What works in Stellenbosch
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Evidence snapshot for Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch University's technology-transfer office Innovus has spun out companies in the SU Group that collectively generated R422 million in turnover in 2023 (a 21% year-on-year increase) and employed ~400 people, while filing 49 provisional patents and 54 PCT applications between 2019 and 2023. The university also operates a module-by-module approach to generative-AI use in teaching, where lecturers decide whether to prohibit, restrict, allow, encourage or require AI based on learning outcomes, with students required to disclose substantive AI use, though no outcome data has been published. The university's Policy Innovation Lab has piloted a WhatsApp chatbot for citizens to report public service failures, documented with explicit risk auditing but without published metrics on adoption or impact.
Drawn from: Innovus — Stellenbosch University Technology Transfer & Innovation Office · Stellenbosch University Rejects a Blanket AI Rule — Lecturers Set AI Conditions Module by Module, Tied to Learning Outcomes · The Policy Innovation Lab's WhatsApp AI Chatbot for Citizen-Generated Service Delivery Data
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Teacher capability & pedagogy +29 pts 67 here · 37 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection +20 pts 67 here · 47 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability +13 pts 67 here · 54 average
Weaknesses
Sustainability / continuity -12 pts 67 here · 78 average
Equity & inclusion -17 pts 33 here · 50 average
Scalability -18 pts 44 here · 62 average
Evidence of learning impact -26 pts 0 here · 26 average
Transferability / demonstrated replication -27 pts 33 here · 60 average
Governance, capability & sustainability -30 pts 33 here · 64 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration -41 pts 33 here · 74 average
Inclusiveness / equity -43 pts 0 here · 43 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Stellenbosch. Grey bar: peer average across the corpus. Both on a common 0–100 scale.
Points compare this place's average on each dimension with the average across all evaluated places, on a common 0–100 scale. Know more
Top good practices here
Innovus — Stellenbosch University Technology Transfer & Innovation Office · 48
The Policy Innovation Lab's WhatsApp AI Chatbot for Citizen-Generated Service Delivery Data · 40
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- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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