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SU honours world-class TB researcher with Chancellor’s Award
The ground-breaking research in the field of tuberculosis (TB) by Prof Rob Warren, Unit Director of the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) Centre for Tuberculosis Research, and distinguished professor with the Department of...
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What will have been the impact of our research, and our teaching and learning on society by 2118?
The impact of research over the next 100 years was the topic that members of the Social Impact Committee in the Faculty of AgriSciences, Stellenbosch University (SU), discussed at their symposium in August 2018. This symposium was one of...
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Creative use of spaces in schools can boost performance
Transformative leadership and the creative use of spaces in schools can help improve learners' performance, promote their emotional well-being, and keep them in school until matric. This is one of the core messages of a new book by Dr...
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Doctoral graduate never thought she would study that far
Doctoral graduate started working at age 12 to support household Dr Virginia Dlamini–Akintola's story of commitment and perseverance started in the village Ntondozi in the Kingdom of Eswatini (formerly known as Swaziland). She was nine...
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SU researchers shed light on pulmonary hypertension
Pulmonary hypertension (high blood pressure in the lungs) is a deadly disease that affects about 75 million people worldwide, approximately 80% of whom live in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). It is difficult to treat the...
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'Thanks for all your help this difficult year' – VC
Dear member of the SU family It's been a most challenging year, so it is not surprising that there is a sense of relief in the air as we count down the days to the end of 2020 – we've made it! However, we should not forget the hardship...
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March / April 2020 graduation and further arrangements
16 March 2020 March / April 2020 graduation and further arrangements Dear Graduand As communicated on 13 March 2020, Stellenbosch University (SU) unfortunately has had to cancel the March/April 2020 graduation ceremonies as a preventative...
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Seminar explores SA Sign Language interpreting in higher education
Since September is International Deaf Awareness Month, it was apt for the Stellenbosch University (SU) Disability Unit and the SU Language Centre to collaborate to host the 2020 South African Sign Language Interpreters' Code of Ethics...
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Who are South Africa's female economists and role models?
In a PwC article that focuses on women economists, published in Creamer Media's Engineering News on 29 August 2018, the question is asked “Who are South Africa's female economists our daughters should look out for?": When seeing is...
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Can we be consistent about language, please?
Is the question about Afrikaans really about language as a tool for learning or is it about advancing certain political agendas? Will those who are now taking Stellenbosch University (SU) to the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC)...