Early career academics talk about being mentored — what works and what could work better
When Dr Heike Lucht, a research assistant at the University of Pretoria, was paired with a mentor affiliated with Rhodes University (RU) through an ...
Advancing doctoral assessment strategies; the importance of standardisation and the viva voce mode of assessment
Assessment standards as applied in postgraduate (especially doctoral) research proposals, dissertations and written and oral examinations were the subject of discussion at a recent ...
The 3rd USAf Higher Education Conference: The Future of the University
Universities South Africa (USAf) proudly presents the 3rd USAf Higher Education Conference, hosted from the 9th to the 11th of October 2024. After five ...
Thuso Resources, an information hub for early career academics, now transcends South African Borders
The recent data analysis for Thuso Resources has revealed that the platform, initially intended for emerging academics within South African institutions, is attracting users ...
The USAf programme for emerging academics is consolidating data for its final intervention – a monitoring tool for universities’ support systems
On 27 May, the Advancing Early Career Researchers and Scholars (AECRS) Programme team met with representatives from public universities in South Africa to discuss ...
Call: Postdoctoral researchers in the Marie-Sklodowska-Curie-Action COFUND Data4Healthcare programme, University of Oulu
We are now looking for 15 highly motivated and talented Postdoctoral Researchers to join us in Data4Healthcare postdoctoral programme co-funded by the Marie-Sklodowska-Curie-Action (MSCA) COFUND of ...
Startling Survey findings: SA is graduating fewer doctoral candidates
The country is simply not producing enough PhD graduates, and, by implication, post-doctoral fellows (post-docs). This was one of the crucial findings of a ...
An urgent need for more PhD and post-doctoral graduates emerges from Tracer Study
A comprehensive strategy to massively increase the number of PhD and post-doctoral graduates in South Africa, given the pivotal role they play in the ...
Accolades for the two new digital platforms that offer help to emerging researchers
A new digital platform that connects early researchers with experienced mentors has been compared to the online dating app, Tinder. “But instead of a ...
Some key pointers on signing up on Thuso Connect
Comment after comment at last week’s launch of Thuso Connect reinforced how this online mentoring platform for early career researchers is fulfilling a need ...