We would like to congratulate Professor Susan van Schalkwyk (PhD) for being awarded the CHE/HELTASA National Excellence in Teaching and Learning Award 2018.Susan van Schalkwyk, M Phil, PhD., is Professor in Health Professions Education and...

​One of the greatest challenges facing most townships is water management. Many residents were previously excluded from crucial decision-making processes during apartheid and continue to be so, despite the advent of democracy. This research...

​When deciding to enter the medical profession, it is important for students in South Africa to understand the different contexts in which they will be working. In South Africa's wide-ranging population, some people live wealthy, city-based...

​The Philippi Horticultural Area represents a test case for the ethics of water governance in South Africa. The diversity of government role-players with their divergent interpretations of the legislation; the differing opinions of the...

​The Stellenbosch University Water Institute (SUWI) presented a short course entitled 'Water quality management and risk assessment at water care works' at Northern Cape Rural Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) College in...

​Young people with mental health problems, especially those in low- and middle-income countries, are often being left in the lurch when they need help. They don't always get the necessary treatment despite the fact that mental illnesses...

Last month, the Equality Unit at the Centre for Student Counselling and Development had the honour of hosting two visitors from the New York University's Office of Global Inclusion, Diversity and Strategic Innovation. Dr Lisa Coleman...

​Only a hundred years ago, all the glassware and chemicals for the first professor of Mathematics and Natural Science's Laboratory for Experimental Sciences were stored in two small cupboards in a two-room building that is still standing in...

In 2008, after finishing matric and spending six months working in a hotel in England, Matie alumnus and upcoming Careers Café speaker Philip Parrock, realised one thing – he was not prepared to slog away at a job that was not fulfilling...

​A book which traces the steps of the first pioneers who laid the foundations for training and research in various disciplines in the natural sciences at Stellenbosch University, will be launched on 1 October 2018. The book, A Particular...