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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Strategic appointment will integrate microbiome research into freshwater monitoring
Stellenbosch University's Prof. Thulani Makhalanyane has been appointed as an Honorary Research Associate of the NRF-South African Institute for Aquatic...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...