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Innovation Mavericks is an initiative proudly brought to you by InnovUS, the innovation company of Stellenbosch University In celebration of World Creativity and Innovation Week (15–22 April), InnovUS will be focusing on the impact that good ideas can have on the day-to-day lives of everyday people. To this end, a Mavericks event will be held at the [...]

The special and important relationship between students and lecturers was celebrated on Tuesday at the Rector’s Dinner for Top-Performing Students, hosted by the First-year Academy (FYA) of Stellenbosch University (SU), during which the 30 top performing first-years of 2012 were honoured. Special recognition was also given to the lecturers who these students felt had made the greatest contribution to [...]

The Centre for Prospective Students invites you to the Stellenbosch University National Benchmark Test (NBT) Colloquium Date: Tuesday 16 April 2013 Time: 08:30 for 09:00 to 12:00 Place: Den Bosch (located behind the Development Office of the Centre for Student Counselling and Development, 39 Victoria Street) RSVP by Friday 12 April to Eloize Fry (eloize@sun.ac.za) PROGRAMME [...]

Prof Sandra Liebenberg, HF Oppenheimer Chair in Human Rights Law and Prof Sonia Human, Dean of the Faculty of Law at Stellenbosch University invite you to the Annual Human Rights Law Lecture presented by Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng, Chief Justice of the Republic of South Africa. His topic will be: The Implications of the Office of the [...]

As an official bid partner, Stellenbosch will in 2014 be part of the Cape Town World Design Capital (WDC) celebrations, and staff and students of the University have been invited to submit proposals for inclusion in the year-long programme. Successful projects will receive official WDC 2014 recognition, endorsement and promotion. “This is your opportunity to [...]

The Department of Public Law  has a position for a Postdoctoral research fellow. Scope of Research: The candidate’s research focus should ideally be in the field of international criminal law, in particular the normative and transformative aspects of international criminal justice and the application of international criminal law in domestic legal systems. The research should go [...]

A total of 823 Maties obtained their degrees at Stellenbosch University’s first March graduation ceremony on Monday (11 March) (video). Students in the Faculties of Arts and Social Sciences, Law, Theology, and Military received their degrees. Prof Julian Smith, Vice-Rector: Community Interaction and Personnel, said in his welcoming address that SU strives to be the [...]

Prof Oliver C Ruppel of the Department of Mercantile Law will be presenting his inaugural lecture on Tuesday, 19 March 2013. Title: Intersections of Law and Cooperative Global Climate Governance: Challenges in the Anthropocene Date: Tuesday, 19 March Time: 17:00 for 17:30 Venue: Ou Hoofgebou, cnr of Ryneveld and Victoria Street. Refreshments will be served after the lecture. [...]

The annual public lecture of the Chair of Intellectual Property Law in Stellenbosch University’s Faculty of Law will be presented on 7 March 2013 by Prof Charles Gielen of Groningen University (Netherlands). The topic of his address is “Apple v Samsung – the design wars”. Prof Gielen will examine the significance of trademarks and registered designs for [...]

The gripping story of how an impoverished South African family won an epic copyright battle against international entertainment giant Walt Disney and others has been captured by Stellenbosch University’s Prof Owen Dean in his new book, Awakening the Lion – The case of ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight’ (published by Tafelberg). Dean, the incumbent of the [...]

Not in the mood to stand in long queues in the sun to register at Stellenbosch University? Then you have the option to make use of the self-registration option on www.mymaties.com. First-years, undergraduate students in their second year and higher and postgraduate students who were registered as a student at SU last year are encouraged [...]

It is with “great sadness” that Stellenbosch University (SU) received the news that former Chief Justice Dr Arthur Chaskalson had passed away on 1 December 2012, Prof Russel Botman, Rector and Vice-Chancellor, said over the weekend. Chaskalson, who was the first President of South Africa’s Constitutional Court, received an honorary doctorate from the University in [...]

The Law Faculty of Stellenbosch University invites applications for part-time Writing Consultants to assist law students in the development of their writing skills. Key aspects of the position include: -          Providing assistance to law students in the development of their writing skills; -          Conducting individual consultations with law students to discuss problems associated with written [...]

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 the international network of young property lawyers. They and senior property law scholars from countries like South Africa, the United States, the United Kingdom, [...]

Young property law researchers and senior property law scholars from countries like South Africa, the United States, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Israel and Australia will gather in Stellenbosch next week for the third Young Property Lawyers Forum (YPLF). This forum provides an opportunity for young property lawyers to form an international network and to add [...]