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#WomenofSU: Accessible healthcare is vital for women's futures

Accessible healthcare is a critical policy lever for moving out of poverty, says Dr Anja Smith, who forms part of RESEP, a group of researchers in the...

New head of anaesthesiology brimming with ideas for department

Prof Sean Chetty was appointed Executive Head of Stellenbosch University's Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care in mid-April, just as the Covid-19...

#WomenofSU: Recruit and retain more women scientists

​Prof Soraya Seedat from the Department of Psychiatry at Stellenbosch University (SU) proves that a clinician scientist can successfully straddle the fields of...

First DeepMind Postgraduate Scholarships in Africa coming to Stellenbosch University

Artificial intelligence and machine learning expertise on the African continent is set to get a major boost, thanks to prestigious scholarships to be awarded...

Can ‘excellence’ turn? Rethinking teaching excellence awards for the public good

​LEARNING & TEACHING ENHANCEMENT SEMINAR, 06 AUGUST 2020held virtually on MS Teams, from 13h00 – 14h00 Dr Karin Cattell-Holden, senior advisor at the...

Sensemaking systems change for entrepreneurship-led development

This series brings together scientists, practitioners and societal actors who use the frameworks of complexity and resilience thinking in their daily work to...

Women overcome many obstacles

​​​​In celebration of Women's Day and Women's Month, female researchers write in opinion pieces for the media about how women in South Africa overcome many...

#Researchforimpact: Institute strives to make children thrive, despite the odds

​The inspiring community and research work that the Institute for Life Course Health Research (ILCHR) does resonates with the vision of SU's Faculty of Medicine...

SU researchers discover new species of lice, chigger mites

Two new lice species and six new chigger mite species, collected by a postgraduate student and a researcher from Stellenbosch University (SU) respectively, have...

Uniquely South African art to help Matie students in need

​​The town of Stellenbosch will soon be the scene of a uniquely South African art response to the COVID-19 pandemic. And, as a result of this initiative...
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