​​​​The Stellenbosch University (SU) Council held its third meeting of 2021 on Monday 27 September. Council took note of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and its negative effect on society. We mandated management to work towards the urgent...

​​A violin made of indigenous African wood, a para-athlete with big dreams and a closer look at the history and future of Pinotage. These three stories, each with a diverse origin, form part of this year's Woordfees-programme, which will be...

​ South Africa commemorate Heritage Day this September. In celebration of this day, we feature some of the Stellenbosch University Museum staff who play an important role in ensuring the day to day running of the facility. Over the years...

​​​​​With its creative programmes in schools and communities, Words Open Worlds (WOW), an initiative of the Toyota SU Woordfees, has been creating 'wow' moments for learners across the country since 2003. WOW programmes are aimed at...

​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...

​​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...