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UCT’s online high school: innovative, quality education for all With the launch of the UCT Online High School, innovative, quality high school education will be available to all South African learners from January 2022. 22 Jul 2021
UCT is stronger because of you Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng writes to the UCT community to give thanks to everyone who generously supported the university in so many ways. 22 Jul 2021
UCT thanks volunteers and donors following campus fire UCT Vice-Chancellor Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng joined students to express deepest gratitude to everyone who supported the university during the devastating fire of Sunday, 18 April. 22 Jul 2021
UCT Online High School launch and other updates The University of Cape Town (UCT) has launched Africa’s first university-based online high school in partnership with the Valenture Institute. 21 Jul 2021
African women with diabetes at high risk of cardiovascular disease UCT PhD research says one in every 11 African women of childbearing age has type 2 diabetes, and is at high risk of cardiovascular disease. 21 Jul 2021
Cape Town’s baboon programme: Successful coexistence between wildlife and urban communities Baboons spending more time in their natural habitats and suffering fewer human-caused injuries and deaths is cause for celebration, writes UCT’s Professor Justin O’Riain. 21 Jul 2021 Republished
Infants born to HIV-positive mothers more likely to require ICU admission, study finds A new study from the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research shows that HIV-negative infants born to HIV-positive mothers who are on antiretroviral treatment (ART) are more likely to require intensive care unit (ICU) admission. 21 Jul 2021
UCT becomes first university in Africa to launch an online high school The University of Cape Town (UCT) has launched an online high school, becoming the first university on the African continent to extend its expertise and impact to the secondary school sector through an innovative online modality. 21 Jul 2021
A high school for all South Africans Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng writes to the UCT community about the UCT Online High School. 21 Jul 2021
UCT’s Online High School offers high-quality education UCT’s first ever online high school offers access to high-quality education to all students in Africa. 21 Jul 2021
UCT launches online high school As part of its Vision 2030 goals, the University of Cape Town (UCT) launched its first online school on Wednesday, 21 July 2021. 21 Jul 2021
How can Africa rise to the challenge of a sustainable future? Two keynote speakers from UCT’s recent Research Symposium challenge us to think about a sustainable future for Africa. 21 Jul 2021
Increasing access to awe and splendour of the ancient world UCT lecturer Bianca Warley explains Classics and the importance of making this discipline accessible to a wider audience. 21 Jul 2021
‘Coloured’ men are more than a violent stereotype Research by UCT PhD graduate Simone Peters encourages scholars to think carefully about how they write about race – and the consequences for affected communities. 20 Jul 2021
UCT selects first Uyinene Mrwetyana Scholarship recipient “God, let it be positive,” is what Luhlanganiso Majebe remembers muttering under her breath as a new email popped into her inbox. The sender was Associate Professor Shose Kessi, the dean of the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Faculty of Humanities, and as luck would have it, good news was the order of the day. 20 Jul 2021
Graduation 2021: A virtual grand affair The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) bumper mid‑year graduation season saw 6 175 students graduate virtually during six faculty ceremonies, which took place at 18:00 each evening. 20 Jul 2021
‘Coloured’ men are more than a violent stereotype People come to identify with where they live and are in turn are shaped by these places and spaces and shape those places and spaces too. 20 Jul 2021
UCT to make announcement on major education milestone The University of Cape Town will host an official virtual press conference to announce a major education milestone. 20 Jul 2021
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