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International recognition for South African conservation biologist
Page Content: Prof Wendy Foden is the second South African conservation scientist to receive the George Rabb Award for Conservation Innovation from the Species Survival Commission (SSC) of the...
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SU community exhorted to 'co-create an inclusive academic culture'
Page Content: Rebuilding trust and building an inclusive culture, was the key message that Prof Tania Ajam, associate professor in Public Policy, Economics and Finance at the School of Public...
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Institute for Plant Biotechnology – 21st anniversary celebrations
Page Content: During the recess in September, the Institute for Plant Biotechnology (IPB) celebrated its 21st anniversary on Friday 13 September. In the week leading up to the big bash on Friday...
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Meet the Teaching Excellence Award winner from Military Science
Page Content: Lt. Col. André Pretorius believes that being a hands-on teacher and finding innovative solutions in the classroom can offer many more learning opportunities to the students he teaches...
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SU first university in SA to go cashless with SnapScan in-app payments
Page Content: Stellenbosch University (SU) is the first university in South Africa to make use of the SnapScan in-app payment solutions for payments on its campuses, so that students no longer have to...
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Research networks can help BRICS countries combat invasive species
Page Content: BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) should establish more networks of researchers dedicated to invasion science if they wish to curb the spread of invasive...
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Meet the Teaching Excellence Award winners from Engineering
Page Content: As one of the 2019 Distinguished Teachers awards winners, Dr Karel Kruger, a lecturer at Stellenbosch University's Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineer, says he finds great...
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JT Morrison medal for top MSc student in Applied Mathematics
Page Content: The 2018 John Todd Morrison-medal for the best MSc-student in Applied Mathematics in SU's Faculty of Science was awarded to Jacoline van Jaarsveld, a former learner from Tygerberg High...
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Cultural historian honoured by South African Academy for Science and Art
Page Content: Prof Matilda Burden, senior researcher in cultural history at the University Museum of Stellenbosch University and extraordinary professor in History and Ancient Culture at North-West...
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Talent Development Programme: First 2-year cycle completed
Page Content: The spring edition of the Talent Development Programme was hosted during the September school holidays. The Talent Development Programme (TDP) is a joint project between the Department...
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Academic Diplomacy fostering SDG implementation in Africa
Page Content: On 10 October 2019 an important cooperation agreement was signed between Stellenbosch University (through its Development and Rule of Law Programme), the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) and...
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SPL to Launches its First Africa-UK Trilateral Research Chair
Page Content: Stellenbosch University (SU) launched its first Africa-UK Trilateral Research Chair, Mainstreaming Gender for Energy Security in Poor Urban Environments, on 10 October 2019 at the...
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#Researchforimpact: Counting the cost to the SA economy of the “lost decade"
Page Content: In marking the 10th anniversary of the largest financial crisis since the Great Depression, this research, published by the Bureau for Economic Research (BER), looked back at the...
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SPL to Launches its First Africa-UK Trilateral Research Chair
Page Content: Stellenbosch University (SU) launched its first Africa-UK Trilateral Research Chair, Mainstreaming Gender for Energy Security in Poor Urban Environments, on 10 October 2019 at the...
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Meet another 2019 Teaching Excellence Award winner from Engineering
Page Content: Dr Robbie Pott, a senior lecturer at Stellenbosch University's (SU) Faculty of Engineering, says it is gratifying to be honoured as one of the 12 winners in the SU Teaching Excellence...
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Research explores student mental health
Page Content: The university years are a critical time period when students experience the challenging transition into adulthood. Although student years are characterized by positive experiences and...
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Taking renewable energy into the future
Page Content: In the light of recent #climatestrikes around the world, Prof Ntshengedzeni Sampson Mamphweli’s work as director of Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Studies (CRSES) is more...
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Developing a Curriculum on Climate Change
Page Content: Dr Melanie Skead, Director of CTL, participated as local expert in the development of a Master's degree on climate change and recently shared some of the good news on RSG radio programme...
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#SUCareersCafe talk: Education is key, says alumnus
Page Content: You'll most likely recognise his voice from SAfm, but when Stellenbosch University (SU) alumnus and law graduate, Songezo Mabece, is not dissecting social justice, economic and political...
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SciMathUs says goodbye to class of 2019
Page Content: “The 10-months experience at the Science and Mathematics at Stellenbosch University (SciMathUs) programme surpassed my entire five years of high school," said Taariq Willemse at the...
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