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Update on senior appointments at UCT
The University of Cape Town confirms that the recruitment process for a new Vice-Chancellor (VC) is underway.
08 Sep 2017
In remembrance: Nqweniso Ralph Ndinisa
VC Dr Max Price writes to the UCT community about the death of a colleague.
07 Sep 2017
Alumni advance excellence
Ten recent graduates of UCT’s Department of Chemical Engineering will pursue their master’s degrees at top institutions in the United Kingdom and Sweden.
07 Sep 2017
How do youth find their place in the world?
A UCT contingent’s July 2017 trip to Japan kick-started a research project that interrogates how citizenship is experienced and claimed by young South Africans and Japanese.
07 Sep 2017
First Vice-Chancellor's Inaugural Lecture for 2017
The University of Cape Town's first Vice-Chancellor's Inaugural Lecture for 2017, titled
07 Sep 2017
UCT hosts international congress to highlight child and adolescent mental health and autism in Africa
The University of Cape Town's Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry is hosting the first ever International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR) on African soil - in conjunction with the 19th Congress of the South African Association for Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (SA-ACAPAP).
07 Sep 2017
Explosion protection: reality or fantasy?
In her Inaugural Lecture, Professor Genevieve Langdon will talk about different types of explosions and the ways we can protect against their devastating effects.
06 Sep 2017
Withdrawal of strike notice
06 Sep 2017
A gateway for promising Khayelitsha matriculants
UCT’s Schools Improvement Initiative celebrates the fifth year of a partnership that’s yielding a new cohort of Khayelitsha matriculants – and graduates − at the university.
06 Sep 2017
Possible strike action
VC Dr Max Price writes to the UCT community about possible strike action.
05 Sep 2017
Inaugural Lecture: Professor Genevieve Langdon
Dr Max Price formally invites you to the Inaugural Lecture of Professor Genevieve Langdon, deputy head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and director of the Blast Impact & Survivability Research Unit at the University of Cape Town (UCT).
05 Sep 2017
UCT statement on strike and grace period
The UCT executive are informed that the South African Liberated Public Sector Workers Union (Salipswu) intends to embark on a lawful strike. The strike relates to a range of issues including shift work, provident funds savings and four-hour a day work for some staff.
05 Sep 2017
International gathering on strategies to enhance social justice, equality and human development
Over 330 participants from 39 different countries across all continents are gathering in Cape Town this week for an international conference to exchange ideas on promoting human development and expanding human well-being.
05 Sep 2017
Restoring land productivity
Master’s student Nontobeko Gule hopes that her research into poorly rehabilitated opencast mines will help move the mining industry towards sustainability.
04 Sep 2017
Media Invite:
The University of Cape Town's Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine (IDM), the Department of Integrative Biomedical Sciences (IBMS) and the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), will host a scientific symposium on 27 November 2017 at the Faculty of Health Sciences, UCT.
04 Sep 2017
UCT statement on 4-hour permanent staff
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has noted the ongoing discussions around the insourced staff members who work only 4 hours per day. A number of incorrect claims have been made about these staff members' conditions of service.
04 Sep 2017
Geological ‘barcodes’: a unique way to date rocks
Dr Lara Sciscio reveals why studying the ancient rocks of the Elliot Formation in the Karoo Basin will unlock the secrets of the end-Triassic mass extinction.
01 Sep 2017
Report back on the meeting of the IRTC Steering Committee
The Chair of the IRTC Steering Committee writes about the meeting of 24 August 2017.
01 Sep 2017
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