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Stellenbosch University
Visionaries, leaders, philanthropists, and innovators among those to receive honorary doctorates from SU
Stellenbosch University (SU) has proudly confirmed the names of the six exceptional individuals who will receive honorary doctorates at upcoming graduation ceremonies. Jazz singer-songwriter Jonathan Butler; Booker-prize winner Damon...
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Concrete actions needed to promote children’s rights
World Children's Day is commemorated in November with South Africans observing National Children's Day on the first Saturday of the month. In an opinion piece for Daily Maverick (3 November), Prof Mark Tomlinson from the Institute for Life...
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2019 SU Research Excellence Awards
The annual Research Excellence Award ceremony was held at STIAS on 5 December 2019. The awards were presented to SU researchers who made the biggest contribution to accredited publications (based on audited publication statistics of the...
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Experts urge government to prioritise SA's reading crisis
Most children in South Africa in no-fee schools leave Grade 1 without knowing the alphabet, while 82% of Grade 4 children across the country cannot read for meaning. This stark reality provided the backdrop to the 2030 Reading Panel that...
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COVID-19: The science and policy calculous behind SA’s new mask recommendations
This article was originally published on Spotlight . Read the full article here . Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize recommended that members of the public wear cloth face masks of at least three layers. In so doing, Mkhize gave much needed...
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Two Arts Faculty students selected for prestigious SA-Washington leadership programme
Busiswa Sobahle and Shane Sass are on a mission to find funding to further develop their leadership skills and contribute to South Africa's future despite having faced various obstacles on the path to realising their own dreams. Two...
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“Team effort needed” to tackle top priorities to conserve South Africa’s natural heritage
In three recent papers, South African biologists and environmentalists have listed pertinent research priorities for the next decade. These could help steer the protection of the country's plant and animal wealth, and that of the Cape...
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Stories of the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic can help us today
A research project at Stellenbosch University (SU) that commenced in 2018, the centenary year of the Spanish Influenza, has gained much more relevance today with the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The study, “Analysing the spread and...
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IPB represented at the Frontiers Editor’s Summit
Dr James Lloyd from the Institute for Plant Biotechnology (IPB) attended the 2016 Frontiers 2 nd Editors' Summit in Champéry, Switzerland. He helps run the Plant Biotechnology section of Frontiers in Plant Science, the largest open access...
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Teacher Professional Learning started early in 2020!
While most teachers were still on holiday, the second cohorts of Advanced Diplomas in Education (ADEs) students came together in the Western and Northern Cape from 6 – 10 January for their first contact sessions of the new year. After...