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
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
Appointment of DVC Research and Innovation
AchieversKwaZulu-NatalLatest newsResearchUniversity of Zululand July 8, 2020
The University Management has a great pleasure to announce the appointment of Professor Mashupye Ratale Kgaphola – DVC Research and Innovation effective from 01 July 2020. Professor Kgaphola holds a B.Sc (Hons) and Ph.D. in Bio-Organic Chemistry from the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. Amongst his notable... Read more
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
Young researcher places lives first
Latest newsResearch July 1, 2020
It no secret that healthcare workers are at the forefront of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic but how do we ensure their safety? It has been widely reported that the country has been facing a shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) in the last few months. This equipment... Read more
Prof Kealeboga Maphunye, the Chair of the Department of Political Sciences in the College of Human Sciences, has recently been awarded a C2 rating by the National Research Foundation (NRF). The NRF rating system is a key driver in the foundation’s efforts to build a globally competitive science system... Read more
UKZN academic is youngest SARChI Chair in Inclusive Cities
KwaZulu-NatalLatest newsResearchUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal June 19, 2020
University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) Lecturer, Professor Hangwelani Magidimisha-Chipungu (35), was recently appointed as the first SARChI Chair in Inclusive Cities in South Africa. The Chair is co-funded by the National Research Foundation (NRF) and South African Cities Network. This is also the first Chair in the Built Environment Cluster... Read more
Study on the state of magma in crustal reservoirs
GautengLatest newsResearchUniversity of the Witwatersrand June 11, 2020
The study challenges a recently-emerged paradigm that magma chambers are huge masses of crystals with just a very small amount of melt. Wits PhD student, Willem Kruger’s study on the state of magma within plutonic magmatic systems in the Earth’s crust has been published in the high impact journal, Nature Communications. ... Read more
Textbook co-edited by UP academic reveals slow pace of transformation
GautengLatest newsResearchUniversity of Pretoria June 9, 2020
The first ever university and industry textbook on diversity management in the South African workplacereveals that race and gender representation remains largely elusive, in both the public and private sectors. Managing Diversity in the South African Workplace – co-edited by Professor Nasima Carrim of the University of Pretoria (UP)... Read more
PhD Explores Ethical and Legal Issues Associated with the Use of Preimplantation Genetic Testing
KwaZulu-NatalLatest newsResearchUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal June 8, 2020
Legal academic Dr Sheetal Soni’s mission as an expert in Bioethics, Medical and Reproductive Technology Law is to explore how law and science can work together to address complex issues in this niche field. Her PhD study, Spare-part Sisters and Bred-to-order Brothers: an Ethical and Legal Analysis of Preimplantation... Read more
