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Cape Town shows off scientific treasures
It was a science bonanza at UCT’s Sports Centre in the second week of August as school-going investigators presented some amazing projects.
16 Aug 2017
Own your future with UCT Careers Festival
The Careers Festival is a month-long bumper series of events, designed to help students meet potential employers and to become career ready.
16 Aug 2017
‘Universal emancipation, not a power reversal, is needed’
It is a tragic irony that many post-colonial movements and writers have begun to accept the premise of essential difference between peoples, argued Prof Vivek Chibber.
16 Aug 2017
Why Africa needs a science synthesis centre to tackle complex problems
Scientific research often requires sophisticated equipment like radio telescopes or laboratories. This infrastructure is essential for scientific discovery.
16 Aug 2017
Three new shrimp species discovered in False Bay coastline
Three new shrimp species have been discovered on a tiny 5.5 km stretch of coastline off Miller's Point, False Bay - one (Heteromysis cancelli) living with a rare hermit crab, another (Heteromysis octopodis) cohabiting with an octopus, and a third (Heteromysis fosteri) was found inside empty urchin and gastropod shells.
16 Aug 2017
New shrimp species has unique association with octopus
Three new shrimp species have been discovered off Miller’s Point, False Bay – one living with a rare hermit crab and another cohabiting with an octopus.
15 Aug 2017
Mamdani to give TB Davie lecture
Professor Mahmood Mamdani, global authority on decolonisation, will deliver the TB Davie Memorial Lecture on 22 August. His topic: decolonising the post-colonial university.
15 Aug 2017
Invitation to the TB Davie Memorial Lecture
VC Dr Max Price writes to invite you to the 2017 TB Davie Memorial Lecture, where Professor Mahmood Mamdani will speak on “Decolonising the Post-Colonial University”.
15 Aug 2017
Despair and depression at law school are real, and need attention
Pursuing a professional degree can be extremely stressful for students, who often experience it as a time riddled with anxiety, uncertainty, fear and financial challenge.
15 Aug 2017
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The Fall shines at Edinburgh Fringe
The student-led production The Fall has won two awards at the prestigious Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
15 Aug 2017
Opportunity on the high seas
Oceanography student Eesaa Harris discovered more than he expected when he joined a voyage aboard the SA Agulhas II as part of the SEAmester programme.
15 Aug 2017
Dust storm Mars rover mission
How do you drive the Mars rover? In a first-for-Africa mission, UCT student Samuel Anih piloted the rover using something slightly surprising.
15 Aug 2017
UCT opens world’s first centre to tackle African fungal infection-related deaths
The world’s first international research centre for tackling fungal infections officially opened, in collaboration with the University of Aberdeen, at UCT last week.
15 Aug 2017
How can the state support survivors of sexual violence?
How should the state ensure that survivors of sexual violence have access to the support they need? PhD candidate Ruth Nekura thinks integration is the answer.
15 Aug 2017
Songbird on call
Bianca Kaiser has had some interesting conversations at the switchboard. It takes sangfroid to deal with body donors and serial screamers. Some days she’d rather be singing.
15 Aug 2017
Understanding South African media through a global lens
What values should guide the South African media? How can the media best serve all of society? Herman Wasserman has dedicated his career to understanding – and answering – questions such as these.
15 Aug 2017
Crime-busting maggots: how insects can be the key to unlocking murder cases
UCT's Division of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology is working with the police to ensure that evidence from insects makes it to the courts.
15 Aug 2017
Over 40 exciting UCT career events to kick off the new semester
The University of Cape Town has launched Careers Festival - a month of activities on campus where students can get information about best career choices.
15 Aug 2017
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