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Dyan Buis photographed with his Master’s degree at the Coetzenburg Athletics Stadium in Stellenbosch.

Education

Former Paralympic gold medallist bags Master’s degree

Discipline. Resilience. Perseverance.

These qualities have taken former Paralympic gold medallist and world champion athlete Dyan Buis from the small town of...

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Dr Joy Petersen’s doctoral research uncovers how first-generation students developed agency and intellectual virtues amid the disruptions of Covid-19.

Media release

Pandemic ignites transformative scholarly journey for Dr Joy Petersen

When Dr Joy Petersen considered doing a doctoral study, she imagined her research would focus on mentoring. As First-Year Student Experience Coordinator and...

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Megan Hartnick rises above loss and financial hardship to complete her PGCE cum laude.

Education

Megan Hartnick turns adversity into achievement

Megan Hartnick has spent most of her life learning to hold on to the small, steady flame of possibility. When she graduated with a BA degree from Stellenbosch...

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Mikaela Keen at the Africa Mandarin Teaching Competition in Tanzania

Awards and milestones

Mandarin Teaching Talent Recognised: CISU Teacher Among Africa’s Best

Stellenbosch University International (SUI) is proud to announce that Mikaela Keen, a Chinese-language teacher at the Confucius Institute at Stellenbosch...

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Photograph of people in attendance of the SoTL Conference

Events

2025 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) conference

The 18th annual Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) conference took place at the Protea Hotel by Marriott Stellenbosch in Technopark on 3 and 4 November...

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Opinion and features

Entering a new era

As we begin a new chapter in our international engagement journey, I am pleased to share that Stellenbosch University (SU) has been granted an extension of its...

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chinese awards 2025

Awards and milestones

Department of Modern Foreign Languages hosts prestigious 2025 Naspers Chinese Language Awards

The Department of Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) held its annual Naspers Awards Ceremony on 13 November at...

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Mariétta van den Worm and Suzette Els from the Faculty of Science's management team will retire at the end of 2025

Institutional news

Their footprints lie deep in Faculty of Science’s history

Mariétta van den Worm, Director: Faculty Management, and Suzette Els, Personal Assistant to the Dean, have been with the Faculty of Science and Stellenbosch...

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Prof Lindy Heinecken

Awards and milestones

Prof Lindy Heinecken receives the Morris Janowitz Career Achievement Award for her stellar career in military fraternity

Prof Lindy Heinecken
Image by: Prof Lindy Heinecken

Caption: Sociology and Social Anthropology Senior Lecturer Prof Lindy Heinecken and Associate Prof Alan Okros, Deputy Director of Research in the Dallaire...

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Two students head to Oxford

Awards and milestones

Two SU graduates to swap Eikestad for Oxford in 2026 as Rhodes Scholars

Kerry Porrill and Dr Nandipa Mponda from Stellenbosch University will swap the Eikestad for Oxford next year when they join a global cohort of more than 100...

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