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Volunteers develop first machine translation benchmarks for 30 African languages
From Khoekhoegowab to Igbo and Sepedi – these are only three of the low-resource languages in Africa that a group of over 400 volunteers from more than 20 African countries are targeting to address the lack of diversity in the field of...
No freedom without equality and equity
Tuesday (27 April) was Freedom Day. In opinion pieces for the media, Prof Nico Koopman (Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Social Impact, Transformation and Personnel) and Dr Chris Jones (Unit for Moral Leadership) argue that it is difficult for...
Malawi’s farm subsidies aren’t helping women: but there are solutions
The following article by Dieter von Fintel, Anja Smith, Francesca Marchetta and Martin Limbikani Mwale was published on 27 April 2021 by The Conversation. To read the original article, click here. Smallholder agriculture is the backbone of...
Tygerberg campus launches brand new outdoor gym
Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) has launched a brand new outdoor gym on its Tygerberg Campus for staff and students to enjoy. The initiative, which was led by the FMHS' Dean's Advisory Committee on...
Vaccines: Know What You Need To Protect Yourself And Others
Africa Immunization Week – celebrated every year in the last week of April as part of World Immunization Week – aims to promote the use of vaccines to protect people of all ages against disease. Immunization saves millions of lives every...
The Table Mountain fire: what we can learn from the main drivers of wildfires
The fires that started on 18 April 2021 on the slopes of Table Mountain in South Africa destroyed several buildings on the campus of the University of Cape Town. These included the Jagger Library, as well as the restaurant at Rhodes...
Reframing Internationalisation as Augmented Comprehensive Internationalisation
In 2020, COVID-19 disrupted the internationalisation puzzle that all universities were busy piecing together. At first, many internationalisation practitioners were somehow at a loss when physical mobility was halted. Work from Home, in the...
Minister Nzimande welcomes launch of School of Climate Studies at SU
The Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Dr Blade Nzimande, has welcomed the launch of the School of Climate Studies at Stellenbosch University. Earlier this month, the University announced the establishment of the new...
Skoolleierskap en die Skep van Produktiewe Leerruimtes in Skole Book Launch
This book is a helpful source for any student, educator or person involved with education that is striving towards a better learning space. The learning process takes place in a specific space and each space has a unique character as...
SU commits to support UCT
Following the recent destructive Table Mountain fire that damaged several buildings at the University of Cape Town (UCT), the various divisions at Stellenbosch University (SU) have committed to support their peers. The Antarctic Legacy of...