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Ensuring integrity, authenticity of student learning in AI era

Ensuring integrity, authenticity of student learning in AI era

​​In an article for University World News titled “AI, pedagogy, assessment: Shifting to a design-based pedagogy" Prof Aslam Fataar, Professor in Higher...

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A day in the life… Yeki Mosomothane

Opinion and features

A day in the life… Yeki Mosomothane

Published in May to commemorate Workers' Day, our annual #dayinthelife series spotlights our staff at Stellenbosch University (SU). This year, we highlight...

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Comrades 2025: Help our Maties go the distance

Comrades 2025: Help our Maties go the distance

​Stellenbosch University (SU) is calling on all Maties and friends of Maties running the 2025 Comrades Marathon to join the #Move4Maties community and raise...

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Prof Joel Modiri delivers SU's 7th Africa Day Lecture

Prof Joel Modiri delivers SU's 7th Africa Day Lecture

​​A powerful and sobering lecture by legal scholar and public intellectual Prof Joel Modiri headlined Stellenbosch University's 7th Annual Africa Day Lecture on...

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Carrying forward a pioneering medical tradition

Carrying forward a pioneering medical tradition

Within the buzzing halls of Tygerberg Hospital's neonatal unit, Dr Gugu Kali carries forward a medical legacy nearly a century in the making. As she guides her...

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Young Entrepreneurship Programme empowers learners for the future

Young Entrepreneurship Programme empowers learners for the future

The Young Entrepreneurship Programme (YEP) at Stellenbosch University (SU) is helping high school learners from disadvantaged communities around Stellenbosch...

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IGNITE: Sparking youth entrepreneurship to transform the economy and society

IGNITE: Sparking youth entrepreneurship to transform the economy and society

In today’s rapidly evolving world, entrepreneurship has emerged as a powerful driver of economic transformation. At Stellenbosch University (SU), the IGNITE...

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Why we should value insects

Why we should value insects

​The International Day for Biological Diversity, also known as International Biodiversity Day, is celebrated each year on 22 May. In an opinion piece for the Ca...

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Top BDatSci student receives CGW Schumann medal

Top BDatSci student receives CGW Schumann medal

Abel Daniël (AD) Kotzé, the top-performing student of the inaugural Bachelor of Data Science (BDatSci) graduating class, has been announced as the 2024 CGW...

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Global experts rally for stronger dragonfly conservation action

Global experts rally for stronger dragonfly conservation action

​Dragonflies are natural sentinels of our freshwater resources, signalling the health of aquatic ecosystems. To ensure the long-term survival of these insects...

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A day in the life… Candice Egan

A day in the life… Candice Egan

​Published in May to commemorate Workers' Day, our annual #dayinthelife series spotlights our staff at Stellenbosch University (SU). This year, we highlight...

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SU takes bull by the horns with study on regenerative wine farming

SU takes bull by the horns with study on regenerative wine farming

​​​​​Next time you drive along Bottelary Road outside Stellenbosch, keep an eye out: you may just catch a glimpse of cattle grazing among the vineyard rows at H...

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Prof Karl Storbeck highlights role of steroid hormones in human health and disease

Prof Karl Storbeck highlights role of steroid hormones in human health and disease

​​Prof Karl Storbeck from the Department of Biochemistry in the Faculty of Science at Stellenbosch University delivered his inaugural lecture on Tuesday 20 May...

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A day in the life… Viwe Benxa

Opinion and features

A day in the life… Viwe Benxa

​​Published in May to commemorate Workers' Day, our annual #dayinthelife series spotlights our staff at Stellenbosch University (SU). This year, we highlight...

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A day in the life…        Dr Heidi October

Opinion and features

A day in the life… Dr Heidi October

​​​​Published in May to commemorate Workers' Day, our annual #dayinthelife series spotlights our staff at Stellenbosch University (SU). This year, we highlight...

