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A joyful celebration filled with blessings for SU’s 13th Rector and Vice-Chancellor

The informal celebration of the inauguration of Stellenbosch University’s (SU) new Rector and Vice-Chancellor, Prof Deresh Ramjugernath, started on a festive...
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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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Stellenbosch University receives Platinum certification for FISU Healthy Campus

Stellenbosch University receives Platinum certification for FISU Healthy Campus

​​​Stellenbosch University (SU) is the first university in South Africa to officially receive a platinum certification for Healthy Campus from the Federation of...

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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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Scientists unravel drivers of the global Zinc cycle in our oceans, with implications for a changing climate

Natural and mathematical sciences

Scientists unravel drivers of the global Zinc cycle in our oceans, with implications for a changing climate

The important role of the Southern Ocean in global biological processes and the carbon cycle has been confirmed anew by a study published in Science this week...

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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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