Francois
@Francois_fvs2
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science & Technology (CREST), Stellenbosch University. PhD (Science & Technology Studies).
Cape Town, South Africa
Joined March 2011
Beyond ‘publish or perish’: Unpacking the complexities of academic publishing in Africa | South African Journal of Science: https://t.co/r6KAdGW73X BOOK REVIEW of Who Counts? @African_Minds
#OpenAccess @
sajs.co.za
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Africa’s flagship universities have a proud history – but are they serving local communities? https://t.co/G0ah2ufheH via @TC_Africa
@African_Minds @Afbkcollective @ARUA_News @guildeu
#HigherEducation #HigherEd #Africa
theconversation.com
Societal challenges may be national or global in scale, but need local knowledge and local partnerships to solve at the local level.
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LAUNCH: Rocklands by Liezille Jacobs. In conversation with @JJ_Stellies, and with family and colleagues @StellBusSchool
https://t.co/kSj9CibFDh
#OpenAccess #psychology
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The new guidelines for appointing, retaining, and developing #postdocs were launched at the 3rd National Postdoctoral Fellowship Forum on 3 July 2024. It aims to enhance support for postdocs in South Africa. Read more here: https://t.co/pWQS8C0YLM
@Francois_fvs2 @StellenboschUni
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@MusselinC (@sciencespo) giving the first keynote on "More competition, new cooperation" at the Workshop on "Multiple Competition in Higher Education" @IncherK
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Africa’s postdoc workforce is on the rise — but at what cost? @Nature
https://t.co/5RklKxEJCl For the situation in South Africa see: https://t.co/jhF1Tp3YFY
#postdoctoral @TshotshiQueen @CREST_SU
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Findings in the Nature Index represent the reality for scientists in low-income countries. The #openaccess monograph Who Counts? relates the experiences of those in Ghana navigating the international science-publishing system. https://t.co/Q5r7zvKLGW
https://t.co/wLatpINura
nature.com
Nature - The world’s natural-science research ecosystem remains focused on the priorities of high-income countries. Funders, publishers and scholarly databases can do more to help to rebalance that.
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"The scientific periphery and new flows of knowledge: the case of regional preprint servers" https://t.co/YjP2KyjxvV
#preprints #openscience #OpenAccess @FleerackersA @Mario_Malicki @chelseawriting
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‘@Francois_fvs2 et al. provide the first comprehensive description of the postdoc landscape at South Africa’s universities. https://t.co/1MdRFL89Zt
#postdoc #HigherEd @USAf_ORD @NRF_News #SDG4 #SDG5 #SDG8 #SDG10
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@Francois_fvs2 et al. provide the first comprehensive description of the postdoc landscape at South Africa’s universities. https://t.co/9Cm5y6gRoU
#postdoc #HigherEd @USAf_ORD @NRF_News #SDG4 #SDG5 #SDG8 #SDG10
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‘@Francois_fvs2 nabanye. bahlinzeka ngencazelo yokuqala ephelele yesimo se-postdoc emanyuvesi aseNingizimu Afrika. https://t.co/Uc0V2GRpeS
#postdoc #HigherEd @USAf_ORD @NRF_News #SDG4 #SDG5 #SDG8 #SDG10
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A new article by two researchers at CREST provide, for the first time, longitudinal quantitative evidence at the national level about postdocs in South Africa: https://t.co/7EA8nICk9T
#HigherEducation #Postdocs @PostdocSU @SAJS_Official @MatiesResearch
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SAJS_Official celebrates its 120th volume this year! The first issue of this volume is jam-packed with interesting reads on AI-assisted writing, resilience of spekboom to rising CO2, the profile of postdocs in SA, pedestrian safety, and so much more! https://t.co/V26fS0tI2D
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New #scholcommlab blog post: @FleerackersA reflects on @TriangleSCI, where she collaborated with scholars & journalists (@yaohualaw @Mario_Malicki @LuisaMassarani @chelseawriting @Francois_fvs2) to improve how #preprints are reported in the news.
scholcommlab.ca
By Alice Fleerackers, with input from Yao-Hua Law, Mario Malički, Luisa Massarani, Chelsea Ratcliff, and François van Schalkwyk The annual Scholarly Communications Institute (SCI) offers oppo…
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Got to spend a week with this international dream team of #scicom researchers & practitioners (@FleerackersA @LuisaMassarani @yaohualaw @Mario_Malicki @Francois_fvs2). We’ve been discussing & articulating a research agenda on journalists’ use of scientific preprints @TriangleSCI
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Opening reception and introductions at #TriangleSCI this evening. It's going to be a great week - so many different backgrounds and professions and countries and organizations and kinds of expertise in the room - so much to learn from each other.
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So excited to get to collaborate with @Mario_Malicki @Francois_fvs2 @chelseawriting @LuisaMassarani & @yaohualaw to look at preprints in journalism this October. Dream team? I think so!
Happy to be able to announce the teams that will be participating in #TriangleSCI in October, and their projects on the theme of "Trust" in scholarly communication. Team names and participants are now up, with more project details linked from here soon!
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Happy to be able to announce the teams that will be participating in #TriangleSCI in October, and their projects on the theme of "Trust" in scholarly communication. Team names and participants are now up, with more project details linked from here soon!
trianglesci.org
We’re pleased to be able to announce the teams that will be participating in this year’s Triangle Scholarly Communication Institute, on the theme of Trust – a diverse and international cohort…
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📢 We are pleased to announce the 3rd Postdoctoral Research Conference of Africa. 📅 18–22 September 2023, Stellenbosch, South Africa. 📤 We invite you to submit extended abstracts or proposals for workshops to postdocs@sun.ac.za 🌐 https://t.co/G0I5ousuMB
#highered #africa
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