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Emerging Scholars Initiative online and on the go
Emerging Scholars Initiative online and on the go Just as the Emerging Scholars Initiative (ESI) of SU International's Africa Centre for Scholarship (ACS) started mobilising to host its envisaged multidisciplinary joint schools across...
SU to quality-assure new Africa-centred international school-leaving qualification
Stellenbosch University (SU) has entered into an exciting working agreement with the Independent Examinations Board's international arm (IEB-International) to quality-assure an Africa-centred school-leaving qualification that will be...
SA needs more kidney disease specialists
South Africa desperately needs more medical specialists (nephrologists) to diagnose and manage patients with kidney disease, according to a new study at Stellenbosch University (SU). A group of researchers at SU's Faculty of Medicine and...
Dr. Nadia Sanger: Creating new words, images, and signs that trouble old feminist languages
It was her father, Bruce, owner of a successful sign-writing business in Salt River during apartheid, who taught Nadia Sanger to ask questions. He taught her to treat marginalised people gently, and to feed stray cats and dogs. All this...
Plans for returning to campus
Dear colleagues and students Allow me to bring you up to speed on the decisions taken at the latest meeting of our Institutional Committee for Business Continuity (ICBC), which took place on Monday 4 October 2021, and where we also...
Growing partnerships for a global reach
When the pandemic hit, SU International's efforts to grow the University's network of global partnerships certainly did not stop. Making the most of the online space to reach out and establish links worldwide, the University managed to...
Studying abroad during COVID? How Maëlle made it work
Most students going on a semester exchange expect to have their boundaries shifted and to learn how to navigate different social contexts. However, the outbreak of the global pandemic has added a whole new dimension to the experience...
SU researchers and students raise the bar at Africa physiology conference
Postgraduate students and researchers from Stellenbosch University certainly raised the bar when they walked away with eight of the 14 awards made during the Physiology Society of Southern Africa's (PSSA) annual conference recently, held...
First evidence of inflammatory micro clots in blood of individuals suffering from Long COVID
New research indicates that an overload of various inflammatory molecules, literally “trapped" inside insoluble microscopic blood clots (micro clots), might be the cause of some of the lingering symptoms experienced by individuals with...
Rector's Awards celebrate student excellence through adversity
A total of 82 top Stellenbosch University (SU) students were recently honoured with Rector's Awards for excellence in academics, leadership, social impact, culture, sport and service provision. The awards ceremony, which was hosted online...