National Scholarly Book Publishers’ Forum meets June 20, 2011
Posted by Louise in : Events , add a commentThe National Scholarly Book Publisher’s Forum met on the 27th May 2011 at the Human Sciences Research Council’s offices in Cape Town. The meeting was attended by representatives of nine publishing institutions.
The vision and mission of the National Scholarly Book Publishers’ Forum is to make the Forum a significant new stakeholder in the South African national innovation system (NSI), with a voice that helps shape policy and promotes excellence and high visibility of the country’s research activities through the promotion and proper resourcing of scholarly book publishing in and from the country.
The objectives of the National Scholarly Book Publishers’ Forum will be generally to support and promote high-quality scholarly book publishing in South Africa, and especially to assist in the efforts of the Academy bringing about the following: (more…)
ASSAf welcomes contributions June 14, 2011
Posted by Louise in : Open Access Scholarly Publishing, Projects, Publications , add a comment
Litnet: Discussion on the paper by Braam Roux and Fanie de Beer
Reply from Prof Wieland Gevers (University of Cape Town) and Susan Veldsman (Academy of Science of South Africa)
The extended article by Roux and de Beer entitled“Towards quality science 2: The role of strategy, vision and quality” is one of the most thoughtful recent contributions to key issues in science policy in South Africa, and is to be welcomed. They rightly plead for a deeper and wider debate on the ways in which scholarship and science should be fostered in the country, and linked to national development in the widest sense. (more…)
Women still under-represented in S&T, is consensus at TWOWS Conference July 12, 2010
Posted by Andrea in : International Relations, Liaison , add a commentRepresentatives from the South African chapter of the Third World Organisation for Women in Science (TWOWS) attended the TWOWS Fourth General Assembly and International Conference on “Women Scientists in a Changing World”, which was held in Beijing, China on the 27-30 June 2010. (more…)
ASSAf engages SADC science and technology policy makers August 13, 2009
Posted by Mutheu in : International Relations, Liaison , add a commentASSAf, through its Executive Officer, Professor Roseanne Diab, will present the outcomes of the South African Development Community’s (SADC) Regional Workshop for Academies and Universities held in May 2009 in Pretoria, South Africa to SADC science and technology policymakers on 14 August 2009. (more…)
