Media
HSRC provides media briefs (or press releases) on a regular basis to the media. Here you can browse the archive of media briefs.
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15 May 2017 | HSRC's Africa Week programme to look at promoting research and innovation
Pretoria, Monday 15 May 2017 - To mark the annual commemoration of Africa month, the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) in collaboration with a ra...
10 May 2017 | Encouraging progress in the national HIV and behaviour study
With only two months into South Africa’s National HIV & Behaviour Survey, teams of field workers collecting behavioural survey data and bloo...
24 Apr 2017 | HSRC to recognise outstanding contributions in the social sciences and humanities
To recognise scientists and researchers who have contributed positively to the social sciences and humanities, the Human Sciences Research Council inv...
31 Mar 2017 | HSRC celebrates champion for equality, Ahmed Kathrada
Pretoria, Friday 31 March 2017 – The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) today joined the country, and indeed citizens around the world, in m...
31 Mar 2017 | South Africa must move towards an authentic freedom
Pretoria, Friday 31 March 2017 – Ahead of Freedom Month, the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) today hosted, with the Department of Science...
24 Mar 2017 | How does South Africa move towards policy making and implementation which matters?
Amongst others, the seminar aimed to interrogate theoretical frameworks underpinning policy implementation research and the Policy Implementation Baro...
21 Feb 2017 | Media Brief - Launch of the South African National HIV Survey (SABSSM V) 2016/2017
Press statementFor immediate releaseSixty thousand participants will take part in the fifth National HIV and Health StudyThe Human Sciences Research C...
1 Dec 2016 | ''Are you going to die, Mom?'' Research shows that talking to your young children about your HIV status helps them cope better
New scientific research from South Africa strengthens international evidence that children whose parents have a life-threatening disease such as HIV c...
28 Nov 2016 | Release of TIMSS 2015 study results
The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) released the results of the 2015 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) study on 29 ...
25 Nov 2016 | Inaugural HSRC Medal for the Social Sciences and Humanities to leading scholar tonight
Members of the media are invited to attend the inaugural awards ceremony for the first Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) Medal for the Social Sci...