Auteur/autrice : Admin

Articles par Admin

Higher education could help solve the job crisis – Report

Publié le

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, […]

Lire la suite… from Higher education could help solve the job crisis – Report

Taking stock of science communication’s big challenges

Publié le

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 […]

Lire la suite… from Taking stock of science communication’s big challenges

Women’s research and innovation network launched

Publié le

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 […]

Lire la suite… from Women’s research and innovation network launched

Argentina sets up science communication agency

Publié le

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 […]

Lire la suite… from Argentina sets up science communication agency

Nigerian newspapers hardly cover nanotechnology

Publié le

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 […]

Lire la suite… from Nigerian newspapers hardly cover nanotechnology

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

Publié le

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 […]

Lire la suite… from Earth Girl 2: The 21st century’s answer to Super Mario?

Are local people excluded from field research agendas?

Publié le

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 […]

Lire la suite… from Are local people excluded from field research agendas?

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

Publié le

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, […]

Lire la suite… from Climate change is with us and we must take action, an expert calls

Heart disease: Mobile Phones could be timely, prevent deaths

Publié le

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 […]

Lire la suite… from Heart disease: Mobile Phones could be timely, prevent deaths

Cameroon Steps Up War On Malaria Amid Worsening Floods

Publié le

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 […]

Lire la suite… from Cameroon Steps Up War On Malaria Amid Worsening Floods

fr_FRFrench
en_USEnglish fr_FRFrench