Core skills in physics took him to quantitative analytics in the banking industry
“What I enjoy most about analytics is the opportunities it offers for creative problem solving: very often, a challenge can be approached from one (or a...
Software developer for a financial technology company
“Be creative, be resilient and remember - there's room for everyone!" – Annika Nel, BScHons in Computer Science (2020)
Annika Nel is currently employed as a...
Top students share Faculty of Science Dean’s medal
The Faculty of Science's 2019 Dean's medal for persistent excellent academic performance is shared by Mr Fred de Villiers, a postgraduate student in applied...
The search for knowledge and understanding in the sciences and humanities
There is much in the hard sciences that we do not understand or may never know. So writes Prof. Doug Rawlings, former acting-dean of the Faculty of Science and...
Medieval cart with solar power on the Rooi Plein
A massive medieval cart with a parabolic structure mounted on top of it to concentrate sunlight is the centre of attraction on the Rooi Plain at Maties today.
P...
BSc alumni: Great science and wonderful memories
A handful BSc alumni and their families were recently treated to one of two guided tours: one of the ion-trapping laboratory in the Department of Physics; or...