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Higher education could help solve the job crisis – Report

Posted on May 15, 2014 (June 10, 2021)

Graduate unemployment rates have spiralled across Sub-Saharan Africa as too few graduates gain the skills needed to find work. In many countries employers complain of a lack of basic, technical and transferable skills, says a new report by the British Council. Preparing graduates for the workplace is an enormous challenge that needs different government departments, […]

Taking stock of science communication’s big challenges

Posted on May 14, 2014 (June 10, 2021)

When the 10th international conference on Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST2014) opened last week in Salvador, we were reminded that the field began in earnest 25 years ago with an erstwhile paper from UNESCO. Since then, the community of practitioners and academics have called themselves different things and been subject to a shifting […]

Women’s research and innovation network launched

Posted on May 13, 2014 (June 10, 2021)

A network for Sudanese women researchers has been formed, to highlight the successes of women in science and to enhance their contribution to innovation and economic growth. The Sudanese women’s network for research and innovation was launched during the second Arab Women in Science and Technology for Sustainable Development conference held in the country’s capital Khartoum from […]

Argentina sets up science communication agency

Posted on May 12, 2014 (May 21, 2019)

For a while now, Argentina has seemed serious about science as a means for development. This week, at the 13th International Public Communication of Science and Technology Conference (PCST2014), there was fresh evidence of this. I learned that President Cristina Kirchner’s government is setting up a specialised agency within the science ministry to boost science communication in the country. This is part of the government’s strategic goals […]

Nigerian newspapers hardly cover nanotechnology

Posted on May 9, 2014 (June 10, 2021)

Despite nanotechnology’s huge potential to alleviate poverty, it is one of the least covered science topics in Nigerian newspapers, a study finds. The study, which is yet to be published, was presented by Herbert Batta, a communication lecturer at Nigeria’s University of Uyo, at the 13thInternational Public Communication of Science and Technology conference (PCST2014) in Brazil, this week (5-8 May). Read more […]

Earth Girl 2: The 21st century’s answer to Super Mario?

Posted on May 8, 2014 (June 10, 2021)

I don’t exactly love videogames, but yesterday I found myself eager to play one at a conference where I was supposed to be acting like a responsible, grown-up journalist. I just couldn’t help myself: the game was so inviting and surprising. A team of artists in Singapore have developed the game to simultaneously entertain children […]

Are local people excluded from field research agendas?

Posted on May 8, 2014 (May 21, 2019)

Should the local communities in developing nations have a say in setting the research agenda of foreign scientists working there? There was a resounding ‘yes’ to this question at the opening ceremony and the first plenary session of the 13th International Public Communication of Science and Technology Conference (PCST2014) in Salvador, Brazil (5-8 May). Read more […]

Climate change is with us and we must take action, an expert calls

Posted on May 7, 2014 (June 10, 2021)

The negative consequences of climate change on agricultural production and productivity are with us and resolutions must be implemented to save West and Central Africa, said the Director General, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Dr Nteranya Sanginga. Addressing national and international researchers attending a conference on Biotic stresses, climate change and agricultural production in Cotonou, […]

Heart disease: Mobile Phones could be timely, prevent deaths

Posted on May 6, 2014 (June 10, 2021)

Although use of mobile phones can help save lives of those who suddenly get heart attacks, only 3 in ten people in developing countries such as Kenya apply the device to text medics of their heart conditions. According to the experts attending the World Congress of Cardiology in Melbourne, Australia, widespread use of mobile phones […]

Cameroon Steps Up War On Malaria Amid Worsening Floods

Posted on May 5, 2014 (May 21, 2019)

Cameroon is seeking ways to mobilise its citizens to support a government-led campaign against soaring malaria deaths, as worsening floods aggravate health risks. Government officials in the central-west African country say regular flooding due to erratic rains is partly responsible for the recent spike in deaths from vector-borne diseases, because standing water encourages malaria-carrying mosquitoes […]

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