After a holiday the  Risk and Protection Services Division (R&PS) usually experience regular reporting of break-ins and theft inside  hostel rooms and store rooms. Students are  advised not to leave behind valuable items such as laptops, radios, cameras, etc and not to store valuable items inside store rooms. Please try to take your valuable items [...]

Lecturers are invited to submit proposals for the November 2010 round of selections of the Fund for Innovation and Research into Learning and Teaching (FIRLT). Any lecturer, team of lecturers or Centre responsible for teaching and learning may apply. Proposals of no longer than 5 pages, should be submitted by 10 November 2010. Applicants should [...]

The B Minor Mass by Johann Sebastian Bach will be performed by the Stellenbosch Libertas Choir and Orchestra, conducted by Johan de Villiers, with Concert Master Jϋrgen Schwietering, on 5 and 12 September. The solo parts will be sung by Standard Bank Young Artist for Music (2008) Zanne Stapelberg (soprano), Violina Anguelov (mezzo soprano/alto), Given [...]

The Stellenbosch University Sport Performance Institute (SUSPI) will be hosting Special Olympics South Africa’s 2010 National Summer Games during the period 8-11 September. Over 350 athletes from eight provinces will be competing in various sport codes in preparation for the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Athens, Greece. Special Olympics is a leader in [...]

Stellenbosch University will be hosting the bi-annual conference of the South African Association of Political Studies (SAAPS) in Stellenbosch from 1-4 September 2010. The SAAPS conference will focus on Democracy in the first decade of the 21st century and will touch on issues such as conflict and security in Africa, the quality of democracy, xenophobia and [...]

Renewable and Sustainable Energy A special lecture will be held on Thursday, 2 September 2010  at 10:00 in Room M306, Mechanical Engineering Building, Stellenbosch University. Dr Christiaan Sattler from the DLR (Institute of Technical Thermodynamics, Germany) will talk about the use of concentrated solar radiation in upgrading fossil fuels. He will also touch on the [...]

Speaker: Prof Dr Derck Schlettwein, Institute of Applied Physics Justus-Liebig University Germany Title: Light induced Charge Transfer using Molecular Absorber Centers in Active Interfaces of Devices for Solar Energy Conversion Date: Friday 03 September 2010 Time: 11:00 Venue: Lecture Hall Delta Contact person: Prof Heinrich Schwoerer   Tel: (021) 808 3375   E-mail:   heso@sun.ac.za

The increase in theft of bicycles on campus is troubling and are amplified by suspects posing as students thus making their actions being less visible. Research shows that making use of a U-lock is the best form of preventing bicycle theft.  Students are therefore advised to make use of these locks, which is available at all [...]