<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Sindile<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I’ll mention four universities I have some knowledge about in this context. Forgive me if some of it is outdated. <br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">UP teaches with a variety of FOSS and proprietary software, with a significant focus on FOSS like QGIS, GeoServer, OpenLayers and PostGIS. UP students who’ve interned with us or whom we’ve employed not only know their GISc but they are immediately productive with the FOSS tools we use and also seem to have a more ‘open’ mindset, in more ways than one. <br class=""><div class=""><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">SU used to have the philosophy that ‘we’ll teach proprietary because that’s what the market uses’. I was invited a couple of times to give a lecture on FOSS by a FOSS champion there several years ago, just to give honours students some exposure to alternatives. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">UNISA afaik has moved strongly to FOSS. We participated in some workshops around that a few years ago.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The UCT GIS lab several years ago just had proprietary software. The lab manager came on one of our ‘Enterprise GIS with FOSS courses’ so they could offer some FOSS alternatives since students were severely constrained by only being able to do practical work in the lab, during office hours.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I hope you could make your case for FOSS!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Gavin</div>
<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 11 Mar 2024, at 17:54, Franko Sokolic via Africa <<a href="mailto:africa@lists.osgeo.org" class="">africa@lists.osgeo.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class=""><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><div class="">Hi Sindile,<br class=""></div><div class=""><br data-mce-bogus="1" class=""></div><div class="">I teach the GIS component of the MSc in Integrated Water Resource Management at the University of the Free State and we only use QGIS for the practical sessions. However, I always emphasize that we are teaching GIS, not QGIS, and that the theory and techniques we teach are applicable to all GIS packages. UFS also has licences for ArcGIS and this software is used by the Geography department amongst others.<br data-mce-bogus="1" class=""></div><div class=""><br data-mce-bogus="1" class=""></div><div class="">Frank.<br data-mce-bogus="1" class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><hr id="zwchr" data-marker="__DIVIDER__" class=""><div data-marker="__HEADERS__" class=""><b class="">From: </b>"Sindile Bidla via Africa" <<a href="mailto:africa@lists.osgeo.org" class="">africa@lists.osgeo.org</a>><br class=""><b class="">To: </b>"Africa local chapter discussions" <<a href="mailto:Africa@lists.osgeo.org" class="">Africa@lists.osgeo.org</a>><br class=""><b class="">Cc: </b>"Sindile Bidla" <<a href="mailto:sindile.bidla@geoilocate.co.za" class="">sindile.bidla@geoilocate.co.za</a>><br class=""><b class="">Sent: </b>Sunday, 10 March, 2024 10:27:15<br class=""><b class="">Subject: </b>[OSGeo Africa] What software is currently used in South Africa tertiary institutions<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">Hello List,</div><br class=""><div class="">Does anyone know what software is used by various South African tertiary institutions that offer a qualification in GIS whether it is accredited by SAGC or not.</div><div class="">Are students exposed to both desktop and server tools during their studies?</div><br class=""><div class="">An internet search revealed the following institutions offer GIS in their curricula</div><br class=""><div class="">SAGC Accredited<br class=""></div><div class="">University of Cape Town</div><div class="">University of Stellenbosch</div><div class="">University of Pretoria</div><div class="">Cape Peninsula University of Technology</div><br class=""><div class="">Others</div><div class="">University of Johannesburg</div><div class="">University of South Africa</div><div class="">University of Venda</div><div class="">University of Fort Hare</div><div class="">Nelson Mandela University</div><div class="">University of KwaZulu Natal</div><div class="">University of Free State</div><div class="">North West University</div><div class="">University of Witwatersrand<br class=""></div><br class=""><div class="">Thank you for your feedback.</div><br class=""><div class="">Regards,</div><div class="">Sindile <br class=""></div><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""></div>
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