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Approved 2021 term and examination dates

​The Institutional Committee for Business Continuity (ICBC) recently approved the term and examination dates for 2021. These dates were determined by taking...

SU wine experts nudge Sauvignon Blanc competition into the technological era

It's faster than judging on paper. It eliminates possible typing errors with the entering of scores. Because less paper is used, a competition's carbon...

Brilliant new instrument takes single-cell analysis to the next level

​A new addition to the Fluorescence Microscopy Unit’s array of equipment at the Stellenbosch University’s Tygerberg Campus.​ Imagine having access to an...

SA must redouble its policy and relief efforts to stave off hunger

​The article below, “ South Africa must redouble its policy and relief efforts to stave off hunger​" by Leila Patel, Servaas van der Berg and Grace Bridgman...

Prof Deresh Ramjugernath appointed as SU's new Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Learning and Teaching

Prof Deresh Ramjugernath (48), Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Research at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), is the new Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Learning and...

New postgraduate programme trains strategic human resource managers

​​The Department of Industrial Psychology has announced that it will be launching a new postgraduate programme in human resource (HR) management in January 2021...

New study probes COVID-19 impact on women academics

The findings of a research study on the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on women academics was at the heart of an online gender enrichment workshop run by the...

Ubuntu and rooibos connected through their intrinsic value

There is a particular connection between the metaphor of Ubuntu and the ecology of Aspalathus linearis, one of the endemic species popularly known in global...

COVID-19 ‘holds significant possibilities for renewal’

“We need to create favourable conditions for meaningful change not only in spite of, but also because of this crisis moment. The COVID-19 moment will impact on...

Fellowship helps Heine tackle heart disease in low-resource settings

​Senior postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Sport and Exercise Medicine (ISEM), Dr Martin Heine, has been accepted into the World Heart Federation's...
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