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VC visits world’s largest experiment
VC Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng is currently visiting the Swiss home of the world’s largest and most complex scientific instruments, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN).
14 Jan 2019
Baxter to host award-winning play Sainthood
The 2018 Standard Bank Ovation Award-winning play Sainthood, which interrogates all-boys school culture, comes to the Baxter Golden Arrow Studio next month.
11 Jan 2019
UCT General Practitioners Conference 2019
UCT’s Division of Family Medicine will host the General Practitioners 2019 conference from 14 to 18 January at the Sports Science Institute of South Africa.
11 Jan 2019
Solving SA’s literacy crisis
An education expert has told UCT Summer School participants that there’s no quick fix for South Africaʼs literacy crisis. It will take time and hard work.
11 Jan 2019
Tackling an ‘uneasy campus culture’
Symbolic change must be accompanied by practical transformation to ultimately rid UCT of the legacy of Cecil John Rhodes, Carla Lever argues.
11 Jan 2019
Republished
Focus on SA’s apartheid-era spies
UCT Summer School participants spent three days delving into the lives of some of South Africa’s infamous apartheid-era spies.
10 Jan 2019
UCT Annual Awards
Long-serving staff were honoured at the Annual Awards in November when VC Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng also congratulated recipients of ad hom promotions, the Distinguished Teacher Award and the Alan Pifer Award.
10 Jan 2019
Sarah Baartman Hall: Potent transformation symbol
In December the newly robed Vice-Chancellor, Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, announced that Memorial Hall, previously Jameson Memorial Hall, will be renamed the Sarah Baartman Hall.
10 Jan 2019
Vice-Chancellor’s robing ceremony at a special graduation
on Thursday, 13 December, Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng was officially robed as Vice-Chancellor, having served in the post since 1 July 2018.
10 Jan 2019
Appointment of acting DVC and two deans
09 Jan 2019
SHAWCO celebrated its 75th year
SHAWCO had a busy 75th year of hard work, volunteering, fund raising, sharing and celebrating: impacting the organisation’s volunteers as well as the communities they serve.
09 Jan 2019
Rainbow Week: embracing inclusivity
In October UCT’s Rainbow Week brought depth, insight, colour and fun to campus, with panel discussions, art and film, a Pride march and a party.
09 Jan 2019
Speaking with two hands and all 10 fingers
In August we focused on the Staff Learning Centre’s six-week pilot course on South African Sign Language.
09 Jan 2019
Genetic explorers of soft-tissue injuries
UCT researchers are exploring the human genome to understand how genetics contributes to a person’s susceptibility to ligament and tendon injuries.
08 Jan 2019
Students weigh in on real-world problems
The d-school Foundation Programme in Design Thinking, open to all tertiary students across South Africa, prompts participants to seek solutions to real-world concerns.
08 Jan 2019
Inclusivity policy addresses sexual orientation issues
In August we highlighted UCT’s Inclusivity Policy for Sexual Orientation, which was ratified in December 2017.
08 Jan 2019
Expo showcases young scientistsʼ ingenuity
In August a number of ingenious projects were on display during the Eskom Expo for Young Scientists at UCT.
08 Jan 2019
A new window on the universe
In May the new and fully customised optical telescope MeerLICHT was launched.
08 Jan 2019
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