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First Annual UCT Well-Being and Flourishing Conference Prof Elelwani Ramugondo announces the call for abstracts for UCT’s first Well-Being and Flourishing Conference, to be held on Tuesday, 9 September 2025 at the UCT Graduate School of Business. 28 Apr 2025
UCT inaugural lectures for May 2025 UCT’s Inaugural Lecture series is a valued academic tradition that recognises academics who have attained the rank of full professor. 24 Apr 2025
Congratulations to Ikey Tigers It is with immense pride and heartfelt joy that I extend my warmest congratulations to the UCT Ikey Tigers for their resounding 44-21 triumph over Stellenbosch University’s Maties in the 2025 FNB Varsity Cup final. 15 Apr 2025
Rallying behind Ikey Tigers in Varsity Cup final UCT’s Ikey Tigers and under-20 Young Guns (YG) have achieved a historic feat: advancing to the FNB Varsity Cup 2025 finals. 14 Apr 2025
Call for nominations: 2025 UCT Open Textbook Award Professor Brandon Collier-Reed writes to the UCT community to invite nominations for the 2025 UCT Open Textbook Award. 09 Apr 2025
UCT inaugural lecture for April 2025 The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Inaugural Lecture series is a cherished academic tradition that celebrates the achievements of colleagues who have attained full professorship. 02 Apr 2025
Call for nominations: Distinguished Teacher Award 2024 Prof Brandon Collier-Reed writes to the UCT community to call for nominations for the Distinguished Teacher Award 2024. 01 Apr 2025
The Pitch UCT – Celebrating 10 years of student entrepreneurship at UCT As we celebrate 10 years of student entrepreneurship at the University of Cape Town (UCT), I am thrilled to announce the call for applications for The Pitch UCT and Pitch Plus. 01 Apr 2025
Upcoming inaugural lectures for May 2024 Emeritus Professor Daya Reddy invites the UCT community to attend the Inaugural Lecture Series events taking place in May. 25 Apr 2024
Francis Wilson Memorial Lecture: Mr Trevor Manuel Acting VC Emer Prof Linda Ronnie invites the UCT community to attend this year’s Francis Wilson Memorial Lecture, which will be delivered by Trevor Manuel. 08 Apr 2024
Update on recovery from April 2021 fire Emeritus Professor Daya Reddy writes to the UCT community with an update on the status of recovery work on campus. 28 Apr 2023
World Day for Health and Safety at Work Dr Reno Morar writes to the UCT community about the annual World Day for Health and Safety at Work. 25 Apr 2023
UCT continues to respond to loadshedding challenge Dr Reno Morar writes to the UCT community with an update on work that has been undertaken to minimise power supply disruptions, in particular the escalation to stage 6. 24 Apr 2023
Former VC’s early retirement from UCT Chair of Council, Babalwa Ngonyama, writes to the UCT community about the former VC’s early retirement. 17 Apr 2023 UCT Council
Research ethics approval at UCT Prof Sue Harrison writes to the UCT community about the roll-out of the ethics module on the electronic Research Administration (eRA) system. 13 Apr 2023
Upcoming lectures in the UCT Inaugural series The first two lectures in the reconfigured UCT Inaugural Lecture series will take place on 19 April and 10 May 2023. 12 Apr 2023
Bargaining engagements with UCT Employees Union (EU) Dr Reno Morar writes to UCT staff with an update on recent developments relating to PASS staff in pay classes 7–12. 11 Apr 2023
Introducing the UCT Inaugural Lecture series In recent years, the University of Cape Town (UCT) has commemorated our academics’ appointments to full professorship through the inaugural lecture series. 03 Apr 2023
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