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Fisheries management is good for fish New international research looks at whether overfished fish populations have been able to recover with better management. 14 Jan 2020
Cancer treatment gets personal More targeted and personalised therapies are needed to improve the way we tackle cancer. 14 Jan 2020 Republished
Fallist movement like déjà vu Emeritus Professor Anwar Mall, UCT’s former acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Transformation and Student Affairs, recalled old and new student protests during his Summer School lecture. 13 Jan 2020
Student sit-in of 1968 the ‘final straw’ During a Summer School lecture at UCT this week, retired academic Emeritus Professor Howard Phillips discussed the events that led to the 1968 student sit-in. 10 Jan 2020
Why South Africa's declining maths performance is a worry UCT is taking steps to improve students’ maths results by introducing a number of interventions. 10 Jan 2020 Republished
VC’s Message to Matriculants The Vice-Chancellor congratulates matriculants who have just received their results and invites prospective students to choose UCT. 08 Jan 2020
How some corporations can have positive impact in communities A recent study looks at the conditions that motivate corporations to make significant contributions to community resilience. 06 Jan 2020 Republished
Going up: 500-bed Avenue Road Residence UCT’s new Avenue Road Residence will accommodate 500 students, part of a three-phase Mowbray precinct plan expected to yield 1 000 new beds for the university. 06 Jan 2020
Kicking up dust on a global scale A global data set may help us to understand the source of dust emissions that play such a vital role in earth systems. 03 Jan 2020
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Summer School 2020
 
Measuring the success of the Cape Flats army deployment At his UCT Summer School lecture, Dr Irvin Kinnes provided indicators for evaluating the success of the army’s deployment on the Cape Flats. 16 Jan 2020
Fallist movement like déjà vu Emeritus Professor Anwar Mall, UCT’s former acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Transformation and Student Affairs, recalled old and new student protests during his Summer School lecture. 13 Jan 2020
Student sit-in of 1968 the ‘final straw’ During a Summer School lecture at UCT this week, retired academic Emeritus Professor Howard Phillips discussed the events that led to the 1968 student sit-in. 10 Jan 2020
New directions for Summer School in its 70th season In January UCT’s Summer School will celebrate its 70th year of public education with a bumper Africa-based programme and a strategy to attract new, diverse audiences. 02 Jan 2020
 

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Appointment of Health Sciences Dean 11:35, 17 January 2020
Strengthening the GSB in 2020 15:20, 13 January 2020
M3 roadworks and other updates 15:26, 10 January 2020
Update on UCT Inclusivity Survey 11:47, 23 December 2019
Chancellor’s farewell and other updates 16:58, 13 December 2019
Chancellor’s farewell and other updates 16:55, 13 December 2019

 

Bookshelf

 
Knowledge and Global Power: Making New Sciences in the South
Acts of Transgression
Mental Disorders Around the World: Facts and Figures from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys
Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Global Perspectives from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys
Geological Adventures in the Fairest Cape: Unlocking the Secrets of its Scenery
The Coroner's Wife
Building a Capable State: Service Delivery in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Ottoman Traces in Southern Africa: The Impact of Turkish Emissaries and Muslim Theologians
Creativity Explained: From Music and Art to Innovation in Business
Media, Geopolitics and Power: A View from the Global South
The Pain of Being a Woman: An in-depth research on recovery from sexual assault trauma
Retrenchment Law in South Africa
The Politics of Nature and Science in Southern Africa
The Equal Society: Essays on Equality in Theory and Practice
The Early Modern Global South in Print
The Visual Politics of Wars
Transnational Worlds of Power Journal: Proliferation of Journalism & Professional Standards Vol. 1. No. 1 2015
State/Society Synergy in Philippi, Cape Town
Communicating @ Work
Industrial Crystallization: Fundamentals and Applications
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