When my team and I talk about our strategy for the year, I like to share articles that resonate with the year we face. This year, I chose an article from Harvard Business Review (as you know, we can read this for free in our SU Library)...

​Meggan Ceylon plays a pivotal role in organising conferences and prestigious events at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS). She thrives under pressure and loves working with the dynamic Marketing and Communications team at...

​​The manner in which the media reports on climate change influences people's perceptions, attitudes and support for climate policy. Media(ted) climate change communication, i.e. the presentation of climate change as a policy and people's...

Launched in May this year by staff and students of the Faculty of Education at Stellenbosch University (SU), the online platform TeacherCalm is making its mark in supporting schoolteachers' wellbeing. SU lecturer Dr Elzahn Rinquest from the...

​Mental health care for persons with psychosocial disabilities has historically been under-prioritised. Globally, there has been a shift away from institutionalisation as the primary response to psychosocial disability towards community...

​Hardly a day goes by without another horrific story of women who have been assaulted, raped, or murdered somewhere in South Africa. Even during Women's Month, gender-based violence (GBV) continues unabated. For those who survive GBV, and...

Dr Lieketseng Ned, a researcher in Stellenbosch University's (SU) Department of Global Health, was recently awarded an South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) early-career research grant to the value of R600 000 over three years for...

​Improving the sustainability of activities in the construction industry is key to mitigating the negative impact of the industry on the environment. But for this to happen, industry stakeholders should be more enthusiastic about adopting...

In 2022, Stellenbosch University (SU) introduced a renewed MBChB curriculum (see figure 1), as part of an institution-wide programme renewal process which is aligned with national and global drivers for change. ​“Curriculum reform is a...

Prof Herman Kamper from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering delivered his inaugural lecture on Tuesday 21 October 2025. He focuses on methods that enable machines to learn spoken language autonomously. He aims to develop...