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World Day of Social Justice: We need justice as a virtue

​The World Day of Social Justice is celebrated annually on 20 February. In opinion pieces* for the media, Dr Chris Jones (Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology /...

Interdisciplinary 'Knowledge Skills' sets first-years on path to academic success

​Word processing, identifying fake news, plagiarism, how to be a responsible online citizen and digital literacy among the essential knowledge skills first-year...

Experts urge government to prioritise SA's reading crisis

​​Most children in South Africa in no-fee schools leave Grade 1 without knowing the alphabet, while 82% of Grade 4 children across the country cannot read for...

Stellenbosch University Statement

The Rector and Vice-Chancellor of Stellenbosch University (SU) meets from time to time with persons from the diplomatic corps. Such meetings are purely academic...

Moving memorial service celebrates the life of Ainsley Moos

​​Friends, colleagues and family today (Friday 17 February 2023) paid tribute to Ainsley Moos, Stellenbosch University (SU) Council chairperson, who died...

High intensity fires do not reverse bush encroachment in an African savanna

​A decade-long experiment on the use of high-intensity fire to control bush encroachment in South Africa's Kruger National Park (KNP) has revealed that, despite...

Africa Centre inspires students at annual summer school

​COVID-19 has taught us many lessons. One of the most important ones was the reminder that the impact of any disease that operates at a pandemic level goes far...

Results from recent MSc study provides design values for SA Pine CLT

​​​​Mr MJ Jacobs (centre) successfully defended his MSc thesis with the title 'Out-of-plane strength and stiffness prediction of SA Pine cross-laminated timber'...

Wrap-around support helps level playing field for disadvantaged students — Prof Ramjugernath

​​​​Wrap-around support helps students, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds, to achieve academic success and equips them with valuable skills to...

SU promotes and supports multilingualism

Stellenbosch University (SU) has taken note of the allegations made regarding language use at its campuses and is in the process of responding directly to the...
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