by dreyera | Dec 8, 2022 | News
When Patricia Zweig (better known as Trish) started studying, at the age of 36, while simultaneously working at various jobs, she never dreamt that she would graduate with a Philosophiae Doctor (PhD) at the age of 62. On 5 December, Zweig, a lecturer and researcher...
by dreyera | Dec 5, 2022 | News
Monday 5 December 2022 was a big day for Dr Hillary Chibaya. Not only did he cross the graduation stage to receive his doctoral degree from Stellenbosch University (SU) but he also did so on his 30th birthday. “I am excited to graduate on my birthday. Individually,...
by dreyera | Nov 3, 2022 | News
Prof Adriaan van Niekerk, Director of the Centre for Geographical Analysis and a professor in Geography and Environmental Studies at Stellenbosch University, recently delivered his inaugural lecture, titled ‘Data Science: Opportunity or threat?’ He spoke...
by dreyera | Oct 31, 2022 | News
Santam recently commissioned the Research Alliance for Disaster & Risk Reduction (RADAR), in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, to train disaster management and fire service personnel in the Limpopo region on community risk assessment. The training forms...
by dreyera | Oct 26, 2022 | News
Prof Gabeba Baderoon, a poet and scholar from Pennsylvania State University in the USA and the keynote speaker at the Slow Intimacy Conference that was recently held at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Studies, was raised on the Cape Flats. She recalls how, as...
