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Launch of student digital wellness e-book
The Centre for Learning Technologies (CLT) and the Centre for Student Counselling and Development (CSCD) collaboratively developed an interactive open-source online publication titled Entering the world of digital wellbeing. The purpose...
‘SciMathUs made a small-town girl dream big!’
Bardine Jeanne-Mari Botha Class of 2014 BEd (Intermediate Phase Education) I am Bardine Botha, born and raised in Vanrhynsdorp, Namakwaland. I matriculated in 2013 from Hoërskool Vanrhynsdorp. I have always wanted to be a Matie, so...
Pandemic has negative impact on work of women scientists
The pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on women scientists. They were forced to spend less time doing research, published fewer publications, and weren't able to initiate as many research projects as their male peers. This is the...
Competing human values make wildlife conservation more complex
Wildlife conservation can be challenging at the best of times. And when you throw competing human values into the mix, the protection of endangered species, in particular, becomes even more complex. “Our values determine how we interact...
#WomenofSU: Empowering women to be equal partners in society
For Dr Tasneemah Cornelissen-Nordien, a social work practitioner, her work has always been about helping vulnerable people. Prior to joining Stellenbosch University (SU) as a lecturer in the Department of Social Work, she spent years doing...
SU alumna Dr Patience Mbava appointed as Chairperson of Financial and Fiscal Commission
The Financial and Fiscal Commission (Commission) is pleased to announce the appointment of its full-time Chairperson Dr Patience Nombeko Mbava, by the President of the Republic of South Africa Mr Cyril Ramaphosa. Dr Mbava is appointed for...
SU and fitness company holds first-ever virtual sports and wellness day in support of #Move4Food
Stellenbosch University joined forces with a virtual health and fitness company, JEFF Fitness, in hosting the first-ever virtual sports and wellness day in the hope to set a new world record for #BiggestUniversityWorkout on Saturday, 28...
We must intensify our efforts to mitigate humanitarian impact of climate change
Thursday (19 August) was World Humanitarian Day. In opinion pieces for the media, Prof Wim de Villiers (Rector and Vice-Chancellor) and Prof Oliver Ruppel (Department of Mercantile Law) and Cleo Dobers (LLM student) argue that we need to...
Hundreds of Cape Fur seals entangled in fishing lines and nets every year
Fishing line and nets are having a major impact on Cape fur seals ( Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus), the most common marine mammal observed around the coastline of South Africa and Namibia, where they are endemic. While their population...
Celebration of excellence in nursing: Sigma induction
The Department of Nursing and Midwifery at Stellenbosch University's (SU) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) recently hosted an induction ceremony for new members in the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society for Nurses...