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ASSAf and NHREC POPIA Stakeholder Engagement with the RECs, 18 May 2021
(Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), 2021)
ASSAf is facilitating the process to develop a Code of Conduct for Research under the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA), having hosted three stakeholder events that were attended by scientists and researchers ...
ASSAf POPIA Public Consultation Forum: Progress on the POPIA Code of Conduct for Research, 03 May 2021
(Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), 2021)
The Academy of Science of South Africa is facilitating the process to develop a Code of Conduct for Research under the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA), having hosted two stakeholder events that were attended ...
ICT in Science – Towards empowered South African Citizens
(Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), 2021)
Science engagement plays a pivotal role in bringing trusted information to the public, however, not all communities are accessible in South Africa and science engagers are in short supply. Alternative ways need to be ...
Understanding the scourge of predatory journals and conferences in academia
(Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), 2021)
Presented as part of Science Forum South Africa 2021. This presentation highlights some of the key emerging findings and recommendations of an InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) study “Combatting predatory academic journals ...
Launch of Essential facts about Covid-19 Booklet
(Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), 2021)
The booklet titled "Essential facts about Covid-19: the disease, the responses, and an uncertain future. For South African learners, teachers, and the general public" was launched as part of this webinar. View the launch ...
The status of coding and robotics in South African schools
(Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), 2021)
Recording of a webinar hosted by ASSAf on 28 April 2021. Panellists included the following:
- Emma Dicks, founder and director at CodeSpace, an education institution that specialises in teaching coding & software development. ...
Annual National Scholarly Editors’ Forum (NSEF) Meeting
(Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), 2021)
ASSAf’s Scholarly Publishing Programme (SPP) hosted its annual National Scholarly Editors’ Forum (NSEF) two-days meeting on 10 and 11 November 2021. The NSEF annual meeting is an opportunity for scholarly journal editors ...
The role of language in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR)
(Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), 2021)
Webinar hosted by the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) on 4 November 2021. Presented by Dr Rethabile Mawela, Rhodes University, South Africa.
The 4IR as a concept can only be meaningful if articulated in a ...
Origins and destinations known: learning from the tracer study of international African doctoral graduates
(Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), 2021)
South Africa’s universities host a large considerable number of international doctoral students, of whom international Africans make up close to 40% of the eventual PhD graduates. Immigration policy requires the graduates ...
Astronomy in Africa
(Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), 2021)
Astronomy is one of the most challenging of all scientific endeavours, requiring technologies and skills that are usually beyond the reach of what is currently available. As such it is a field that pushes the boundaries ...