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Call for Nominations

Falling Walls Remote 2020: The Breakthroughs of the Year

The Falling Walls Foundation is calling for nominations for participation in a global showcase that gathers, celebrates and discusses a much broader set of the most recent breakthroughs in science and society – The Falling Walls Breakthroughs of the Year. Nominations are being accepted until 1 September 2020.

Programme Officers

Vacancies at the DAAD Regional Office Nairobi

The DAAD Regional Office in Nairobi, Kenya is hiring! The are looking for two programme officers and accepting applications for the positions until 2 August 2020.

PLAAS, UWC

Land Governance Scholarships in South Africa

Applications are now open for Master and PhD scholarships in Poverty, Land and Agrarian studies at the Institute for Land, Poverty and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape. Applications close on 7 August 2020.

DIES

Training on Internal Quality Assurance (TrainIQA)

Applications are now open to current or designated quality managers at academic institutions in the SADC region for the DIES Course Training on Internal Quality Assurance (TrainIQA). Applications close on 2 August 2020.

climapAfrica

Postdoc Fellowships in Climate Research

Applications are now open for Postdoc fellowships in climate research and protection as part of the DAAD's climapAfrica Programme. Join an extensive network of African researchers and contribute to knowledge on climate issues on the African continent! Applications close on 14 September 2020.

Scholarships

Wits-TUB Urban Lab

Read more about DAAD scholarships in Urban Planning on offer at the University of the Witwatersrand!

Management of Internationalisation

DIES Training Course

Applications are now open for the DIES Training Course Management of Internationalisation 2020/2021! International office staff and higher education managers are welcome to apply until 8 June 2020!

African Excellence

DIGI-FACE Kick-Off Meeting

A Kick-Off Meeting was held from 3 - 6 March to launch the Digital Initiative for African Centres of Excellence (DIGI-FACE) project. This event, which brought together pedagogical, media and technical experts from DAAD’s African-German Centres of Excellence, took place at the Nelson Mandela University in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

South African-German Centre for Development Research

Online Teaching

Due to the global Corona virus pandemic and the ensuing lockdown in South Africa, many South African universities have had to rethink their teaching strategies and online offerings. Ruth Knoblich shares insights into online teaching and the accompanying challenges at the South African-German Centre for Development.

Last Updated: May 2020

Cancelled Events

Due to the global Corona virus pandemic, a few of our events for 2020 have had to be cancelled. We regret that we are unable to travel quite as extensively as we normally hope to do, but are exploring virtual information sharing possibilities with Adobe Connect.