📢 We are pleased to announce the 3rd Postdoctoral Research Conference of Africa. 📅 18–22 September 2023, Stellenbosch, South Africa. 📤 We invite you to submit extended abstracts or proposals for workshops to [email protected] 🌐 tinyurl.com/4n48mzcc #highered #africa

Happy to be able to announce the teams that will be participating in #TriangleSCI in October, and their projects on the theme of "Trust" in scholarly communication. Team names and participants are now up, with more project details linked from here soon! trianglesci.org/2023/07/14/sci…

So excited to get to collaborate with Mario Malički Francois Chelsea Ratcliff Luisa Massarani & Law, Yao Hua to look at preprints in journalism this October. Dream team? I think so!

Opening reception and introductions at #TriangleSCI this evening. It's going to be a great week - so many different backgrounds and professions and countries and organizations and kinds of expertise in the room - so much to learn from each other.

Got to spend a week with this international dream team of #scicom researchers & practitioners (Alice Fleerackers Luisa Massarani Law, Yao Hua Mario Malički Francois). We’ve been discussing & articulating a research agenda on journalists’ use of scientific preprints Triangle Scholarly Communication Institute

New #scholcommlab blog post: Alice Fleerackers reflects on Triangle Scholarly Communication Institute, where she collaborated with scholars & journalists (Law, Yao Hua Mario Malički Luisa Massarani Chelsea Ratcliff Francois) to improve how #preprints are reported in the news. scholcommlab.ca/2023/10/25/stu…

SAJS_Official celebrates its 120th volume this year! The first issue of this volume is jam-packed with interesting reads on AI-assisted writing, resilience of spekboom to rising CO2, the profile of postdocs in SA, pedestrian safety, and so much more! bit.ly/3vVmkn6

Francois et al. provide the first comprehensive description of the postdoc landscape at South Africa’s universities. bit.ly/49hKPJL #postdoc #HigherEd @USAf_ORD National Research Foundation of South Africa #SDG4 #SDG5 #SDG8 #SDG10

‘Francois et al. provide the first comprehensive description of the postdoc landscape at South Africa’s universities. bit.ly/3SDrkWe #postdoc #HigherEd @USAf_ORD National Research Foundation of South Africa #SDG4 #SDG5 #SDG8 #SDG10

‘Francois nabanye. bahlinzeka ngencazelo yokuqala ephelele yesimo se-postdoc emanyuvesi aseNingizimu Afrika. bit.ly/3Ui1GYB #postdoc #HigherEd @USAf_ORD National Research Foundation of South Africa #SDG4 #SDG5 #SDG8 #SDG10

A new article by two researchers at CREST provide, for the first time, longitudinal quantitative evidence at the national level about postdocs in South Africa: www0.sun.ac.za/crest/postdoc-… #HigherEducation #Postdocs Stellenbosch University Postdocs SAJournalofScience Research at Stellenbosch University

"The scientific periphery and new flows of knowledge: the case of regional preprint servers" doi.org/10.1108/OIR-04… #preprints #openscience #OpenAccess Alice Fleerackers Mario Malički Chelsea Ratcliff

Findings in the Nature Index represent the reality for scientists in low-income countries. The #openaccess monograph Who Counts? relates the experiences of those in Ghana navigating the international science-publishing system. nature.com/articles/d4158… africanminds.co.za/who-counts/

Africa’s postdoc workforce is on the rise — but at what cost? nature nature.com/articles/d4158… For the situation in South Africa see: doi.org/10.17159%2Fsaj… #postdoctoral Natasha P. Mothapo CREST, Stellenbosch University

Musselin Christine (Sciences Po) giving the first keynote on "More competition, new cooperation" at the Workshop on "Multiple Competition in Higher Education" INCHER

The new guidelines for appointing, retaining, and developing #postdocs were launched at the 3rd National Postdoctoral Fellowship Forum on 3 July 2024. It aims to enhance support for postdocs in South Africa. Read more here: shorturl.at/ZAHZY Francois Stellenbosch University

LAUNCH: Rocklands by Liezille Jacobs. In conversation with Jonathan Jansen, and with family and colleagues Stellenbosch Business School africanminds.co.za/rocklands/ #OpenAccess #psychology

Africa’s flagship universities have a proud history – but are they serving local communities? theconversation.com/africas-flagsh… via The Conversation Africa African Minds African Books Collective ARUA The Guild #HigherEducation #HigherEd #Africa

Beyond ‘publish or perish’: Unpacking the complexities of academic publishing in Africa | South African Journal of Science: doi.org/10.17159/sajs.… BOOK REVIEW of Who Counts? African Minds #OpenAccess @ africanminds.co.za/who-counts/