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Prof Jonathan Jansen unpacks democracy, US President Donald Trump, and the role of SA universities

Prof Jonathan Jansen unpacks democracy, US President Donald Trump, and the role of SA universities

As part of the 2025 Imbizo Calendar of engagement activities, the Stellenbosch University (SU) Centre for the Advancement of Social Impact and Transformation on...

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A day in the life… Naweed Mullajie

Opinion and features

A day in the life… Naweed Mullajie

Published in May to commemorate Workers' Day, our annual #dayinthelife series spotlights our staff at Stellenbosch University (SU). This year, we highlight...

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Yverne Myburgh’s journey through community service

Yverne Myburgh’s journey through community service

​“Enriched", “fulfilled" and “grateful" are words Yverne Myburgh, a BA Honours student at Stellenbosch University, uses to describe her experience of the short...

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​High-level visit seals SU-The University of Warwick partnership

​High-level visit seals SU-The University of Warwick partnership

Stellenbosch University (SU) and The University of Warwick in England have formally affirmed a comprehensive and strategic partnership that will broaden the...

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SciMathUS Sakura Science Exchange: A Transformative Experience in Tokyo

SciMathUS Sakura Science Exchange: A Transformative Experience in Tokyo

​​​​A group of five former SciMathUS students, accompanied by two facilitators, embarked on a remarkable academic and cultural journey to Tokyo, Japan earlier...

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Solving medical mysteries

Solving medical mysteries

At the crossroads of medicine and law, Dr Janette Verster finds her passion. As Head of the Division of Forensic Medicine at Stellenbosch University and Head of...

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A day in the life… Jacolette Kloppers

Opinion and features

A day in the life… Jacolette Kloppers

​Published in May to commemorate Workers' Day, our annual #dayinthelife series spotlights our staff at Stellenbosch University (SU). This year, we highlight...

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A day in the life … Michelle Pietersen

A day in the life … Michelle Pietersen

Published in May to commemorate Workers' Day, our annual #dayinthelife series spotlights our staff at Stellenbosch University (SU). This year, we highlight...

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New book explores physical culture and physical education

New book explores physical culture and physical education

Associate Professor Francois Cleophas of the Division of Sport Science at Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences launched his new...

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A day in the life… Angelo McKerry

Opinion and features

A day in the life… Angelo McKerry

​Published in May to commemorate Workers' Day, our annual #dayinthelife series spotlights our staff at Stellenbosch University (SU). This year, we highlight...

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Maths undergrads make history with published research paper

Maths undergrads make history with published research paper

Two mathematics students from Stellenbosch University (SU) have made mathematical history when their week-long internship with a mathematician at the University...

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International Nurses Day: We must invest in nursing education

International Nurses Day: We must invest in nursing education

​​International Nurses Day is celebrated on 12 May each year. In opinion pieces for the media, experts at Stellenbosch University highlight the vital role...

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A day in the life… Jongisizwe Ndlebe

A day in the life… Jongisizwe Ndlebe

Published in May to commemorate Workers' Day, our annual #dayinthelife series spotlights our staff at Stellenbosch University (SU). This year, we highlight...

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IsiXhosa book about language in socio-political and social education launched

IsiXhosa book about language in socio-political and social education launched

​ULwimi kwezeMfundo kwiNtlalopolitiko noLuntu

Incwadi yezemfundo ephononongwe ngooGxa kwezemfundo (Peer reviewed academic book) ebhalwe yaze yahlelwa ngesiXhosa...

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A day in the life… Anne Havemann-Serfontein

Opinion and features

A day in the life… Anne Havemann-Serfontein

Published in May to commemorate Workers' Day, our annual #dayinthelife series spotlights our staff at Stellenbosch University (SU). This year, we highlight...

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Apply for the Abe Bailey Travel Bursary to visit the UK

Apply for the Abe Bailey Travel Bursary to visit the UK

​​​We are excited to announce that applications are now open for the prestigious Abe Bailey Travel Bursary, which offers third-year students and above, as well...

