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Dr Thembani Dube, a lecturer in the Department of History at SU, capped her sister, Sukoluhle Linda Duba, a junior lecturer at the Department of Economics, on graduation day.
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Linda Dube played on through grief to earn her master’s degree

In the early hours of 4 December 2024 in Kimberley, far from home and in the middle of a football tournament where she represented Stellenbosch University (SU)...
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Mental health is complex, cannot just be reduced to a checklist of symptoms

Mental health is complex, cannot just be reduced to a checklist of symptoms

​​World Mental Health Day is marked each year on 10 October. In an opinion piece for the Daily Maverick, Prof Mark Tomlinson from the Institute for Life Course...

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Empowering patients and healthcare staff central to Burger’s vision for Radiation Oncology

Empowering patients and healthcare staff central to Burger’s vision for Radiation Oncology

Dr Henriette Burger, newly appointed Head of the Division of Radiation Oncology in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS), has set her sights...

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Rector’s Awards 2023: A night of triumph and celebration at SU

Rector’s Awards 2023: A night of triumph and celebration at SU

In the elegant setting of the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS), Stellenbosch University (SU) recently hosted the annual Rector's Awards for...

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Reimagine higher education teaching, learning and assessment practices in the age of AI

Reimagine higher education teaching, learning and assessment practices in the age of AI

​Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly developing, with significant and potentially disruptive implications for the global education sector.  

​The Division...

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World Teachers’ Day: Teachers have critical role, powerful influence in society

World Teachers’ Day: Teachers have critical role, powerful influence in society

​World Teachers' Day was celebrated on 5 October. In opinion pieces for the media, education experts at Stellenbosch University emphasise the important...

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Climate change emerges as major driver of amphibian declines globally

Climate change emerges as major driver of amphibian declines globally

  • ​​​SU researcher contributes to global study finding that 40% of amphibians face extinction largely because of climate change: 
  • Climate change emerges as major...
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