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COVID-19 Collateral Damage: When hand sanitisers become a double-edged sword

​Moisturisers can help to prevent hand eczema caused by some hand sanitisers, write Suretha ​Kannenberg, Sergio Alves & Allison Arendse (Division of Dermatology...

Navy ‘indispensable power instrument in the hands of policy-makers’

Navies must be seen as indispensable power instruments in the hands of policy-makers to successfully negotiate and secure the shifting naval and maritime...

Keeping an eye on diabetes during the pandemic

​November is Diabetes Awareness Month. In opinion pieces for the media, experts at Stellenbosch University highlight some of the diabetes-related issues that...

New BDatSci degree at SU a reality in 2021

Stellenbosch University has announced that the University will offer a four-year Bachelor degree in Data Science with a truly multi-disciplinary nature based on...

16 FMHS undergraduate students present at international conference

​In a “first" for the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS), 16 undergraduate students presented their work at the International Conference for...

An interest in the small and seemingly ugly: Prof Carol Simon

​​For International Polychaete Day in the middle of the year, Prof Carol Simon of the Department of Botany and Zoology created a poster on bait species that...

SU Master's thesis in taxation wins SAIPA's competition

​Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences alumna Frances Burger recently emerged as the winner of the 2020 South African Institute of Professional...

SU’s Welgevallen Cellar receives five silver medals in Veritas awards

​Despite a challenging year for the country's wine industry, Stellenbosch University's Welgevallen wine cellar received silver Veritas awards for all five the...

Helping academics cope with remote teaching

​​In order for remote teaching to be successful during the pandemic, academics should be given all the cognitive, affective and systemic support they need...

hCG diet an ineffective, potentially harmful weight-loss treatment

The highly-touted hCG diet is an ineffective, costly and potentially harmful weight-loss treatment, writes Drs Hanél Sadie-Van Gijsen & Liske Kotze-Hörstmann...
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