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Prof Quinette Louw (third from left) and Luigia Nicholas (second from right) with other contributors at the launch of the report in Nairobi
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Media release

New SU-led report highlights Africa's assistive technology access crisis

Access to assistive technologies – tools, devices and systems that help people with disabilities perform everyday tasks more easily – remains limited and uneven...
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The samples for the study were collected during the Southern Ocean Seasonal Experiment (SCALE) austral winter expedition on board the SA Agulhas II polar research vessel from 11 to 22 July 2022.

Media release

New study led by South African scientists reveals how sea-ice microbes survive the Southern Ocean’s harsh winter, with implications for climate change

A study led by scientists from Stellenbosch University reveal that during winter the sea-ice around Antarctica harbors a reservoir of microbes of which most...

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Institutional news

SU again ranked among top universities in the world

Stellenbosch University (SU) has been ranked among the world’s leading universities in two global rankings released in the same month. 

SU broke into the top 300...

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Institutional news

SU and TUT join forces to develop SA’s future research leaders

Stellenbosch University (SU) and Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) have formalised a new partnership aimed at developing the next generation of researchers...

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Opinion and features

Beyond administration: time to overhaul NSFAS as we know it

The struggling National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has now been placed under administration for the third time since 2018. The time has come to...

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Students at Stellenbosch University photographed as they are walking to classes on the Stellenbosch campus.

Opinion and features

Youth Day: Young people's voices must be heard

South Africans celebrated Youth Day on 16 June. In opinion pieces for the media, staff and students at Stellenbosch University emphasised why it is important to...

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Medicine and health

Clinicians point to systemic barriers behind schizophrenia relapse

Schizophrenia relapse is a common and troubling reality in South Africa, with approximately one in three people living with the condition experiencing a...

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