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SU Teaching Awards 2022
The annual SU Teaching Awards acknowledge and reward outstanding teaching at the University. The awards are offered in three categories: Leaderly Teaching Scholar, Scholarly Teacher and Teaching Collaboration.* The 2022 Teaching Awards...
Covid-19 hindered South Africa’s HIV targets, but offered innovation opportunities
World Aids Day is observed on 1 December. In an opinion piece for News24, Dr Munya Saruchera from the Africa Centre for HIV/AIDS Management writes that we must capitalise on what we have learned from managing the Covid-19 pandemic and use...
The Origins of Omicron
First described a year ago in South Africa and Botswana, the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant rapidly spread across the globe and is still driving the pandemic today. Until now, it has been unclear exactly how, when and where the Omicron variant...
December graduation ceremonies
Stellenbosch University (SU) will award approximately 5 500 qualifications during its December graduation series, which will run from 5–9 December. Graduation is a highlight on the University's academic calendar, and 13 ceremonies will...
Researchers predict half of SA's public school teachers will retire in the next decade
The article " E nd terms: Half of SA's public school teachers will retire in the next decade, new study predicts" by Tebogo Monama was published by News24 on 1 December 2022: A new study predicts that the South African public education...
SU committed to help build inclusive society for people with disabilities
*Artilce by Prof Gubela Mji, who heads the Centre for Disability and Rehabilitation Studies in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Stellenbosch University. Celebrated annually on 3 December, the International Day for Persons...
Africa Regional Forum on Climate Change says ‘it’s time for Africa’
The Africa Regional Forum (ARF) on Climate Change was hosted at Stellenbosch University (SU) by our School for Climate Studies in collaboration with the Global Alliance of Universities on Climate (GAUC). The ARF provided an opportunity...
New developments at the Africa Centre for Scholarship
Some exciting new developments at the Africa Centre for Scholarship (ACS) include new staff joining the Centre, the Emerging Scholars Initiative within the Joint Schools Programme, and the African Doctoral Academy's first fully face-to...
Reflecting on 2022
In reflecting on 2022, most people would probably view it as the year in which they tried to return to a sense of normality and the way of life they knew before the global COVID-19 pandemic. While 2020 and 2021 had been years of...
Collaboration in Africa
The Centre of Collaboration in Africa (CCA) was involved in various activities during the latter part of the year, including supporting the School of Climate Studies in hosting the African Regional Forum ( read more). This reflection...