Invitation – The Implications of COVID-19 for Mental Health and Substance Use
The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) cordially invites you to a Mental Health Symposium on The Implications of COVID-19 for Mental Health and Substance Use.
Call for nominations: 2023 Academy of Science of South Africa Science-for-Society Gold Medal Award
ASSAf Members – You are invited to submit nominations for the ASSAf Science-for-Society Gold Medal Award. This annual award was established by the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) […]
VACANCY: GOVERNANCE ADMINISTRATOR
The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) is a voluntary association of eminent South African scholars and scientists, established in terms of an Act of Parliament. Its primary objective […]
The Invitation to Implications of ChatGPT for Assessment in Higher Education
ChatGPT is a new language-based artificial intelligence (AI) technology developed by OpenAI, that can understand and communicate in human language. ChatGPT has gained a lot of attention since its release […]
The Threat to Leadership in South African Universities
In recent times university staff have been assaulted and killed on and around campuses across the country. The attempted assassination this month of the Vice-Chancellor of Fort Hare University and […]
Invitation to the 10th ASSAf Presidential Roundtable Discussion titled “A Reflection on the State of Higher Education in South Africa”
The Academy is therefore hosting the 10th ASSAf Presidential Roundtable Discussion to “reflect on the state of higher education in South Africa and other concerns in higher education”.
ASSAf African Embassy Lecture Series
The Academy of Science of South Africa and the Embassy of Kenya in South Africa cordially invite you to a panel discussion on Challenges and solutions concerning water and sanitation services […]
The costs of equity by Prof Jonathan Jansen, President of ASSAf
Almost all academics would agree that equity in university staffing is a good thing and that any perceived trade-off with excellence represents a false choice. The best universities pursue both […]
Statement by senior international science advisors In advance of the 15th conference of the parties to the convention on biological diversity
There is compelling evidence that global biodiversity is rapidly declining. More than one million species are now threatened with extinction, many within the next several decades, ushering in what may […]
ASSAf at the WSF 2022
The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) will participate in the World Science Forum (WSF) 2022, to be hosted in Cape Town from 6 to 9 December, under the […]