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Rehearsing rehabilitation
UCT postgrads are working with a drama programme that aims to support prisoners during their reintegration into society.
31 Oct 2017
Human cell researcher gets funding boost
Professor Musa Mhlanga has received a grant for funding to contribute to a global project to map all the cells in the human body.
31 Oct 2017
Tuesday, 31 October
The latest updates about the situation on campus.
31 Oct 2017
All classes to resume and other updates
31 Oct 2017
All classes to resume on Wednesday, 1 November 2017
31 Oct 2017
Monday, 30 October
The latest updates about the situation on campus.
30 Oct 2017
Western Cape High Court grants UCT an interim interdict
30 Oct 2017
What about rainwater harvesting?
With the rainy season drawing to a close, hydro-climatologist Piotr Wolski suggests that rainwater harvesting may help with getting through the dry months of 2018.
30 Oct 2017
UCT to jointly host molecular farming workshop
The University of Cape Town's Biopharming Research Unit (BRU) and iBio Inc and will host a Molecular Farming Workshop in Franschhoek from 3-4 November 2017. The workshop will bring together public and private entities driving biologics production and human and animal healthcare in South Africa for the purpose of establishing a plant-based biopharmaceutical manufacturing capability in South Africa.
30 Oct 2017
Disruptions on UCT’s campuses
VC Dr Max Price writes to the parents, guardians and sponsors of UCT students about disruptions on UCT’s campuses.
29 Oct 2017
City Press report: Fees won't fall
Universal free tertiary education will rnot be feasible in the foreseeable future, and different funding models should be adopted to ensure access for all deserving students, according to the Heher commission’s recommendations – as reported by City Press..
29 Oct 2017
Teaching and learning at UCT continues but certain face-to-face lectures remain suspended
28 Oct 2017
Saturday, 28 October
The latest updates about the situation on campus.
28 Oct 2017
VC’s Concert picks up the pace
The annual Vice-Chancellor’s Concert series presented feats of agility and skill in a medley of performances by students from the South African College of Music.
27 Oct 2017
Proposal to rename Jameson Memorial Hall to Sarah Bartmann Memorial Hall
27 Oct 2017
How to transform student support efforts
Extended development programmes shouldn’t try to sanitise contentious issues, but rather engage with students about the necessity of the programmes and how they contribute to transformation.
27 Oct 2017
Meet the giant dinosaur that roamed southern Africa 200 million years ago
Postdoc research fellow Lara Sciscio and her team have discovered that carnivorous dinosaurs from 8 to 9 m long lived in southern Africa during the Early Jurassic.
27 Oct 2017
Republished
Cecil ‘Doc’ Moss: 1925–2017
Springbok, Western Province and UCT rugby icon Dr Cecil ‘Doc’ Moss (92) died on 27 October.
27 Oct 2017
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