Research & Innovation Report 2016/2017

Launch of the Healthy Schools for Healthy Communities project

The success of the study Disease, Activity and Schoolchildren’s Health (DASH), a partnership between the University of Basel, Nelson Mandela University and the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute has led to the launch of a follow up project Healthy Schools for Healthy Communities – the KaziBantu  project, funded by the Novartis Foundation. 

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Mandela University students in Gradstar Top 100

Eight Nelson Mandela University students have been chosen as part of a select group of 100 top students at the Gradstar Awards held in Johannesburg recently. 

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Nelson Mandela University appoints new VC and Principal

Council is delighted to announce that Dr Sibongile Muthwa has been appointed the new Vice-Chancellor and Principal of Nelson Mandela University. Dr Muthwa, who has served as the University’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Institutional Support for the past seven years, serves as the institution’s first black African female Vice-Chancellor and brings to the post a wealth of experience from the public sector and academia, both nationally and abroad.

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Tackling security matters

Concerns around safety and security in and around campus have once again come under the spotlight following the vicious rape and stabbing of students in a computer lab on Second Avenue Campus last Monday.

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