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RIDS |  Tygerberg Doctoral Office

FMHS Postdoctoral Fellows

Information for (prospective) postdocs:

The following services are available to all registered postdoctoral fellows in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences based on Tygerberg campus (click here for printable version):

1 Peer support and membership of the Postdoc Society

2 Card?? access

To obtain an access card a registered post-doctoral fellow may go to the card activation office located near the entrance of the clinical building, where a picture and an access card is issued for a fee of R200. (Access cards may also be acquired at Stellenbosch campus at the IT Hub in the Admin A building.)

A post-doctoral fellow who is not yet registered, will need to apply for visitor's access at a cost of R200. An application form is completed with a copy of ID attached and sent to Ms L Matthee  lm@sun.ac.za and Mr A Hartzenburg abrahamh@sun.ac.za for processing.

3 Park?ing

Post-doctoral fellows may park at P5 in front of the BMRI (please see the map at thi?s link). To have boom and parking access activated, post-doctoral fellows need to contact the parking coordinator or apply for parking here by clicking on the link in section 1.1.2. The details of the post-doctoral fellows may also be sent to the parking coordinator by the host in order to be loaded in the system. Should you encounter any difficulties with these steps, contact Ms Wendy Robyn (wrobyn@sun.ac.za) for further enquiries.

 4 Librar?y

Post-doctoral fellows have the following privileges (as indicated at this link):

• Borrowing: 15 items for 30 days per item.
• Renewal: 2 per item (with a maximum renewal period of 90 days) unless someone else has requested it. Renew online or ask a staff member. 
• Returns: To any of the Library and Information Service sites.
• Fines: Overdue items will be fined at R1 per item per day. Borrowing privileges will be suspended when a limit of R30 is reached.
• Reserving books currently on loan: Free and unlimited - reserve online or ask a staff member.

The Medicine & Health Sciences Library has nine seminar rooms. Postdoctoral fellows may book seminar rooms 4 and 8 which are reserved for use by postgraduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and staff. A seminar room may be reserved at this link.

The Health Services clinic on Tygerberg campus is open Monday to Friday, 8:00am - 4:00pm, and can be reached at (021 – 938 9590 ). The clinic is located at the 2nd Floor, of Tygerberg Student Centre. To visit the Tygerberg clinic one must book an appointment first by contacting the above-mentioned contact number. More information of the campus health services is available here.

10 Student support

The SU Postgraduate Office offers wrap-around support to Postdocs. Please see this link.?
The Centre for Student Councelling and Development (CSCD) offers cost free and confidential support services to students on teh Tygerberg campus. An appointment should be made during work hours at reception or on telephone number (021) 927 7020 or email address supportus@sun.ac.za. More information about mental health services and support is available here. 

11 Food ??outlets

The following options are available for buying food on Tygerberg campus:

• The Student Centre with OK Urban and various other outlets offering healthy and sustainable options such as fresh fruit and vegetables, salads, and sushi, as well as burgers, pasta, pies, wraps, etc. Prepared options range from sandwiches starting at around R40, to cooked or cold meals with an average cost of R100 per meal.
• Cups and Saucers located near the entrance of the clinical building. It offers a variety of coffees, cold drinks, breakfast and lunch meals and snacks, while platters may be ordered in advance;
• Synergy Cafe situated on the ground floor of the BMRI offers light meals and drinks;
• Vida Cafe coffee shop situated in the foyer of the education building sells cold and hot beverages, sandwiches and snacks;
• The hospital and student cafeteria can both be accessed using your student card.
• ?The student center has a further three shops which sell food: My Brew Coffee Roastery, Planetsavvy, and a mini supermarket. My Brew Coffee Roastery offers cold and hot beverages and snacks, while Planetsavvy sell cold beverages, sandwiches, pizza slices, pie, wraps, pasta, chicken and steak.

• For off-campus social food outlets, you may want to consider the Tyger Waterfront, the Tyger Valley mall, the Willowbridge shopping centre, or one of the wine farms in the Durbanville region. 
  For transport, you could consider Uber or Bolt - . In both cases, download the official app from the Google play store or Apple app store on your own smartphone or tablet and add your profile and bank card details before first-time use. Do protect th?e device with a screen lock. Be safety conscious at all times: Always check the registration number of a Bolt or ?Uber vehicle before you accept a ride; Walk away if anyone other than the driver is present in the car.
  
  
  
  *Note: We accept no liability for any of these options. Please research safety and culture prior to exercising an informed decision.

12? General e?nquiries

General enquiries should be addressed to postdocinfo@sun.ac.za. All Postdoc Administration documents are available via this link: https://stellenbosch.sharepoint.com/sites/PostdocAdministrationSupport?. ?Walk-ins are also welcome at the Tygerberg Doctoral Office in office 1073 on the first floor of the Clinical Building (Support Divisions passage) on Wednesdays or Friday mornings, or to direct any queries to Ms Tamarra Adriaanse of our office at tel 011 938 9811? or email address medphd@sun.ac.za.? This office acts as a referral point to the SU Postdoc Office, based on Stellenbosch campus.