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Awards and milestones

SU’s website earns global acclaim with prestigious Gold Quill Award

Stellenbosch University (SU) recently received an international Gold Quill Award of Merit from the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC)...
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International Staff Training Week 2025

International Staff Training Week 2025

​​​From 7 to 11 April 2025, Stellenbosch University International hosted an International Staff Training Week that brought together 21 professional...

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PREDAC 2025 Contact Session | 9 April @ STIAS

PREDAC 2025 Contact Session | 9 April @ STIAS

What is this? The PREDAC short course is a free annual offering for newly appointed lecturers at Stellenbosch University (SU). It provides a space for...

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Multiple perspectives on digitalisation, AI, sustainability, and soil protection

Multiple perspectives on digitalisation, AI, sustainability, and soil protection

​The Stellenbosch University's (SU) Development and Rule of Law Programme (DROP), in collaboration with the School for Climate Studies and the Stellenbosch...

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FMHS PhD candidate selected for global female science programme

FMHS PhD candidate selected for global female science programme

When Carene Ndong Sima, a PhD candidate in the Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, was selected for the Female Science Talents Intensive Track...

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Meet Beatriz Villacañas, SU’s new Spanish lecturer

Meet Beatriz Villacañas, SU’s new Spanish lecturer

​Beatriz Villacañas didn't imagine her academic journey would one day lead her to the oak-lined avenues of Stellenbosch. Yet when she walks across campus...

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"Dinkbeeld: Smeltkroes" sculpture unveiled in front of the Endler

"Dinkbeeld: Smeltkroes" sculpture unveiled in front of the Endler

​A new sculpture titled Dinkbeeld: Smeltkroes (in English Crucible) was recently unveiled in front of the Endler Hall on Victoria Street at Stellenbosch...
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