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‘UCT gave me the space to make a difference’
As Associate Professor Tolullah Oni heads for the prestigious Cambridge University, she thanks her UCT mentors for setting her on the path to public health success.
22 Jun 2018
Reducing violent crime in South Africa
UCT criminologist urges police to throw everything they've got at reducing murder rates for the sake of public safety in South Africa.
21 Jun 2018
Republished
Price bids farewell to PASS forum
Vice-Chancellor Dr Max Price attended his last PASS forum as head of the university, and expressed his thanks to staff for putting the university first.
21 Jun 2018
Price bows out at Baxter
Hundreds of UCT alumni, staff and donors bid farewell to outgoing Vice-Chancellor Dr Max Price at the Baxter Theatre on 13 June.
21 Jun 2018
Julius Namoloh: Inspired to serve humanity
Julius Namoloh, a husband and father of three from Namibia, has overcome financial setbacks to graduate with a Master of Commerce in Development Finance.
21 Jun 2018
Young mother defies financial pressures and adversity to graduate at UCT
Bianca Rousseau had to drop out of school and find herself a job to finance her studies. Rousseau always wanted to continue studying after matriculating, but as 1 of 4 children being raised by a single mother, there wasn't any money.
21 Jun 2018
UCT notes inappropriate phrasing in winter school programme
The University of Cape Town has noted the inclusion of the words
21 Jun 2018
UCT hosts SA’s vice-chancellors
South African vice-chancellors are gathering to discuss issues affecting higher education at a UCT-hosted meeting of Universities South Africa (USAf).
20 Jun 2018
Bianca Rousseau’s journey to graduation
Bianca Rousseau invested everything in her education, and she’ll start reaping the rewards when she graduates on Friday with a Postgraduate Diploma in Management Practice.
20 Jun 2018
Staff farewell to ‘wise, considerate, consistent’ VC
Staff thronged the Memorial Hall on 19 June to say farewell to Vice-Chancellor Dr Max Price, whose term of office ends on 30 June.
20 Jun 2018
Book launch inspires budding scientists
The interactive launch of UCT academic Xolisa Guzula’s isiXhosa translation of the children’s book by Lucy and Stephen Hawking took place last week.
19 Jun 2018
Full accreditation for UCT’s LLB programme
UCT’s LLB programme remains fully accredited following a recently concluded national review by the Council on Higher Education.
19 Jun 2018
Q&A with Professor Kelly Chibale: “We’re working together to eliminate malaria in South Africa by 2020.”
Professor Kelly Chibale holds a SARChI chair in drug discovery and heads up UCT’s Drug Discovery and Development Centre (H3D).
19 Jun 2018
UCT team wins global sustainability award for self-sustaining toilet hub
A University of Cape Town (UCT) lecturer and his team have won an international sustainability competition with their self-sustaining toilet hub that converts urine and faeces into fertilizers and compost.
19 Jun 2018
Water security: Local buy-in is critical
Listening to the locals is key to decentralisation success on the rocky road towards effectively safeguarding dwindling water resources on the African continent.
18 Jun 2018
Republished
UCT's LLB programme granted full accreditation by CHE
The University of Cape Town's Faculty of Law has received confirmation of full accreditation for its LLB programme by the Council on Higher Education (CHE).
16 Jun 2018
Top research prize for Prof Mark Solms
Professor Mark Solms was awarded the prestigious Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Award to continue research into the link between the brain mechanisms and psychology of depression.
15 Jun 2018
SA first with new GSB course
UCT is offering the first impact investment course in South Africa to fill the expertise gap in crafting agreements within this rapidly growing field.
15 Jun 2018
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