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Innovation helps TygerMaties navigate Covid-19 restrictions on training platform
An innovative new clinical training plan has enabled fifth-year medical students at Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) to navigate the restrictions placed on the training platform due to the Covid-19...
From BSc to clinical research associate
BSc alumnus Eugene Pretorius is in a sought-after position at an international biopharmaceutical services company whose services include performing clinical trials for various pharmaceutical and medical device companies. He has recently...
Cancer remains a formidable adversary that tests human resilience
Tuesday (4 February) is World Cancer Day. In an opinion piece for News24, Prof Vikash Sewram from the African Cancer Institute reflects on what still needs to be done to combat the disease. Read the article below or click here for the...
Investments in Sustainable Development Goals key for social justice
World Day of Social Justice was observed on 20 February. In an opinion piece for Daily Maverick, Dr Chris Jones (Unit for Moral Leadership) writes that investments in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals can help make social...
Why it is important to talk about women in the mathematical sciences
Do the female brain and psyche bring another perspective, another way of doing to the table? What can we learn from women role models in the fields of mathematics, applied mathematics and computer science? These were the opening questions...
Chancellor's Awards honour staff's excellent performance
This week, Stellenbosch University (SU) gave recognition to a cohort of staff members whose careers attest to sustained excellence in research, innovation, learning and teaching, social impact and professional services. These staff members...
Prof Danie Brink appointed as new dean of Faculty of AgriSciences
Prof Danie Brink took on two very diverse challenges in July. The one was to tackle the punishing Berg River Canoe Marathon for a second time. The other was to accept the challenge to lead Stellenbosch University's Faculty of AgriSciences...
Distinguished FMHS academics honoured with Chancellor’s Award
Each year Stellenbosch University honours a select few with a Chancellor's Award in recognition of sustained excellence. It is limited to 15 achievers in the fields of learning and teaching, research and social impact. This year, Prof...
SciMathUS top student striving towards new goals
“Work hard, work smart. Sit down every day and study. Know what your dream is." This is the advice of Thabo Mthombeni who emerged as the top student in the 2020 Stellenbosch University (SU) SciMathUS programme. The programme, managed by...
FMHS launches innovated renewed MBChB curriculum
The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) will roll out its renewed MBChB curriculum to first-year students this month – the culmination of a process which began five years ago when Stellenbosch University embarked on a programme...