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Career guidance project turns attention to Vision 2021
After a successful second year, the team behind the social impact project “Overcoming Career Circumscription and Compromise" – which offers career guidance to Grade 9 learners in under-resourced communities – is now focusing its attention...
Minister receives SASUF declaration on HE partnerships
The declaration on education, research and innovation partnerships adopted by the South Africa Sweden University Forum (SASUF) at Stellenbosch University earlier this year, was presented to Dr Blade Nzimande, Minister of Higher Education...
Award-winning SU students encouraged to do new things
In celebration of excellence, a total of 92 Stellenbosch University (SU) students were honoured at the annual Rector's Awards for Excellent Achievement on Wednesday night (30 October 2019). The evening focussed on students who excelled...
Extinct species rediscovered in Winterhoek Mountains, after 200 years
One of the first recorded species to have been lost to forestry and agriculture in the Western Cape in the 1800s, a type of fountain bush from the pea family that used to grow next to mountain streams in the Tulbagh region, have been...
SU entomologists part of major effort to keep fruit flies in Europe at bay
Insect experts from the Stellenbosch University Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology are part of a large-scale research project involving experts from 15 countries. It aims to develop the science and technology needed to...
Fruit industry legend passes away
A legendary figure in the fruit industry, Koos Lötter, passed away on 29 October 2019 in Stellenbosch, at the age of 92 years old. The Department of Horticultural Science at Stellenbosch University expressed its sympathies towards Lötter's...
SU’s Language Learning Hub continues to thrive
In 2018, Stellenbosch University (SU) launched a new Language Learning Hub to support the multilingual aspirations of individual students and help promote cultural diversity. A year later the Hub continues to thrive as more and more...
First female CEO of the JSE speaks at alumni event
Nicky Newton-King, the first woman CEO in the 132-year history of the Johannesburg Stock exchange (JSE), was the special guest at the annual event for alumni and graduates of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences on Monday, 9...
Double USSA win for Maties Water Polo
A fiercely contested USSA Water Polo final between neighbouring rivals UCT and Maties Sport culminated in victory for the Stellenbosch University host side, with both the men's and women's teams taking the titles. Maties won the women's...
Search for new drugs motivates Malawian biochemist’s doctoral studies
An interest in the discovery of new drugs to combat the scourge of infectious diseases in Malawi, has inspired Dr Collins Edward Jana since 2008 to persist in his efforts to finally obtain a PhD in Biochemistry from Stellenbosch University...