences awarded to SU microbiologist Prof Gideon Wolfaardt
Prof Gideon Wolfaardt from Stellenbosch University (SU) is the recipient of the prestigious Havenga Prize, awarded annually by the SA Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns for original research in the natural sciences. Prof Wolfaardt, a...
Update on Admissions Policy and the Rector’s Discretionary Placement
The Council of Stellenbosch University has appointed a three-member committee to investigate allegations of nepotism and a possible breach of rules related to the Rector’s Discretionary Placements arising from placements of relatives of the...
A day in the life: Jabu Lukhele
Staff member Jabu Lukhele spends his days inspiring first-year chemistry students as one of the principal technical officers of the Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science. A former Latin dancer, Jabu now gets his endorphin fix from...
Time, flexibility key for healthy, fair and balanced working life
International Workers' Day was observed on 1 May. In an opinion piece for Business Day, Prof Mark Smith, Director of Stellenbosch Business School, writes how issues of time and flexibility underpin the struggle for a healthy, fair and...