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Sharing knowledge through open-access platforms can help the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) to be built in Africa and Australia to achieve collaboration between participating scientists all over the globe. And this, according to Dr Adrian Tiplady, Site bid Manager of the SKA in South Africa,  fits in snugly with the free skies policy that radio [...]

“The fact that the bulk of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will be built in Africa, will help us reverse the brain drain from the continent,” Stellenbosch University Rector and Vice-Chancellor Prof Russel Botman told delegates to an international academic conference in Australia this morning (Tuesday, 12 June 2012). “South Africa won’t be the only [...]

The SKA project will capture the public imagination in an unprecedented new way and inspire a future generation of scientists and engineers from the region. This was the reaction of Prof Doug Rawlings, Stellenbosch University’s (SU) Acting Vice-Rector: Research, to the recent Square Kilometre Array (SKA) announcement. “The fact that the bulk of the SKA [...]