Photo credit: Ignus Dreyer / SCPS​ ​The top achievers attending the event included 3​​​5 second-year students selected to be part of the programme for 2023. The OPTIMUS programme provides exceptional undergraduate achievers with...

​Chatbots like OpenAI's ChatGPT, Microsoft's Bing Chat, and Google's Bard are grabbing the world's attention. In an opinion piece for News24, Dr Tanya de Villiers-Botha (Centre for Applied Ethics) emphasises the need for greater awareness...

As the first twins to complete the SciMathUS programme, Rochelle and Jennelle Cloete serve as shining examples to disheartened matric students - that second chances can knock twice on the same door. Stellenbosch University's SciMathUS...

Currently there is no national breast screening programme in South Africa. Whilst many women can undergo individual breast surveillance (mammogram and examination), the majority of women in this country do not have access to screening. Mass...

A visiting professor from the United Kingdom is working on research about a fascinating part of South Africa's 20th century history, studying the role of women in the country's liberation struggle. ​Having previously authored a book about...

The African Procurement Law Unit (APLU), which is housed at the Stellenbosch University (SU) Law Faculty, initiated a national conversation on public procurement reform in South Africa during a two-day gathering in Johannesburg from 27 to...

​​​​Prof Frank Tanser, a leading South African scientist in the field of HIV, has joined the Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI) as Director of Population Health Innovation. He is a professor jointly appointed at the School...

Title: Criticality and social justice​ Presenter: Emeritus Professor Chrissie Boughey Chrissie Boughey has spent many years working in teaching and learning in higher education from a critical perspective aimed at promoting social justice...

​The big buzzword of 2023, ChatGPT, came under scrutiny in the first instalment of a brand-new lecture series presented on the Stellenbosch University (SU) main campus this week. Themed “The Future of Intelligence: ChatGPT and its...

​​​Stellenbosch University (SU) has bolstered its commitment to the fight against gender-based violence by accepting the Ring for Peace Cape Trust’s (RfPCT) invitation to actively participate in establishing the SU INSPIRE (Initiative for...