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Paper about kilometre-based road user charging wins engineering award
Two transport economists' recommendation that a kilometre-based road user charge system could be a viable alternative or supplementary source of income to fund the construction and maintenance of roads in South Africa is drawing wide-spread...
Stellenbosch University
Tailor-made course helps to sharpen skills
An in-house short course in nursing anaesthesiology, offered to all nurses working in a theatre environment at the Tygerberg Hospital (TBH), is helping to improve patient safety and efficient theatre management. This customised course was...
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Lifestyle changes help boost male fertility
Lifestyle changes could help boost male fertility by decreasing the amount of free radicals ̶ molecules that can damage healthy cells ̶ in semen. This was one of the viewpoints of Professor Stefan du Plessis of the Division of Medical...
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Local Paralympic athletes receive well wishes
"Gooi mielies!" That is the message on the beads presented to members of the Maties Parasport Club taking part in the Paralympic Games by Sean Surmon, head of the High Performance Unit at Maties Sport. A number of the athletes attended the...
Stellenbosch University
FMHS graduates record number of health professionals
More than 350 undergraduate graduands from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) at Stellenbosch University (SU) pledged to serve and respect humanity and provide compassionate, effective and ethical healthcare at the annual...
Stellenbosch University
DRD appoints new directors
The Division for Research Development (DRD) has recently promoted three staff members in the division. These appointments – two directors and one deputy director - is testament to the commitment of the DRD to streamline processes and to...
Stellenbosch University
Statement regarding the election for the next SU Chancellor
The term of the current Chancellor, Retired Justice Cameron, will officially end on 31 December 2024, as communicated to stakeholders and reported in the media. Stellenbosch University (SU) further communicated in the call for nominations...
Stellenbosch University
Welcoming a new era of inventors at the 2024 Innovus Inventors Awards
The Innovus Technology Transfer Office (TTO) recently hosted their annual Inventors awards ceremony to celebrate the researchers and inventors at Stellenbosch University (SU) who have demonstrated academic excellence through the granting of...
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Undergraduate research essay excels at congress
An alumnus of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) achieved major success with the undergraduate research essay he wrote in his final year at Stellenbosch University. As an undergraduate, Dr Iain Walker, a former MB,ChB...
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New MPhil targets infant mental health
With the introduction of the new MPhil degree in Infant Mental Health at Stellenbosch University, an important educational gap is finally being addressed. It is the first programme that provides regulated and culturally sensitive training...