Campus announcements
UCT climbs in world rankings and other updates
12 October 2022Dear students
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has climbed 23 spots in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings and remains ranked top in Africa on all five major international rankings. Read more on this and other updates below.
1. UCT moves higher up on THE rankings
UCT climbed to 160th position and retained its top spot on the continent in this year’s rankings published by THE on Wednesday, 12 October 2022. The university was ranked 183rd in 2021.
The latest ranking means that in all five major international university rankings, UCT is ranked best in Africa. This year, UCT took the continent’s top place in the Centre for World University Rankings, Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings and ShanghaiRanking’s Academic Ranking of World Universities. UCT is also Africa’s top university in the US News & World Report Best Global Universities Rankings, the most recent issued in 2021. A new release is expected later this month.
2. Dr Stuart Saunders Memorial Lecture postponed
The annual Dr Stuart Saunders Memorial Lecture, which was scheduled for Tuesday,18 October 2022, has regrettably been postponed. The lecture was to be delivered by Distinguished Professor Philippe-Joseph Salazar under the title: “The Nine Circles of Scholarship”. A new date will be announced at a later stage.
3. Launch of anti-racism conversation series
In June 2022, UCT released the new anti-racism policy and related procedures. The university will now launch its Conversation Series on 24 October 2022 from 10:00 to 12:00, with a focus on anti-racism. The series will run until 27 October 2022. It is through scholarly debate and intellectual engagements that UCT as a leading academic institution can advance social justice. Please join the launch of the conversation series on 24 October 2022.
- Join the conversation (from 10:00 on 24 October).
- Read more: Launch of the UCT Conversation Series: A focus on anti-racism.
4. Update on UCT governance-related matters
Following the special Council meeting of 6 October 2022 where a decision was taken to constitute a sub-committee that will look into governance and procedural matters relating to the recent Senate meeting as well as the departure of former Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Teaching and Learning, the Chair of Council Babalwa Ngonyama has called for an independent investigation into allegations made. The investigation is to be led by a retired judge.
- Read the Chair's Desk: A call for independent investigation.
- Read the Deputy Chair’s Desk: Report from Special Council Meeting of 6 October 2022.
- Read UCT's response to an inaccurate media article of 3 October 2022.
5. ICTS maintenance to impact UCT services
The Information and Communication Technology Services (ICTS) department will perform important data centre maintenance from 13:00 to 24:00 on Saturday, 15 October, and from 08:00 to 24:00 on Sunday, 16 October 2022. This critical work aims to reduce the risk of loadshedding impacting services on the scale it has done recently.
As a result, many UCT services will be unavailable during this period. If you need to use any of the affected services, please do so either before or after the maintenance.
6. Parking arrangements for Sanlam Cape Town Marathon
The Sanlam Cape Town Marathon will take place on Sunday, 16 October 2022. UCT’s parking areas P1 and P6 will be used as a park and ride facility. Participating runners will park their vehicles in this area and be transported to the city for the race.
Marshalls will control access to the relevant parking areas and no roads on campus will be closed. All other parking will be available for use by the UCT community.
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