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#WomenofSU: Dr Funlola Olojede
For centuries, the Bible has been interpreted in ways that subjugated, oppressed and disempowered women from all walks of life. Through her research, Dr Funlola Olojede from the Gender Unit in the Faculty of Theology tries to show how...
#WomenofSU: Giving women tools to legal empowerment
Irrespective of income, class, race, social status and age, many South African women today still do not know their rights when it comes to matters such as marriage, employment, housing, and finances. Furthermore, women face unique...
Earth Science students’ winter cruise on the SA Agulhas II
Samples from more than 3000 litres of sea water, 30 kilograms of frozen ice cores, frazil ice, snow and atmospheric dust. This is the precious cargo that a team of postgraduate students in Earth Sciences brought back after their recent...
Visit by University of Nebraska (Lincoln) to the Education Faculty
From 27 – 30 July a team of academics and postgraduate students visited the Faculty of Education to participate in discussions around postgraduate studies and the training of teachers. On 27 July the whole team attended the Faculty's...
Engineering students return home after investigating the ins and outs of the SA Agulhas II
South Africa's SA Agulhas II polar supply and research vessel has returned from its annual winter cruise to the Southern Ocean (SCALE). Four engineering students from Stellenbosch University were on board, along with a group of SU earth...
#WomenofSU: Dr Azille Coetzee
Addressing gender inequality and decolonisation is a key part of the work that Dr Azille Coetzee, a postdoctoral fellow at the SARChI Chair in Gender Politics in the Department of Political Science, has been doing for the last few years...
BKB donation gives SU sheep research a boost
Livestock research on the nutrition of sheep will in future be conducted more easily, faster and more precisely at Stellenbosch University (SU). This is thanks to the installation of an advanced autofeeder system at the Welgevallen...
SU lecturer aims to produce culturally responsive educators
Faculty of Education lecturer Dr Zelda Barends has implemented a Social Impact project aimed at improving Foundation Phase teaching and learning for both the student teacher and learner. The “I Can Read – Read to Serve, Serve to...
Senate committees propose that SU adopts Global Research Code
Two Senate committees have recommended that Stellenbosch University (SU) formally adopts the Global Code of Conduct for Research in Resource-Poor Settings ( www.globalcodeofconduct.org) at its next Senate meeting in November 2019...
Careers Café for students features SU alumnus and educator Werner Cloete
It was the late President Nelson Mandela who reminded South Africans of the important role that education played in society when he said “it is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor". Today, in Vlaeberg...