​​The people who collect, think and write about music The people of the Africa Open Institute (AOI) are serious about music. That does not stop them from having fun in the process, to enjoy the camaraderie of fellow researchers and to push...

​​In yet another “feather to her cap", Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Executive Head of the Department of Psychiatry in the FMHS, Professor Soraya Seedat, has been appointed as a 2020 Women Global Chair by the University of Bath...

​​“A woman's work is never done. To fulfil the enormous potential of Africa, women are central as change-makers." These are the words of Prof Sarah Howie, Director of the Africa Centre for Scholarship (ACS) at Stellenbosch University...

Should you wish to undertake invigilation duties during the SU examinations from Tuesday 20 November 2019 to Saturday 07 December 2019, you now have the opportunity to apply till Thursday 12 September 2019. Minimum qualification is Matric...

​​Irrespective of income, class, race, social status and age, many South African women today still do not know their rights when it comes to matters such as marriage, employment, housing, and finances. Furthermore, women face unique...

Samples from more than 3000 litres of sea water, 30 kilograms of frozen ice cores, frazil ice, snow and atmospheric dust. This is the precious cargo that a team of postgraduate students in Earth Sciences brought back after their recent...

​From 27 – 30 July a team of academics and postgraduate students visited the Faculty of Education to participate in discussions around postgraduate studies and the training of teachers. On 27 July the whole team attended the Faculty's...

​In remote areas or during an emergency, healthcare professionals can decide much quicker what type of treatment a patient needs if they have immediate access to mobile phone data about the person's health. While such data can make a world...

South Africa's SA Agulhas II polar supply and research vessel has returned from its annual winter cruise to the Southern Ocean (SCALE). Four engineering students from Stellenbosch University were on board, along with a group of SU earth...

​Addressing gender inequality and decolonisation is a key part of the work that Dr Azille Coetzee, a postdoctoral fellow at the SARChI Chair in Gender Politics in the Department of Political Science, has been doing for the last few years...