In celebration of World Poetry Day, we applaud Dr Uhuru Phalafala for her recent achievements in African poetry. Dr Phalafala is an exceptional South African poet and academic at Stellenbosch University. Dr Phalafala has recently published her latest booklength poem,...

Recently, prof Lindy Heinecken and prof Sandra Swart (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences), together with colonel dr Laetitia Olivier (Faculty of Military Science) have taken their academic skills from the classroom to the stables. Prof Heinecken is the vice-dean of...

International Women's Day was celebrated on 8 March. In an opinion piece for the Cape Times, Prof Lindy Heinecken emphasises the importance of women's voices in military service. Read the article below or click here for the article as published. Prof Lindy Heinecken,...

A study co-authored by Prof Heidi Prozesky (Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology) reveals the gender disparities in scientific research publications. In an article for University World News, Prof Heidi Prozesky, Dr Corlia Meyer, and Prof Catherine...

Stellenbosch University (SU) and Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey (SNDT) University in Mumbai, have collaborated to develop a new hybrid learning course titled, “South-South Feminisms: A Feminist Approach to Cross-Cultural Learning”. It is the first programme of...

The big buzzword of 2023, ChatGPT, came under scrutiny in the first instalment of a brand-new lecture series presented on the Stellenbosch University (SU) main campus this week. Themed “The Future of Intelligence: ChatGPT and its Implications", this first lecture in...

​Chatbots like OpenAI's ChatGPT, Microsoft's Bing Chat, and Google's Bard are grabbing the world's attention. In an opinion piece for News24, Dr Tanya de Villiers-Botha (Centre for Applied Ethics) emphasises the need for greater awareness about the ethical risks...

​Word processing, identifying fake news, plagiarism, how to be a responsible online citizen and digital literacy among the essential knowledge skills first-year students will learn The six-credit module – convened by the Department of Journalism – uses some of the...

Challenges in bioethics, the experience of an incurable disease, assisted death, organ trafficking, procreation, and abortion name only a few of the topics researched by the Unit for Bioethics. The Unit for Bioethics forms part of the Centre for Applied Ethics (CAE),...

With many challenges within higher education and the student community, the new SRC chairperson, Masilo Silokazi is ready to lead the SRC team and make an impact at Stellenbosch University (SU). She spoke to the communication officer at the Faculty of Arts and Social...

​When Patricia Zweig (better known as Trish) started studying, at the age of 36, while simultaneously working at various jobs, she never dreamt that she would graduate with a Philosophiae Doctor (PhD) at the age of 62. On 5 December, Zweig, a lecturer and researcher...

​​Monday 5 December 2022 was a big day for Dr Hillary Chibaya. Not only did he cross the graduation stage to receive his doctoral degree from Stellenbosch University (SU) but he also did so on his 30th birthday. “I am excited to graduate on my birthday. Individually,...