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Category: NAS News

The School of Natural and Applied Sciences is one of the University’s four schools.  It regularly shares its thinking and programme of events with the academia and community.

SPU welcomes first Risk and Vulnerability Science Centre post-doctoral fellow

April 25, 2022April 25, 2022 Mosima Mehlape

Seven months after its launch, the Risk and Vulnerability Science Centre (RVSC) at Sol Plaatje University (SPU) has appointed its first post-doctoral fellow. Dr Abimbola Oluwalana will conduct research which seeks to respond to the growing climate change challenges faced Read More …

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RVSC Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship

April 20, 2022April 20, 2022 Mosima Mehlape

Machine Learning For Air Pollution Prediction (Reference No. PD/02-2022) A dynamic and innovative post-doctoral position is available at the Sol Plaatje University (SPU) Risk and Vulnerability Science Centre (RVSC) in the fields of computer, data and environmental sciences.  Bringing together Read More …

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RVSC Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship (2022 – 2023) 

January 27, 2022January 27, 2022 Mosima Mehlape

Novel and innovative technologies integrated with conventional methods for removing of emerging pollutants from wastewater in the Northern Cape (Reference No. PD/01-2022) A dynamic and innovative post-doctoral position is available at the Sol Plaatje University (SPU) Risk and Vulnerability Science Read More …

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SPU alumnus nominated as one of the Top 15 Young Geeks of 2021

October 26, 2021October 26, 2021 Mosima Mehlape

Melvin Kisten was selected by a panel of judges from the chapter of the Geekulcha Student Society at Sol Plaatje University (SPU) and voted by the public as one of the Top 15 Young Geeks in South Africa for 2021. Read More …

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Launch of Risk and Vulnerability Science Centre at Sol Plaatje University

October 13, 2021October 15, 2021 Mosima Mehlape

The School of Natural and Applied Sciences is excited to announce the establishment of a Risk and Vulnerability Science Centre (RVSC) at Sol Plaatje University (SPU) – the first research centre to be established at SPU. The Department of Science and Read More …

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SPU hosts Data Science Africa Summer School and Workshop

September 23, 2021September 23, 2021 Mosima Mehlape

Sol Plaatje University in collaboration with Data Science Africa (DSA) will hold a virtual Summer School and Workshop from 4 to 8 October 2021. The theme for this year’s events is “Women and Data in Africa”. DSA is aiming to Read More …

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Online data carpentry training workshop

July 27, 2021July 27, 2021 Mosima Mehlape

Sol Plaatje University in collaboration with The Carpentries and SADiLaR (The South African Centre for Digital Language Resources) is organising and hosting an ONLINE Data Carpentry Training Workshop from 2nd – 6th August 2021. This workshop is aimed at equipping Read More …

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SPU to host 2nd IMITEC conference

September 11, 2020November 20, 2020 Mosima Mehlape

SPU’s School of Natural and Applied Sciences will host the 2020 2nd IMITEC conference from 25 to 27 November 2020. The conference will be held in conjunction with the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Computer Society, IEEE South Read More …

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Dr Kamela Sekonya passes on

August 17, 2020August 17, 2020 Mosima Mehlape

It is with great sadness that we inform you that Dr Kamela Sekonya, a Lecturer in Physics within the Department of Physical and Earth Sciences in the School of Natural and Applied Sciences, passed away on Friday, 15 August 2020.  Read More …

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First post-doctoral fellow at SPU

July 24, 2020July 29, 2020 Mosima Mehlape

The School of Natural and Applied Sciences welcomed Dr Zingfa Wala, who is the University’s first post-doctoral fellow, on 1 July 2020.   “The School of Natural and Applied Sciences is excited on this momentous occasion in welcoming the very Read More …

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