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Prof Sandra Swart makes (her own) history
As an environmental historian working on the relationship between people and animals, Stellenbosch University’s Prof Sandra Swart has made history herself numerous times. In 2016 she was the first woman to be appointed as a full professor...
TB researcher receives grant from the Wellcome Trust
Dr Wynand Goosen, from the Animal TB Research group in the Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS), has received a substantial grant from the Wellcome Trust to develop novel...
Gridlock on SA soybean yields can be broken
There are ways and means to give South African soybean yields much needed impetus. To do so, farmers will have to make some changes to how they handle their cropping systems and soils. This is according to Dr Stephano Haarhoff, an...
Encouraging Engagement with the SU Assessment Policy
The SU Assessment Policy was approved in 2021 and the Division for Learning and Teaching Enhancement (DLTE) identified the need to reflect on it to support the implementation of the policy in collaboration with faculties. Assessment has...
SU Research Fellow co-authors a report on the oversight role of parliaments during the COVID-19 pandemic
Dr Wilhelm Janse van Rensburg (PhD), Parliamentary Researcher on Defence and Research Fellow with SIGLA (Stellenbosch University), co-authored a report on the oversight role of parliaments during the COVID-19 pandemic funded by the Geneva...
South Africans with rare diseases still being left behind
February is Rare Disease Month with Rare Disease Day being observed on 28 February. In an opinion piece for Health24, Prof Shahida Moosa (Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics / Rare Disease Genomics in South Africa Group) calls...
Carbon tax goes up but emitters get more time to clean up
The article South Africa's carbon tax rate goes up but emitters get more time to clean up by Dr Lee-Ann Steenkamp was published on 25 February 2022 by The Conversation: Following a decade of consultation and public debates, South Africa...
Former TRC Commissioner calls for restitution urgency
Yasmin Sooka, a South African human rights lawyer who served as a commissioner on the country's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), delivered Stellenbosch University's (SU's) third annual social justice lecture on Friday 18...
FMHS lecturers selected for AFREhealth Leadership Development Programme
Three lecturers attached to the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS), Dr Talitha Crowley, Amanda Msindwana, and Mia Duvenage, were chosen to represent Stellenbosch University (SU) as part of the inaugural cohort of the AFREhealth...
Universities must join hands to enhance multilingualism
In a first colloquium on the way forward with the new Language Policy Framework for Higher Education Institutions hosted on 28 and 29 September 2021, higher education representatives agreed that collaboration would be key. The event was...