The UWC Astro Group

Some of the UWC team at the 2019 SARAO bursary conference in December #SARAOPG2019

UWC HONOURS SCHOLARSHIP 2024 astro.uwc.ac.za/honours-schola…

MSc AND PhD SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 2024 CENTRE FOR RADIO COSMOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE DEADLINE: 5 June 2023 For further details on how to apply, click on the link below. astro.uwc.ac.za/msc-and-phd-sc….

Congratulations to all the nominees of the 2022/2023 NSTF-South32 Awards! Your innovative contributions to science, engineering and technology in South Africa are inspiring. Check out the full list of nominees here: nstf.org.za/current-nomine… #NSTFAwards #SouthAfrica #STEM

This week we are hosting #phiscc23 the SKA Pathfinder HI Survey Coordination Committee conference! During the week there will be talks and exciting visualisation demos by the IDIA Visualisation Lab #IDIAvislab To know more have a look to the program here: astro.rug.nl/~phiscc2023/pr…

@DARA Big Data and its partners in the Hack4dev project, in conjunction with the @UKZN College of Teaching and Learning, are organising a 4-day #DataScienceHackathon event to be held at the @UKZN Howard campus. Complete the registration form here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Hack4dev is a space that transforms current research projects and makes them available to students. Ensuring significant impact on not only the scientific community but also the wider societies #research #hack4dev @Astro4Dev @BRICSAstronomy @Big_IDIA @DARABigData @AfricaAstronomy

Hack4dev draws on the strength of its partners and believes in the power of collaboration to achieve effective and sustainable change and development. #DataScience #MachineLearning #Hackathons #hack4dev @Astro4Dev @BRICSAstronomy @Big_IDIA @DARABigData @AfricaAstronomy

Registration closes soon! #hackathon for Honours & Masters students in all fields of science who wish to gain experience in #DataScience & #MachineLearning. More info: hack4dev.org/bitdn-regional… #Hack4Dev

BITDN Regional Hackathon to be held 11 - 13 October. Register now on: hack4dev.org/bitdn-regional… #hack4dev #bitdn #hackathon @CPUT @UWCpostgrad @cputstudents @StellenboschUni @UCT_news @UCTpostgrads

The first BITDN hackathon will take place in Cape Town, at SAAO on 11-13 Oct 2022. The hackathon is for Hons and MSc students in all fields of science who wish to gain experience in Machine Learning more info: hack4dev.org/bitdn-regional… @Big_IDIA @SAAO @BRICSAstroMag @IAU_Outreach

*Black Hole Image coming up!* The Event Horizon Telescope is releasing the image of our Galactic Centre Black Hole at 1300 UT = 1830 IST. You can follow it live at eventhorizontelescope.org/blog/event-hor… or eso.org/public/announc…

@UWCSciences @UWConline #IamUWC @NRF_News @NRF_SAASTA @dsigovza

Nkalakatha! 😎 That’s how you call a megamaser around here, especially if it’s 5 billion light years away! iol.co.za/education/uwc-…

Another amazing discovery from our researchers! Congratulations to all the team involved!

Megamaser “Nkalakatha” discovered by astronomers using MeerKAT: astro.uwc.ac.za/megamaser-nkal…

Thanks to @UCTscience for this nice press release about our #H2020SKIES project tinyurl.com/3bx66mcz The workshop continues today tackling ‘the business’ world, stay tuned @AstronomyUCT @UWC_Astro @SKA_Africa @Astro4Dev @Dot_Space @Entrepren_EUR #entrepreunership #innovation

Many UWC students are attending the same workshop! We wish you all a good week!

Deadline to register for the #H2020SKIES is tomorrow!!! Follow the link in this trend to register! Few places are still available! @AstronomyUCT @UCTpostgrads @UWC_Astro @SKA_Africa @Astro4Dev @Entrepren_EUR @dschoolUCT @UCT_news #entrepreneurmindset #innovation #OpenScience

1 week left to apply to our #H2020SKIES training workshop for SA based astronomy and physics MSc/PhD/postdoc! Do not wait, register now! @AstronomyUCT @UWC_Astro @UCTpostgrads @Astro4Dev @SKA_Africa @dschoolUCT #innovation #OpenScience #Entrepreneurship

The Pan-African School for Emerging Astronomers is hosting a fully-online educational program for 60 STEM-interested university-level students. Learn the tools used by professional astronomers and grow your skills! #Africa #Astronomy paseaafrica.org/pasea-2021/alu…