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Panel scrutinises media's pandemic reporting
During the annual World Press Freedom Day panel discussion of Stellenbosch University's Department of Journalism on 10 May 2021, expert panellists shared their views on the media's reporting on the COVID crisis. The discussion was themed...
The problem with time-limited, sit-down tests: Assessing language
Learning and Teaching Enhancement Virtual Seminar 2 of 4: 13 May 2021 Topic The problem with time-limited, sit-down tests: Assessing language Presenter Professor Christa van der Walt “Start from the assumption that students are honest."...
A day in the life of: Chantel Coetzee
Chantel Coetzee landed her “dream job" when she joined Stellenbosch University (SU) as information and communications technology (ICT) architecture practice lead. With more than 23 years' experience across business and IT architecture...
Academic activism can help us sustain democracy
Our tertiary institutions have a key role to play in overcoming the legacy of inequality and injustice, writes Prof Nuraan Davids from the Department of Education Policy Studies in an opinion piece for Mail & Guardian (14 May). Re ad the...
African media empowered by CEBHC’s vaccine science course
Africa-based journalists reporting on Covid-19 received a very necessary “shot in the arm" in the form of a recent training programme aimed at better equipping them to report on COVID-19 vaccines. The online Vaccine Science 101 course was...
Former UN High Commissioner to deliver SU Human Rights lecture
Former United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights Judge Navi Pillay will deliver the 15th Annual Human Rights Lecture at the Faculty of Law at Stellenbosch University (SU). The lecture, themed South Africa's Engagement with...
Third wave heading our way
Feedback from the ICBC Dear colleagues and students It's official – we are fast heading for a third wave of coronavirus infections. Now is the time to take action by redoubling our efforts in observing COVID-19 protocols. This was the...
A day in the life: Charl Davids
Charl Davids is deputy director at the Centre for Student Counselling and Development (CSCD), manager of CSCD's Unit for Psychotherapeutic and Support Services, as well as residence head at Huis Visser. Knowing that he can make a...
‘SU’s approach to language offers students a better future,’ writes Dr Leslie van Rooi
Students at Stellenbosch University have more options, more access and a better future as a result of the institution's approach to language, writes Dr Leslie van Rooi, Senior Director: Social Impact and Transformation, in an article for...
Medal for agronomy study on the use of lime with barley, canola
A former MSc student in agronomy at Stellenbosch University (SU), Ruan van der Nest, is a co-recipient of the prestigious Junior Captain Scott Memorial Medal this year. It is awarded annually to the best MSc student at a local university by...