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A day in the life

Annually, throughout May, the #adayinthelife campaign shares the stories of staff who play a crucial role in shaping the University’s impact.

Prof Quinette Louw (third from left) and Luigia Nicholas (second from right) with other contributors at the launch of the report in Nairobi
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Media release

New SU-led report highlights Africa's assistive technology access crisis

Access to assistive technologies – tools, devices and systems that help people with disabilities perform everyday tasks more easily – remains limited and uneven...
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Renee Goretsky in her office

Impact

Dr Renée Goretsky supports researchers with funding opportunities

As Specialist: Research Grant Proposal Developer and Writer in SU’s Division for Research Development (DRD), Dr Renée Goretsky helps researchers turn ideas and...

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Prof Ashenafi Fanta photographed at his inaugural lecture at the Bellville Park campus

Institutional news

Access to finance helps SMEs survive – Prof Ashenafi Fanta

Prof Ashenafi Fanta, of Stellenbosch Business School in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, delivered his inaugural lecture on Thursday, 7 May 2026...

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A photo of Maggie Walters

Impact

Maggie Walters helps design spaces that shape academic life at SU

At the intersection of strategy, design and daily campus life, Maggie Walters helps shape the spaces where learning and research unfold. From navigating complex...

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Participants at the launch of the Africa Regional Collaborative for Agriculture, Nutrition and Health (ANH-ARC) at the University of Ghana in Accra on 30 April 2026

Agriculture and food sciences

SU key partner in new platform to strengthen food systems in Africa

Africa is not short of research on food systems, but translating that knowledge into effective interventions to improve diets, health and livelihoods across the...

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Opinion and features

Pulmonary Hypertension: A global health crisis we must address

Pulmonary hypertension, a serious disease characterised by high blood pressure in the lungs, affects many people globally. To mark World Pulmonary Hypertension...

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An illustration of multiethnic men and women of different ages and races in office attire on a white background.

Opinion and features

Key labour issues under the spotlight on Workers’ Day

Workers’ Day was celebrated on 1 May. In opinion pieces for the media, experts at Stellenbosch University focused on dignity at work, appearance-based...

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