Ms Anita Nel, responsible for innovation, business development, commercialisation and Stellenbosch University's (SU) industry interaction platform, Innovus, was recently promoted to Chief Director: Innovation and Business Development at the...

​The Desmond Tutu TB Centre (DTTC) recently received substantial funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for an initiative to address some of the challenges of tuberculosis (TB). South Africa had the highest TB incidence in the...

The Professional Educational Development of Academics (PREDAC) programme is presented annually for newly appointed academics at Stellenbosch University (SU). It was re-conceptualised for 2018 as a programme presented in four phases...

The annual Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) conference will take place from 29 - 31 October 2018. The theme for this year's conference is Academic Leadership. If you still want to attend the conference, (free for SU academics)...

In March (2017), when sports manufacturer Nike launched its “Nike Pro Hijab", it made obvious business sense. What Nike - perhaps inadvertently ̶ has done, is to legitimise the hijab across two very different narratives. One is in response...

​Scholars produce knowledge that helps decision-makers to protect Africa's coastline. This was one of the viewpoints of Prof Francois Vreÿ from the Security Institute for Governance and Leadership in Africa in the Faculty of Military...

​​The Stellenbosch University (SU) Law Clinic has been shortlisted as a finalist in the category ‘Specialist Law Firm of the Year’ in the prestigious 2018 African Legal Awards. It becomes the first university law clinic to be shortlisted...

It might not always seem that way, but South African science is actually doing very well especially in terms of the number of scientific papers and international collaborations. This one of the major findings of a recent report at...

With the higher education price index (HEPI) as guideline, Stellenbosch University (SU) proposes a 7% increase in tuition fees for 2019. In line with the Stellenbosch University Council's request to the University management in 2017, to...

​​Ten million people in the world have no nationality. In 2014, this led the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to launch the #ibelong campaign to end statelessness. Recently, Stellenbosch University (SU) also tackled...