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AI in healthcare should promote human well-being and safety
We know there is a role for artificial intelligence (AI) in public health crises and emergencies. We must consider the key ethical issues, develop the necessary legal frameworks, and ensure there is adequate public engagement so that...
Centre for Learning Technologies: Alumni Newsletter
The Centre for Learning Technologies (CLT) is committed to creating professional learning opportunities for staff in their efforts to meaningfully include learning technology into their courses for students. To continue professional...
Stellenbosch University co-hosts International Communication in Africa conference
Stellenbosch University’s Department of Journalism recently co-hosted the International Communication Association Regional Conference in Africa with the University of Cape Town. Prof Herman Wasserman from the Department of Journalism...
Prof Ben Loos wants to help improve treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, cancer
Prof Ben Loos from the Department of Physiological Sciences at Stellenbosch University recently delivered his professorial inaugural lecture, titled 'On the role of autophagy and cell death control in neurodegeneration and gliomas'. He...
“I didn’t know one can do so many things with a BSc-degree!”
While it is not always clear where a BSc-degree in the biological, mathematical or physical sciences can take you while you are still studying, it does open the door to a wide range of career opportunities – from the monitoring and...
More evidence for link between blood clotting and severity of Covid-19
New research shows that the Omicron-virus and some of its variants cause significantly lower levels of blood clotting, thereby providing further evidence for the link between the severity of the disease and the prevalence of persistent...
Educating girls and providing access to women remains the tried and tested method to true liberation
This women’s month, we remember the gallant women of 1956 who marched to Pretoria to demand change. Now, as we continue to assess the gains made by women in South Africa since 1994, we recognise the systemic weaknesses that continue to...
Click here to put Eskom’s loadshedding schedule directly into your electronic calendar
A super frustrated computer science student at Stellenbosch University developed an open source software project tracking the latest loadshedding timetables and tweets from Eskom so that it can be added directly into your calendar. Boyd...
Just keep swimming and you will get there.
“If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you are always in the same place." -Nora Roberts. This is something I had to learn on my way to becoming a...
Young alumnus wins competition for entrepreneurs
Former Diploma in Sustainable Development student in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, Lindelwa Mahlalela, has the world at her feet. She was recently crowned the winner of the Motsepe Foundation's inaugural Golden Circle...