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Indigenous, underutilised crops can boost food and nutrition security in Africa
Africa Day for Food and Nutrition Security was celebrated on Monday 30 October. In an opinion piece for the Cape Times, Dr Ethel Phiri from the Sustainable Agriculture Programme in the Faculty of AgriSciences writes that indigenous and...
Dr Ncebakazi Galada joins the Innovus Technology Transfer team
Newly-appointed Technology Transfer Manager at Innovus, Dr Ncebakazi Galada, brings over a decade's experience in research and innovation management with her. Dr Galada holds an MBA and a PhD in Biotechnology. Dr Galada is joining the...
Renewed BSc Dietetics curriculum equips students for future of healthcare
In line with Stellenbosch University's programme of curriculum renewal, the Division of Human Nutrition in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) is rolling out its renewed BSc Dietetics curriculum to first-year students this...
SU launches innovative online learning platform for high school learners
Stellenbosch University (SU) has launched SU Advantage, an innovative online learning and teaching solution focusing on supporting high school learners and teachers in the Further Education and Training (FET) phase (Grade 10, 11 and...
21st Century Climate-Smart Forestry for Livelihood and Sustainability in South Africa
FOREST21 is a joint project with the goal of strengthening capacity in South African higher education in forestry. The project is coordinated by Häme University of Applied Sciences in Finland, and is implemented in collaboration with five...
Norwegian/Stellenbosch research programme makes a comeback
The INTPART programme promotes collaboration on higher education, research, and innovation between South Africa and Norway. Five universities, three Norwegian and two South African obtained resource funding for one INTPART project to enable...
World Water Day: Groundwater is SA’s most vital hidden resource
Tuesday (22 March) is World Water Day with National Water Week being celebrated from 21-27 March. In an opinion piece for Cape Times, Ritshidze Nenweli and Drs Andrew Watson and Reynold Chow (Department of Earth Sciences) write why the...
Research universities’ role in creating a better future
The following op-ed was originally published by Daily Maverick. Click here for the published piece, or read it below. = = = = = = Higher education is under pressure, but universities have a crucial role to play in helping society 'build...
SU engages community on ‘lost memories’ of historic Hardekraaltjie cemetery
“The Hardekraaltjie cemetery is our only link to the lost memory of this area." Mr Melvin Arendse's clan name is Korana, which means “brown face" in the language of the Khoikhoi. He grew up in an area formerly known as Tiervlei (now...
Human Rights Day: We must embody human rights, exercise them responsibly
Human Rights Day was celebrated on Monday 21 March. In opinion pieces for News24 and Cape Times respectively, Dr Chris Jones (Unit for Moral Leadership) and Prof Nico Koopman (Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Social Impact, Transformation and...