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Prof Cristina Trois, Director of Stellenbosch University’s Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Studies, presents research on unlocking value from vine waste at the Southern African Sustainable Energy Conference 2026. With her are co-authors Dr Yared Abera (left) and Martina Mariani. Picture: Desmond Thompson
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Taking sustainable energy research from the lab to the market

South African researchers should measure success not only by publications and patents, but by the tangible technologies, businesses and jobs their work creates...
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A day in the life of: Dannica Pedro

A day in the life of: Dannica Pedro

​Dannica Pedro is part of an innovative team dedicated to ensuring an environmentally sustainable Stellenbosch University (SU). Based in Facilities Management...

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Annual Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Conference

Annual Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Conference

The Stellenbosch University Division for Learning and Teaching Enhancement is pleased to announce the 15th offering of the annual Scholarship of Teaching and...

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Programme renewal as game changer: Imagining graduates of the futures 

Programme renewal as game changer: Imagining graduates of the futures 

​​​Programme Renewal has been identified as one of seven game changers by the Rectorate in August 2021.   The Division for Learning and Teaching Enhancement...

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PhD researcher explores producers' plans to exit farming over the next decade

PhD researcher explores producers' plans to exit farming over the next decade

​Who are the producers most likely to exit farming over the next decade? Which factors are driving their decisions in this regard? And, what do their exit...

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Dissecting world university rankings is a complicated and intricate process – Prof Hester Klopper

Dissecting world university rankings is a complicated and intricate process – Prof Hester Klopper

​Over almost two decades, world university rankings have become the academic currency of our time. While the public often takes these numbered positions at...

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SAMRC grant enables Dr Ohajunwa tap into the knowledge and resilience of indigenous communities

SAMRC grant enables Dr Ohajunwa tap into the knowledge and resilience of indigenous communities

​​During the Covid-19 pandemic, while following what was happening around the world in terms of lockdowns and other restrictions, Dr Chioma Ohajunwa, a...

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