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Vision 2030 virtual staff engagement 4: targeted strategies to redress inequality
Excellence will only be achieved when there is also equity in participation. These were UCT Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng during the fourth virtual Vision 2030 staff engagement session.
22 Sep 2020
Vision 2030 virtual staff engagement 3: producing resilient agents of change
As universities re-evaluate their place and purpose within the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, UCT’s executive tabled the proposed vision 2030 framework, which is aimed at leading the change and “unleash human potential”.
22 Sep 2020
Vision 2030 virtual staff engagement 2: unleashing human potential
As universities re-evaluate their place and purpose within the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, UCT’s executive tabled the proposed vision 2030 framework, which is aimed at leading the change and “unleash human potential”.
22 Sep 2020
Vision 2030 virtual staff engagement 1: The world is changing, are we?
The world is Changing, are we? This was the question posed by UCT Vice-Chancellor, Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, as she kicked off the first of the six Vision 2030 virtual engagements with staff on 28 July 2020.
22 Sep 2020
Vision 2030 Roadshow: engaging the concept
UCT Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, together with Associate Professor Lis Lange present UCT’s Vision 2030.
22 Sep 2020
Decolonialisation in the context of UCT's Vision for 2030
As part of its transformation efforts, the University of Cape Town hosted an open webinar to explore decolonialisation and decoloniality at UCT on 22 September 2020.
22 Sep 2020
UCT medical students keep elderly citizens company during lockdown
A group of medical students from the University of Cape Town are keeping elderly citizens company during the national lockdown – from a safe distance. The initiative is known as Adopt a Granny/Grandpa and is the work of the student-led UCT Surgical Society, in partnership with social housing provider Communicare.
22 Sep 2020
Commemorating Heritage Month
VC Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng writes to the UCT community about commemorating Heritage Month.
22 Sep 2020
Forgotten diseases hit poorest billion hardest during pandemic
A new Lancet Commission report shows that non-communicable diseases and injuries cause more death and disability at every age among the world’s poorest billion than in wealthy countries.
22 Sep 2020
UCT medical students make a difference on the frontline
UCT medical students spent the past few months on the frontline, playing their part in the country’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
22 Sep 2020
Trusting local knowledge: the case of fire management in a Namibian park
Fire and humans have a long history in African savannas. Fire management has played a role in maintaining biodiversity and in the livelihoods of rural communities.
22 Sep 2020
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UCT’s health and safety protocols for Lockdown Level One
COO Dr Reno Morar writes to the UCT community about health and safety protocols for Lockdown Level One.
22 Sep 2020
TLC2020: tutors’ perspectives on emergency remote teaching
Tutors shared their experiences of emergency remote teaching and learning on day two of UCT’s virtual 2020 Teaching and Learning Conference.
22 Sep 2020
Your role in limiting the health risk of returning to UCT
VC Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng reminds the UCT community that the health and safety of every person who enters campus property is a top priority.
22 Sep 2020
Preserving cultural heritage through state-of-the-art technology
UCT’s Zamani Project is hard at work producing authentic and accurate data to support heritage conservation experts and help preserve culturally sensitive sites.
22 Sep 2020
Student entrepreneur’s digital library helps children to read
UCT student entrepreneur Qhawe Bula has developed a digital library that provides read-along children’s audiobooks in South Africa’s 11 official languages.
21 Sep 2020
Inaugural Lecture: Professor Hussein Suleman
Professor Hussein Suleman’s inaugural lecture will be on the topic “Computer Science at times of crisis: reflecting on societal drivers for software and algorithm design”.
21 Sep 2020
TLC2020: Who moved my classroom?
COVID-19 and the rise of emergency remote teaching has profoundly affected the identity and roles of academics and catapulted UCT into the future.
21 Sep 2020
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