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A demonstration in the Immersive Technology Lab at SU's Library
Image by: Stefan Els

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SU opens Africa’s first immersive technology lab

Imagine standing beneath a star-filled night sky rendered in real time or watching a lecturer guide students through the inner workings of the human brain at...
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Coaching and mentoring contribute to entrepreneurial self-efficacy

Coaching and mentoring contribute to entrepreneurial self-efficacy

​The first phase of a study that aims to contribute towards improved entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial development practice and theory, was launched during...

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SA should rethink its definition of what constitutes a humanitarian refugee

SA should rethink its definition of what constitutes a humanitarian refugee

​World Humanitarian Day was celebrated on 19 August. In an opinion piece for Mail & Guardian, Dr Callixte Kavuro from the Department of Public Law wrote that...

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Prof Dion Forster champions  justice, peace, and flourishing of humanity and rest of creation

Prof Dion Forster champions justice, peace, and flourishing of humanity and rest of creation

Prof Dion Forster from the Department of Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology and the Beyers Naudé Centre for Public Theology at Stellenbosch University...

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Prof Corné Coetzee develops software to improve handling of granular materials in mining, agricultural sectors

Prof Corné Coetzee develops software to improve handling of granular materials in mining, agricultural sectors

​​Prof Corné Coetzee from the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering at Stellenbosch University recently delivered his professorial inaugural...

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#WomenofSU: Nokwanda Siyengo – “Women are the pillars of society"

#WomenofSU: Nokwanda Siyengo – “Women are the pillars of society"

​​Nokwanda Siyengo manages the Stellenbosch University (SU) SciMathUS university preparation programme, which gives students a second chance to qualify and...

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CEBHC staff serve as guideline methodologists for WHO child wasting guideline

CEBHC staff serve as guideline methodologists for WHO child wasting guideline

Two researchers with the Centre for Evidence-based Health Care (CEBHC) are involved in an important World Health Organisation (WHO) project to update and...

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