November 2011

Please note: The Humanities' Education Innovation Discussion Forum which would have been held on 1 November will now be held in February 2012. The change in date is due to circumstances which the Department for Education Innovation cannot control. The Department apologises for any inconvenience.

2 & 22 FADA student exhibitions 2011. The best ‘things’ since sliced bread. For more information and viewing times please see attached invitation.

9 Final 2011-date for submission of recommendations of examiners to Student Administration – next submission date 23 January 2012

Call for applications for Masters and Doctoral study in 2012, Astrophysics postgraduate study. Closing date for applications is 15 November 2011.

16 Faculty of Humanities Seminar Series: "African Sociolinguistics: History, Challenges and Perspectives in the 21st Century" presented by Professor emeritus Dr. H. Ekkehard Wolff.

Higher Education: Are we turning the tide towards the new NSP 2012-2016? HEAIDS: Sahara-HEAIDS Summit at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University facilitated by Dr Ramneek Ahluwalla. Online registration must be completed by 18 November. For more information see attached document.

22-24 Conference on Higher Education in South Africa, University of Fort Hare. For more information contact [email protected] .

28  Call to register: 6^th SAHARA Conference 2011 28 Nov – 2 Dec. Are we turning the tide on HIV/AIDS? Social, Political and Economic Landscape of HIV Prevention and Response. For more information please see attached Call to Register. 

30 The Faculty of Humanities annual staff function at Uitspan, LC de Villiers Sports grounds, 12:00-15:00. 

Call for funding: Masters, Doctoral, Post-doctoral students and Senior researchers applications for 2012.  All applications must be submitted by 30 November 2011. For more information and the application form see attached file.

Announcement of opportunity, J. Mayo Greenberg Scholarship Prize – 2012. Applications close 30 November 2011.

December 2011

Call for proposals from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for International Climate Protection services. The closing date is 15 December 2011. For more information [email protected].

2011/2012

The Indian Ministry of External Affairs under the programme India-Africa Forum is providing training courses for African students. The courses are paid for in full by the Government of India - see attached document for more information or contact [email protected].