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Current activities

2014/15 Award Winners are invited to participate in a range of knowledge-sharing activities on a national level, bringing them in direct contact with the communities, students and learners; as well as knowledge transfer opportunities using a variety of ICTs.
These include:

  • Presenting career talks to high school learners at science centres and high schools; 
  • Motivational speeches to first year students at orientation events at universities;
  • Audio interviews with 2014/15 Award Winners (published as podcasts);
  • Campus radio interviews; and
  • Community radio talk shows in the home languages of the Award Winners.

Upcoming Activities

  • On 30 November Prof Deon de Beer will join a radio talk show on Radio Namakwaland in Afrikaans
  • Prof Andrew Forbes will address adults in a Science Café on 4 December 2015 at Stellenbosch University

Activities completed by 2014/15 Award Winners

Winner
Science Café
University Talk
Science Centres/High schools
Podcasts
Community Radio broadcasts
Prof Martin Hill, GreenMatter Award
Prof Martin Hill, Biological Control Research Group
      Listen to the podcast by Prof Martin Hill  
Prof R Scholes
Prof Robert Scholes
29 October 2015 - Speak to a Scientist Science Cafe at Sci-Bono Discovery Centre (50 attendees)       Radio 702 interview in English
Ms Marina Joubert
Ms Marina Joubert
        Listen to the Afrikaans interview of Ms Marina Joubert on Radio Namakwaland
Ms Zorina Dharsey
Ms Zorina Dharsey, Director, Western Cape Primary  Science Programme
  14 October 2015 - University of the Western Cape (200 B.Ed and PGCE students)      
Prof Andrew ForbesProf Andrew Forbes 12 October 2015 - University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville campus (47 students and adults) 13 October 2015 - University of the Witwatersrand (101 first year students in various physics fields) 12 October 2015 - Grade 9-12 learners at Bonela Secondary School, KwalZulu-Natal (52 learners) Listen to the podcast by Prof Forbes  
Prof Deon de Beer
Prof Deon de Beer (and Mr David Mauchline)

1) 7 Aug. 2015 - North West University, Potchefstroom Campus (59 adults)
2) 28 Sep. 2015 - Mangosuthu University of Technology (+ 300 adults)

  28 Sep. 2015 - Mangosuthu University of Technology (50 learners)    
Prof Zander Myburg
Prof Zander Myburg
    6 Aug. 2015 -Arcelormittal Science Centre, Sebokeng (94 learners)    

Dr Thulani Makhalanyane
   

1) 5 Aug. 2015 - Tshitavha Village, Limpopo, (+ 1000 learners)
2) 6 Aug. 2015 - Tshitavha Village, Limpopo, (+ 1000 learners)
3) 7 Aug 2015 - Moipone Science Centre, Tembisa (134 learners)
4) 15 Aug 2015 -Zipunzini Community Hall, Piet Retief, Mpumalanga (41 learners)

   
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2
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Last updated: 5 November, 2015