Die Standard Bank-Matie Wiskunde- en-Wetenskapsweek is ʼn inisiatief wat deur die Universiteit in samewerking met fakulteite, iThemba Labs, die MTN ScienCentre, TRAC en SUNSTEP aangebied word. Volgens me Lorna Bartlett, organiseerder van die Wiskunde- en-Wetenskapweek, is dit vir die Universiteit Stellenbosch (US) baie belangrik om n bydrae te lewer tot die uitbou van belangstelling en vaardighede in die velde van wiskunde, wetenskap en tegnologie. Die praktiese werkswinkels, demonstrasies, interaktiewe eksperimente of vertonings oor wiskunde en die wetenskappe bied aan leerders die nodige ondersteuning om abstrakte teoretiese konsepte te visualiseer en te begryp. Daarby kry leerders die kans om sommer baie pret te hê terwyl hulle hope leer oor wiskunde, tegnologie en wetenskap.
Each year the Standard Bank National Youth Jazz Festival sets the stage for a national search for the finest young jazz talent in the country. Hopefuls between 13 and 26 years get the chance to play their hearts out for a prestigious place in one of two national bands – one at school level, and one representing the best players under the age of 26. After Grahamstown, the Standard Bank National Youth Jazz Band performs in leading jazz festivals around the country and has performed at the North Sea Jazz Festival in The Netherlands and twice in Sweden. See these newly selected bands comprising the country’s top young jazz players performing together for the first time at 17.00 and 22.00. The Standard Bank National Schools’ Big Band will show you the strides being made in the jazz education programmes in high schools around South Africa. The band brings together the best young school players in the country under the guidance of Felicia Lesch, a very experienced music educator who ran the Heathfield High School Jazz Band for many years in Cape Town and is now co-ordinator of the Jazz Certificate Programme at Stellenbosch University. The irrepressible big band sound is the most popular genre in jazz and a wonderful vehicle for educating young players.
