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Waste management audit commissioned
To improve waste management on campus and in residences, UCT has commissioned environmental law specialist Richard Summers to undertake a legal waste audit.
15 Jun 2018
Value-added toilet hub wins global sustainability award
Dr Dyllon Randall and his team scooped a world sustainability prize for self-sustaining toilet hubs that recover value from waste, with huge potential in urban slums.
15 Jun 2018
UCT lecturer recognised for making physics accessible
Teachers that inspire students to become scientists are desperately needed in a country whose basic education levels in maths and science are constantly being scrutinised.
15 Jun 2018
An ode to autumn
The new exhibition at the Irma Stern Museum, Wild Harvest: nectar, berries, capsules and seeds, celebrates autumn, and our rich natural heritage.
14 Jun 2018
Ground-breaking Neuroscience Centre
A breaking-ground ceremony this week has paved the way for a state-of-the-art centre focusing on the scientific study of the nervous system.
14 Jun 2018
Decent work a driver for sustainable lives
The new South African Research Chairs Initiative Chair in Creation of Decent Work and Sustainable Livelihood has been awarded to Associate Professor Ines Meyer.
14 Jun 2018
CILT celebrates strides in digital education
UCT’s Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching (CILT) celebrated their many successes in the digital education space at an event on 7 June.
14 Jun 2018
Farewell to VC Dr Max Price
The UCT community bid farewell to the outgoing VC Dr Max Price, whose term of office came to an end on 30 June 2018.
14 Jun 2018
Munich study trip for 100UP protégé
100UP protégé and final-year environmental and geographical science student Mkhuseli Nxozana will spend most of August at the Munich International Summer University’s Summer Academy.
14 Jun 2018
New coal power will cost SA billions, UCT study finds
A study by the University of Cape Town's (UCT) Energy Research Centre (ERC) has revealed that newly built coal power plants will add billions to South Africa's power bill over the course of their lifetime, and force cheaper and cleaner renewable-energy alternatives out of the system for years to come.
14 Jun 2018
Is SA’s Ramaphoria a honeymoon, or the start of true love?
Almost two thirds of citizens aged 18 and over approve of Ramaphosa’s performance, according to a March 2018 citizen’s survey, writes Honorary Professor Robert Mattes.
13 Jun 2018
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CILT celebrates strides in digital education
The Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching celebrated three milestones recently, including the launch of a new digital media facility – the One Button Studio.
12 Jun 2018
First fruits of Fogarty HIV-TB training programme
It’s onward and upward for the Fogarty HIV-associated TB Training Program, which has provided vital training to postgraduates in its first year of operation.
12 Jun 2018
A website and app for the Deaf
Two medical students are developing an app and website that they are hoping will improve the lives of deaf patients using healthcare facilities.
12 Jun 2018
IRTC hearings were live-streamed on 8 June 2018
Watch the IRTC hearings that were live-streamed on 8 June 2018.
12 Jun 2018
Work starts on state-of-the-art Neuroscience Centre at Groote Schuur Hospital
The University of Cape Town (UCT) and the Western Cape Government celebrated breaking ground on the Neuroscience Centre at Groote Schuur Hospital (GSH) Cape Town in a ceremony on Tuesday, 12 June 2018.
12 Jun 2018
Resignation of the director of the Graduate School of Business, Associate Professor Mills Soko
VC Dr Max Price writes to the UCT community about the resignation of the director of the Graduate School of Business, Associate Professor Mills Soko.
11 Jun 2018
New coal power will cost SA billions
Two planned independent power plants, Thabametsi and Khanyisa, will cost South Africa an additional R20 billion during their lifetime, the Energy Research Centre reveals.
11 Jun 2018
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