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Approved 2021 calendar and other updates
28 Oct 2020
Approved 2021 calendar and other updates
28 Oct 2020
UCT moves up in research rankings
The University of Cape Town (UCT) moved up 18 places, from 121st to 103rd position in the 2021 US News & World Report Best Global Universities rankings , and was ranked in the top 100 for six subjects, including an outstanding top 10 ranking for infectious diseases.
27 Oct 2020
UCT climate change experts develop Just Transition Transaction aimed at addressing South Africa’s electricity supply crisis
Three University of Cape Town (UCT) climate change experts have carried out a case study to understand what a just transition of South Africa’s energy landscape into a low-carbon environment could look like. This Just Transition Transaction (JTT) aims to simultaneously solve the electricity supply crisis in South Africa while moving the country towards renewable energy, its emissions commitments and job creation in terms of the Paris Agreement.
27 Oct 2020
UCT student organisation helps youth in marginalised communities
Pantsula with a Purpose, a youth development non-profit organisation (NPO) that provides training and development programmes to youth in under-resourced communities has been tipped as a potential winner of the 2020 Entrepreneurship Intervarsity national final.
27 Oct 2020
UCT research to shed light on immune system’s response to COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has directly affected more than 700 000 South Africans, and each patient experienced the virus differently – many paid the ultimate price. In recent weeks globally, a handful of patients have reportedly been reinfected with COVID-19.
26 Oct 2020
A women-led UCT: In conversation with senior women executives
Join the discussion of 'A Women-led UCT', a series profiling executive leadership at the University of Cape Town (UCT). Connect with UCT Deans of Faculties, Associate Professors Shose Kessi (Humanities) and Linda Ronnie (Commerce), Professor Alison Lewis (Engineering and the Built Environment) and Dr Catherine Duggan (Director of UCT’s Graduate School of Business) as they reflect on their leadership journey, their experiences of being senior women executives along with their vision for a UCT of the future.
26 Oct 2020
