Short Courses

Staff and Research Associates in the Department frequently offer short training courses (workshops) focused on specific arthropod groups, research concepts, or production methods. These courses are delivered at postgraduate level and are open to researchers and staff from industry as well as research institutions. The aim of the short courses is to support capacity development and promote knowledge exchange.

All short courses are accredited by the University’s Short Courses Division to ensure quality standards are maintained. Training events are generally conducted in one of the department’s laboratories, which are well equipped with work benches, stereo and light microscopes, monitors, and projectors. Depending on requirements, additional laboratories may also be utilized as part of the training.

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Dr Caro Kapp
Short Courses co-ordinator

Examples of some past/recent short courses include:

2025

  • Entomopathogenic Nematodes: from soil to bioreactor (Presented by Prof. Antoinette Malan, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch)

2023

  • Fruit Fly 101: Basic Training in Fruit Fly Identification (Presented by Prof. Pia Addison, Dr. Massimilano Virgilio and Dr. Marc de Meyer, Royal Museum of
    Central Africa, Belgium)
  • Introduction to Agricultural Mites (Presented by Dr. Davina Saccaggi, CRI, South Africa and Prof. Eddie Ueckermann, North-West University, South Africa)
  • Basic Principles of Insect Rearing (Presented by Prof. Des Conlong, Extraordinary Professor, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch) 2024
  • Introduction to Agricultural Mites (Presented by Dr. Davina Saccaggi, CRI, South Africa and Prof. Eddie Ueckermann, North-West University, South Africa)

2022

  • Psyllid Identification and Taxonomy (Presented by CRI: Dr Evans Mauda, CRI, Mbombela and Dr. Daniel Burckhardt, Natural History Museum, Switzerland)
  • Entomopathogenic Nematodes: from soil to bioreactor (Presented by Prof. Antoinette Malan, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch)

2018:

  • Entomopathogenic Nematodes – New Species Description Workshop (Presented by Prof. Antoinette Malan, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
    and Dr. Vladimir Půža, Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre CAS, v.v.i.,Branišovská, Czech Republic)
  • Phylogenetics: Introduction and Advanced (Presented by Dr Jane Wright)
  • Insect Mass Rearing Workshop (Presented by Prof. Desmond Conlong, SASRI, South Africa and Dr. Peter Ebling, Natural Recources, Canada) 2019
  • Moth Larva Identification Workshop (Presented by Prof. Pia Addison, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch)

2017:

  • Phylogenetics: Introduction and Advanced (Presented by Dr Jane Wright)
  • Insect Mass Rearing Workshop (Presented by Prof. Desmond Conlong, SASRI, South Africa and Dr Elsje Pieterse, Stellenbosch University)
  • False Codling Moth Training (Presented by Dr. Pia Addison, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch)
  • Collembola training (Presented by Dr. Charlene Janion-Scheepers, University
    of Cape Town, South Africa)