Our identity as global citizens
Page Content: "How do we fit into the global community? This question is of particular importance for young people who are on the point of entering the job market. Is there something about their...
View ArticleMaties hold on to Vino Varsity title
Page Content: Maties successfully defended their title as Vino Varsity Champions after a commanding performance against the teams of UCT and Tuks recently.This intervarsity competition between the wine...
View ArticleBook Launch: Led into Mystery by John de Gruchy
Page Content: Date: Monday 9 September 2013 at 17:30Venue: Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS)Speakers: Graham Ward, Oxford UniversityMark Solms, Cape Town UniversityRobert Vosloo,...
View ArticleHippo Ladies win again
Page Content: Hippokrates Ladies were announced the winners of the national university sêr competition for the second time in a row on Saturday 31 August.They also won the prizes for the best...
View ArticleDepartment of Curriculum Studies holds workgroup discussion
Page Content: Members of the Department of Curriculum Studies recently participated in a breakaway to discuss the future conceptualization and organization of Teaching Practice in the PGCE and B Ed....
View ArticleRector inspires bursary students
Page Content: The most precious thing in the world is knowledge. This was the message recently conveyed by Stellenbosch University Rector Prof Russel Botman to Thuthuka bursary students in the Faculty...
View ArticleCommunity Interaction Symposium
Page Content: The Division for Community Interaction, Stellenbosch University, invites you to attend the annual the Community Interaction Symposium with the theme Schools can make a difference:...
View ArticleConference explores music and landscape
Page Content: A conference drawing connections between landscape and music will be held at the Music Department of Stellenbosch University (SU).The Hearing Landscape Critically (HLC) conference runs...
View ArticleProspective Southern Cape Maties receive SU bursaries
Page Content: Various matric learners from the Southern Cape who participated in Stellenbosch University's (SU) Hope@Maties Tutor Project, were rewarded for their hard work during the year at a...
View ArticleFirst years get more access to PSOs
Page Content: On 28 August, the Student Housing Committee (or Studente Huisvestingskomitee - SHVK) approved a request by PSO Chairperson Phillip van der Merwe to recommend to the finance...
View ArticleGet to know each other better, say participants in RSG discussion
Page Content: Building a South African identity will depend, among other things, on our willingness to listen to each other and to know one another better.This was the gist of a panel discussion on...
View ArticleConference on maritime security off the eastern African coast
Page Content: Good order at sea, lessons derived from anti-piracy, the role of technology, cooperation on maritime security, threats to the rising oil and gas industry and developing coastal...
View ArticleUSB appoints professors and senior lecturers extraordinary
Page Content: The Stellenbosch University Business School (USB) has appointed two new professors extraordinary as well as four senior lecturers extraordinary.New expertise in the fields of qualitative...
View ArticleResearch should boost economic and social development
Page Content: Academic research, especially in the engineering domain, should address industrial, economic and social problems or opportunities first before aiming for student graduations and...
View ArticleProf Van Niekerk appointed as member of NHREC
Page Content: Prof Anton van Niekerk, Chair of the Department of Philisophy and Director of the Centre for Applied Ethics of Stellenbosch University, has just been appointed by the Minister of Health,...
View ArticleTechnology helps fight lung cancer
Page Content: New technology can help to control lung cancer better and to increase patients’ chances of survival.This was the view of Prof Branislav Jeremic of the Radiation Oncology Division in the...
View ArticleTwo new buildings will contribute to better engineering training
Page Content: "If there is one group of people who can make things work, then it's engineers. You don't back down from challenges."These were the words of Prof Russel Botman, Rector and Vice-Chancellor...
View ArticleBonsai collection in SU Botanical Gardens gets official name
Page Content: With about 300 bonsai trees, the Botanical Gardens of Stellenbosch University probably boasts one of the biggest collections in the country.And the collection, of which the oldest...
View ArticlePASSING OF A STUDENT OF THE MILITARY ACADEMY
Page Content: It is with sadness that the Management of the Military Academy learnt of the passing of Lieutenant Mthokozisi Siphosenkosi Ngxongo, a first year Military Science student at the Military...
View ArticleHelp boost student success, asks Dean
Page Content: "We believe in our product. We also take pride in the achievements of our alumni."This was the message by the Dean of Economic and Management Sciences, Prof Johann de Villiers, at an...
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