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Mapping pixels with UCT eResearch When Associate Professor Adam West began using drones to collect data from his fynbos study plots, he was confronted by a big-data problem. The customised drones were efficient and collected data easily, but they collected a lot of it – more than could be processed timeously by his laboratory’s computers. 29 Dec 2017

Finding big data solutions through teaching and learning UCT is home to some powerful computing facilities that are helping us to prepare for the era of big-data science. 27 Dec 2017

Year-end message As the end of the year approaches, I write to wish you well over the festive season. I hope you all enjoy a well-deserved and invigorating break. 22 Dec 2017

UCT whistle-blowing hotline The Registrar writes to the UCT community about the whistle-blowing hotline. 22 Dec 2017

A prestigious P rating awarded to Sarah Fawcett Oceanographer Dr Sarah Fawcett has travelled a long way, from Gauteng to UCT via Harvard and Princeton, but hard work, grit and taking advantage of opportunities have just brought her a prestigious P rating. 22 Dec 2017

Tuition, residence and catering increases for 2018 22 Dec 2017

How shark spotting can help reduce attacks. A Cape Town case study Even though fatal shark bites are rare, their impact is significant and can have repercussions for local communities and economies that rely on tourism. 22 Dec 2017 Republished

Year in review UCT is not only a set of buildings and lecture theatres. The students, staff, friends and colleagues make the university what it is – one of the top higher education institutions in the world. With that in mind, we celebrate the best moments of the UCT community in 2017. 22 Dec 2017

UCT to increase tuition fees by 8% in 2018 The University of Cape Town has released tuition and accommodation fee increases for 2018. Please feel free to source quotes from the statement below from UCT Vice-Chancellor, Dr Max Price. 22 Dec 2017

Package yourselves competitively Play up your talents, understand your weaknesses and package yourselves competitively, guest speaker Emeritus Professor Leon Fine told candidates at yesterday morning’s graduation ceremony. 21 Dec 2017

Research laboratories go paperless UCT eResearch worked with Professor Stefan Barth to create a paperless lab in which the knowledge shared between himself and his laboratory members would be contained in a secure, persistent digital repository. 21 Dec 2017

UCT study uncovers the power of mobile phones for refugees Mobile phone use provides valuable opportunities to enable refugees to negotiate ways to participate in the information society. This is according to University of Cape Town postgraduate commerce student Kasky Bisimwa Bacishoga. 21 Dec 2017

Another win for H3D as Kelly Chibale achieves A-rating Inspired by a deep spirituality and a love of chemistry, Kelly Chibale’s groundbreaking work in battling malaria and other diseases has been rewarded with an A rating. 20 Dec 2017

Zolani Buba: It takes grit Buoyed by the steadfast encouragement of family, teachers and lecturers – and a healthy dose of self-motivation – Zolani Buba is stepping up to accept his PhD in law. 20 Dec 2017

Cape Town’s drought levy The City of Cape Town recently approved a drought levy that will be linked not to water use or water-based services, but to residential property values. 20 Dec 2017

Boosting the breeding success of hornbills Fear of heights, floods and being mistaken for a poacher punctuated graduand Kate Carstens’ PhD fieldwork on boosting breeding among ground hornbills in the Limpopo Valley. 20 Dec 2017

Conversations with Nkrumah and Nyerere Graduand Peter Häussler’s PhD thesis on Kwame Nkrumah and Julius Nyerere provides insights on leadership in Africa – and lessons for contemporary African societies. 19 Dec 2017

Negotiating learning and identity The lived experiences of working-class and rural black students are the subject of a new book edited by Dr Bongi Bangeni and Associate Professor Rochelle Kapp. 19 Dec 2017

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