STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY LANGUAGE CENTRE

"WRITING REPORTS AND PROPOSALS"

The series consists of 2 separate sessions. We recommend that participants attend both sessions, because reports and proposal often go hand in hand in the professional environment. In many cases a report will be the follow-up of a successful proposal.

Session 1: Writing Effective Reports: 10-11 March: FEE R2550

Session 2: Writing Proposals that pay off: 12 March: FEE R1485

CLOSING DATE FOR REGISTRATION: 1 MARCH

LANGUAGE: English, although a language-friendly approach regarding the use of English and Afrikaans is follows

FURTHER INFORMATION:
Contact: Audrey Poole on Email: taalsentrum@sun.ac.za or Tel: 021-808-2167

THE ACADEMIC AND NON-FICTION AUTHORS' ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AFRICA (ANFASA)
in association with KZN Press & the University of Kwazulu-Natal

will be presenting a workshop on:

"HOW TO TURN A PhD THESIS INTO A BOOK"

DEBRA PRIMO is a publisher with UKZN Press and will provide the main pointers and the processes involved in the conversion of a thesis into a book.

CHRISTOPHER THURMAN is a member of ANFASA and author who published his PhD thesis as a book through UKZN Press. He will share his experiences on how the conversion process worked.

DATE: 13 MARCH 2010

TIME: 14h00-15h00

FURTHER INFORMATION:
Tel: 011-712-8008 or Email: info@anfasa.org.za

STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY LANGUAGE CENTRE

"WEB TEXTS: DESIGNING EFFECTIVE ONLINE COMMUNICATION"

This workshop is aimed at those who are in any way involved in the development and management of website contents including those persons with the overall responsibilities for the web communication of their institutions/employers. Participants will receive concrete advice on the design of electronic texts, as well as on various design principles for the use of graphics on web pages. The workshop will be presented in a computer user area.

DATE: 16-17 March 2010 (entries close on 5 MARCH)

FEE: R2 220

CLOSING DATE FOR REGISTRATION: 1 MARCH

LANGUAGE: English, although a language-friendly approach regarding the use of English and Afrikaans is followed

FURTHER INFORMATION:
Contact: Audrey Poole on Email: taalsentrum@sun.ac.za or Tel: 021-808-2167

THE CENTRE FOR MULTIGRADE EDUCATION at the CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY is hosting the:

"SOUTHERN AFRICAN CONFERENCE ON MULTIGRADE EDUCATION"

The aim of the conference is to develop a generic integrated policy and strategy on multigrade education in Southern Africa and beyond in association with the Commonwealth Secretariat and Association for Development of Education in Africa (ADEA). Focus areas are policy and curriculum adjustment to enhance the multigrade education context. The intended outcome is a generic integrated roll out strategy for Southern African countries and beyond that can be replicated inother developing regions with minor adjustments.

DATE: 22-24 MARCH 2010

REGISTRATION FEE: R8 900

VENUE: Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Wellington Campus, Wellington, Western Province, South Africa

FURTHER INFORMATION: http://www.cput.ac.za/conference

DANUBE UNIVERSITY KREMS and the UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, VIENNA, AUSTRA are jointly organising

the 4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON eDEMOCRACY

CALL FOR PAPERS: Scientific eDemocracy vision and models have been developed since the 1960s, but it is now, during the first decade of the 21st Century, that they are becoming reality, being tested and implemented. The new digital generation lives and breathes new values: they collaborate, compile content together, share ideas, create networks on social platforms and organise themselves quickly and simply. The new values held, the new behaviours adopted, the changed mindset, along with improved usability and a still-increasing use of the internet, has led to a rapid and radical change in our society. The EDem10 focuses on these changes which can be seen occurring in different areas and which are manifest in different ways: Transparency & Communication; Participation & Collaboration; Architecture, Concepts & Effects; Different Fields; Approaches and Disciplines; Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Approaches; Research Methods.

The primary aim is to bring together researcher and practitioners. We would like to invite individuals from academic, applied and practitioner backgrounds as well as public administration office, public bodies, NGO/NPOs, education institutions and independent organisation to submit their contribution into one of the 6 categories: Finished Research; Ongoing Research: Finished Projects: Ongoing Projects; Workshops; PhD colloquium submission.

DEADLINES:
SUBMISSION OF PAPERS (MAX 10 PAGES): 21 DECEMBER 2009
NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE: 31 JANUARY 2010
FINAL PAPER SUBMISSION: 28 FEBRUARY 2010

CONFERENCE DATE: 6-7 MAY 2010

VENUE: Centre for E-Governement, Danube-University Krems

FURTHER INFORMATION: Email: michael.sachs@donau-uni.ac.at

THE UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CENTRE

"THE FUTURE IS NOW: NEW ROLES AND RELATIONSHIPS FOR ACADEMIC LIBRARIES CONFERENCE"

Within the field of library and information science, the issues of rapidly changing technology and the need to adapt and align services and relationships acordingly, are a constant concern and challenge. Apart from the continued focus on technology, academic librarians are increasingly aware that the needs of their clients are also changing and that they must move from understanding technology to understanding end-user needs and behaviour in the context of the technology. Libraries are at a cross road where they need to embrace new technology and at the same time give more attention to clients than to developing their infrastructure. Many of the predictions about the role of technology in academic libraries are coming true - the future is now!

Target audience: Academics, librarians, information scientists, information practitioners, publishers, open access champions, copyright and intellectual property specialists.

DATE:
Registration: 16 MAY 2010
Conference: 17-18 MAY 2010

COST:
Early bird registration: 28 February 2010 R1500; After February 2010: R1800
Registration closes 31 March 2010

VENUE: University of Johannesburg, South Africa

FURTHER INFORMATION:
Website: click here
Email: Rae Israel risrael@uj.ac.za; Tel: +27 (0)11-559-2181

HERS-SA ACADEMY 2010

Sunday 12 to Saturday 18 September 2010

ANNOUNCEMENT: click here

APPLICATION FORM: click here

DRAFT PROGRAMME: click here

VENUE: University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business, Cape Town, South Africa

WOMENS STUDIES' INTERNATIONAL FORUM (WSIF)

CALL FOR PAPERS
to be submitted for consideration for publication in the Women's Studies' International Forum journal.   The journal is based in the UK with an international perspective and audience.   It is published 6 times a year and considers articles from any and all disciplines as long as they take a feminist perspective on the issues they discuss.

SEND MANUSCRIPTS BY EMAIL TO:
The Africa Regional Editor, Abiola Odejide
abiola.odejide@mail.ui.edu.ng or abiola_odejide@yahoo.com

THE THIRD WORLD ORGANISATION FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE (TWOWS)

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING FELLOWSHIPS

The Third World Organisation for Women in Science (TWOWS), with funds provided by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), has instituted a fellowship programme for female students from Sub-Saharan Africa and Least Developed Countries (LDCs), who wish to pursue postgraduate training leading to a PhD at centres of excellence in the South (developing countries) OUTSIDE THEIR OWN COUNTRY.

The minimum qualification of applicants is an MSc degree (or equivalent), or an outstanding BSc Honours degree, in the following fields of natural sciences: Basic Biology; Chemistry; Mathematics; Physics

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 31 JULY EACH YEAR

Further information: http://twows.ictp.it/activities/