Also visiting the University in September was a delegation from Queen’s University in Belfast, Ireland. The delegation of 18 people, specialising in fields like pharmacy, sustainable energy, research development, agriculture and food security, and education and higher-education research, visited the University from 17 to 21 September. They met with senior management, staff from faculties, Research Development and SU International, discussing, among others, opportunities to source joint funding.
Other visits during the third term included the following:
6–7 September: Prof Akii Ibhadode, Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun, in Nigeria. Prof Ibhadode met with Prof Eugene Cloete, Vice-Rector: Research, Innovation and Postgraduate Studies, to discuss existing research projects.
26–30 August: Mr Davison Pakai, Director of Business Development at Great Zimbabwe University. Mr Pakai held meetings with Dr Ronel Retief, SU Registrar, and staff from the Development and Alumni Relations Office.
15 August: Dr Brilliant Mhlanga, Senior Lecturer and Media Cultures Coordinator at the University of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on all of us. South Africa entered a national lockdown on 26 March 2020, and since then we at Stellenbosch University (SU) have worked tirelessly to find innovative ways of dealing with the impact of the pandemic and continuing our work in the new reality of business unusual.
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read moreFrench business school SKEMA and Stellenbosch University (SU) have joined forces to open a SKEMA campus in Stellenbosch. This will be SKEMA’s seventh campus globally. The partnership, which was officially launched on 31 January 2020, is set to significantly contribute to achieving the objectives of SU’s internationalisation strategy.
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