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2020 SU Chancellor’s Award recipients
Stellenbosch University (SU) gave recognition to a cohort of staff members whose careers attest to sustained excellence in research, innovation, learning and teaching, social impact and professional services. These staff members were awarded the University’s prestigious Chancellor’s Awards. The awards is one of many forms of recognition for excellent... Read more
Dr Ria de Villiers: training the trainers of a next generation
The world is rapidly changing, and the Department of Education (DBE) is responding with a plan that aims to prepare learners to adapt to a new world. Ecubed (E3), a DBE programme using playful project-based learning as a learning methodology, unlocks an entrepreneurial mindset in school learners. The E3... Read more
ooMakhulu as an Institution of Leadership and Knowledge
The Inyathi Ibuzwa Kwabaphambili (wisdom is learnt/sought from the elders) of our African Women’s Intellectual Histories conference sought  to centre the intergenerational conversations and recognitions of interdependence of one generation to the other. When we themed the conference, we were deliberate about drawing on our elders in the critical... Read more
Building Africa’s AI initiative
Considerations behind the largest and most complex undertaking of its kind in Africa’s history. In collaboration with academia, Cirrus is a private sector led initiative bringing together academia and industry for the establishment of a world class artificial intelligence (AI) research and application capability for Africa. Although launched in 2019, work on... Read more
Equipped to make a difference
Diversity, inclusivity, and transformation are what sets the University of the Free State (UFS) apart from other institutions of tertiary education. It instils in graduates the values of attention to detail and precision, being meticulous, adherence to deadlines, being honest, ethical, and taking the ‘moral high ground’.  Graduates at... Read more
110 years of DUT City Campus
Steeped in history, Durban University of Technology’s (DUT’s) City Campus this year turned a 110 years old. The landmark building which has stood the test of time celebrated its centenary in 2010. With the contribution of the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund, the City Campus Restoration Project took place.... Read more
UKZN suspends 2021 reopening
The University of KwaZulu-Natal has postponed the reopening of its campuses on 4 January 2021. The district municipalities where our campuses are located has been declared COVID-19 hotspots and hence our campuses will remain closed for all on-campus activities (excluding essential services) until 18 January 2021. It is hoped... Read more
Student romance leads to two PhDs in one day
There was jubilation all round in the Shange-Juba household when both Dr Nompumelelo Shange and Dr Roderick Juba received their PhD degrees together on the very same day – and both in the Faculty of AgriSciences. Dr Shange received her degree in Food Science, and Dr Juba in Conservation... Read more
Three honorary degrees; many qualifications to be awarded at SU’s December 2020 hybrid graduation
In addition to its 5 700 qualifications Stellenbosch University (SU) will award three honorary doctorates during its December 2020 graduation ceremonies. A total of 138 doctorates will be conferred. The recipients of honorary degrees are Ms Nasima Badsha, who helped transform the South African higher education sector; Prof Quarraisha Abdool Karim,... Read more
Two prestigious awards for UWC Extraordinary Chemistry Professor
Professor Dudley Shallcross does UWC proud. It is with great pleasure that we recognise two recent achievements of Prof Dudley Shallcross, Professor of Physical Chemistry in the School of Chemistry at the University of Bristol in the UK, and Extraordinary Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University... Read more