Former Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Maud Olofsson visits STIAS
Ms Maud Olofsson, former Swedish Deputy Prime Minister (2006 – 2010) and Minister of Enterprise and Energy (2006 – 2011), visited STIAS recently to assist in the planning of the first STIAS-Wallenberg...
View ArticleYoung property lawyers encouraged to learn from each other
Young property law researchers from across the globe were encouraged to use the third Young Property Lawyers Forum (YPLF), hosted in Stellenbosch this week, to learn from each other and to strenghten...
View ArticleAll systems go for Berlin 10 Open Access Conference
After many months of planning, the Berlin 10 Open Access Conference is set to kick off today (6 November) with the theme Networked Scholarship in a Networked World – Participation in Open Access. The...
View Article‘Open access will boost development in Africa,’ Berlin 10 delegates told
Knowledge production is important because it drives development. And open access accelerates that drive. With these words Prof Russel Botman, Rector and Vice-Chancellor of Stellenbosch University...
View ArticleMinister of Science and Technology supports open access
Without open access young scientists in Africa will be disadvantaged in their collaboration with their European counterparts, Mr Derek Hanekom, Minister of Science and Technology, said at the gala...
View ArticleClose to thirty institutions receive certificates at Berlin10 Open Access...
The Berlin10 Open Access Conference drew to a close on Thursday (8 November) when certificates were handed to 28 African institutions that had signed the Berlin Declaration. By signing the Declaration,...
View ArticleTertiary agricultural education crucial for food security
Over the next few years, food security will become one of the key topics for the survival of the human race, Stellenbosch University (SU) Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation Prof Eugene Cloete...
View ArticleBeyers Naudé Centre to host conference about ‘Coloured Identity’
The ever controversial debate about the classification of people as ‘Coloured’ will be given a platform at a conference on ‘Coloured Identity’ hosted by the Beyers Naudé Centre for Public Theology...
View Article‘Knowledge-based dialogue needed to resolve crisis in agriculture’ – SU...
Dialogue should be promoted and the human dignity of all stakeholders in the agricultural sector respected, Stellenbosch University (SU) Rector and Vice-Chancellor Prof Russel Botman, Rector and...
View ArticleMultilingualism in higher education and the advancement of African languages...
Multilingualism in higher education and the advancement of African languages will be discussed at two symposia hosted by the Stellenbosch University (SU) Language Centre this week – on Wednesday 21 and...
View ArticleSANWATCE to hold e-conference on knowledge management in water sector
A free virtual conference – the first of its kind on knowledge management in the Southern African water sector – will be hosted from 26 to 30 November by the NEPAD Southern African Network of Water...
View Article‘Coloured Identity’ discussed at conference
The ever controversial debate about the classification of people as ‘Coloured’ will be given a platform at a conference on ‘Coloured Identity’ hosted by the Beyers Naudé Centre for Public Theology...
View ArticleHigher education’s relationship with society to be deliberated at higher...
Some 600 staff from institutions of higher education across Southern Africa will descend on Stellenbosch this week to deliberate on how to promote the quality of higher education practice. Hosted by...
View ArticleTeaching and learning ‘the cornerstones of higher education’
Delegates from all over the world, including Pakistan, the United Kingdom, Australia, the Netherlands, Ghana and Zimbawe gathered in Stellenbosch on Wednesday, 28 November, for the annual conference of...
View ArticleHELTASA honours innovative lecturers
Five of the country’s top lecturers shared their teaching secrets on the second day of the HELTASA conference held at Stellenbosch University (SU) Every year the Higher Education Learning and Teaching...
View ArticleColoured people must join other groups in the fight for justice, says judge
Coloured people’s fight for justice in the new South Africa should not take place in isolation from other disenfranchised groups, Judge Steven Majiedt of the Supreme Court of Appeal said on Friday...
View ArticleChinese, Russian nuclear physicists meet in Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch University’s Department of Physics is having quite a busy end of the year, thanks to visits by two groups of international nuclear physicists. Last week, Russian physicists met with their...
View ArticleYoung Water Professionals Conference: Call for abstracts
Following two very successful conferences hosted at the CSIR Conference Centre in Pretoria in 2010 and 2011, the third Regional Young Water Professionals’ Conference is moving to the Western Cape to...
View ArticleFive SU Women attend HERS SA Academy 2012
The tenth HERS-SA Academy in Cape Town was attended by five women from Stellenbosch University – Prof Karen Esler (Conservation Ecology & Entomology), Dr Munita Dunn (Centre for Student...
View Article‘Green manufacturing’ high on the agenda at conference this week
“The Challenges of Green Manufacturing” will be the theme of discussions when leading researchers and industry representatives from around the world gather in Stellenbosch this week (30 January to 1...
View ArticleSA exports down due to uncompetitiveness, keynote speaker tells manufacturing...
The dwindling competitiveness of the South African manufacturing sector is to blame for the dramatic decline in the country’s exports to the EU, not Europe’s current economic woes, a senior foreign...
View ArticleFaculty of Theology presents conference as part of German-South African Year...
The Faculty of Theology at Stellenbosch University will play host to an international conference as part of the German-South African Year of Science 2012-2013. The conference will take place at the...
View ArticleSouthern Africa’s energy landscape under spotlight at STIAS discussion
An impressive panel of local and international experts will be interrogating Southern Africa’s broad energy and electricity landscape at the first STIAS-Wallenberg Round Table Meeting in Stellenbosch...
View ArticleSAMS Congress: Transforming and Liberating Spiritualities
The annual congress of the South African Missiological Society (SAMS) will be held from 13-15 March 2013 at the Faculty of Theology, Stellenbosch University, with the theme: Transforming and Liberating...
View ArticleWorld’s top experts on biofuels to gather in South Africa
Some of the world’s foremost experts on biofuels, including second and third-generation biofuel technologies, will gather in South Africa for the 20th International Symposium on Alcohol Fuels (ISAF)....
View ArticleSouth Africa’s land issues take centre stage at high-profile conference
South Africa’s land issues will take centre stage at a high-profile conference themed Land Divided: Land and South African Society in 2013, in Comparative Perspective. The conference commences on 24...
View ArticleConference briefed on problems with land reform in SA
South Africa’s agrarian reform project is seriously lagging behind the stated target of putting 30% of land in the hands of black owners, participants in the Land Divided Conference heard on Monday (25...
View ArticleFracking will lead to health, environmental damage – expert at Land Divided...
Despite arguments to the contrary, it seems as if fracking in the Karoo will cause large-scale damage to the environment, the health of people living there and the economy of the area. It could also...
View ArticleOp-ed: Land reform must take note of changes in SA the past 100 years – Prof...
The bitter legacy of the 1913 Natives Land Act continues to reverberate to this day, but if the state is to use the centenary as an opportunity for policy review and not just political hype, it needs...
View ArticleLanguage experts to gather in Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch is familiar with discussions and debates on language matters. From 1 to 4 July this year there will be yet more dialogue on language. But this time it is because Stellenbosch...
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