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Who owns a photograph? Goldblatt archive should remain in Cape Town
Groundbreaking photographer David Goldblatt’s archive should stay in South Africa, where it belongs, writes Martin Hall in Times Higher Education .
24 Mar 2017
Latest transmission patterns for drug resistant TB pose a new challenge
The emergence of drug resistant tuberculosis has resulted in scientists taking a more aggressive and urgent approach to research into the development of the disease.
24 Mar 2017
Winfield teaches ethical accounting
Associate Professor Jimmy Winfield, an accounting scholar at UCT, runs a course called Business Ethics which aims to open his students’ minds a little
24 Mar 2017
Latest transmission patterns for drug resistant TB pose a new challenge
24 Mar 2017
Join the Green Campus Initiative for Earth Hour
24 Mar 2017
Possible disruptions to Jammie Shuttle and other updates
23 Mar 2017
Existential fatigue, psycho-emotional weight and a revolt
23 Mar 2017
Jumbo threat to martial eagles
Martial eagles are apex predators, but there are 60% fewer of them now than 20 years ago, due largely to unlikely culprits: elephants.
22 Mar 2017
How we found the gene for a rare heart disease and why it matters
Heart disease is the world’s number one killer .
22 Mar 2017
The formula to make maths fun
Dr David Erwin’s philosophy of creating a comfortable classroom, keeping students focused, and developing the structures they need to succeed is visible in his teaching.
22 Mar 2017
What we've learnt from the drought
22 Mar 2017
USAf statement prior to the NECF Convention
Universities South Africa released a statement prior to the higher education convention called by the National Education Crisis Forum in March 2017.
22 Mar 2017
Simplistic racial constructions and mistaken assumptions
22 Mar 2017
UCT's ANFASA grant winners
22 Mar 2017
UCT study shows that urine test is better for diagnosing TB rapidly among hospitalised HIV-infected patients
A study published this week in the journal BMC Medicine by researchers from the University of Cape Town shows that among hospitalised patients with HIV infection, a simple and inexpensive urine test identified more TB diagnoses in the first 24 hours of admission than rapid sputum-based tests.
22 Mar 2017
UCT's student shuttle service to be disrupted on Thursday, 23 March 2017
The University of Cape Town is expecting some disruptions to the Jamie Shuttle services on Thursday, 23 March 2017.
22 Mar 2017
UCT current affairs commentary expert list: Human Rights, the Spur Incident, World Tuberculosis Day and other issues
The following academics at the University of Cape Town are available for commentary on current affairs.
22 Mar 2017
Free laptops for hundreds of first-year students
Over 800 delighted first-year students on financial aid have received free laptops and backpacks thanks to a campus-wide initiative, spearheaded by UCT's Information and Communication Technology Services (ICTS). The project was first piloted in 2013.
20 Mar 2017
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