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UCT alumni in premier of The Father
31 Oct 2016
Campus update: Friday, 28 October 2016
28 Oct 2016
Student death
28 Oct 2016
What is a mind?
28 Oct 2016
Samuel Ginsberg: The power of collaboration
UCT electrical engineer and senior lecturer Samuel Ginsberg has had a hand in inventing such diverse devices as a heat detector for informal settlements.
28 Oct 2016
UCT Rises to 112th in Global University Rankings
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has risen dramatically in the third annual 2017 Best Global Universities rankings.
28 Oct 2016
UCT welcomes additional R10 million funding by Absa
UCT welcomes the contribution of R10 million by financial services provider Absa to the university's scholarship programme, which will be channelled towards funding missing middle students - whose family income is above the R122 000pa National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) threshold but below R600 000.
28 Oct 2016
Tim Crowe comments on BAC statement
27 Oct 2016
Opinion
How a climate crisis can lead farmers to joint planning and response
There is nothing like a major climate disaster to raise interest in the problem of climate change among farming communities.
27 Oct 2016
Laying funding problems at government's feet
Today, the Minister of Finance tabled the 2016 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) in Parliament.
26 Oct 2016
UCT rises to 112th in Global University Ranking
26 Oct 2016
To survive, South Africa’s universities must learn to engage with chaos
Suellen Shay writes that university communities need to step out of their comfort zones and listen to views with which they bitterly disagree.
26 Oct 2016
Let researchers try new paths
Dr Tolu Oni (School of Public Health and Family Medicine), together with 3 of her colleagues, has contributed to an article published in Nature journal, arguing that scientists should be allowed to shift their focus in pursuit of important research.
26 Oct 2016
Researchers aim for the clouds: UCT and NWU launch first stage of big-data African Research Cloud
The Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy (IDIA) has taken a giant leap forward by becoming the first African institute to launch a cloud-based data centre. This marks the first step in a 3-year pilot project to establish the African Research Cloud (ARC) for data-intensive research.
26 Oct 2016
Update on Senate, interim interdicts and arrests by SAPS
25 Oct 2016
UCT staff and students permitted to join Parliament protests, Wednesday, 26 October
25 Oct 2016
Update on executive appointments and changes in SLG and SETT
25 Oct 2016
Hunting for leaks in a mismanaged water system
Africa is home to the highest number of water-scarce countries in the world.
25 Oct 2016
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