In The Media
Explore news articles, opinion pieces, event reports and media coverage featuring Stellenbosch University staff and their insights on AI in teaching, learning and assessment.
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Current AI Communications at SU
AI Opinion Pieces by SU staff (& Fellow Researchers)
Contributions by Division: Learning and Teaching Enhancement (LTE) and colleagues
| University World News (UWN) | Adendorff, Hanelie, Francois Cilliers, Cheng-Wen Huang, Soraya Lester, Sonja Strydom and Sukaina Walji 25 March 2026 | From control to design: Rethinking assessment in the AI age |
| University World News (UWN) | Adendorff, Hanelie 5 September 2024 | AI literacy a critical component in 21st-century learning |
| Mail & Guardian Thought Leader | Strydom, Sonja 15 May 2024 | World Telecommunications Day: Aspirations and disappointments of digital education |
| University World News (UWN) | Sioux McKenna and Nompilo Tshuma 09 July 2026 | What do LLMs say about development in the Global South? |
| University World News (UWN) | TechCentral 09 July 2026 | The AI reckoning arrives at South Africa’s universities |
| University World News (UWN) | ITweb 27 June 2026 | South African universities move beyond AI detection tools |
| University World News (UWN) | Karen Joy Koopman, Oscar Koopman 11 June 2026 | What the ongoing AI debate is missing about the student |
| University World News (UWN) | By Fataar, Aslam, Motala, Shireen, Soudien, Crain 4 June 2026 | Six lines of inquiry emerge to anchor the AI question in HE |
| University World News (UWN) | By Aslam Fataar 19 May 2026 | Post panic and prohibition: An Asian university’s AI responses |
| University World News (UWN) Africa Edition | Koopman, Karen Joy, Koopman, Oscar 7 May 2026 | What the university has lost and what it must recover |
| University World News (UWN) | Fataar, Aslam 30 April 2026 | What an AI benchmarking exercise in Asia reveals for HE |
| University World News (UWN) Africa Edition | Koopman, Karen Joy, Koopman, Oscar 9 April 2026 | AI and the future of curriculum: How Pinar and Aoki helped |
| University World News (UWN) Africa Edition | Najwa Norodien-Fataar 11 Dec 2025 | New architecture of access needed in the digital and AI era |
Web Stories
Symposium (Co-hosted UCT and SU) | By Emma Swart 9 April 2025 | |
AI Symposium (Co-hosted by UCT and SU) | 7 April 2026 | Assessments in the age of AI |
| SU | Corporate Communications 25 February 2025 | Challenges and opportunities of AI use at SU in the spotlight Auxin presentation by Adendorf, Hanelie
AI, Literacy, and the University: Where are we now? |
| SU | Dr Jan Petrus Bosman November 2024 | AI in Africa Is About People, Language and Contextual Innovation - And Higher Education Can Help |
| SU | Muller, Lucille 29 October 2024 | AI-Mediated Multimedia -Transforming Content Creation |
| Litnet | Jean Oosthuizen 16 October 2025 | Panel: Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees: Wat beteken IK in die tyd van KI? (2025-10-16) |
Media Coverage Citing SU Staff & Work
| TechCentral | Fanie van Rooyen 3 July 2026 | The AI reckoning arrives at South Africa’s universities |
| IT Web | Romantia Mashabane 22 Junie 2026 | SA universities move beyond AI detection tools |
| News 24 | Prega Govender 23 March 2026 | SA universities clamp down on students’ unethical misuse of AI in assignments |
| Sunday Tribune | Gcwalisile Khanyile 25 Jan 2026 | How South African universities are leading the way in ethical AI practices |
| Brainstorm - Inside | By Carew, Joane 1 April 2025 | Teaching and learning in the age of AI |
| Gesprekspunt | Adendorff, Hanelie; Joubert Dalene 24 January 2025 | Internasionale Onderwysdag, Die onderwys, menswees en KI: In ’n wêreld vol KI bly kompleksiteit die hart van ons menslikheid |
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