Global South Africans

GSA members may be interested in adopting a South African school. We have been looking at options and will help members make the necessary connections. One approach is to work through the National Department of Education’s 400 Schools program, which has identified excellent candidate schools for adoption. Another is SchoolTrade, an NGO based in Kwazulu Natal. Read the rest of this entry »

When my colleague Simon Barber visited South Africa in October, he met with some of our potential partners, including Wits’ Business School Dean, Professor Ncube and Charisse Drobis, director of WBS’ International Office. One of the ways they envisaged the GSA network helping was to support South African students in co-research opportunities and “cyber mentorship” exchanges . So, for example, if one of our members was working on an immunology research project they might want to bring in a South African student to assist in that research. Read the rest of this entry »