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Encouraging Engagement with the SU Assessment Policy
The SU Assessment Policy was approved in 2021 and the Division for Learning and Teaching Enhancement (DLTE) identified the need to reflect on it to support the implementation of the policy in collaboration with faculties. Assessment has...
SU Research Fellow co-authors a report on the oversight role of parliaments during the COVID-19 pandemic
Dr Wilhelm Janse van Rensburg (PhD), Parliamentary Researcher on Defence and Research Fellow with SIGLA (Stellenbosch University), co-authored a report on the oversight role of parliaments during the COVID-19 pandemic funded by the Geneva...
South Africans with rare diseases still being left behind
February is Rare Disease Month with Rare Disease Day being observed on 28 February. In an opinion piece for Health24, Prof Shahida Moosa (Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics / Rare Disease Genomics in South Africa Group) calls...
Carbon tax goes up but emitters get more time to clean up
The article South Africa's carbon tax rate goes up but emitters get more time to clean up by Dr Lee-Ann Steenkamp was published on 25 February 2022 by The Conversation: Following a decade of consultation and public debates, South Africa...
Former TRC Commissioner calls for restitution urgency
Yasmin Sooka, a South African human rights lawyer who served as a commissioner on the country's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), delivered Stellenbosch University's (SU's) third annual social justice lecture on Friday 18...
FMHS lecturers selected for AFREhealth Leadership Development Programme
Three lecturers attached to the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS), Dr Talitha Crowley, Amanda Msindwana, and Mia Duvenage, were chosen to represent Stellenbosch University (SU) as part of the inaugural cohort of the AFREhealth...
Universities must join hands to enhance multilingualism
In a first colloquium on the way forward with the new Language Policy Framework for Higher Education Institutions hosted on 28 and 29 September 2021, higher education representatives agreed that collaboration would be key. The event was...
Multilingualism is part of South Africans' DNA
In celebration of multilingualism, academics, students and staff recently examined ways to integrate a multilingual mindset into teaching, learning and assessment at Stellenbosch University (SU). These discussions took place at the Language...
Stellenbosch University Botanical garden starts construction on unique habitat conservation displays
Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, with the support of The Table Mountain Fund, has begun construction of a unique new display. This will showcase 4 threatened lowland habitats from the Cape Floristic Region. These habitats are local...
Stellenbosch landscape architect flourishes at international festival
A landscape architect intern at Stellenbosch University's Botanical Garden (SUBG), and her teammates, are currently showcasing their garden design at an international garden festival. The intern, Katy Rennie, saw the call for entries for...