The Rectorate recently approved Stellenbosch University's Staff Health and Wellbeing Plan (SHWP) after extensive consultation with the University's stakeholders, ten faculties and seven responsibility centres. The SHWP aims to support one...

The French ambassador to South Africa, Aurelien Lechevallier, recently bestowed the insignia of the sought-after French Legion of Honour on Prof Thuli Madonsela. Prof Madonsela, incumbent of the chair in social justice at Stellenbosch...

​​For Lidia du Plessis, no two workdays are the same, and that is what she loves about her job. Du Plessis is the coordinator of the staff mobility and partner projects at the Stellenbosch University (SU) International Office. She thrives...

The article, How the pandemic is hurting university students' mental health, has been published by The Conversation on 4 May 2021. It was written by Emmanuel Ojo (Wits); Annie Burger, Samantha Adams, Bryan Jason Bergsteedt & Talitha Crowley...

Prof Portia Jordan, executive head of the Department of Nursing and Midwifery at Stellenbosch University (SU), is the new board chairperson of the Forum of University Nursing Deans of South Africa (FUNDISA). Jordan previously served two...

​We need “inoculations" against fake news to help safeguard the future of science in a post-truth world, writes Prof Faadiel Essop (Department of Physiological Sciences / Centre for Cardio-metabolic Research in Africa) in an opinion piece...

Stellenbosch University celebrated Earth Day (22 April 2021) for the first time with a week-long programme of activities on the Stellenbosch and Tygerberg campuses to raise awareness for sustainability. From new vegetable gardens at...

Chantel Coetzee landed her “dream job" when she joined Stellenbosch University (SU) as Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Architecture Practice Lead. With more than more than 23 years' experience across business and IT...

​Compatibility between Rubeshan Nayager's personal values and Stellenbosch University's objectives makes him a good fit for his job as business manager of the brand-new Biorepository Unit at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences'...

​This article was first published on The Conversation . Read the original article here . Institutions of higher education worldwide are undergoing unprecedented change because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Universities and colleges have been...