On Saturday, 13 September 2025, the AIMSSEC team had the joy of welcoming learners from Intlanganiso Secondary School and Encotsheni Primary School for another exciting round of coding fun! From the moment the session kicked off, the room was buzzing with energy. Learners explored how to modify scripts and add layers of complexity to their
On 2 August 2025, a group of AIMS Master’s Students and Alumni joined over 100 exhibitors from universities, research councils, science centres, government departments and industry partners at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) to celebrate the launch of this year’s National Science Week (NSW). NSW is an annual flagship initiative of the Department of
On Saturday, 15 March 2025, AIMS South Africa played host to an inspiring Maths Day event as part of an international twinning project that connects young learners from South Africa and Germany. The celebration welcomed a group of passionate Grade 4 girls from Molo Mhlaba Schools for a hands-on exploration of the mathematical beauty inherent
On 7 August 2024, Dr Sinobia Kenny had the distinct privilege of being a special guest at Crestway High School in Retreat, Cape Town, for an event made possible by Living Maths and the Sakhikamva Foundation. The day featured an inspiring session with astronaut Dr Sian Proctor, a trailblazing figure in space exploration. Dr Proctor
On 1 August, AIMS South Africa welcomed Ms Noluthando Sithole. She joins the AIMS family as a new intern through the DSI-HSRC Internship Programme 2023/25. The programme offers practical work experience and mentorship to unemployed graduates and postgraduates to gain valuable skills in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, social sciences and humanities. Noluthando will work
On 9 December 2022, a farewell celebration was held for Prof. Barry Green who retired as Director of AIMS South Africa after 12 years. Attendees at the event included members of the AIMS Trust, the Council, staff, students, alumni and other friends of AIMS. Brief notes of thanks were given by all parties highlighting the
AIMSEC presented their third fully online course, Mathematical Thinking (MT2) Online Course, from 28 August to 11 December 2021. This fourteen-week professional development course was sponsored by AECI and presented on Google Classroom with WhatsApp support. From across the country seventy-five mathematics teachers took part in the course: forty Senior Phase (Grades 7 – 9)
14 March is proclaimed by UNESCO as the International Day of Mathematics (IDM) or Pi day. The theme for this year was focused on “Mathematics for a Better World”. AIMS House of Science and the Centre International de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées (CIMPA) celebrated the day with a Virtual Treasure Hunt Video Game – Quest
The German Research Chair with specialization in Partial Differential Equations and Calculus of Variations at AIMS South Africa, in collaboration with the Communication and Information Theory Chair at TU Berlin, is offering three PhD positions at AIMS South Africa research center in Cape Town. These positions are made available and funded by the DAAD (German
The Recognition of Achievement Ceremony for the 28 students on the AIMS-ESMT Industry Immersion Programme 2019 took place on 1 August. The guest speaker at the event was Mr Clifford Klaas, Executive Director Siemens Africa. Siemens has been a partner of the programme since its launch and has provided several internship opportunities for programme candidates.
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