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UCT VC honoured by UK varsity for
Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng "has made a substantial contribution to the development of mathematics education in South Africa, where she has worked tirelessly to build mathematics education institutions and create opportunities for others to access and thrive in mathematics."
22 Jul 2019
Withdrawn student cases and other updates
19 Jul 2019
Tips for teaching business ethics
Teaching business ethics to commerce students wired for numbers needs fortitude. The College of Accounting’s Jimmy Winfield shared tips at the 2019 Teaching and Learning Conference.
19 Jul 2019
Keelboat win for UCT
The UCT A sailors claimed victory in this year’s Intervarsity Keelboat Match Racing Regatta, hosted in Durban earlier this month.
19 Jul 2019
UCT’s ‘Young Mandelas’
There’s no better tribute on Mandela Day than the UCT staff, students and alumni featured among the 2019 News24 100 Young Mandelas of the Future.
18 Jul 2019
Ensuring students know they are seen and heard
VC Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng told the THE Leadership Summit that in times of conflict, it’s best to meet students on their own turf.
18 Jul 2019
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Inaugural lecture: Prof Adam Haupt
Professor Adam Haupt will deliver the third Inaugural Lecture of 2019, titled “Remixing scholarship: Hip hop, the humanities and knowledge production”, on 31 July.
18 Jul 2019
Making UCT a living lab for environmental sustainability
UCT can become a living laboratory for research on environmental sustainability while fulfilling its responsibilities to maintain a green campus. But it will need all hands on deck.
18 Jul 2019
Education gains in a ‘messy democracy’
Prof Brian Levy explores why Kenya’s education system – despite its much smaller budget – out-performs South Africa’s on important education outcomes.
18 Jul 2019
Inaugural lecture: Professor Adam Haupt
VC Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng writes to the UCT community about the inaugural lecture by Professor Adam Haupt.
18 Jul 2019
Redressing apartheid’s spatial injustices
The British Academy Newton Advanced Fellowship Lecture in Spatial Justice looked at the role of law in the perpetuation and undoing of the spatial legacy of apartheid.
17 Jul 2019
Global architecture honour for UCT professor
A prestigious global architecture honour has been conferred on UCT’s Emeritus Professor Dave Dewar’s company for their work in the Agulhas National Park.
17 Jul 2019
Inclusivity critical for first-generation students
Institutional culture has an enormous role to play when teaching students who are the first in their family to attend university, research finds.
17 Jul 2019
Animals shrinking from climate change
UCT researchers and their colleagues find evidence supporting the idea that climate change can shrink Earth’s animals.
17 Jul 2019
Predicting lecture attendance behaviour
A masterʼs candidateʼs research findings, presented at the 2019 UCT Teaching and Learning Conference, shed some light on what determines students’ lecture attendance.
17 Jul 2019
UCT Gender-Based Violence Campaign
The VC writes to the UCT community about the university’s commitment to responding to gender-based violence.
17 Jul 2019
Shutting down SA’s nuclear future
It’s time to redirect taxpayers’ money from shoring up the ailing Pelindaba nuclear research precinct to focus on innovations in the sustainable energy field.
16 Jul 2019
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Running for Red Cross’s Weekend Waiting List Initiative
Join UCT Surgical Society students and scrub in for a 10 km run to raise funds for a special surgical programme at Red Cross Children’s Hospital.
16 Jul 2019
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