Science Africa

The Conference took place in Canterbury Christ Church University on 14th and 15th February. A wide variety of delegatescame, including Dr Jonas Mwatseteza and Dr Timothy Biswick from Chancellor College, University of Malawi, Dr Habatwa Mweene and Dr Boniface Mbewe from the University of Zambia and Dr Jame Mdoe and Dr Cuthbert Nahonyo from the [...]

Research grants involving natural science, but in particular Agriculture (including animal health) Water and sanitation Basic human health research (including medicinal chemistry) Biodiversity (including medicinal plants and green chemistry) Energy (including renewables) These should involve a Uk based academic and one based in Tanzania or Ghana. If any of you are interested, there are more details on the Royal Society [...]

I would like to apply for an EDULINK grant for the network in the next round, the details of which are due to be announced towards the end of 2010. The EDULINKprogramme is a European Union funded scheme for ACP (African, Caribbean and Pacific) countries for Higher Education. The website is http://www.acp-edulink.eu/. I attended a conference in [...]

Two Leverhulme Trust Visiting Fellowships have been allocated to Casnterbury Christ Church University. This Fellowship, aimed at those who have no more than 8 year post doctoral experience, is for 9 months to one year, and gives all expenses. Details are give at http://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/grants_awards/grants/visiting_fellowships/. If anyone is interested, please contact me as soon as possible. [...]

A workshop on the Job Skills of University Graduates was held in the Commonwealth Youth Centre in the University of Zambia, Lusaka on March 24 th and 25 th March, 2010. It was organised by Dr Habatwa Mweene, Head of Physics Department, University of Zambia. It is part of the Science Africa project funded by the Education Partnerships in [...]

On July 26 th and 27 th July 2010, a workshop on “ Improvement of the Profile of Science as a Career ” was held in the University of Dar es Salaam. The workshop was organised by Dr James Mdoe, Head of Chemistry Department, University of Dar es Salaam. The workshop was funded as part of the Education Partnerships in [...]

A workshop on ‘IMPROVEMENT OF THE PROFILE OF SCIENCE AS A CAREER’ is being held in the University of Dar es Salaam on 26thand 27th July 2010. The workshop is part the EPA (Education Partnerships in Africa) project.

These are available to graduates from Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe for postgraduate studies in UK . They may be of interest to some of you. The website is http://www.beittrust.org.uk/Scholarships.htm.

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We’re pleased to announce that registration to ScienceAfrica is now open. Registration is mainly restricted to students and staff of Canterbury Christ Church University , the University of Zambia , Chancellor College, University of Malawi and the University of Dar es Salaam . However, anyone who is interested is welcome to apply for membership, which is at the discretion of the webmaster. To [...]