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Prof Nina Schumann is finding new notes in a world reimagined by Parkinson’s

When accomplished pianist Prof Nina Schumann went for her first mammogram, she expected a routine check-up. Instead, she left with a life-changing diagnosis...
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Training Ugandan Mental Health Practitioners in Emotionally-Focused Couple Therapy

Training Ugandan Mental Health Practitioners in Emotionally-Focused Couple Therapy

In Uganda, ​there is a high prevalence of couple and relationship problems which have negative effects on the mental and relational well-being of individuals...

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Legal framework needed to protect patients’ mobile phone data

Legal framework needed to protect patients’ mobile phone data

​In remote areas or during an emergency, healthcare professionals can decide much quicker what type of treatment a patient needs if they have immediate access...

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'Once a Matie, always a Matie'

'Once a Matie, always a Matie'

Meet Johannes Gehrig and Hannes Hellwege, who are devoting some of their time to support the Stellenbosch University alumni network in Stuttgart and Berlin...

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Unique workshops inspire an appreciation of our shared humanity

Unique workshops inspire an appreciation of our shared humanity

At the end of Siyakhula workshops, there are always participants who say it was not what they had expected. This remark is often followed by suggestions that...

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Mandela Day: Make the world better by living Madiba’s values

Mandela Day: Make the world better by living Madiba’s values

​Tuesday 18 July is Mandela Day. In opinion pieces for the Cape Times and News24 respectively, Prof Nico Koopman (Social Impact, Transformation and Personnel)...

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PhD candidates learn secrets to success at ADA winter school networking event

PhD candidates learn secrets to success at ADA winter school networking event

As part of its 2023 hybrid winter school, the African Doctoral Academy (ADA) in Stellenbosch University (SU) International hosted a networking event on 11 July...

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