​The end of July 2018 – the month in which Nelson Mandela's life was honoured through many social impact activities of Stellenbosch University (SU) – does not signal the end of the University's initiatives to make a difference in the lives...

​​The problem of primary school learners who can't read should be declared a national crisis and requires not only to be a national priority but also significant resources. This was one of the viewpoints of Dr Nic Spaull from the research...

​​​Horrific incidences of rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment are so common in South Africa that it has been dubbed the “ rape capital of the world". Yet these issues have been curiously neglected in the country's politics. In South...

​​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...

Ms Anita Nel, responsible for innovation, business development, commercialisation and Stellenbosch University's (SU) industry interaction platform, Innovus, was recently promoted to Chief Director: Innovation and Business Development at the...

​The Desmond Tutu TB Centre (DTTC) recently received substantial funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for an initiative to address some of the challenges of tuberculosis (TB). South Africa had the highest TB incidence in the...

The Professional Educational Development of Academics (PREDAC) programme is presented annually for newly appointed academics at Stellenbosch University (SU). It was re-conceptualised for 2018 as a programme presented in four phases...

The annual Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) conference will take place from 29 - 31 October 2018. The theme for this year's conference is Academic Leadership. If you still want to attend the conference, (free for SU academics)...

In March (2017), when sports manufacturer Nike launched its “Nike Pro Hijab", it made obvious business sense. What Nike - perhaps inadvertently ̶ has done, is to legitimise the hijab across two very different narratives. One is in response...

​Scholars produce knowledge that helps decision-makers to protect Africa's coastline. This was one of the viewpoints of Prof Francois Vreÿ from the Security Institute for Governance and Leadership in Africa in the Faculty of Military...