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Research, Innovation & Internationalisation
Research
A fundamental aspect of Nelson Mandela University, is producing high quality research that makes an impact.
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Innovation
Innovation is a fundamental part of the education landscape, allowing us to engage in creating new knowledge.
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International Office
Enriching diversity by drawing postgraduate students from SADC, other African countries, and the global community.
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Engagement
To promote, develop and maintain partnerships between Nelson Mandela University and the external community.
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Research Chairs
Research Chairs strengthen and improve research and innovation capacity of public universities for producing high quality postgraduate students and research and innovation outputs.
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Institutional research themes
Positioning the unique advantage of the University to prospective students and external stakeholders.
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Research entities
Entities strengthen existing scholarly activities as well as open up new fields of research and scholarship that are consistent with the University’s strategic direction and priorities.
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Research Development
RD focuses its activities around the development of new and emerging researchers and providing access to funding opportunities for postgraduate students.
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Exotic algae spreads across Swartkops estuary
A swathe of exotic black algae is spreading across the middle reaches of the Swartkops and Sundays estuaries, suffocating fish and raising a red flag for human health.
E-tracking marine predators to protect Southern Ocean’s rich feeding grounds
It’s no secret that climate change, overfishing and pollution are changing the world’s oceans and that certain key areas need to be protected. But identifying these areas is difficult, especially in the most remote waters on Earth.
Mandela University prof - a legend of South African Science #R2bP
Reasons to be Proud: #R2bP - Nelson Mandela University’s Professor Richard Cowling has been elected as one of 62 Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) members profiled in the second edition of Legends of South African Science.
Prof Janine Adams appointed as SARCHi Chair in Shallow Water Ecosystems
Estuaries, their functioning, conservation and management is the specialist research field of Prof Janine Adams, who has been appointed by the National Research Foundation (NRF) as the SARCHi Chair in Shallow Water Ecosystems at Nelson Mandela University until 2023.
Eastern Cape university goes all in to assist provincial health-care efforts
The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the health system gaps in the Eastern Cape and nationally. Countrywide, we have to start looking after the health of the entire population in far more streamlined ways, and in close collaboration with the clinicians and health services teams on the ground.
National prestigious award for Prof Danie Hattingh #R2bP
Reasons to be Proud - #R2bP: Professor Danie Hattingh, Director of eNtsa (the Innovation through Engineering Institute housed at the University) and Professor in Mechanical Engineering, has been announced as one of 2020’s Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (SA Academy for Science & Art) prestigious Award winners, namely the Honorary Medal of the Faculty of Natural Science & Technology.
Mandela Alumnus develops free lockdown levels app
Alumnus Vanessa Mhlom, a business analyst at the Nybble financial technology company in Johannesburg, came up with the idea to develop a Lockdown Levels app to give users detailed updated information about their district’s lockdown level, using a smartphone GPS-tracking capability.
Mandela University’s Centre for Community Technologies’ rapid response to COVID-19
Digital technology has taken centrestage and so too has the work of the University’s Centre for Community Technologies (CCT).
INTERNATIONALISATION NEWS
Zimbabwean student honoured to receive Mandela Rhodes Scholarship
Mandela University final year Law student from Zimbabwe, Gamuchirai Mudehwe, has been selected as part of the 54 exceptional young African leaders to join The Mandela Rhodes Scholarship class of 2020.
Nelson Mandela University celebrating one of its values - DIVERSITY
The Office for International Education at Nelson Mandela University hosted its annual International Diversity Week on and off campus from 12- 17 August 2019. The objective of Diversity Week was to promote the concept, “Internationalization At Home”, and to celebrate the rich diversity of cultures present specifically at Nelson Mandela University, but also within the wider Nelson Mandela Metro.
China-South Africa Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum
The second annual China-South Africa Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum was held at Nelson Mandela University Business School in Port Elizabeth on Tuesday, 10 September 2019. The Youth Forum was jointly organised by the Zhejiang Normal University from Jinhua, China and Nelson Mandela University.
New Senior Director: International Education
The University welcomes Dr Beata Mtyingizana-Buhlungu as its new Senior Director: International Education from 1 October 2019.
Nelson Mandela University and Foundation partner to advance transformation
On 2 February 1990, then President FW de Klerk announced the highly anticipated news of the release of Nelson Mandela from his 27-year imprisonment – a move met with mixed emotions worldwide.
Nelson Mandela University and Foundation partner to advance transformation
On 2 February 1990, then President FW de Klerk announced the highly anticipated news of the release of Nelson Mandela from his 27-year imprisonment – a move met with mixed emotions worldwide.
Mandela University and Foundation partner to advance Madiba’s legacy
The Nelson Mandela Foundation and Nelson Mandela University have joined hands in an effort to advance the legacy of the world icon after which they are named.
CNRS-Mandela Uni partnership establishes research lab
Nelson Mandela University has entered into a research partnership with French National Research Centre (CNRS) and the University of Lyon 1, which will see the institution being home to a first of its kind collaborative research and training hub.