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SA’s abundant sunlight holds huge potential for electric minibus taxis
It might be a while before we see electric minibus taxis on our roads, but when the time comes, we'll be able to tap into our abundant solar energy resources to power them. This is according to researchers from Stellenbosch University (SU...
EMS staffer benefits from skills exchange programme with Lund University
Economic and Management Sciences (EMS) faculty member Melissa Siegelaar has praised a recent job shadowing initiative at Lund University (LU) which she said significantly enhanced her skills as a Learning and Teaching Support Officer within...
Academia can influence policy in South Africa, says SPL lecturer
A PhD developed by Stellenbosch University's Dr Harlan Cloete has proved to be influential in the development of the new Municipal Staff Regulations published by Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs minister Nkosazana Dlamini...
Return-to-the-workplace arrangements
Dear colleagues In the Institutional Committee for Business Continuity (ICBC) communication of 5 November 2021, it was indicated that more detailed guidance regarding the phased return of staff members to our campuses would be provided in...
SU academics named Highly Cited Researchers
Three eminent academics at Stellenbosch University (SU) have been named Highly Cited Researchers, according to the Highly Cited Researchers™ 2021 list from the Web of Science Group, released on Tuesday (16 November). Professors Oonsie...
Collaboration helps develop aspiring and emerging scholars in and for Africa
Africa Universities' Day was celebrated last week (Friday 12 November). In an opinion piece for Cape Times, Prof Sarah Howie from the Africa Centre for Scholarship writes how collaboration between tertiary institutions across the continent...
Innovative first-year med student launches ‘bot’ to recruit organ donors
Thousands of people in South Africa are in need of organs to save their lives, and yet a miniscule percentage of the country's population are organ donors. In fact, South Africa has one of the smallest organ donor populations in the world...
SU bursary a launch pad for successful career in sport physiotherapy
A physiotherapy graduate from 2012 has been selected as one of the Mail & Guardian newspaper's Top 200 South Africans for 2021, an honour which has led to him paying warm tribute to his lecturers and mentors at the Faculty of Medicine and...
Magnesium: an underrated mineral supplement for improved sleep and mental health
Adding a magnesium supplement to your daily routine may help to relieve a variety of sleep disorders and improve your quality of life, health, and mental wellbeing. This is the view of Dr Hanél Sadie-Van Gijsen from the Centre for Cardio...
Prof Robinson elected as president of SAERA
Stellenbosch University's (SU) Prof Maureen Robinson has been elected president of the South African Education Research Association (SAERA). Robinson is one of the founding members of SAERA, which was launched in 2013. The organisation's...