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New SU Council members and officials elected
The Stellenbosch University (SU) Council has a new deputy chairperson with the election of Mr Ainsley Moos to this position at its second ordinary meeting for the year, held on Monday (18 June 2018). He succeeds Prof PW van der Walt whose...
New head of department appointed in the Faculty of AgriSciences
Dr Brink van Zyl has been appointed as the new head of department of the University of Stellenbosch's (SU) Department of Animal Sciences. “The agricultural sector needs to be supported by a diverse knowledge base as well as practical and...
SU’s Anita Nel now Chief Director; receives prestigious technology award
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...
TB project gets major boost from Gates grant
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...
PREDAC 2018 (Professional Educational Development of Academics)
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...
SoTL 2018: Registration open and final programme available
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)...
How Nike's hijab sports gear is taking on Islamophobia and patriarchy
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 help protect Africa’s oceans
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...
Co-curriculum gives students a head start
In keeping with the intent of Stellenbosch University (SU) of producing thought leaders for the future, students are now able to receive recognition for accredited co-curricular learning on their academic transcript at their graduation...
Getting citizen science into South African class rooms
A group of researchers and educators interested in developing Citizen Science outreach projects participated in a three-day workshop at Stellenbosch University from 9 to 11 July 2018. With this workshop, SU's Department of Earth Sciences...