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VC inspires at Women in STEM event
UCT Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng used the platform provided by a Women in STEM event to tell her story and inspire hundreds of young women.
27 Aug 2019
133 years of women at UCT
Did you know that women first registered as students at the South African College, UCT’s forerunner, in 1886?
27 Aug 2019
UCT master’s candidate brings plays to life
UCT master’s candidate Nwabisa Plaatjie brings to life two Alice Childress plays as part of the Baxter’s Women’s Month celebrations – with discounts for UCT staff and students.
26 Aug 2019
‘EBE’s Got Talent’ raises R5 000
UCT students who took time out from their studies to showcase their performing arts talents have raised R5 000 for the EBE Students in Distress Fund.
26 Aug 2019
UCT student wins pan-African writing prize
Resoketswe Manenzhe, a doctoral candidate in UCTʼs Department of Chemical Engineering, has taken top spot in a pan-African short story writing competition.
26 Aug 2019
Conflict leaves children traumatised, anxious – for life
It’s critical to intervene early in cases of trauma in children, UCTʼs Professor Shanaaz Mathews told delegates to The African Regional Child Trauma Conference 2019.
26 Aug 2019
UCT community holds silent protest against gender-based violence
Hundreds of UCT students and staff participated in a silent protest on campus against gender-based violence on 2 August 2019.
26 Aug 2019
UCT victorious at Entrepreneurship Intervarsity regionals
The University of Cape Town (UCT) shone at the inaugural Entrepreneurship Intervarsity's Western Cape regional round, with the five winning teams selected to go through to the national finals coming from the institution.
26 Aug 2019
UCT Lung Institute celebrates 20 years
The excellent work done by the University of Cape (UCT) Lung Institute was highlighted when the institute celebrated its 20-year anniversary recently. Located at the Faculty of Health Sciences campus, the institute provides clinical services and its researchers work in the fields of respiratory medicine, tuberculosis (TB), allergies, occupational medicine and dermatology.
26 Aug 2019
UCT victorious at Entrepreneurship Intervarsity regionals
Five teams of innovative UCT “studentpreneurs” have been selected to go through to the national finals of the Entrepreneurship Intervarsity.
23 Aug 2019
Schooling high school learners in coding, robotics
Two more coding and robotics camps for high school learners are planned at UCT for the December holidays following the huge success of the inaugural programme.
23 Aug 2019
Economic storm clouds threaten SA’s stability
An IMF bailout may be forced on SA in the ensuing fallout should Moody’s follow its two counterparts and downgrade the country to “junk status”.
23 Aug 2019
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Leverage privilege to change education, Madonsela urges
Apartheid has cast a huge shadow over the country, particularly education, and it will need all of society to break the cycle of poverty.
23 Aug 2019
In remembrance: Sithembele Steve Mtwecu
The UCT Executive team writes to the UCT community about the passing of a colleague, Mr Sithembele Steve Mtwecu.
23 Aug 2019
UCT team plays central role in R5 billion historic silicosis gold miners case
University of Cape Town (UCT) academics Dr Shahieda Adams and Professor Mohamed Jeebhay were part of a team that played an integral role in providing technical medical input to the legal arguments in South Africa's historic R5 billion settlement for the gold miners who contracted silicosis and/or pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) at work.
23 Aug 2019
UCT invests in women academics
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has kept to its commitment to create more opportunities for women by offering a total of R22.5 million in individual grants over five years.
23 Aug 2019
Education and the complex shadow of our unjust past
Professor Thuli Madonsela, Law Faculty Trust Chair for Social Justice and law professor at Stellenbosch University, delivered the Vice-Chancellor’s Open Lecture on Wednesday, 21 August 2019.
22 Aug 2019
UCT Lung Institute says cheers to 20 years
The University of Cape Town Lung Institute celebrated its 20th anniversary in grand style on Tuesday, 20 August.
22 Aug 2019
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