"A model student. I wish I had a video of her to show all other students what 'active learning' means and looks like." These were the words used by Dr Jonathan Fryer, professor of surgery in organ transplantation, to describe Nitiksha...

Shaahid Kajee, a fourth-year MB,ChB student, represented the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and Stellenbosch University (SU) at the 9th annual World Student Environmental Network Summit (WSEN) held in June in the United Kingdom (UK...

National Nutrition Week (NNW) takes place from 9 to 15 October every year. This year the theme is "Love your beans – eat dry beans, peas and lentils!", which was specifically chosen to be consistent with the designation of 2016 as the...

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The FeesMustFall campaign can be transformative if students, government and universities are willing to engage one another meaningfully so that lasting solutions can be found. This was one of the viewpoints of Constitutional Court Judge...

Facilities - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

​Joint statement by the Stellenbosch University management and senior educationalists Against the backdrop of Stellenbosch University's (SU) new Language Policy, senior educationalists and the Management of the University are planning to...

As part of its 60th-anniversary celebrations, the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences is introducing 60 future healthcare professionals who are currently in their first year. Meet Sofia Moutzouris. Sofia Moutzouris has Greek blood...

The Physiology Society of South Africa (PSSA) has awarded Stellenbosch University’s Prof Anna-Mart Engelbrecht with the Lasec award for excellence in physiology research during the annual conference held in Cape Town recently. The Lasec...

The Stellenbosch University (SU) Conservatoire honoured the musician Ronnie Samaai, from Paarl, with the prestigious Parnassus Award on Saturday evening (1 October). This award is given to a musician who has made a significant contribution...