This year's PREDAC (Professional Educational Development of Academics) programme kicked off on 21 May with an opening day at STIAS. The opening was attended by 87 academics with 59 of the PREDAC participants joining us. The theme of the day...

​We can't just leave it to a liberalised market to address the world's economic and ecological challenges. We have to join forces and ask ourselves who we are and where we stand in relation to others and to these challenges if we are to...

Since 2015, the Urban Modelling and Metabolism Assessment (uMAMA) research team at the School of Public Leadership has been undertaking game-changing and exciting research aimed at tracking urban resource flows and thereby shaping African...

​​​​The Ingcungcu Sunbird Restoration Initiative The Ingcungcu Initiative, named after the Xhosa word for “birds with long beaks", aims to re-open a migration corridor for nectar-feeding birds across the City of Cape Town by planting...

The more you do, the more you can do. Just ask Annamart Laubscher, final-year medical student and top cross-country athlete. Since 2013, when Annamart started participating in this sport, she has clocked up an impressive 21 wins in a...

​A group of Matie Community Service (MCS) student volunteers from the Stellenbosch University Primary Health Care Programme hosted a health promotion day at the Kalkfontein Community Hall on Saturday 26 May. The day was aimed at identifying...

People whose knees have been affected by osteoarthritis, also known as the 'wear and tear' arthritis, often have to get knee implants to repair the damage. But if a knee implant does not fit the specific individual, it could lead to soft...

​The newly elected executive committee of the Institutional Forum (IF) will play a pivotal role in ensuring that Stellenbosch University (SU) is anchored in creating and sustaining an environment of inclusivity, transformation, innovation...

​ Imagine you're a 20-year old Matie and about to depart for an exotic location where you'll spend the rest of the year studying at a foreign university as part of your programme. It may sound like a pipe dream, but for the first ever third...

Six months after Dr Burt Davis, lecturer at the Africa Centre for HIV/Aids Management at Stellenbosch University (SU), received his doctoral degree by designing a photo novel dealing with the health risks of using tik, he is hard at work to...