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Celebrating ‘exceptional’ women in sport

Celebrating ‘exceptional’ women in sport

Latest newsUniversity of Cape TownVarsity SportsWestern Cape August 13, 2020

In keeping with tradition, the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) ParaSports Club used its annual Women in Sport event to honour “exceptional” women in several sporting disciplines. Held on Saturday, 8 August, the event focused on women who use sport to effect positive change in society. The event organisers... Read more
First DeepMind postgraduate scholarships in Africa coming to SU

First DeepMind postgraduate scholarships in Africa coming to SU

Latest newsStellenbosch UniversityWestern Cape August 11, 2020

SU first African university to be awarded DeepMind Scholarships programme supports talented students from groups currently underrepresented in machine learning, including women endorsement of the quality of SU’s offering on machine learning and artificial intelligence liaise with Prof Willie Brink at wbrink@sun.ac.za for more information Artificial intelligence and machine... Read more
Maties #Train4Fees campaign goes into extra time

Maties #Train4Fees campaign goes into extra time

AchieversLatest newsStellenbosch UniversityVarsity SportsWestern Cape August 4, 2020

#Train4Fees 2.0 R732,137 has been raised Donor commits to doubling all funds raised Enquiries: Hans Scriba 072 631 2875 Other photos available Stellenbosch University’s #Train4Fees campaign, that aims to help student athletes who have lost financial backing due to the impact of COVID-19, is going into extra time. Launched on... Read more
SU renewable energy research to benefit from large British funding project

SU renewable energy research to benefit from large British funding project

Latest newsResearchStellenbosch UniversityWestern Cape July 31, 2020

will allow the Centre to identify and engage talented early career African academics …help to establish a multidisciplinary African community of collaborators around renewable energy The African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Energy at Stellenbosch University (SU) is to benefit from large financial awards from... Read more
Humans need to do better if we’re to avoid ocean system collapse

Humans need to do better if we’re to avoid ocean system collapse

CareersLatest newsResearchStellenbosch UniversityWestern Cape July 22, 2020

Should the ocean system collapse, the resultant crisis could be as devastating as the COVID-19 crisis. Liaise with Tanya Brodie Rudolph after 15:00 at tanya@enviromer.co.za, cell 082 7888 668 for more information. Click here for a short video; soundbites available. A new relationship between humanity and the ocean is... Read more
Research Report highlights SU’s contribution to global SDGs

Research Report highlights SU’s contribution to global SDGs

AchieversLatest newsResearchStellenbosch UniversityWestern Cape July 8, 2020

Climate change, energy, conservation, health and medicine, human rights, transformation, gender, disability, arts, democracy, education, big data, governance and technology. These are just some of interesting and ground-breaking research topics featured in the latest edition of Stellenbosch University (SU)’s  multi-award winning publication Research at Stellenbosch University​. Produced annually by SU’s... Read more
Visually-impaired student sticks to her vision

Visually-impaired student sticks to her vision

AchieversCape Peninsula University of TechnologyLatest newsWestern Cape June 30, 2020

Conchitta Jacobs who has been awarded the National Diploma: Electrical Engineering: Power Systems Cum Laude during today’s inaugural digital graduation ceremony, was once devastated and thought that her career was over when she was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa. Retinitis pigmentosa is a rare, inherited degenerative eye disease that causes severe... Read more
Madonsela and colleagues unpack De Beer judgement

Madonsela and colleagues unpack De Beer judgement

AchieversLatest newsStellenbosch UniversityWestern Cape June 25, 2020

key message distilled from the judgement is the Government’s duty to undertake a human rights impact assessment which includes an equality assessment before it implements any law or policy. clear message was the need for the government to only exercise power given to it and to do so only... Read more
COVID-19: Digitising ICU improves patient care while protecting healthcare staff

COVID-19: Digitising ICU improves patient care while protecting healthcare staff

AchieversLatest newsStellenbosch UniversityWestern Cape June 24, 2020

new digital system will capture patient and specialist data through the use of cameras, tablet computers, and voice and electronic notes onto a central database that will enable specialists to monitor patients remotely positive spin-off of installing cameras at COVID-19 ICU beds is that it could potentially facilitate video... Read more
UCT student entrepreneurs in regional competition

UCT student entrepreneurs in regional competition

AchieversLatest newsUniversity of Cape TownWestern Cape June 11, 2020

It was game on as budding University of Cape Town (UCT) student entrepreneurs went head to head during the internal round of the Entrepreneurship Intervarsity competition, which took place between 25 and 29 May, sending eight participants to the regional leg of the competition. UCT’s top student entrepreneurs will battle... Read more
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