An early-career scientist is chasing a breakthrough in African medicine
It begins in Maseru, Lesotho’s capital, a place surrounded by mountains and memory. Mr Carlos da Silva grew up watching the world change from ...
Senior scholars acknowledge the AECRS programme’s utility, and call for urgent other reforms to address systemic challenges
Senior academics and research leaders have called for deeper reform in South Africa’s higher education system to strengthen postgraduate pathways and improve research leadership. ...
Collaboration is advocated as the preferred strategy for strengthening SA’s pipeline of future scholars and researchers
Universities South Africa (USAf) convened national higher-education leaders, academics and policymakers in Johannesburg during late November to strengthen the pipeline of early-career researchers. The ...
Mentorship models must evolve to support academic success
Senior academics and research programme leads have urged South Africa’s universities to rethink mentorship structures and prioritise models that recognise the social, psychological and ...
What researchers need to know about Open Access publishing, but are afraid to ask
On 30 October 2025, leading voices in scholarly publishing, research funding, and open scholarship practice enlightened southern African scholars on Everything researchers need to ...
Everything Researchers need to know about Open Access publishing: A discussion
The USAf Community of Practice for Postgraduate Education and Scholarship (CoP PGES) webinar on 30 October 2025, titled Everything Researchers Need to Know About ...
What it takes to be a good mentor in a university: Insights from Professor David Hornsby
In a compelling Mentor Masterclass hosted by Thuso Connect, Professor David Hornsby (above), Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President: Academic at Carleton University, Canada, delivered a ...
Senior academics’ insights shared at the postgraduates and AI workshop
Universities and AI are such a hot topic, generating so many differing views and queries that a recent webinar on it triggered a stream ...
Open student engagement about AI would be more beneficial than policing them on its use – a senior Rhodes University scholar advises
Professor Sioux McKenna, a professor of Higher Education Research at Rhodes University, recently led an online workshop titled Future-Proofing Postgraduate Education in the Age ...
Emerging researchers and scholars encouraged to use available support tools for success – USAf CEO
“We cannot claim to have covered all the bases concerning the support and empowerment of early career researchers and academics, but we are getting ...