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Hidden populations and the Sustainable Development Goals
UCT researchers are working to include people with disabilities in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the Sustainable Development Goals.
03 Oct 2019
Education key to preventing heart disease
The role of education in the prevention of heart disease was emphasised at a 2019 World Heart Day event hosted at the Two Oceans Aquarium.
03 Oct 2019
Rainbow Week and other updates
03 Oct 2019
CMD scoops eight Silver Quill awards
CMD’s Newsroom scooped eight IABC Silver Quill awards – two Excellence and six Merit – putting the department in the top ranks of the African region’s business communicators.
03 Oct 2019
Rainbow Week 2019: celebrating inclusivity
Rainbow UCT and the Office for Inclusivity and Change will be hosting Rainbow Week from 7 to 11 October in celebration of inclusivity across UCT.
02 Oct 2019
‘Science must serve society’
Six months into his deanship in the Faculty of Science, Professor Maano Ramutsindela talks about science and society, and the faculty’s “power-sharing” way ahead.
02 Oct 2019
Unpacking the achievement gap
The performance gap between black and white students at UCT is real, but the university can change the status quo by tackling curricula strewn with stumbling blocks.
02 Oct 2019
VC’s Inaugural Lecture: Professor Collet Dandara
On 25 September, Professor Collet Dandara presented a Vice-Chancellor’s Inaugural Lecture: “Pharmacogenomics and personalising medicines in African populations for quality health: Yet another story of playing catch-up”.
02 Oct 2019
Most plastic dumped at sea doesn't come from land-based sources, UCT study finds
New research led by the University of Cape Town has cast doubt on the widely held assumption that most marine plastic comes from land-based sources, but rather that a significant proportion come from ships dumping their litter at sea in contravention of international law.
02 Oct 2019
UCT’s specialised sexual offences tribunal
At the International Alliance of Research Universitiesʼ annual gender diversity group meeting, UCT presented its progress in establishing a specialised tribunal for sexual offences.
01 Oct 2019
Best little (sustainable) house in Africa
A solar-powered house designed and built by staff and students of UCT and Stellenbosch University has been recognised at Solar Decathlon Africa 2019.
01 Oct 2019
Dumped at sea: plastic pollution in the South Atlantic
It’s widely believed that most ocean plastic comes from land, but new research shows we should take another look at ships dumping illegally.
01 Oct 2019
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