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Celebrating the flowing waterways Over 80 paddlers joined the Peninsula Paddle last Sunday to celebrate the recent rainfall and refreshment that this brought to Cape Town’s waterways. 13 Jun 2017
The universe as never seen before Iziko Museums in partnership with UCT, among others, has built a multifunctional planetarium and digital dome that brings data to life in an immersive visualisation. 13 Jun 2017
Birds, binoculars and biodiversity UCT ornithologist Professor Peter Ryan heads up a Centre of Excellence, is an A-rated researcher and convenes a globally ranked subject. 13 Jun 2017
Media postgraduates’ sprint through data to tackle spatial inequality In a first for the Centre for Film and Media Studies, this year’s postgraduates presented their initial findings barely a month after starting their research. 13 Jun 2017
UCT Kickboxing Club takes off Jade Adams, a pilot in the South African Air Force and a mechanical engineering student, started the UCT Kickboxing Club in 2016. 13 Jun 2017
Health Sciences task team to prioritise student issues The newly established Faculty of Health Sciences Undergraduate Oversight Task Team indicates how seriously the faculty takes its students’ demands, says Professor Ntobeko Ntusi. 13 Jun 2017
Heading out to sea Professor Isabelle Ansorge, head of UCT’s Department of Oceanography, is leading the way in promoting diversity in marine education. 13 Jun 2017
Femme in Public “Femme in Public” is a creative collaborative fashion protest that kicked off with a fierce and unapologetic bang when US performance artist/activist/poet Alok Vaid-Menon joined forces with some of South Africa’s trans and gender-non-conforming artists. 13 Jun 2017
UCT statement on an outdated media report on a student's unpaid debt from 1996 An inaccurate report from 2013 is circulating about a student who waited 17 years to settle unpaid fee debt and graduate. Here are the facts about this incident. 13 Jun 2017
A Day at Sea A Day at Sea, an exhibition by Martina Gruber and Gillian Rosselli, will be displayed at the UCT Irma Stern Museum from 10 June to 1 July. 12 Jun 2017
Digsconnect: safe student accommodation Alexandria Procter, UCT alumnus and founder of Digsconnect, took a look at student accommodation and decided that the current models weren’t working. 12 Jun 2017
GSB case study competition win A case study on the successful turnaround at K-Way won top honours at the annual Emerald / Association of African Business Schools (AABS) Case Study Competition. 09 Jun 2017
Hot birds in trouble In the face of climate change, some birds in hot, arid zones like the Kalahari are working harder to stay cool – with implications for their survival. 09 Jun 2017
DHET Fee Adjustment Grant applications and the call for nominations for IRTC commissioners 09 Jun 2017
Call for nominations for IRTC commissioners The IRTC Steering Committee calls for the nomination of commissioners. 09 Jun 2017
School’s in for the winter The arts, cutting-edge genetic research and the mysteries of the universe – the very first Winter School programme has these and more. 09 Jun 2017
UCT holds its position in 2018 QS rankings UCT remains ranked at 191 in the 2018 Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings released on 8 June, and has retained its top spot in Africa. 08 Jun 2017
Honorary professorship for AU Development Advisor Dr Carlos Lopes, a Bissau-Guinean development economist based at the Graduate School of Development Policy and Practice, is now an honorary professor at UCT. 07 Jun 2017
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