UPCOMING EVENT
1st National Postdoc Appreciation Week
Celebrate the National Postdoc Appreciation Week with us from 20 to 24 September. Annually since 2009, The National Postdoc Association in the USA celebrates the National Postdoc Appreciation Week (NPAW) in September. This year NPAW is on 20-24th September 2021. This year, in partnership with the NPA and NC State University, we decided to make the event international and celebrate it on the African continent with Stellenbosch as the first host. Please find the programme here.
Postdocs are a very important component of research at SU and play an important role in driving the research output and impact as part of our strategic focus as a university. As an institution, SU’s focus is to build research capacity and knowledge interchange, conduct research that can transform the political and knowledge economies on the continent, and across the globe in line with two main themes: Research for Impact, and Purposeful Partnerships and Meaningful Networks for which postdocs are a perfect and important community of researchers. This is because postdocs are the future leaders of academia, industry and government and will be playing significant roles in these spaces as knowledge generators.
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2nd Postdoctoral Conference of Southern Africa
The Postdoctoral Society (PDS) of Stellenbosch University is proud to announce the second Postdoctoral Conference of Southern Africa to be hosted by Stellenbosch University from 10 to 12 November 2021. The aim of the conference is to bring together young researchers from diverse fields of research to create an interdisciplinary forum, placing an emphasis on the importance of postdoctoral fellows in driving research under the theme:
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BEYOND THE PANDEMIC: RESEARCH NOW AND IN THE FUTURE
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Conference website
The conference website contains all information regarding the conference organisers, programme, virtual platform, confirmed speakers, registration, call for abstracts, sponsors and more! Here is the link to the conference website: https://www.postdocsa.co.za/
The conference will take place virtually, which will allow the Postdoctoral Society of Stellenbosch University to offer a widely accessible, high quality experience that will reach an even larger audience, regardless of location. Attendees are invited to join us for inspiring talks by keynote speakers, presentations by postdoctoral fellows in parallel sessions, workshops, breakaway rooms and vivid panels discussions.
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Call for abstracts
The call for abstracts is now open and closes 30 September 2021. Please follow this link to submit your abstract in one of the following symposia:
Water, Business & Economics, Law amidst the pandemic, Agriculture & Food security, Microbiome, Innovations leading the future, Infectious diseases, Humanity amidst the pandemic, Research models, Non-communicable diseases, Exercise, health and well-being.
Registration
Registration for the Postdoctoral Conference is now open! Please find the link to the registration here:
Registration fees:
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Postdoctoral fellows Stellenbosch University: R1 500.00
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Postdoctoral fellows outside Stellenbosch University: R1 800.00
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Early bird registration fee before 15 October(everyone): R1 000.00
Become a sponsor
Industry partners are invited to become a sponsor for the 2nd Postdoctoral Research Conference of Southern Africa. Please follow this link for the Sponsorship Opportunities.
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More information
The preliminary programme can be found on the conference website, including all confirmed speakers. Please have a look here as well.
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Postdoctoral Society (PDS) of Stellenbosch University
The Postdoctoral Society (PDS) is organised according to their Constitution. Since 2017, the status of postdocs at Stellenbosch University is defined by the Postdoctoral Research Fellow Policy. The PDS is run by postdocs that represents the interests of the postdocs of Stellenbosch University. Please get in touch with us by sending an email to postdocs@sun.ac.za or leave a message in the chat on this website.
Every year an Executive Committee (Exec), consisting of a minimum of 5 postdocs, is elected by the PDS. The Exec meets once a month with the Vice Rector, Division for Research, Innovation and Postgraduate Studies Prof. Cloete, to discuss and resolve issues that have been brought to the attention of the Exec. The Exec also organises regular PDS meetings that aim to provide a platform to meet your fellow postdocs and discuss topics and share your research, and also allows to bring issues to the attention of the Exec.
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Emails with important information for the postdocs, announcements about events, socials and more are regularly communicated to the SU postdocs via email. New postdocs at Stellenbosch University can add themselves to the postdocs mailing list by clicking on this link subscribe. Click here should you with to unsubscribe from the mailing list.
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All SU registered postdocs are required to submit a "Memorandum of Agreement (MoA)" that must be signed by postdoc and their supervisors, which serves as their work contract. Postdocs are encouraged to follow postdoc policies that makes their life easier.
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For more information about postdoctoral documentation please click here
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Memorandum of Agreement (Click here)
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Postdoctoral Policy (Click here)
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Windows and Office Activation: As a postdoc at Stellenbosch University, you might be seeing a message on your screen that your windows/office license is about to expire soon. Please click here to register with university VPN network and to register your computer. Follow the instructions given in PDF file.
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