​As a child, Conran Joseph used to fantasise about being a physiotherapist standing on the side of a sports field. Then, as a promising cricket player at high school, he was injured and ended up receiving treatment from a physiotherapist...

​When participating in short courses for their own professional development, teachers at remote rural schools should be supported via WhatsApp groups to help them overcome many of the challenges they face. This is one of the main findings...

​Dr Nyambura Mwagiru is at the helm of Tygerberg International, located in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS). She enjoys working in the challenging, multifaceted and dynamic space of advancing the internationalisation...

Join us for Profs Bernard Bekker and Arnold Rix's professorial inaugural lectures, hosted by the Faculty of Engineering.

#TogetherWeGrow: This Youth Month, we celebrate students who are creating opportunities, building communities and supporting others through mentorship, outreach, peer support and leadership. We also highlight the support structures at...

This year, the FHMS welcomes four exceptional students into the 2020 intake of medical students. They are David Obagbuwa, who is 15 years old and turns 16 in March; Siyamthanda Mtyeku, who achieved seven distinctions in matric despite...

​You are invited to attend the TLA (Teaching-Learning-Assessment) Auxin seminar of 2024, offered by the Centre for Teaching and Learning: Topic: AI is a tool, not a source: GenAI literacy for SU Speakers: Dr. Hanelie Adendorff and Dalene...

Drs Helene-Mari van der Westhuizen and Koot Kotze are no strangers to the personnel and student community of Stellenbosch University's (SU) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS). Although both of them obtained their MB,ChB degrees...

​Low back pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide, affecting an estimated 540 million people at any one time. Yet, a new Series of papers in The Lancet highlights the extent to which the condition is mistreated, often against best...

Two postgraduate students from the Department of Earth Sciences, Lindo Makhathini and Jonathan Gloyn-Jones, walked away with two prestigious awards from the Geological Society of South Africa (GSSA). Lindo Makhathini received the South...