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Siyaphambili awarded a Spencer Foundation Research Grant

30th Aug 202031st Aug 2022Kim Ingle

The Siyaphambili research group has been awarded a research grant by the Spencer Foundation to investigate the effects of the COVID-19 health crisis on inequalities in the South African tertiary education sector. As an introductory analysis to the data on university and college students’ access to remote learning resources across local municipalities, the researchers construct a remote learning indicator based on the municipality that students are from.

National Planning Commission endorsement for SALDRU-led youth support initiative

29th Jul 202031st May 2022Kim Ingle

The Basic Package of Support (BPS) for South Africa’s youth – a youth development initiative to support young people who are not in employment, education or training – has received a formal endorsement from the National Planning Commission.

Release of NIDS-CRAM Wave 1 data

29th Jul 202028th Jul 2021Kim Ingle

On the 15th of July 2020, the CRAM study released the data for Wave 1 of the National Income Dynamics Study - Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey (NIDS-CRAM). SALDRU was commissioned to implement the survey.

Spatial inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: recent evidence

28th Jun 202030th Mar 2022Kim Ingle

SALDRU researchers are working on an African Centre of Excellence for Inequalities Research (ACEIR) project aiming to examine patterns of spatial and national inequalities in SSA using comparable data from the various Demographic and Health Surveys (DHSs).

HSRC, SALDRU and UNICEF join forces to understand the impact of COVID-19 on young people in South Africa

27th May 202030th Nov 2021Kim Ingle

The current COVID-19 health crisis and lockdown will have large, additional negative effects on the social and economic situation of youth. To gain a better understanding of what those effects will be, SALDRU has partnered with UNICEF to design and distribute a survey via the UNICEF U-report platform. This month, the multi-partner team joins forces with the HSRC.

Saldrupians receive Cape Higher Education Consortium Grant

27th May 202027th May 2020Kim Ingle

Associate Prof. Ariane De Lannoy has been awarded a Cape Higher Education Consortium (CHEC) / Western Cape Government (WCG) grant to further her work on education and career guidance interventions in South Africa.

ACEIR Research Day spotlights inequality in Ghana, Kenya and South Africa

27th May 202028th Oct 2021Kim Ingle Charmaine Smith, ACEIR communication manager.

A team of SALDRU researchers and research associates presented several research papers that were being produced in partnership with ACEIR. These were discussed at a half-day virtual research day that brought together 25 researchers from ACEIR’s Ghanaian, Kenyan and South African nodes.

Basic Package of Support for Youth receives additional funding through the Capacity Building Programme for Employment Promotion

2nd May 202030th Jun 2021Kim Ingle

Throughout 2019, the BPS team worked to complete the design and implementation plan of a comprehensive support package for young people in South Africa who are NEET. Now, in 2020, with renewed support from the Capacity Building Programme for Employment Promotion, located in GTAC, the team enters the preparatory stage to roll out pilot sites in several parts of the country at the beginning of 2021.

COVID-19 related projects that Saldrupians are working on

2nd May 202028th Oct 2021Kim Ingle

Several Saldrupians are actively working on COVID-19 related projects. This article discusses several of these in brief.

SALDRU evaluates promising program to improve reading for meaning

2nd May 202028th Sep 2022Kim Ingle Cally Ardington

Prof. Cally Ardington has led a SALDRU team to evaluate some of the work done by the Funda Wande NGO on educational interventions. Funda Wande was invited by the Eastern Cape Department of Education to pilot their in-service coaching model in primary schools in the province. The SALDRU researchers were charged with conducting an impact evaluation of the programme.