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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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SU Teaching Fellowships 2024

SU Teaching Fellowships 2024

​The SU Teaching Fellowships offer eminent academics with a track record of involvement with teaching-learning-assessment (TLA) and the Scholarship of Teaching...

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Limpopo family sells tractor to help daughter pursue PhD in agriculture at SU

Limpopo family sells tractor to help daughter pursue PhD in agriculture at SU

​It took the sale of one of her father's two tractors and plenty of hard work for Dr Mosima Mabitsela to graduate this week from Stellenbosch University (SU)...

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Another feather in the cap of SU’s language wizard

Another feather in the cap of SU’s language wizard

​​​Whenever you read an article on Stellenbosch University's (SU) website or a newsletter or notice distributed by the institution, it has likely been edited...

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SU’s Faculty of Science awards four joint international degrees

SU’s Faculty of Science awards four joint international degrees

​​Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Science this week awarded four joint PhD degrees with universities in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, and Italy in...

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World Tuberculosis Day: Tuberculosis remains an acute disease in need of chronic attention

World Tuberculosis Day: Tuberculosis remains an acute disease in need of chronic attention

​World Tuberculosis (TB) Day was observed on 24 March. In an opinion piece for the Daily Maverick, Drs Dillon Wademan (Desmond Tutu TB Centre) and Amrita...

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Psychiatry doctor continues family's PhD tradition; focuses on break-ups among emerging adults

Psychiatry doctor continues family's PhD tradition; focuses on break-ups among emerging adults

​Coming from a bloodline of academic intellectuals, it was only a matter of time before Alberta (Berte) van der Watt of Paul Roux in the Eastern Free State...

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