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Message from the Rector - assessment wishes and important information about SU support services
Dear students At the start of the November assessment period at Stellenbosch University (SU), I would like to wish you all the best with your exam preparation, final studies for the year, writing of papers and submission of year-end...
Indigenous, underutilised crops can boost food and nutrition security in Africa
Africa Day for Food and Nutrition Security was celebrated on Monday 30 October. In an opinion piece for the Cape Times, Dr Ethel Phiri from the Sustainable Agriculture Programme in the Faculty of AgriSciences writes that indigenous and...
SU launches innovative online learning platform for high school learners
Stellenbosch University (SU) has launched SU Advantage, an innovative online learning and teaching solution focusing on supporting high school learners and teachers in the Further Education and Training (FET) phase (Grade 10, 11 and...
Norwegian/Stellenbosch research programme makes a comeback
The INTPART programme promotes collaboration on higher education, research, and innovation between South Africa and Norway. Five universities, three Norwegian and two South African obtained resource funding for one INTPART project to enable...
World Water Day: Groundwater is SA’s most vital hidden resource
Tuesday (22 March) is World Water Day with National Water Week being celebrated from 21-27 March. In an opinion piece for Cape Times, Ritshidze Nenweli and Drs Andrew Watson and Reynold Chow (Department of Earth Sciences) write why the...
Research universities’ role in creating a better future
The following op-ed was originally published by Daily Maverick. Click here for the published piece, or read it below. = = = = = = Higher education is under pressure, but universities have a crucial role to play in helping society 'build...
SU engages community on ‘lost memories’ of historic Hardekraaltjie cemetery
“The Hardekraaltjie cemetery is our only link to the lost memory of this area." Mr Melvin Arendse's clan name is Korana, which means “brown face" in the language of the Khoikhoi. He grew up in an area formerly known as Tiervlei (now...
Human Rights Day: We must embody human rights, exercise them responsibly
Human Rights Day was celebrated on Monday 21 March. In opinion pieces for News24 and Cape Times respectively, Dr Chris Jones (Unit for Moral Leadership) and Prof Nico Koopman (Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Social Impact, Transformation and...
Methamphetamine (Tik) addiction negatively impacts rural social workers
Social workers in rural areas do their utmost every day to help adults with a methamphetamine dependency (adults who are addicted to tik) onto the straight and narrow, but many challenges thwart their efforts. “They experience burnout due...
Prof Benoit Divol explores complex world of wine yeasts to enhance wine flavours
Prof Benoit Divol from the Department of Viticulture and Oenology in the Faculty of AgriSciences at Stellenbosch University delivered his inaugural lecture on Thursday 26 October 2023. The title of his lecture was “Unbottling the flavour of...