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SciMathUS welcomes Class of 2021
You are at the right place to make your dreams come true. This was the message to 100 new students who embarked on their 2021 SciMathUS journey at Stellenbosch University (SU) on Monday, 15 March. The SciMathUS programme forms part of a...
World Water Day: FMHS makes good progress in achieving water goals
World Water Day (22 March 2021) is a perfect time for Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences to take stock of how far we've come when it comes to valuing the precious resource of water. The observance of World...
Military needs a cultural transformation to address gender-based violence
The Ministerial Task Team Report on Sexual Harassment, Sexual Abuse and Sexual Offences within the Department of Defence was launched recently. Commenting on the report, Prof Lindy Heinecken (Sociology and Social Anthropology) argues in an...
Data bundles to students
Dear students I trust that you made a successful start to the academic year, which will no doubt again prove to be quite challenging! As a result of COVID-19 regulations we have limited capacity in our venues for students to attend lectures...
Senate approves limited deviation of language implementation plans
The Senate of Stellenbosch University (SU), the institution's highest academic body, accepted a recommendation from the Academic Planning Committee, a subcommittee of the Senate, on 19 March, that for the first semester of 2021 there be a...
Concerted efforts needed to make human rights a reality for all
Sunday (21 March) was Human Rights Day. In opinion pieces for the media, staff at Stellenbosch University make the point that concerted efforts are needed to ensure human rights become a reality for all South Africans. Click on the links...
ChatGPT offers opportunities to renew traditional methods of assessment
In a recent article for the Daily Maverick, Prof Michael le Cordeur, Vice-Dean: Teaching and Learning in the Faculty of Education, wrote that artificial intelligence programmes like ChatGPT hold many challenges, but they also offer...
SU’s Unit for International Credentialling to consult on Lesotho's Advanced Secondary Certificate
The Stellenbosch University Unit for International Credentialing (SU-UIC) has entered into an agreement with the Examinations Council of Lesotho to consult on their new national qualification, the Lesotho Advanced Secondary Certificate...
Dr Dimitri Erasmus ‘provided caring, decisive leadership’
When Dr Dimitri Erasmus was 12, he lost the second of his two brothers – both of them at the age of 14 in two separate incidents. During the turmoil that followed these tragedies, a local general practitioner supported the family. It was...
SU’s Ilhaam Groenewald elected on Sascoc board
Stellenbosch University Chief Director: Maties Sport, Ilhaam Groenewald was elected as a board member of the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC), during the confederation's quadrennial meeting held on Saturday...