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New Mellon Mays undergrad cohort
The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship programme at UCT recently held a dinner to welcome five new members for 2018.
21 May 2018
Why it’s important for HR to get out in front of workplace disruption
The future is bright and filled with opportunity for those HR professionals who are able to shift gears quickly and think afresh about how they add value.
21 May 2018
Republished
ʻA neutron walks into a bar …ʼ
Science is an unusual bar-top topic but not at the UCT Club this week where science discussions eclipsed even the Sundowns–Barcelona game.
18 May 2018
Advancing Africa’s inequalities agenda
The newly launched African Centre of Excellence for Inequalities Research will ensure that African perspectives on inequalities are heard at a global level.
18 May 2018
Vice-Chancellor’s student farewell event and other updates
18 May 2018
Inaugural lecture: Professor Crick Lund
VC Dr Max Price writes to the UCT community about Professor Crick Lund’s inaugural lecture.
18 May 2018
A student farewell for Dr Price
The Chair of Council invites all UCT students to join him in bidding farewell to the outgoing Vice-Chancellor, Dr Max Price, on Monday, 21 May.
18 May 2018
Student Finances Survey and other updates
17 May 2018
Tackling mental health in the workplace
Linda Ronnie, an associate professor in organisational behaviour and people management at the GSB, delves into the stigma attached to mental health issues in the workplace.
17 May 2018
Republished
Tackle inequality sustainably – beyond social grants
Social grants are essential to the poor but unsustainable as a solution to income inequality. Economic growth is needed to bring more people into employment.
17 May 2018
2017: A Year in Review
The selected pieces in the pages that follow record some of the milestones in the institution’s journey through 2017, and reflect a university at work in a changing world.
17 May 2018
Mine workers class action
South Africa's largest and most expensive class action to date, brought by mine workers against 7 gold mining companies, was recently concluded with the signing of a R5 billion mediated settlement.
17 May 2018
UCT notes apology for response to student
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has noted and appreciates an apology that was made today by a staff member in relation to a message that was written by him and which later became public after it was posted on social media.
17 May 2018
Mental health needs investment
Professor Crick Lund will argue for the need to invest in mental health in low- and middle-income countries in his upcoming inaugural lecture.
16 May 2018
GSB in the Financial Times Top 90
The UCT Graduate School of Business has been ranked as a Top 90 business school in the prestigious Financial Times Executive Education Customised Rankings 2018.
16 May 2018
Cardiovascular disease is a global problem
In the first annual lecture hosted in honour of Dr Stuart Saunders, Professor Bernard Gersh spoke to the burden of cardiovascular disease in the developing world.
16 May 2018
Dr Stuart John Saunders Lecture focuses on cardiovascular health
The first annual Dr Stuart John Saunders Lecture was held in the Kramer Law Building on the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) middle campus on Wednesday, 9 May 2018.
16 May 2018
Resignation of Dean of Law, Prof Penelope Andrews
VC Dr Max Price writes to the UCT community about the resignation of Dean of Law, Prof Penelope Andrews.
16 May 2018
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