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Celebrating African excellence at UCT Graduation April 2019
UCT Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng encouraged graduates to become trailblazers when she addressed them at 14 graduation ceremonies in April.
25 Apr 2019
In remembrance: Ashanti Mguga
The UCT Executive team writes to the UCT community about the passing of a colleague, Ms Ashanti Mguga.
25 Apr 2019
South African universities must adopt new digital teaching approaches to be globally competitive - UCT study
New online and open access ways of teaching and learning are gaining momentum in South Africa, but the advances still apply only to a handful of institutions. This is according to a two-year study led by the University of Cape Town's Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching (CILT).
25 Apr 2019
UCT's unique Executive MBA ranked the best in Africa
The University of Cape Town (UCT) Graduate School of Business's (GSB) Executive MBA (EMBA) programme has been named the best in Africa and rated in the top 50 worldwide in the 2019 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Global EMBA Rankings.
25 Apr 2019
UCT Open Day and other updates
24 Apr 2019
Global recognition for GSB’s ‘unique’ EMBA
The Graduate School of Business’s EMBA programme has been named the best in Africa and rated in the top 50 worldwide in the 2019 QS Global EMBA Rankings.
24 Apr 2019
UCT becomes first African university to adopt global ethics code
The University of Cape Town (UCT) Senate has adopted the Global Code of Conduct for Research in Resource-Poor Settings (GCC). The GCC aims to counter
24 Apr 2019
UCT athletes pull out all the stops
UCT Athletics Club put on an impressive performance at the 2019 University Sports South Africa (USSA) tournament this month.
23 Apr 2019
UCT researcher awarded Global Professorship
Professor Shadreck Chirikure is one of 10 scholars from around the world awarded a Global Professorship by the British Academy.
23 Apr 2019
Inaugural lecture: Professor Shadreck Chirikure
VC Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng writes to the UCT community about the inaugural lecture by Professor Shadreck Chirikure.
23 Apr 2019
A minimum unit price on alcohol could limit heavy drinking
South Africa offers cheap liquor to heavy drinkers, but research from the UCT Graduate School of Business suggests that there may be a Scottish solution.
23 Apr 2019
Republished
Inspiring graduate, Kitso Seti
Honours graduate, Kitso Seti, shines a light on the way theatre was used by the Black Consciousness movement in the struggle against apartheid.
23 Apr 2019
UCT trio excel in global CEO corporate contest
A University of Cape Town radio jock, a Durban beach boy, and a hockey-cum-chess player may not be the obvious trio to take on a global corporate contest, but they did UCT and South Africa proud when they excelled at the recent Procter & Gamble (P&G) CEO Challenge.
23 Apr 2019
Best of Grad April 2019
In what VC Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng called a “true African celebration”, more than 5 000 students were capped in 14 graduation ceremonies from 10 to 18 April.
18 Apr 2019
UCT first university to adopt global ethics code
The University of Cape Town has adopted a global code that aims to counter ethics dumping.
18 Apr 2019
‘We are a people for whom others have died’
Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town Thabo Makgoba shared wise words with Humanities graduands during the morning graduation ceremony on 18 April.
18 Apr 2019
UCT notes with concern advertised assignment writing service
The University of Cape Town has noted with serious concern the operations of an agency advertising services to write assignments for students at a fee.
18 Apr 2019
Digital developments at SA universities
The development of digital models of teaching and learning in higher education institutions in South Africa was the focus of the recent two-day Apereo Africa Conference at UCT.
18 Apr 2019
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