When Jody Lee Bell was a young learner at the Carel du Toit Centre for children with hearing impairments, her mother, Dr Diane Bell, went to listen to a talk by an alumnus of the school which is on the grounds of Tygerberg Hospital. “This...

Stellenbosch University (SU) launched the seventh annual Library Research Week on Monday, 13 May 2019. It will run for the duration of this week until Friday, 17 May at both the main Stellenbosch campus as well as the Tygerberg campus. The...

There is a well-known Confucius quote: “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life." For students participating in the Science and Mathematics at Stellenbosch University (SciMathUS) Programme, this quote is...

​​The social impact project “Overcoming Career Circumscription and Compromise" – which offered career guidance to Grade 9 learners in communities with little to no resources – is so crucial that efforts must be redoubled to ensure the...

​​​“My experience of Russel Botman in the late 1990s showed a visionary scholar and ecumenist who was very clear about the urgency of the task of unmasking injustice in every form." These were the words of Reverend Dr Setri Nyomi, who...

​​​Stellenbosch University (SU) has a zero-tolerance approach to gender-based violence, and is committed to creating an environment free of gender violence and advancing equal rights for all. This commitment is reinforced by the Equality...

​28 June 2021 Dear colleagues and students Following this evening's address by President Cyril Ramaphosa and the announcement of the adjusted alert level 4 (from 28 June to 11 July), the Institutional Committee for Business Continuity (ICBC...

​The article " Young techies set to impact township economies " by Keshia Africa was published in the Weekend Argus of 2 July 2021: Three young tech entrepreneurs in Cape Town combined their talents for a virtual hackathon and won R25 000...

​It's an all round celebration for Dr's Wouter and Louzanne Bam, a husband and wife couple who received their PhD degrees in Engineering at the same graduation ceremony. The duo not only graduated alongside one another, but Wouter also...

The “I CAN read" literacy project not only aims to improve the literacy levels of foundation-phase learners, but also to alert prospective teachers to how context can and should influence their approach to teaching. This Social Impact...