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Programme renewal initiative addresses changing workplace needs

​In an effort to keep pace with the changing needs in the workplace, Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences have announced that...

COVID-19: Who should go back to school first?

As South Africa considers reopening schools amid the COVID-19 crisis, a policy brief authored by Dr Nic Spaull of the Department of Economics at Stellenbosch...

Comics and cartoons are a powerful way to teach kids about COVID-19

​Children are also affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. In an article for The Conversation (7 May), Dr Marina Joubert from the Centre for Research on Evaluation...

SU provides online language support during COVID-19 pandemic

As Stellenbosch University (SU) becomes accustomed to the 'new normal' of the COVID-19 pandemic, the SU Language Centre has been hard at work to provide...

Poverty rises, inequality shifts as Covid-19 impact continues unabated

​The article, Poverty rises, inequality shifts as Covid-19 impact continues unabated, by Prof Servaas van der Berg, was published on 10 May 2020 by News24. Read...

Staff: New health website and reintegration of staff

​​​11 May 2020 Dear Colleagues We trust that you are all doing well as we enter the second week of our level 4 risk adjusted lockdown. Perhaps many of you have...

Students: Connectivity and student fees

11 May 2020 Dear Students This week we are grateful to report back on good news, specifically related to your connectivity and online learning platform...

Growing Coronavirus: UWC and SU isolate South Africa’s first Laboratory Culture Of SARS-CoV-2

​While much of the scientific and medical community rushes to develop therapeutic agents for COVID-19 based on clinical data, getting a better understanding of...

COVID-19 pandemic offers municipalities rare opportunity to restore trust

​The COVID-19 pandemic offers municipalities a rare window of opportunity to reboot and to restore the trust and confidence of local communities, writes Dr...

SU chemist receives R6,9 million FLAIR grant for research on antimalarial drug development

Stellenbosch University's (SU) Dr Prinessa Chellan is one of 30 young African scientists who will receive up to £300 000 (about R 6,9 million) over the next two...
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