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ViewEU advised how to boost R&D ties with Africa

Tools for cooperation must be ‘more transparent, simpler and easier to understand’

ViewAfrica news roundup: 15-21 May

UCT begins ‘voluntary’ return of of medical students

ViewSouth Africa issues rapid call to boost Covid-19 testing

Funding aims to boost case-finding

ViewSouth African academy wants broader scientific response to Covid-19

Psychologists, anthropologists, social scientists needed in pandemic battle

ViewSouth Africa to establish ‘education precincts’

First precinct to be built in KwaZulu-Natal township

ViewStudents can return to campuses under level three lockdown

Full return only possible by end of September, say officials

ViewParliament slams universities for ‘giving us the finger’

Universities flouting parliamentary oversight, say MPs

ViewAfrica urged to use university labs to increase Covid testing

Coming weeks critical in continent’s response, warn top researchers

ViewUK provides more funding for LMIC coronavirus research

Up to £1m available for research in priority areas

ViewWits seeks volunteers for Covid-19 testing study

Project will gauge accuracy of rapid coronavirus test kits

ViewResearch central to Africa’s coronavirus response, top officials claim

R&D surge now to fight pandemic could yield lasting continental benefits

ViewFLAIR fellowships more diverse in second round

But diversity—while pleasing—was not a criterion for funding, backers say

ViewSouth Africa to study coronavirus effect on economy

Three universities will survey 10,000 South Africans monthly

ViewWits will ‘probably’ overrun into 2021 academic year

Vice-chancellor Adam Habib pushes for online teaching, while accepting not everyone has access

ViewBlended learning ‘future of African higher education’

University leaders say mix of online and in-person learning is the way forward after Covid-19

ViewQuestions remain as some research resumes in South Africa

Certain non-Covid-19 activities are being declared essential during lockdown on a case-by-case basis

ViewAfrica news roundup: 1-7 May

HSRC launches search for new chief executive, and more news from the last week

ViewSmaller South African universities shine in 2020 Nature Index

Durban University of Technology leapfrogs well-known institutions in publications-based list

ViewHalf of South African universities ‘will struggle to finish year’

Ten of country’s 26 universities are in distress and need assistance, says minister

ViewGovernment promises laptops for all needy students

South Africa vows to deliver 730,000 computers—but admits funding is a challenge

ViewSouth African universities to stay shut until further notice

All institutions to have some form of distance learning up and running by June

ViewSurvey shows more Covid-19 information needed across Africa

Majority of respondents in continent-wide poll believe vitamin C can prevent illness

ViewWits adopts code to curb ‘ethics dumping’

Practice more prominent because of increase in researcher mobility, university claims

ViewAfrica news roundup: 24-30 April

Partnership boosts Africa’s coronavirus sequencing capabilities, and more

ViewSouth Africa to start coronavirus drug testing in May

Approval from health regulating bodies last hurdle before trials can begin

ViewSouth African coronavirus survey to focus on students and youth

Nzimande says Human Sciences Research Council survey will move on to educational matters

ViewAfrican scientists identify coronavirus priorities

Life-saving interventions for resource-strained health settings trump basic biology research

ViewAfrica agrees to fast-track Covid-19 clinical trials

Quicker processes promise turnaround times of 10-15 working days

ViewNRF further relaxes deadlines due to coronavirus

South African researchers get a few extra weeks to work on their grant applications

View‘Half of Uganda’s Covid-19 task force are Makerere staff’

Vice-chancellor Barnabas Nawangwe on university’s role in coronavirus response