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Stellenbosch University Senate supports Vice-Chancellor’s pursuit of inclusivity and multilingualism

​By an overwhelming majority, the *Senate of Stellenbosch University (SU) on Friday (24 March 2023) adopted a motion of confidence in and support of the Rector...

Deceptive daisy’s ability to create fake flies explained

Researchers have discovered how a South African daisy makes fake lady flies on its petals to trick male flies into pollinating it. A male fly approaches a...

March graduation ceremonies

​Stellenbosch University (SU) will award 3055 qualifications at its March graduation series, which will take place from Monday 27 March to Friday 31 March 2023...

Dear, Mr. Mandela, Dear, Mrs. Parks: Children’s letters, global lessons exhibition returns to SU Museum

​​It's fitting that the well-loved travelling exhibition, “Dear, Mr Mandela, Dear, Mrs Parks Children's Letters Global Lessons Exhibition", returns to the...

Did you know?

According to Oxford Open Learning, the very earliest libraries are believed to have been built around five thousand years ago, with the first human efforts to...

17th edition of the International Winelands Conference

Re-imagining Public Servant Leadership in a post-capture, post-pandemic governance landscape. 16 – 18 October 2023 The School of Public Leadership of...

SU improves its position on QS subject rankings

Stellenbosch University (SU) can count itself among the leading higher education institutions globally in the broad subject areas of Life Science and Medicine, Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences and Management, Engineering & Technology, and Natural Sciences 1 597 institutions were ranked across 54 subjects in the abovementioned five broad subject areas.

Study explores use of invasive Port Jackson trees, plastic bags to build low-cost housing

​A new composite material made from invasive Port Jackson trees and recycled low-grade plastic waste could help solve South Africa's social housing crisis, and...

World Water Day: Are there pesticides in my water?

​World Water Day is celebrated annually on 22 March. In an opinion piece for the Cape Times, Master's student Emma Davies and Dr Reynold Chow from the...

South Africa’s judiciary should be more representative

The International Day of Women Judges was observed recently (10 March). In an opinion piece for the Cape Times, Prof Nicola Smit, Dean of Faculty of Law, wrote...
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