The future of our planet and the conservation of species and systems are in the hands of our youth. Research, education and engagement are just some of the tools that we use to aid our cause

​​After having matriculated with good grades from the Montebello High School in Durban, applying for medical school seemed like a no-brainer to Dr Sengeziwe Sibeko. All her school friends with good grades opted for life sciences. But the 18...

The African Union's animal production wing, Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) honoured top African animal geneticists for their contribution to a number of Pan-African initiatives and projects across the continent. Among...

A research project at the Department of Forest and Wood Science on alternative management regimes for South Africa's saw-log trees recently received a huge boost from a successful THRIP funding application to the government's Department of...

Prof Reinette (Oonsie) Biggs, incumbent of the DST/NRF Research Chair in Social-Ecological Systems and Resilience, delivered her inaugural lecture with the title Resilience: An approach to navigating towards more sustainable futures in the...

Giving is synonymous with Mandela Day, which is celebrated annually on the late Madiba's birthday on 18 July. In the spirit of Mandela Day, Stellenbosch University's (SU) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) have arranged a number...

​​​Helping the public find answers to their questions related to Stellenbosch University (SU), or solutions to their problems, is a task that has been entrusted to a team of highly-trained consultants at the University's Contact and Client...

​After 25 years of democracy, only a limited number of women serve as directors of locally listed companies. Through her research, Dr Nadia Mans-Kemp from the Department of Business Management highlights the need for enhanced board gender...

​​The Winter School of the Faculty of Theology, Stellenbosch University, was recently presented for the eighth time. The Winter School is an initiative of the faculty, Communitas, Ekklesia and the Beyers Naudé Centre for Public Theology...

​There are a number of learning design and support mechanisms available for the development of hybrid mode offerings (i.e. academic modules or programmes which include fully online learning 'blocks') and online short programmes at SU. It is...