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Innovative community-based intervention to identify undiagnosed TB cases
Almost 350 000 cases of Tuberculosis (TB) go undiagnosed in South Africa every year. In an effort to revolutionalise TB diagnosis and treatment, an innovative tech-driven project, pioneered by a team of scientists at the UCT Centre for Lung Infection and Immunity, will take TB testing from the lab into the community.
21 Jan 2020
State capture: the ‘legacy of apartheid’
Advocate Hermione Cronje, head of the NPA’s Investigative Directorate, discussed “reclaiming the state from capture” during a Summer School lecture at UCT.
21 Jan 2020
UCT wins top international business school competition
The UCT Graduate School of Business has won the 39th annual John Molson MBA International Case Competition, the first African business school to do so.
21 Jan 2020
Improving universal access to surgical care for patients – meet UCT’s new head of Global Surgery
The thrill and excitement of the labour ward and the pure joy of witnessing a healthy mom receiving a healthy baby led to Associate Professor Salome Maswime, the new head of Global Surgery at the University of Cape Town (UCT), falling in love with the labour ward. But it was also the deep disappointment of losing a new mother that persuaded her that she needed to learn and do more.
20 Jan 2020
Community-based intervention to identify undiagnosed TB cases
An innovative tech-driven idea pioneered by UCT’s Centre for Lung Infection and Immunity will take TB testing from the lab into the community.
20 Jan 2020
Keeping UCT students safe off-campus
As part of a pilot project that tests the efficacy of safety technology among a student population, SEON has donated panic buttons to UCT.
20 Jan 2020
Welcome to our beautiful institution!
Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng welcomes new students to UCT.
20 Jan 2020
Students’ Representative Council
A warm welcome from your Students’ Representative Council for 2019/20.
20 Jan 2020
Your UCT
UCT in a nutshell.
20 Jan 2020
Get connected
Here’s how to connect, how to find software and how to stay safe while you’re online.
20 Jan 2020
Swipe that student card
Here are just a few places where you can use your student card to pay less and do more
20 Jan 2020
What to do around town
We’ve put together a list of affordable places to visit and things to do that will help you to stretch the Randelas.
20 Jan 2020
Cruising campus
Campus is huge, and getting around takes time, especially if you need to get to one of our satellite facilities. Here’s how to get going
20 Jan 2020
Have you heard?
Here’s a cheat sheet to help you wrap your head around new words and abbreviations around campus.
20 Jan 2020
Do you know your faculty?
There are six faculties at UCT which are supported in their teaching and learning by the Centre for Higher Education Development.
20 Jan 2020
Your study guide
It’s natural to feel overwhelmed in the run-up to exams, but these top studying tips from students who’ve been there, done that will help you though.
20 Jan 2020
8 things you need to know about UCT Libraries
With 53 km of shelf space, UCT Libraries is one of the largest in the southern hemisphere. This is what you need to know.
20 Jan 2020
10 tips for first-year success
We’ve put together a few tips from the Student Wellness Service to help you make the most of your first year at UCT.
20 Jan 2020
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