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FameLab SA 2015 Regional Finalists

We are excited to announce that the FameLab South Africa 2015 regional heats have come to an end and we are now heading to the semi-finals and finals at SciFest Africa, in Grahamstown. The SAASTA sponsored heats were held at the University of Limpopo, SAIAB in Grahamstown and at the Cape Town Science Centre. There were additional heats hosted by UNISA and CSIR in Pretoria, and by SANSA (South African National Space Agency) in Pretoria and Hermanus. Agent Zee (www.agentzee.org) also hosted a heat which was held at the University of KwaZulu Natal, Pietermaritzburg campus.

Young and brave scientists were all determined to entertain and excite with their science.

We are grateful to all our sponsors and judges for all the support they gave to make sure that FameLab SA 2015 was bigger and better.

Masterclass trainings take place on the 17th and 18h of March.  The semi-finals will be held on the 19th with the finals on the 20th of March 2015.

To see the gallery of photographs of the finalists, please click here.

Our regional finalists are:

SAASTA sponsored heats:

Limpopo: Tshegofatjo Bridget Marindi (University of Limpopo) and Edgar Matome Phukubje (University of Limpopo)
Eastern Cape: Yonela Mkono (University of Fort Hare)
Western Cape: Brent Harrison (University of Cape Town) and Stevie Biffen (University of Cape Town)

Additional sponsored heats:

UNISA: Bibi Choonara (University of Witwatersrand), Itani Given Madiba (iThemba Labs), Karmini Murugan (University of Witwatersrand), Maropeng Nemutanzhela (UNISA), Kishen Mahesh (University of Pretoria)
SANSA: Oupa Malahlela and Electdom Matandirotya
CSIR: Natasha Botha and Thembsile Mahlangu
Agent Zee, KwaZulu-Natal: Thrineshen Moodley (University of KwaZulu Natal, Westville) and Adwoa Awuah ( University of KwaZulu Natal, Pietermaritzburg)

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CAPTION FOR PHOTOGRAPH: UNISA sponsored heat (Pretoria)
Top row – judges: Dr Angelo Fynn, Dr Henry Throop, Mthuthuzeli Zamxaka, Dr Manjusha Sunil
Bottom row – Bibi Choonara (University of Witwatersrand), Itani Given Madiba (iThemba Labs), Karmini Murugan (University of Witwatersrand), Maropeng Nemutanzhela (UNISA), Kishen Mahesh (University of Pretoria)

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Science Communication Training – We mind the gap

Closing the gap between science and society…

Jive Media Africa has been privileged to be running science communication training sessions around the country. It has been a creative and rewarding experience to see the shifts that take place. From writing for popular audiences to public speaking and even extending to other creative approaches, Jive Media Africa is sought after to help scientists and science organisations get creative about engaging public audiences.

Current and recent training work has included:

The CSIR (the Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research). In partnership with Proof Communications, Jive Media Africa completed a series of science communication and media training workshops around the country for the CSIR. It’s been an exciting time working with scientists at the cutting edge of their disciplines – helping them navigate the stormy sea between their science and the world out there.

University of Pretoria – Hands on Science Communication Workshop for Early Career Academics – at the invitation of Marina Joubert (Southern Science) Robert Inglis has assisted with an innovative University of Pretoria programme to get early career researchers thinking about how to communicate their science to public audiences. There will be a follow-up in August when the researchers do a trial run of their science communication ideas.

Nanothechnology Public Engagement Programme – Rhodes University. Robert Inglis and Prof. Janice Limson conducted training with young nanotechnologists from Rhodes University about writing for popular audiences. Prof. Harry Dugmore from the Rhodes Journalism school gave insight from a Journalism perspective while Robert and Janice gave input from their experiences as science communicators.

FameLab – around the country for the FameLab 2014 project, alongside SAASTA’s Daryl Illbury and at the FameLab 2014 Finalists’ Masterclasses, alongside international trainer Malcolm Love. Working with great South African researchers doing great South African science!

For more information on our science communication training workshops please call Robert Inglis or email us.

 

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Workshops for Parents – MIET

The Media in Education Trust (MiET Africa) conducts workshops with parents of school-going children to support them to engage with their children’s education. Jive Media Africa was contracted to develop a training programme for these parents, many of whom did not themselves have an opportunity to attend school.

To address this challenge we created a series of “picture-building” exercises, where parents discuss topics and then build pictures representing key learnings – the programme has been highly successful and we recently completed a second set of resources which deal with topics including teenage pregnancy, nutrition, parenting adolescents, financial management and creating environments conducive to learning.

The programme is already being rolled out in other regions of the sub-continent.

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Contact

Email: info@jivemedia.co.za
Address: Jive Hub, 279 Boddington Estate, Nottingham Road, 3280