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South Africans are keener to get vaccinated. But many still need to be convinced
This article was first published in The Conversation . Read the original article here . The number of people being vaccinated against Covid-19 in South Africa is on the rise after a bumpy start. But the more positive attitudes are not...
Commemorating Mandela Day: SU students seeing themselves more clearly in service of others.
This year, Stellenbosch University’s Matie Community Service (MCS) commemorated Mandela Day online by sharing the positive stories of students and staff involved in community service projects.Celebrated annually on 18 July, Nelson...
Urgent decision on A4 assessments
21 July 2021 Dear colleagues and students In the University’s recent communique (17 July) about the unrest that affected many communities in our country, we undertook to communicate further regarding the impact of these events on...
World Teachers’ Day: Teachers have critical role, powerful influence in society
World Teachers' Day was celebrated on 5 October. In opinion pieces for the media, education experts at Stellenbosch University emphasise the important contribution of teachers in preparing young people for life after school and to fulfil...
In memoriam: Mrs Marian Clift
We mourn the passing of Mrs Marian Clift on Friday 16 July 2021. Marian joined Stellenbosch University (SU) in 2015 as an interpreter at the Language Centre. In 2021, she was appointed as an English lecturer in the Faculty of Education's...
Ethical, accountable leadership needed to fix dysfunctional municipalities
Will our government's District Development Model be enough to fix dysfunctional municipalities? This is the question Dr Harlan Cloete from the School of Public Leadership tried to answer in an opinion piece for Cape Times (21 July 2021)...
Prof Linda Visser takes the lead at Division of Ophthalmology
That warm feeling never goes away when you see the joy on a patient's face the moment it sinks in that he can see again after cataract or retinal detachment surgery. “And is it not remarkable that two people can become economically active...
SU Teaching Excellence Awards 2021
SU Teaching Excellence Awards 2021 Applications for the Stellenbosch University (SU) Teaching Excellence Awards 2021 are currently awaited. The Teaching Excellence Awards acknowledge outstanding teaching at SU. All teaching staff –...
Invitation to comment on second draft of revised SU Language Policy (2016)
Stellenbosch University’s revision of its Language Policy (2016) has reached the second public participation phase. Interested parties are invited to comment on the second draft, which will be available on SU’s language webpage (www.sun.ac...
Taking potential professors into the future
There is a palpable sense of pride as Prof Jonathan Jansen, a distinguished professor of Education at Stellenbosch University (SU), and his team talk about the Future Professors Programme (FPP) (Phase 01), which they are facilitating on...