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Prof Quinette Louw (third from left) and Luigia Nicholas (second from right) with other contributors at the launch of the report in Nairobi
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New SU-led report highlights Africa's assistive technology access crisis

Access to assistive technologies – tools, devices and systems that help people with disabilities perform everyday tasks more easily – remains limited and uneven...
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We must do away with negative ideas about people with disabilities

We must do away with negative ideas about people with disabilities

​The annual Casual Day is celebrated on Friday (3 September) in support of people with disabilities. In opinion pieces for the media, Hillary Lane (African...

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SU celebrates Arbour Week by planting trees on campus

SU celebrates Arbour Week by planting trees on campus

​Facilities Management's Landscaping and Environmental Sustainability teams collaborated to plant between 50 and 60 trees over the past couple of months on...

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SU students rule the roost at SA Mathematics Olympiad for universities

SU students rule the roost at SA Mathematics Olympiad for universities

For the fifth year in a row, Stellenbosch University (SU) engineering student Ralph McDougall made it into the Hall of Fame of the ASSA South African Tertiary...

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SU book project to have impact on education during and beyond pandemic

SU book project to have impact on education during and beyond pandemic

In a social impact project of Stellenbosch University (SU), a series of four books will be published that aim to empower learners, teachers, parents and...

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Stellenbosch University climbs on global university ranking

Stellenbosch University climbs on global university ranking

​​​​Stellenbosch University's (SU) ranking position has increased and it is now second in South Africa according to the 2022 Times Higher Education (THE) World...

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Most learners in Grades 10, 11 and 12 are over-age for their grade

Most learners in Grades 10, 11 and 12 are over-age for their grade

​​A large proportion of learners drop out before matric, a major source of inefficiency in the system, and the majority of learners do not acquire the...

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