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Building more inclusive workplaces for people with disabilities
Friday (3 December) was the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. In an opinion piece for News24, Dr Armand Bam from the University of Stellenbosch Business School writes that organisations should build more inclusive workplaces...
Lunching with the king
He may not be the poet laureate, but Dr Alfred Schaffer of the Department of Afrikaans and Dutch has twice been lauded and lionised in the space of a little more than a month. At the Tuin van Digters in Wellington in October and, more...
University of Bath visits SU Division for Learning and Teaching Enhancement (DLTE)
From October 18 to 20, a delegation from the Centre for Teaching and Learning at the University of Bath visited Stellenbosch University. Their visit kicked off with a warm welcome dinner at the historic De Volkskombuis, hosted by Sarah van...
Social Justice Conference and Summit inspire collaboration and solutions for pressing problems
Business and civil society have a role and responsibility regarding advancing social justice, though such role is less onerous than that of governments. This was the conclusion reached at the end of the 5 th International Social Justice...
Ground-breaking research project produced in digital format
After an “intense" and “tough" PhD journey, contemporary artist Nicola Deane has become the first Stellenbosch University student to present a PhD degree in a completely digital format, a ground-breaking achievement which paves the way for...
A journey in winemaking: from harvest hand to PhD in hand
Thirty years ago, Dr Anton Nel started off his career in the wine world as a laboratory assistant and a harvest hand. Now, at the age of 52, he has obtained a PhD in Oenology from Stellenbosch University (SU), on pinking of South African...
Postdoctoral fellow puzzled by genetics of invasive beetle
Geneticist Dr Anandi Bierman, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology at Stellenbosch University (SU) is one of many researchers who are trying their best to keep a small pest named the shot hole...
Dr Daniels makes history in SA viticultural circles
When Andries Daniels receives his doctorate in the Faculty of AgriSciences at Stellenbosch University (SU) in mid-December, he will become the first black South African man to obtain a PhD in viticulture. In the process this scientist with...
Drones and elephants: this is the way to go
Stellenbosch University (SU) researchers have been involved in the first ever paper to be published containing practical guidelines and a suggested ethical protocol on how to cause as little as possible disturbance to elephants when flying...
Listen, Live and Learn discussion during Woordfees explores the complexities of Coloured culture
Since the Toyota SU Woordfees (Wordfest), an annual arts festival held in Stellenbosch, concluded, the productions, live television and radio broadcasts, book discussions, and music have left students and staff alike with much to reflect...