Worker's Day marked with a series of articles during May René Robbertze's role combines responsibilities as a HEMIS officer, submitting student data to the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) for subsidy purposes, as well as...

Prof Deresh Ramjugernath shared reflections of his first year in office as SU Rector and Vice-Chancellor with the Cape Town Press Club. The year was one of setting direction and alignment. Looking ahead, the focus shifts to acceleration and...

“I've had my innings, I've hit the runs that I could hit. It's time to pack away my bat and move on." So says the outgoing Vice-Rector for Learning and Teaching at Stellenbosch University (SU), Prof Arnold Schoonwinkel, who is retiring at...

​ 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...

​World Cancer Day, spearheaded by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), is commemorated on 4 February each year and is a unifying initiative bringing the global community together to elevate the profile of cancer in a positive...

Monday 12 June 2023, 16h00, Neelsie Cinema In this presentation we speculate on how the research landscape in South Africa might look like in 20 years time. We examine this through the lens of the profile of early career mathematical...

Political intolerance, no trust in the government and racism. These are just some of the problems South Africans are struggling with and the Born Free generation reminds the country daily that they have failed to deliver on the promises of...

​A hands-on workshop exploring the wonderful world of ants and how that relates to biodiversity earned the Iimbovane Outreach Project the prize for "Best Workshop: Curriculum" at SciFest Africa recently. Iimbovane, which means "ants" in...

Stellenbosch University's own Welgevallen wine cellar will be selling specially labelled celebratory Graduandi 2016 wines during graduation week from 5 to 9 December 2016. SU is the only university in South Africa with its own wine cellar...

"Ongoing research indicates that mental illness is associated with the brain's structure, chemistry and function, and that mental illness indeed has a biological basis," says Janine Roos. Roos is the director of the Mental Health...