Join the Researchers Bootcamp #OpenupYourThinking

How keen are you to get involved in an ambitious research project called #OpenupYourThinking?
JET Education Services invites you to apply for the #OpenupYourThinking bootcamp that will take place from 30 March to 17 April 2020.
The bootcamp research project will look at macro, middle and micro level implications of COVID-19 on South African education. We are looking for young (and not-so-young researchers) that want to do something about the threat of COVID-19 to education.
We need 10 researchers, mostly under the age of 35 for each of the 9 research thematic areas.

 

NB: Please note that we are currently oversubscribed. You can still choose a theme below and apply, however please note that your application will only be considered if someone that applied before you declines to continue. Of course a strong application will count in your favour.

 

These are the 9 thematic areas:
Theme 1: A qualitative piece on the different experiences of individuals during this lockdown, particularly with regards to education

Lead Researcher: Dr Nick Taylor

Theme 2: To conduct a comparative study on the response of NPOs in education to the COVID-19 pandemic, the concomitant uncertainty globally and the announced lockdown of 21 days in South Africa

Lead Researcher: Dr Rooksana Rajab

Theme 3:  The role of culture in alleviating the spread of COVID-19

Lead Researcher: Zaahedah Vally

Theme 4: Looking for ways to effectively govern the pandemic: How governments are positioning and activating public institutions such as school systems in multi-pronged efforts to contain COVID-19
Lead Researcher: Dr Andrew Paterson
Theme 5: Unlocking the Lockdown mindset and its untapped possibilities
Lead Researcher: Milisa Janda
Theme 6: Fake news impacting school age children (or targeting school age children): Impacts on behaviour, risk, anxiety, and how to ameliorate
Lead Researcher: Tshepo Motsepe

Theme 7: Putting the individual at the centre: the role of a digital identity ecosystem that is open, standards-based, and decentralised during the time of COVID-19

Lead Researcher: Barbara Dale-Jones

Theme 8: Governance and Management: How higher education institutions respond to COVID-19

Lead Researcher: Naziema Jappie

Theme 9: Education innovation in times of necessity – reimagining education service provision in response to COVID-19 and identifying sustainable interventions to address inequality
Lead Researcher: Rubeena Parker

 

Minimum Requirements:

• First come, first serve
• Activist at heart, researcher in mind, social change agent
• Some research experience, or at the very least, an interest in getting some experience

 

This project will take place online, with the option of free data being provided and will be overseen by experienced researchers of all ages.
Applications must be submitted online using this form by no later than 29 March 2020, 17h00. We know it is a Sunday, but there is no time to waste.
Late applications will not be considered.