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Connecting the dots: Prof Liezl van Dyk’s vision as new DVC: Academic

Stellenbosch University’s (SU) new Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Academic, Prof Liezl van Dyk, sees patterns everywhere: in 14-year chapters, prime numbers and the...
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World Refugee Day: Helping refugees, asylum seekers feel at home in SA

World Refugee Day: Helping refugees, asylum seekers feel at home in SA

​​World Refugee Day is observed annually on 20 June. In an opinion piece for the Daily Maverick, Yeukai Chideya from the Institute for Life Course Health...

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Youth Day: Spotlight on key issues affecting SA's young people

Youth Day: Spotlight on key issues affecting SA's young people

​​In celebration of Youth Day on Sunday 16 June, staff and students at Stellenbosch University wrote opinion pieces for the media in which they focused on...

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SU signs MOU with the Special Investigations Unit of South Africa

SU signs MOU with the Special Investigations Unit of South Africa

Stellenbosch University (SU) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) of South Africa to “to find new...

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World Telecommunications Day: Aspirations and disappointments of digital education

World Telecommunications Day: Aspirations and disappointments of digital education

​​Many from low-income households or rural areas lacked access and digital devices appropriate for learning.World Telecommunication and Information Society Day ...
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Top 100 Dutch University awards honorary professorship to SU Dean Prof Ingrid Woolard

Top 100 Dutch University awards honorary professorship to SU Dean Prof Ingrid Woolard

​​​​Professor Ingrid Woolard, Dean of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (EMS) was recently awarded an honorary professorship from the University...

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Local agritech event bridges industry gaps at inaugural Cape Agritech Connect

Local agritech event bridges industry gaps at inaugural Cape Agritech Connect

​The inaugural Cape Agritech Connect brought together over a hundred attendees representing the diverse sectors within the Western Cape agriculture industry...

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