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Friday, 27 October
The latest updates about the situation on campus.
27 Oct 2017
Thursday, 26 October
The latest updates about the situation on campus.
26 Oct 2017
Important development: notice of motion
26 Oct 2017
Notice about false information on social media
26 Oct 2017
UCT suspends classes on certain campuses for Thursday and Friday
26 Oct 2017
UCT-led team discovers megacarnivore roaming southern Africa 200 million years ago
At the outset of the Jurassic Period, about 200 million years ago, the largest carnivorous dinosaurs were relatively small, with a body length of 3–5 metres.
26 Oct 2017
Unraveling what’s holding back women economists in academia
Michael E Rose, a PhD candidate in economics, suggests that men’s attitudes might be sidelining women from the social network of informal collaboration.
26 Oct 2017
Republished
UCT-led team discovers megacarnivore roaming southern Africa 200 million years ago
At the outset of the Jurassic Period, about 200 million years ago, the largest carnivorous dinosaurs were relatively small, with a body length of 3-5 metres. Now, an international team of scientists from the University of Cape Town, University of Manchester, UK, and Universidade de S
26 Oct 2017
Update on campus activities 25 October 2017
25 Oct 2017
UCT student presents solution to food waste
Master’s student Maryjane Mokgethi has just returned from the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit, where she presented an app designed to reduce food waste.
25 Oct 2017
Absa increases support to UCT
The Barclays Africa Group has pledged R10 million to UCT to fund “missing middle” students as part of its R210-million CEO Scholarship Fund.
25 Oct 2017
South Africa’s police: at times proud, at times shamed by the work they do
UCT’s Dr Andrew Faull spent eight months shadowing SAPS officers as they went about their work at two police stations in Cape Town and two in the Eastern Cape.
25 Oct 2017
Republished
In remembrance: Victoria Lisa Barry
VC Dr Max Price writes to the UCT community about the death of a student.
25 Oct 2017
Message to staff on campus disruptions
25 Oct 2017
Wednesday, 25 October
The latest information about the situation on campus following student calls for protest action.
25 Oct 2017
Developments regarding attempted shutdown of UCT
25 Oct 2017
Call to keep UCT open & for release of fees report
25 Oct 2017
Tuesday, 24 October
There have been some disruptions on campus following a meeting at 13:00 with student leaders.
24 Oct 2017
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