​​​Partaking in the historical journey of moving human wrongs to human rights in Africa, Stellenbosch University (SU) recently hosted the African Human Rights Moot Court Competition – the largest annual gathering in Africa for students and...

​Now, more than ever before, higher education institutions globally have to practise good citizenship and social responsibility, and promote civic engagement and partnership to counter the effects of COVID-19 on communities and institutions...

​​Stellenbosch University works hard to change systems and processes on campus to more sustainable energy sources and reduce the impact on the environment. Environmental sustainablity principles guide new buildings, refurbishing and...

​​​The Southern Ocean's role in driving the global carbon cycle may be stronger than expected as the biological carbon pump is not “switched off" in winter as previously thought. Based on the most comprehensive winter study to date...

South African universities are part of a society where “incredibly high levels of violence" are perpetrated – much of it against women. The responsibility to address this lies not only with universities but with the whole of society. A...

The following article by Johann Kirsten and Helanya Fourie was published in The Conversation of 15 October 2021 under the title Municipalities can play a key role in South Africa's economic development. Here's how: ​ Local economic...

A new open access book, written by Prof Wim van Petegem, Dr JP Bosman, Miné de Klerk and Dr Sonja Strydom, looks at what it takes to become a digitally agile scholar. The manual explains how academics can comfortably navigate the digital...

When Stellenbosch University (SU) fifth-year medical student Abdul-Mutakbir Aziz was 17 and attending school in Cape Town, an evening spent job-shadowing a doctor in a hospital was the turning point at which he decided he was going to study...

Next year, when medical student Jessica Davies continues in her role as Tygerberg Academic Affairs Council Chairperson as well as class representative for her fellow fifth-year MBChB V classmates, she will ensure that the changes she helped...

The Stellenbosch University (SU) Language Centre invites postgraduate students registered at SU to apply for positions as part-time writing consultants for 2022 at the Writing Lab. Master's and Doctoral students will get preference. We...