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The CTL welcomes a new director: Dr Melanie Skead
Melanie Skead was recently appointed as Director of the Centre for Teaching and Learning. She has moved to Stellenbosch University from Rhodes University where she was a Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Higher Education Research, Teaching...
Passion is fundamental to building a career you love…and so is happiness
“I don't think that students, or even many seasoned professionals and grownups for that matter, realise that the golden thread running through any career is a passion for what you do. For me being passionate about what you do is fundamental...
Study shows children with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis can be treated
The results of a large, international systematic review published in the journal PLOS Medicine show that tuberculosis treatment is successful in children with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). The study was used to inform the...
Mathematics students fare well at IMC 2018
A group of Mathematics students from Stellenbosch University participated in the 25 th annual International Mathematics Competition for university students that took place in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, from 22 to 28 July 2018. More than 350...
South Africa may finally be marching towards solutions to sexual violence
The start of Women's Month (August) in South Africa this year was refreshingly different from other years as women took to the streets in #TheTotalShutdown protests. It saved the country from the yearly hackneyed speeches by politicians...
Don't leave people with disabilities behind
“You can judge a nation by the way it treats its most vulnerable citizens." This quote has been credited to a variety of prominent historic figures such as Aristotle and Mahatma Ghandi. It has also evolved with time and been applied in...
SA lacks strategy to prevent suicides
With approximately one completed suicide every hour in South Africa, it is hard to believe that the country does not have a clear and comprehensive national suicide prevention strategy in place. “Although suicide is a serious public health...
Interventions in adolescence can boost gains from early childhood
Top-up interventions during adolescence can enhance the long-term benefits of interventions delivered in the first 1,000 days of a child’s life, writes Prof Mark Tomlinson from the Department of Psychology in an article published...
Former Die Matie news editor's thesis to be published as a book
Former Die Matie news editor Adriaan Steyn's Master's thesis, which focuses on the massive expansion of Afrikaans cinema in the last 10 years and the social implications of this, will be turned into a book that will be published by Leiden...
SAMRC lauds FMHS scientists for excellence in health research
Two stalwart scientists of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS), Stellenbosch University, were awarded prestigious accolades for the profound impact that their research have had on the health of South African people. The FMHS...