​Tuesday (5 October) was World Teachers' Day. In an opinion piece for Daily Maverick, Prof Nuraan Davids (Department of Education Policy Studies) writes that we need teachers who can respond with sensitivity and care, while sustaining a...

​​SU International's African Doctoral Academy (ADA) has been offering capacity development interventions for current and prospective PhD candidates, supervisors and researchers since 2009. With its flagship annual summer and winter schools...

​South Africa needs a proper policy and legislative framework for ensuring that human rights principles guide economic decision-making, particularly in hard times. This is the view of Prof Sandra Liebenberg, HF Oppenheimer Chair in Human...

​It is important to develop strategies and policies to promote effective and ethical data sharing in sub-Saharan Africa, whilst simultaneously maintaining privacy and confidentiality. This is the view of a group of researchers at...

​​Stellenbosch University has made it into the top 500 universities in the world for Computer Science, according to the 2022 Times Higher Education ( THE) World University Subject Rankings for Computer Science. Stellenbosch University (SU)...

​​As countries across the globe have begun to roll out their vaccine programmes, we have seen the world opening up and returning to a sense of what we remember as being normal. But we have all accepted that our way of work and living has...

​Stellenbosch University Rector and Vice-Chancellor, Prof Wim de Villiers, will put his metal to the test on Sunday, 10 October for this year's Cape Town Cycle Tour. A team of 19 cyclists consisting of alumni, staff, students and fighting...

OPTIMUS students benefitted from the advice and experience of prominent industry leaders during a recent event organised by the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences. At the same event, third-year OPTIMUS students received...

Dr Jan Heunis, Maties alumnus and President of the Stellenbosch University (SU) Convocation, has been elected to the SU Council by members of Convocation. Dr Heunis' term starts on 8 October 2021 and comes to an end on 7 October 2025...

​Stellenbosch University viticulturist and researcher Dr Erna Blancquaert is one of only two recipients from around the world of the 2021 Taylor's Port Golden Vines Diversity Scholarships. The bursary, worth 55 000 British pounds, allows...