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Opinion and features

How emergency procurement fuels corruption – and how to prevent it

Bribery, the embezzlement of public funds, conflicts of interest, the unethical exchange of confidential information, and the steering of contracts and...
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Prof Adriaan van Niekerk helps improve crop yields, sustainable management of land and water resources

Prof Adriaan van Niekerk helps improve crop yields, sustainable management of land and water resources

​​Prof Adriaan van Niekerk, Director of the Centre for Geographical Analysis and a professor in Geography and Environmental Studies at Stellenbosch University...

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Re-imagining assessment for a transformative student experience at the 2022 SU SoTL Conference

Re-imagining assessment for a transformative student experience at the 2022 SU SoTL Conference

Conference delegates at the 15th SU SoTL Conference were once again afforded the opportunity to attend engaging workshops, keynotes and presentations. The...

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Dr Munya Saruchera of SU serves on international committee

Dr Munya Saruchera of SU serves on international committee

The Society for AIDS in Africa (SAA), organiser of the International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA), has nominated Dr...

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FMHS acknowledge staff’s learning and teaching efforts

FMHS acknowledge staff’s learning and teaching efforts

A celebration was recently held to honour the achievement of staff members within the learning, teaching and assessment (LTA) space at Stellenbosch University...

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Sustainability students illustrate social entrepreneurship

Sustainability students illustrate social entrepreneurship

​Students of the Diploma in Sustainable Development recently successfully coordinated two events aimed at developing their entrepreneurial skills and creative...

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Africa’s healthcare workers struggle to use emergency point-of-care ultrasound

Africa’s healthcare workers struggle to use emergency point-of-care ultrasound

​The use of bedside or emergency point-of-care ultrasound (ePOCUS) reduces the time it takes to diagnose diseases in severely ill patients who are being...

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