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Communication from Council (25 March 2019)
The Council of Stellenbosch University (SU) met on Monday 25 March 2019. This was our first gathering for the year as well as for SU's second century. Having turned 100 in 2018, the institution is now confidently embarking on the future...
How sports science in Africa can be taught and thought about differently
This article was originally published on The Conversation . Read the full article here . In the four years since the decolonisation debate took centre stage at South African universities, much of the focus has been on what decolonisation...
Exam Invigilators needed
Apply for invigilation duties at the June 2019 examinations Should you wish to undertake invigilation duties during the SU examinations from Tuesday 21 May 2019 to Friday 28 June 2019, you now have the opportunity to apply till Thursday 11...
A FUTURE IN HUMAN RIGHTS? - PANEL DISCUSSION IN HONOUR OF HUMAN RIGHTS DAY 2019
The discourse around human rights often takes place at a level of abstraction that is divorced from the lived reality of many South Africans. Law students are also confronted by the lack of engagement with human rights by legal practice...
SU graduate conquers learning disability and mental illness
The adjustment to university life can be very difficult and recent statistics from Statistics South Africa indicate that more than fifty percent of South African first years drop out of university. But for Jessica Fouche, being part of...
Government not serious about early childhood development
In February last year Statistics South Africa released a report which highlighted how important investing in early childhood development (ECD) is for the country's future. Sadly, reality paints a different picture. The physical, cognitive...
BSc Earth Science student graduates after defeating the odds
After years of watching his single mother struggle to support him and his four siblings, Andile Mkandla (24) from Strand dropped out of school just after completing Grade 10. He worked at construction companies, the community scrap yard...
Prestigious fellowship to PhD student in mathematics
Stellenbosch University's (SU) Dr Taboka Chalebgwa has won the AIMS-Fields-Perimeter Africa postdoctoral fellowship, which offers him a one-year postdoctoral position at the prestigious Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences...
Blind music student receives MMus cum laude
Michelle Nell, a visually impaired postgraduate student at Stellenbosch University (SU), will remember the fifth April graduation ceremony of 2019 for a long time as her retired guide dog will be walking with her onto the podium when she...
Honorary doctorate for esteemed mathematician
Prof Lloyd Nicholas Trefethen, a mathematical scientist from Oxford University, was awarded an honorary doctorate from Stellenbosch University during the last graduation ceremony on Friday 5 April 2019. The award was made, inter alia, for...