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Community health workers critical in HIV battle
Community health workers in rural HIV programmes have great potential to improve access to care, but they need proper resources, remuneration and recognition to optimise their interventions.
18 Mar 2019
Republished
Shaping the future: topology and big data
UCT mathematical physicist Professor Jeff Murugan explains how applying topology – or the study of shapes in space – to big data can help solve real-world problems.
18 Mar 2019
Growing Africa’s genetic ‘library of life’
Professor Ambroise Wonkam delivered the first Vice-Chancellorʼs Inaugural Lecture for 2019 this week, with a focus on enabling genetic medicine in Africa.
15 Mar 2019
IRTC update and other updates
The Institutional Reconciliation and Transformation Commission (IRTC) has completed its work and will hand over its report to the IRTC Steering Committee on Monday, 18 March 2019.
15 Mar 2019
Tackling TB one breath at a time
UCT research into the spread of tuberculosis has received a boost with the award of funding from an international seed fund initiative.
15 Mar 2019
Lifetime Achievement Award for Dizu Plaatjies
Dizu Plaatjies, UCT’s head of African Music, has been awarded a ministerial Lifetime Achievement – Heritage Presentation Award by the provincial Cultural Affairs and Sport department.
15 Mar 2019
Higher education research results via MOOC
The results of a two-year investigation into changes in the higher education landscape here and in the UK will be widely shared via a specially created MOOC.
15 Mar 2019
Health Minister to deliver the Steve Lawn Memorial Lecture at UCT
National Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi will deliver the annual Steve Lawn Memorial Lecture at the University of Cape Town.
15 Mar 2019
Out-of-the-box thinker wins a Premier’s Award
UCT alumnus and Next Generation Professoriate member Dr Mosedi Namane was named the bronze winner in her category at the 2018 Western Cape Premier’s Service Excellence Awards.
14 Mar 2019
UCT Teaching Innovation Grant
14 Mar 2019
Cycle Tour success for UCT’s Preen
UCT’s star cyclist Hayley Preen pedalled her way to an impressive result in the Cape Town Cycle Tour, finishing in the top 10 women home.
14 Mar 2019
New evidence that UN agencies’ work is effective
Researchers tested the United Nations’ concept of ‘accelerators’ – key services that can improve the lives of vulnerable people across many areas – and their synergies.
14 Mar 2019
UCT student using 3D printers to address education crisis in South Africa
University of Cape Town (UCT) third-year Bachelor of Science student Denislav Marinov plans on using 3D printers in South Africa's schools to level the education playing fields.
14 Mar 2019
New evidence shows that the work of United Nations agencies is effective
Collaborative research involving University of Cape Town (UCT) researchers shows how key services in lower- and middle-income countries can contribute to reaching multiple United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), even among high-risk children and adolescents.
14 Mar 2019
CPS new toll-free number and other updates
13 Mar 2019
Student’s 3D-printer plan to change education
UCT student Denislav Marinov has big plans for democratising quality education in South Africa, one 3D printer at a time.
13 Mar 2019
VC launches Stern on Silk
Six organic silk squares, designed by renowned South African artist Louis Jansen van Vuuren, are now on show at the Irma Stern Museum.
13 Mar 2019
UNESCO Chair in Open Education and Social Justice bestowed on UCT professor
University of Cape Town's (UCT) Associate Professor Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams has been awarded the title of UNESCO Chair in Open Education and Social Justice for her contribution to ground-breaking research and implementing initiatives focused on open education in the global south.
13 Mar 2019
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