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Hybrid graduation model planned for December 2020
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic the Stellenbosch University (SU) Rectorate has approved a hybrid graduation model for the upcoming 2020 December graduation cycle. The hybrid graduation model includes 12 small physical (face-to-face)...
Researchers use speech technology to improve learners’ reading skills
Our International Literacy Day (8 September) celebrations may be somewhat muted this year because of the massive reading problem we face. The latest Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) report revealed that 81% of Grade...
Five new spinouts in lockdown for SU Enterprises
During 2020, and despite the lockdown period, Stellenbosch University's (SU) technology transfer team, Innovus, established and welcomed five new spinout companies. The team also raised a total investment of R26 million for Stellenbosch...
All hands on deck at 2nd Social Justice Summit
“In the times that we are going through currently, it is very easy to become despondent and lose hope, but we are a resilient nation. If you want to make a difference for social justice, play a part in ending poverty and inequality through...
Concrete actions needed to promote children’s rights
World Children's Day is commemorated in November with South Africans observing National Children's Day on the first Saturday of the month. In an opinion piece for Daily Maverick (3 November), Prof Mark Tomlinson from the Institute for Life...
2020 Year of the Nurse and Midwife: Tributes to a noble profession
When the World Health Organisation (WHO) designated 2020 as the 'International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife', it envisaged a year-long effort to celebrate the work of nurses and midwives, to focus on the challenges they face globally...
What will the class of 2020 say to us?
The following opinion article entitled #changethestory: What will the class of 2020 say to us? by Lorenzo A Davids was published by the Cape Argus and IOL on 3 November 2020: Learners at the poorest schools in South Africa are at...
Economic and Management Sciences announces top online lecturers of 2020
The Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences announced its top online lecturers of 2020 during a virtual prize-giving function on Thursday, 5 November 2020. The Emergency Remote Teaching: Top Online Lecturer Competition 2020 is a...
Partnerships crucial to expand digital learning during pandemic
Partnerships between various role-players in education and civil society organisations can help ensure that more children in South Africa have access to digital learning, writes Dr Chris Jones (Unit for Moral Leadership) in an article for...
Can the COVID-19 pandemic accelerate the uberfication of the university?
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a migration to online learning and teaching. But could it also accelerate the uberfication of the university? This is the question Prof Lesley Le Grange (Department of Curriculum Studies) tries to answer in...