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Collaboration and inclusivity important to new dean of law

Preparing UCT’s law graduates to be the best in the country will be a key focus for new Dean of Law Professor Danwood Chirwa. 18 Jan 2019 - 6 min read

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Laws and land dispossession

On the first day of his five-day UCT Summer School course, Professor Lungisile Ntsebeza painted a grim picture of how laws were used to enable land dispossession. 18 Jan 2019 - 8 min read

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Questions on bio-bricks grown from urine answered

News that UCT had grown the first bio-brick from human urine made world headlines. Dr Dyllon Randall’s subsequent public lecture answers common questions about the project. 16 Jan 2019 - 4 min read

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Finding Khoisan connections on the Cape Flats

A UCT Summer School course examines research into and discussions about South Africa’s indigenous peoples and their connection to the Cape Flats. 16 Jan 2019 - 8 min read

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Tuition programme helps learners shine

Applications for the 2019 SHAWCO Shine tuition programme for high school learners are now open – with 25% discount on offer to UCT staff. 16 Jan 2019 - 7 min read

‘Doc’ Moss Memorial Day 2019 Join the UCT Rugby Club on Saturday as they celebrate the life of SA rugby legend and former club president and coach “Doc” Cecil Moss, at Doc Moss Memorial Day 2019. 15 Jan 2019

The science of the obese brain Tackling the complex issue of obesity and its two most concerning related diseases – diabetes and heart disease – requires multi-faceted consideration. 15 Jan 2019

Achieving SA’s ‘new dawn’ Economist Iraj Abedian unpacked his plan for South Africa’s economic revival during a three-day lecture at UCT’s Summer School. 14 Jan 2019

VC visits world’s largest experiment VC Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng is currently visiting the Swiss home of the world’s largest and most complex scientific instruments, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). 14 Jan 2019

Baxter to host award-winning play Sainthood The 2018 Standard Bank Ovation Award-winning play Sainthood, which interrogates all-boys school culture, comes to the Baxter Golden Arrow Studio next month. 11 Jan 2019

UCT General Practitioners Conference 2019 UCT’s Division of Family Medicine will host the General Practitioners 2019 conference from 14 to 18 January at the Sports Science Institute of South Africa. 11 Jan 2019

Solving SA’s literacy crisis An education expert has told UCT Summer School participants that there’s no quick fix for South Africaʼs literacy crisis. It will take time and hard work. 11 Jan 2019

Tackling an ‘uneasy campus culture’ Symbolic change must be accompanied by practical transformation to ultimately rid UCT of the legacy of Cecil John Rhodes, Carla Lever argues. 11 Jan 2019 Republished

Focus on SA’s apartheid-era spies UCT Summer School participants spent three days delving into the lives of some of South Africa’s infamous apartheid-era spies. 10 Jan 2019

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Use the gift of education to make a difference UCT’s December graduation season wrapped up with an inspiring speech from UCT alumnus, philanthropist and trail-blazing venture capitalist Annette-Campbell White. 18 Dec 2018

Faculties of EBE and Science graduation ceremony - 14 December at 18:00 The faculties of Engineering & the Built Environment and Science graduation ceremony was held at 18:00 on Friday, 14 December. 14 Dec 2018

Graduates must become ‘more African‘ The Faculty of Commerce’s graduation on Friday, 14 December, was a celebration of being African in a world undergoing unprecedented change. 14 Dec 2018

Faculty of Health Sciences graduation ceremony - 14 December at 14:00 The Faculty of Health Sciences graduation ceremony was held at 14:00 on Friday, 14 December. 14 Dec 2018