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News Author: Corporate Communication and Marketing/Korporatiewe Kommunikasie en Bemarking [Sandra Mulder] Published: 02/03/2021 ​Committed to succeed with the academic project and to remain sustainable as a leading higher education institution, Stellenbosch University (SU) will be welcoming first-year students to its campuses this week in a slightly different way than before in order to adhere to all COVID-19 protocols to keep infections low and protect the health services. This year, the University has adapted its annual weeklong Welcoming Programme to a comprehensive two-week programme fo...

News Author: Prof Stan du Plessis: ICBC Chair Published: 26/02/2021 Dear colleagues and students The Institutional Committee for Business Continuity (ICBC) of Stellenbosch University (SU) met earlier today, Friday 26 February 2021. The Chair of the Students' Representative Council (SRC), Mr Xola Njengele, joined the meeting for the first time as a regular member. The most important item on the agenda was a decision about SU's approach to learning and teaching this academic year, which formally kicks off in just over two weeks' time with the start of undergraduate classes on 15 March. We took...

News Author: Prof Stan du Plessis Chair: ICBC​ Published: 16/02/2021 Dear colleagues and students The Institutional Committee for Business Continuity (ICBC) of Stellenbosch University (SU) met for the second time this year on Monday 15 February 2021. In line with our previous decision on 18 January, we are still hoping to have as many students as possible back on campus for the start of undergraduate classes on 15 March. To this end, we are putting in place both flexible plans for learning and teaching, as well as extensive health and safety measures. However, there seem to be some contra...

News Author: Corporate Communication and Marketing / Korporatiewe Kommunikasie en Bemarking Published: 20/01/2021 * * * Dear students and staff The Institutional Committee for Business Continuity (ICBC) of Stellenbosch University (SU) held an extraordinary meeting on 18 January 2021 to urgently consider the way forward this year in light of recent amendments to the national coronavirus regulations. Feedback on the most important decisions follows below. In the main, three sets of issues informed our deliberations – the input of our Medical Advisory Committee, government regulations as ann...