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Call for proposals: TLC2020
Associate Professor Lis Lange writes to staff about the 2020 Teaching and Learning Conference.
26 Aug 2020
Remembering Uyinene
On the anniversary of Uyinene Mrwetyana’s death, members of the community visited the Clareinch Post Office to pay their respects and leave tokens of remembrance.
26 Aug 2020
GBV: How will it end?
A webinar was held to discuss the pervasive nature of violence against women in South Africa on the anniversary of the death of Uyinene Mrwetyana.
25 Aug 2020
UCT sickle cell genetics study a first for Africa
New research investigating the genetic modifiers of long-term survival in individuals with sickle cell anaemia reveals a range of possible pathways for novel therapeutic interventions.
25 Aug 2020
What to leave at home when travelling the galaxy
UCT alumnus and space scientist Barbara Ojur says space is embedded in our lives. It also holds the key to development in Africa.
25 Aug 2020
Women-led UCT webinar series kicks off
VC Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng will host the first of a series of webinars titled A Women-led UCT, which kicks off on Friday, 28 August.
25 Aug 2020
Vision 2030: targeted strategies to redress inequality
DVC for Transformation Professor Loretta Feris discussed UCT transformation goals and strategies during a recent Vision 2030 engagement session with staff.
24 Aug 2020
Taking a stance against SGBV and remembering Uyinene
VC Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng writes to the UCT community about SGBV and remembering Uyinene.
24 Aug 2020
SRC and Student Faculty Council elections commence online
Chief Electoral Officer, Edwina Brooks, writes to students on behalf of the Election Commission.
24 Aug 2020
UCT voted ‘coolest university’
UCT took the top spot in the Coolest University category for the fourth consecutive year in the recent Sunday Times Gen Next Awards.
24 Aug 2020
Property market trends to change significantly post-COVID-19
There are many questions regarding how the property market will potentially evolve post-COVID-19.
24 Aug 2020
Vision 2030: producing resilient agents of change
In a recent Vision 2030 staff engagement session, UCT’s DVC for Teaching and Learning said providing future-oriented education is one of her portfolio’s goals.
24 Aug 2020
‘Little uptake’ to manage Egyptian geese on golf courses
Despite recommendations by researchers at UCT’s FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, golf courses in the Mother City have not implemented measures to manage Egyptian geese.
21 Aug 2020
UCT maintains position in world rankings
UCT has maintained its position in the 201–300 band in the latest ShanghaiRanking’s Academic Ranking of World Universities 2020.
21 Aug 2020
Mask education project burgeons into creative remote teaching collaboration
What started out as a fieldwork project for ten postgraduate computer science and information systems students at UCT burgeoned into a multifaceted, interdisciplinary, creative learning experience using remote teaching and design thinking.
20 Aug 2020
COVID-19 is too good a crisis to waste – let’s change the system
COVID-19 has afforded us the opportunity to interrogate, shape and collaborate for change.
20 Aug 2020
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In pursuit of a positive mining legacy
An interdisciplinary UCT research alliance will focus on the cultivation of fibre-rich plants as a means of remediating degraded mining land.
20 Aug 2020
Palaeoscience fellows score for science and diversity
Meet the Human Evolution Research Institute’s inaugural 2020 Advancing Womxn fellows, Precious Chiwara-Maenzanise and Rivoningo Khosa, who are scoring for science and diversity.
20 Aug 2020
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