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Failing support systems cause nurses to fail patients

International Nurses Day is marked on 12 May to honour this group of selfless health professionals that forms the backbone of healthcare systems around the...

Achieving the impossible - inspirational words from Lewis Pugh to the DTTC

World-renowned endurance swimmer, Lewis Pugh, has inspired and encouraged staff from the Desmond Tutu TB Centre (DTTC) at the Faculty of Medicine and Health...

Maties dominate South African leg of FameLab competition

​​Five of the ten finalists in the South African leg of FameLab – one of the biggest science communication competitions in the world – were from Stellenbosch...

SU and Volkskerk van Afrika sign agreement

​​"This signals our continued commitment to our role in society and to what the University can do in terms of redressing our divided past." This was how Prof...

A healthy, longer life is a walk in the park

"Walk it off….just a little bit" is the message a Stellenbosch University sport and exercise medicine specialist is spreading for World Move for Health Day...

Forest and Wood Science student scoops second prize in Brazil

​​​​Stephen Amiandamhen, a PhD student in theForest and Wood Science Department, was awardedthe second prize of 250 US dollars for oral and posterpresentations...

Stellenbosch University Earth Sciences: News from the GSSA bulletin

Like all other departments, Stellenbosch is plunging into the business of another promising teaching year. We didn't really report on these things last time, so...

‘Queen Bee syndrome’ in SA workplaces is hampering women’s career growth, says USB lecturer

​​A new trend in the South African work environment is causing women to not reach their full career potential. "The 'Queen Bee syndrome' is the reluctance of...

USB: Futures Alumni Special Interest Group ‘strenghtens IFR strategy’

​Last Friday saw the official launch of the Futures Alumni Special Interest Group (SIG) for alumni of the Futures Studies programmes at the University of...

Disability won’t get Samantha down

The second year medical student, Samantha Stander, defeats the odds daily. This 22-year old was born with severe congenital developmental dysplasia in both her...
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