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Maties Sport
Craig Barry’s Varsity Cup journey from player to coach
A career-ending debilitating knee injury hasn’t stopped assistant FNB Maties coach Craig Barry, from pursuing his dream of winning the FNB Varsity Cup. Even though Barry represented the Maroon Machine with distinction in three Varsity Cup...
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Clinicians point to systemic barriers behind schizophrenia relapse
About one in three people with schizophrenia in South Africa relapse within a year, and clinicians see it as driven by multiple interacting clinical, social, and systemic factors. While missed medication is often the immediate trigger...
Stellenbosch University
Woordfees discussions address topical issues
Discourse sessions are traditionally an integral part of SU's Woordfees, but in 2016, with all its challenges, they are of the utmost importance to all South Africans. The Vriende van Afrikaans/ATKV debate on whether a developing country...
Stellenbosch University
Military Academy completes endurance race for charity
The students of the Military Academy, which also houses Stellenbosch University's (SU) Faculty of Military Science, based in Saldanha, are closing in on the finish line of this year's 'Trans Enduro' race. Each year, the Military Academy...
Stellenbosch University
SU professor honoured with prestigious Women in Science Award
Professor Lieketseng Ned of Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) has been named the Distinguished Young Women Researcher in Humanities and Social Sciences at the 2024 South African Women in Science...
Stellenbosch University
FMHS celebrates excellence in teaching and learning
Stellenbosch University's (SU) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) recently held an event to celebrate excellence in teaching, learning and assessment (TLA). The three-part event also marked the upgrade of the Centre of Health...
Stellenbosch University
Student wrestles buffalo, camps, to earn degree
Nearly 230 students from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) were capped this week at Stellenbosch University's March graduation. For most of these students, this marks the culmination of years of hard work and countless...
Stellenbosch University
Saturday surgeries cut waiting time for breast cancer patients
When Dr Ilna Conradie looked for alternative ways to reduce the waiting time for surgery of breast cancer patients at Tygerberg Hospital (TBH) last year, she came across Project Flamingo – a charity-based programme that facilitates “catch...
Stellenbosch University
Meet the KUZE – an innovation to promote health in children
Researchers from the Division of Physiotherapy of Stellenbosch University’s (SU) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences have developed an innovative multi-functional product for learners that encourages healthy habits from a young age...
Stellenbosch University
Donation of dynamometers helps occupational therapists in needy communities
Survivors of road accidents, assault and violent crime often require rehabilitation, and so do people with osteoarthritis, amputations and stroke survivors. Two worthy occupational therapy centres recently received a small boost on this...