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Prof Ashraf Kagee releases his third novel, Song of the Slave Girl

Prof Ashraf Kagee releases his third novel, Song of the Slave Girl

Prof Ashraf Kagee of Stellenbosch University's (SU) Psychology Department recently launched his third novel, Song of the Slave Girl, at The Book Lounge in Cape...

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Joint Statement following the 6 – 7 March 2025 Delegation Visit

Joint Statement following the 6 – 7 March 2025 Delegation Visit

​​With the conclusion of a University of Groningen (UG) delegation visit to Stellenbosch University (SU) on 6 and 7 March 2025 including  a successful joint...

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Intentional Assessment for Teacher Education book launched

Intentional Assessment for Teacher Education book launched

​​Dr Zelda Barends and Dr Anthea Jacobs launched their new book Intentional assessment for teacher education in April. This book is more than a publication - it...

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Stellenbosch University is growing rapidly, as is its economic impact

Stellenbosch University is growing rapidly, as is its economic impact

·       SU spent R4.2 billion in the Stellenbosch economy in 2024

·       Spending contributed approximately 13% to local GDP

·       Universities have always...

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Hybrid Translanguaging Workshop with Warwick University

Hybrid Translanguaging Workshop with Warwick University

On the 14th of April, a Translanguaging Workshop was presented as a hybrid event between Warwick University student volunteers and Stellenbosch University's...

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Nurturing children through movement

Nurturing children through movement

​In a world where screens increasingly dominate children's lives and safe outdoor play spaces dwindle, Professor Eileen Africa stands as a beacon of hope for...

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SU's new Dean of Economic and Management Sciences aims to empower future-ready leaders

SU's new Dean of Economic and Management Sciences aims to empower future-ready leaders

Prof Reza Daniels, Director of the Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU) at the University of Cape Town (UCT), has been appointed as the...

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High hopes that bold project could reshape SA's fight against childhood stunting

High hopes that bold project could reshape SA's fight against childhood stunting

*This is a summary of an article by Desmond Thomas and published in News24. Click here​ to read the full article.

A groundbreaking pilot project launched in...

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A day in the life… Geraldine Minnaar

A day in the life… Geraldine Minnaar

​Published in May to commemorate Workers' Day, our annual #dayinthelife series spotlights our staff at Stellenbosch University (SU). This year, we...

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We must reimagine higher education in the age of AI – Prof Sibusiso Moyo

We must reimagine higher education in the age of AI – Prof Sibusiso Moyo

​Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping the way we learn, teach, and engage with knowledge, but it also raises critical questions about ethics...

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PhD affiliate student studies nature of multilingualism

PhD affiliate student studies nature of multilingualism

Sander Hoeven, a PhD affiliate student at Stellenbosch University from the University of Antwerp visited the Faculty of Education in March. He studies the...

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A day in the life... Lukho Mafuya

A day in the life... Lukho Mafuya

Published in May to commemorate Workers' Day, our annual #dayinthelife series spotlights our staff at Stellenbosch University (SU). This year, we highlight...

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Gamification and social media as a catalyst for student learning and engagement

Gamification and social media as a catalyst for student learning and engagement

​You are invited to attend the lunch time Auxin session offered by the Centre for Teaching and Learning.

Speaker: Benita Bobo

Topic: Gamification and social media...

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A legacy of leadership and growth

A legacy of leadership and growth

When Mr Eben Mouton arrived at Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) in February 2004, he stepped into a role that hadn't...

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A day in the life… Elmarie Kruger

A day in the life… Elmarie Kruger

​​Published in May to commemorate Workers' Day, our annual #dayinthelife series spotlights our staff at Stellenbosch University (SU). This year, we highlight...

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A day in the life… Erik van Zyl

A day in the life… Erik van Zyl

​​​​Published in May to commemorate Workers' Day, our annual #dayinthelife series spotlights our staff at Stellenbosch University (SU). This year, we highlight...

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