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SU’s FLAIR Fellows partner with UK experts
Stellenbosch University (SU) biotechnologist Dr Debra Rossouw and process engineer Dr Margreth Tadie were both last year announced as among the first fellows to receive FLAIR Fellowships (Future Leaders – African Independent Research). The...
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The Table Mountain fire: what we can learn from the main drivers of wildfires
The fires that started on 18 April 2021 on the slopes of Table Mountain in South Africa destroyed several buildings on the campus of the University of Cape Town. These included the Jagger Library, as well as the restaurant at Rhodes...
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SU’s Policy Innovation Lab a first in Africa
Stellenbosch University (SU), through a partnership with the Presidency, the German government and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, this week officially launched Africa's first P olicy Innovation Lab . Established at SU's School for...
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Empowering her future and paving the path to gender equality
During this Women's Month, as we celebrate the progress made towards gender transformation in society, we must also commit to challenging the stereotypes that confine men and women to outdated roles, hindering our progress towards a truly...
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Parents' care the foundation of a child's development
Parents must be supported to provide nurturing care to their children. Providing nurturing care does not only mean ensuring that they are healthy and well-nourished. It also means noticing, understanding, and responding to their needs...
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Overpopulation, climate crisis could overwhelm us
On Saturday 11 July, we'll observe World Population Day. In an opinion piece for Daily Maverick (6 July), Prof Mark Tomlinson (Institute for Life Course Health Research) writes that we need to act now to avoid being overwhelmed by...
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Appreciate and conserve nature in lockdown
On Tuesday (28 July), we celebrate World Nature Conservation Day. In an opinion piece for News24, Drs Tony Rebelo (South African National Biodiversity Institute) and Alanna Rebelo (Department of Conservation Ecology & Entomology) write that...
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Children should be at centre of government policies and plans
What would happen if South Africa were to place the interests of children and adolescents front and centre of all policy and responses? This is the question Prof Mark Tomlinson from the Institute for Life Course Health Research tried to...
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Mental health is complex, cannot just be reduced to a checklist of symptoms
World Mental Health Day is marked each year on 10 October. In an opinion piece for the Daily Maverick, Prof Mark Tomlinson from the Institute for Life Course Health Development argues that mental health is deeply complex and cannot just...
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DSAC partners with Maties on first social cohesion music festival
Stellenbosch University (SU) ended its Welcoming programme for newcomers with a music festival focused on promoting social cohesion through diversity with the staging of its first ever Maties Connect Festival, or MC Fest for short, on...