Desmond Thompson

@MMathlion wanted to show that someone from a rural village in #Namibia can get a PhD. And he did it, becoming one of @StellenboschUni's youngest Profs no less. Read all about it in @NatureAfrica nature.com/articles/d4414…

@DrBladeNzimande concludes his opening address at @ScienceForumSA by announcing that “the World Conference of Science Journalists @wcsj2025 will be taking place right here for the first time on African soil next week”. Read more about the two meetings here universityworldnews.com/post.php?story…

I was lucky enough to snatch up an R11 Cape Town to Joburg flight ticket from @FlySafair #LekkerR11Flights😀✈️🍾

The Academy of Science of South Africa issues a stark warning: @realdonaldtrump’s policies are jeopardising science and international research networks. #AcademicFreedom #ScienceDiplomacy #GlobalScience- writes @know_mad universityworldnews.com/post.php?story…

Youthful talent and international collaborations are driving the development of #quantum research in #Africa, with the continent poised to play a key role in the field in the future. I report for @natAfrica1 #IYQ2025 @QuantumYear2025 nature.com/articles/d4414…

A decade after it began, UCT marks 10 years of #RhodesMustFall—the student-led movement that sparked a global reckoning with colonial legacies in higher education- writes @know_mad #RMF #DecoloniseEducation #SouthAfrica universityworldnews.com/post.php?story…

#RMF remembered as gift – and a call to continue the fight. @UCT_news commemorates the protests that sparked student uprisings across #SouthAfrica and beyond a decade ago. I report for @uniworldnews universityworldnews.com/post.php?story… @ShoseKessi @MoshabelaMosa

It's all starting to add up 😉... @ARUA_News and the @guildeu launch #maths cluster ahead of 1st conference of their @AfricaEuroCoRE initiative @StellenboschUni later this month. Read more @uniworldnews universityworldnews.com/post-mobile.ph…

@DereshR has his work cut out for him as new @StellenboschUni #VC. Transformation, student communities, funding and positioning are some of the challenges he will have to manage, not to mention language! Read more @uniworldnews universityworldnews.com/post.php?story…

Thjs is how @ARUA_News plans to produce 7000 doctoral graduates for #Africa in 10 years universityworldnews.com/post.php?story… @uniworldnews @JGyapong @ProfEAryeetey @MastercardFdn @guildeu @janpalmowski @AfricaEuroCoRE

Incredible #tech being used by some very bright people in pursuit of #smart #farming universityworldnews.com/post-mobile.ph… @uniworldnews @MatiesResearch @AgrisciencesU @StellenboschUni @Kanshuk

What happened with the #GB rider on the cycling track? @Geralddekock

Here's a piece I wrote about a talk by #WilliamKentridge @kentridge_art, in conversation with #TamarGarb @grbtamar, introduced by Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, in the latest @STIAS_SA newsletter

@FunmiOlonisakin @uniworldnews @ARUA_News @ProfEAryeetey @ALC_KCL @guildeu @janpalmowski Pleasure Prof. It's easy when you have good material to work with 😉

Thanks to @know_mad of @uniworldnews for his excellent coverage of my @ARUA_News Distinguished Lecture and celebration of @ProfEAryeetey bold legacy as ARUA SG. See: African universities challenged to embrace public purpose universityworldnews.com/post.php?story… @ALC_KCL @guildeu @janpalmowski

Powerful @ARUA_News lecture by Prof @FunmiOlonisakin of @KingsCollegeLon universityworldnews.com/post-mobile.ph… @ProfEAryeetey, @OAUniversity, @UPTuks, @AAU_67, @uniworldnews

In an exclusive interview for @uniworldnews, @UCT_news #VC designate @MoshabelaMosa tells me he wants to "create a space for debate that is respectful and collegial, not based on personal attacks." Read more here universityworldnews.com/post.php?story…

@UPTuks has appointed #FrancisPetersen as its new #VC from 1 Oct. He will leave the same post at @UFS_Kovsies for his new job, and before that he was at @UCT_news. So, does he support @THESTORMERS, @CheetahsRugby or @BlueBullsRugby? Joke. Sure he will have more serious worries :)

My story about a skills school for intellectually disabled learners in Graafwater in South Africa's @WesternCapeGov. Principal @RooyenRobert says, "We accommodate children who do not fit into the mainstream. Society can't just discard them!" @DavidMaynier netwerk24.com/netwerk24/stem…

Trying to work but finding it hard while keeping an eye on @eNCA, billing their live broadcast from the airport, "Breaking news: Hier kom die bokke"