​Students who would like to propose a new name for the Wilcocks building are reminded that the closing date for nominations is Wednesday 26 August 2020. Stellenbosch University (SU) staff, students and members of the community (as...

Over the years, Stellenbosch University (SU) has been at the forefront of creating unique educational courses that are instrumental in educating the country's future scientists. Prof Martina Meincken from the Department of Forest and Wood...

The media helps to fight corruption and promote an open and transparent democracy, writes Prof Thuli Madonsela (Social Justice) in an article for News24 (14 July). Read the article below or click here for the piece as published. Thuli...

It is with great sadness that the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences learnt of the passing of colleague Dr Babita Mathur-Helm after a short non-COVID-related illness. As Senior Lecturer at USB since 2002, specialising in leadership...

​Beating Covid requires behavioural change. But that's not going to come from coercion; the government needs to inspire compliance through grassroots organisation, writes Prof Ronel Burger (Department of Economics) in an article for...

​​​​The coronavirus pandemic has devastated South Africa's social and economic landscape, making policy formulation and implementation near impossible. Within this context a new study sheds light on who is being affected, how they are being...

Training for a marathon can be a daunting task, especially when you do not know where to start! With the Cape Town Marathon Virtual Run coming up in October 2020, we want to give you some tools to equip and empower you, to perform to the...

A new relationship between humanity and the ocean is required to secure the continuity of the diverse life support roles provided by the sea, according to a paper published in Nature Communications today (17 July 2020). Titled A transition...

​​ Talks @ Stellenbosch University​’s latest episode of DLTE’s “Talking Transformative Assessment” podcast series, Elzette le Roux and Hanelie Adendorff (Centre for Teaching and Learning) engage in a thought-provoking conversation with...

​​In this webinar, Prof Martijn van der Steen, talks to our 2020 Masters in Public Administration students about uncertainty in policymaking and management in complex systems. Click here to access the webinar recorded on the 16th of July.