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Darwin’s last wish – studying handedness in plants
Since most flowers consist of both male and female parts, they can potentially mate with themselves (self-pollination) or a different plant (outcrossing). But does this process only happen by chance? While plants are often viewed as...
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Virtual Conference 8 - 10 November
The annual Stellenbosch University (SU) Conference on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) will take place on 9 and 10 November. Pre-conference workshops will be offered on 8 November 2021. The conference will take place...
Vaccines, food security and learning losses highlighted in latest COVID study
Researchers from ReSEP (Research on Socioeconomic Policy) in the Department of Economics at Stellenbosch University (SU) contributed significantly to Wave 4 of the National Income Dynamics Study Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey (NIDS-CRAM)...
SU to implement a wastewater surveillance platform to detect COVID-19 outbreaks on campus
Stellenbosch University (SU) plans to implement a wastewater-based surveillance platform to detect institutional SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks on two of its campuses. “This flows from the institution's commitment to do everything realistically...
SU committed to promote scholarship and research across Africa
Stellenbosch University's (SU) internationalisation efforts and how it has been embedded in collaborations across the African continent took centre stage during its Africa Day celebrations on Tuesday 25 May 2021. The theme of the virtual...
A day in the life of: Jerusha Naidoo
Jerusha Naidoo works in Information Governance's Centre for Institutional Information. This institutional information officer particularly enjoys the culture of collaboration at Stellenbosch University (SU). In the month of Workers' Day...
South African Sign Language must be promoted in all spheres of society
September marks Deaf Awareness Month every year with the International Day of Sign Languages on 23 September and the International Week of the Deaf being observed during the last week of the month. In opinion pieces for News24 and the...
Jan H Marais prize for outstanding contributions to Afrikaans
Profs Ina Wolfaardt-Gräbe from Pretoria and Hennie van Coller from Bloemfontein will be sharing this year's Jan H Marais prize for outstanding contributions to Afrikaans as an academic language. The winners will receive the R500 000...
Vaccine equity in the spotlight on Africa Day
As concerns about a third wave of Covid-19 cases in South Africa and the rest of Africa rise, it is vital that limited resources, such as vaccines, are fairly allocated. This was the consensus during an online event hosted by Stellenbosch...
SU researcher receives prestigious Fulbright Research Scholarship
“I am more than delighted. This is definitely the most prestigious (and competitive) award that I have secured in my career." This is how Prof Ronelle Carolissen from the Department of Educational Psychology at Stellenbosch University...