Development and Outreach
Overview
The Development and Outreach office at IDIA is in charge of general communications, stakeholder relations and some partnerships, outreach materials creations and marketing.
In addition to these roles, we develop and run specific projects that follow an agenda of accessibility and transformation, as well as building up scientific outreach and development as academic disciplines.
Latest Development and Outreach news
Ask The Expert: UWC Astrophysicist Palesa Nombula Brings Science To The (BBC) World
“Being a scientist isn’t just about knowing things – it’s about seeking knowledge and solving problems and finding answers, and it requires creativity, passion and tenacity.” It’s that kind of…
Astronomical Outreach: Spontaneous Science Ambassadors Bring The Stars Home To Former High School
When Chaka Mofokeng and Tekano Mbonani returned to Leseding Secondary High School in the Free State, they were greeted with a full house – more than 120 learners packed the…
Science Spaza brings science to High schools
Science Spaza is an initiative that brings fun science, technology, engineering, arts, maths and innovation news and activities to a network of science clubs across high schools in South Africa….
DARA Big Data Policy fellows at the Science Forum South Africa.
IDIA is a co-proposer of the DARA Big Data programme. Part of the initiative is the DARA Big Data Africa School held earlier this year. Another element is the DARA…
IDIA-supported hackathon for International Data Week
International Data Week (IDW) 2018 is taking place 5-8 Novembre 2018. A global movement mobilizing data scientists and researchers, representatives from industry and policy makers, IDW stimulates the adoption of data-driven…
Big Data skills honed as 27 students from 8 African countries get together in Cape Town.
Last week saw the DARA Big Data Africa School 2018 take place in a scenic mountainside resort near Cape Town, South Africa. 27 young scientists, most of them master’s students…
