March 2017 – Hub for Education on ICT for Sustainability

Dr. Brenda Scholtz visits Oldenburg

March 22, 2017 Chris Osorio

On 21st March 2017, Dr. Brenda Scholtz (Head of Deparment Computing Sciences at Nelson Mandela University (NMU), Port Elizabeth, South Africa) gave a guest lecture about international university collaboration and academic writing. Her lecture took place at VLBA department of Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg. Dr. Scholtz leads HEdIS project from the side of NMU. Dr. Scholtz gave interesting insights into the differents aspects of academic writing. In addition to the very interesting lecture, discussions and planning about further…

Impressions from HEdIS Launch Event

March 9, 2017 Chris Osorio

Over 30 representatives from different stakeholders (higher education institutions, private sector, and public sector) attended the launch of the Hub for Education on ICT for Sustainability. During HEdIS launch event many interesting presentations and fruitful discussions were held. All attendees were very encouraged and helped to make the HEdIS launch very successful. As a result, strategic objectives and module topics for the first project year were defined. The first iteration of HEdIS will address the topics of waste management, water management and…

HEdIS successfully kicked off at NMU

March 1, 2017 Hüseyin Orke

The collaborative and research education hub that seeks to bring together the practical and research orientated aspects of ICT for supporting the country’s sustainability efforts, kicked off at Nelson Mandela University (NMU). The Hub for Education on ICT for Sustainability (HEdIS) is a collaborative project of Nelson Mandela University, in Port Elizabeth, the University of Cape Town and Carl von Ossietzky University, in Oldenburg, that will be run through the South African universities’ computing science departments over four years. The project…