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Clio and KD Sass on their graduation day.
Image by: Henk Oets

Media release

Sass twins honour their activist mom, an SU alumna, on graduation day

In the early 1980’s a young medical student’s dreams came crashing down. As an activist protesting the injustices of apartheid, Patricia Grace Rorich was...
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Tygerberg Students’ Representative Council members 2024/2025 inaugurated

Tygerberg Students’ Representative Council members 2024/2025 inaugurated

The nine candidates elected to the Tygerberg Students' Representative Council (TSRC) in August were recently inaugurated as members of the TSRC 2024/2025 during...

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Convocation meeting set for 4 October

Convocation meeting set for 4 October

Members of the Stellenbosch University Convocation are invited to the annual general meeting of the Convocation on Friday 4 October 2024.

In terms of the SU...

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Heritage Day: Our heritage shapes our future

Heritage Day: Our heritage shapes our future

​South Africans celebrated Heritage Day on 24 September. In opinion pieces for the media, Profs Chris Jones (Unit for Moral Leadership) and Nico Koopman (Deputy...

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Finger on the Pulse: Update on the renewed MBChB Curriculum

Finger on the Pulse: Update on the renewed MBChB Curriculum

​​In February 2022, the renewed MBChB curriculum was implemented as part of an institution-wide programme renewal process and aligned with national and global...

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Africa-Oxford grant funds novel research on mindfulness in health professions

Africa-Oxford grant funds novel research on mindfulness in health professions

The prestigious Africa-Oxford (AfOx) Initiative Catalyst Grant was recently awarded to fund a novel research collaboration between researchers at the Department...

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Wilgenhof updates

Wilgenhof updates

​Council releases reasons (30 September 2024)

Stellenbosch University's Council  took the decision, in terms of clause 10(3)(g) of the University's Institutional...

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