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SUMMARY:Science in Higher Education and Development in Africa - Professor 
 Alec Boksenberg CBE FRS (Fellow of Churchill College\, Cambridge\; Institu
 te of Astronomy\, Cambridge)\; Honorary Professor of Experimental Astronom
 y\, University of Cambridge\; Fellow of University College\, London
DTSTART:20140123T180000Z
DTEND:20140123T190000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Pauline Essah
DESCRIPTION:The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project is a globally interna
 tional effort to build the world's largest radio telescope. The scientific
  aims are sighted on the origin and development of the Universe. The proje
 ct represents a huge leap forward in both engineering and research. It wil
 l use hundreds of thousands of radio telescopes and its central computer w
 ill have the processing power of about one hundred million PCs. The majori
 ty of the telescopes will be built in South Africa with additional telesco
 pes spread over the continent involving eight African partner countries. T
 he development of large scale radio astronomy facilities is recognised as 
 a powerful driver of socio-economic development in Africa.\n\nUNESCO is a 
 specialized agency of the United Nations\, contributing to global harmony 
 and sustainable development through education\, the sciences\, culture\, c
 ommunication and information. One of its main programmes is "Priority Afri
 ca". Strong strategic aims in science are facilitating the development of 
 Higher Education and in general creating an enabling environment to allow 
 science and technology to flourish. In an independent example The Future U
 niversity is a newly established private university in Khartoum\, Sudan\, 
 which is strongly focused on science and technology.
LOCATION:Wine Room\, King's College\, Cambridge\, CB2 1ST
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