Four Language Centre staff members attended the eighth European Society for Translation Studies (EST) Congress held in Aarhus, Denmark, from 15 to 17 September this year. EST promotes research on…

Welcome to the first article in our #Mythbusters series! Most of us have some writing rules etched into our brains, probably drummed in at school. ‘Never start a sentence with…

Recently I received a letter with some bad news: my job application was unsuccessful. And while reading this awful news, it struck me: it wasn’t so much what the letter…

This course is a demanding one, with of 120 hours of face to face classes and a further 80 hours of assignments and planning in a short four week time…

Oxford University Press has partnered with the Stellenbosch University Language Centre and A Blind Spot Productions to create a series of edutainment videos aimed at helping students excel at their…

On the 23 September Dagbreker insert of kykNET’s breakfast show Dagbreek, Juanli Theron, Project Coordinator: Interpreting, of the Language Centre talked about how educational interpreting is growing at Stellenbosch University.…

In a joint venture, Christine Fourie, a contract staff member at the Language Centre, and Kris Van de Poel from the University of Antwerp presented a paper, titled ‘Towards blended medical…