Prof Danie Brink took on two very diverse challenges in July. The one was to tackle the punishing Berg River Canoe Marathon for a second time. The other was to accept the challenge to lead Stellenbosch University's Faculty of AgriSciences...

Online mathematics assessment (OMA) could help improve the mathematics performance of deaf and hard-of-hearing learners in South Africa. This is one of the key findings of a new study at Stellenbosch University (SU). “OMAs can help deaf and...

​​​​​This Women's Month we are encouraged and excited by the campus events that will explore identity, power history, institutional culture and rediscover silenced histories. A number of our projects and conversations will use the...

Two music students from the Music Department in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences have walked away with the top prizes at the national instrumental classical music competition, ATKV-Muziq, which was held on 29 July in Parow, Cape Town...

​Even though she has been involved in more than 1 000 kidney transplants, Prof Elmin Steyn is still amazed when a transplanted kidney becomes a healthy red when the blood starts flowing through the arteries and the veins. This passionate...

​Stellenbosch University (SU) Rector and Vice-Chancellor Prof Wim de Villiers has been elected vice-chairperson of Universities South Africa (USAf) for 2018 and 2019. USAf, formerly known as Higher Education South Africa (HESA), is a...

​ This article was originally published on The Conversation . Read the full article . Amid conjecture, speculation and a sea of assumptions about a book – “Mandela's last years" – that most people have not been at liberty to read, including...

The Unit for Graduand Career Services (CSCD) recently held the annual Career Fairs on 2 and 3 August in marquee tents on the Rooiplein, and on 4 Aug in the Academia Recreational Hall. All three days were a huge success! In spite of rainy...

​A prolific writer and eminent researcher, Prof Nuraan Davids, Chair of the Department of Education Policy Studies, has been honoured by, among others, the National Research Foundation and also received awards from Stellenbosch University...

On Wednesday (9 August), we celebrate National Women's Day. In opinion pieces in the media, staff at Stellenbosch University write that some of the most important challenges women in South Africa continue to face are not being addressed...