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UCT GSB’s Executive MBA ranked top 5 globally for gender diversity The UCT GSB’s EMBA programme has once again made the Top 100 in the latest Financial Times Executive MBA rankings – the only African business school to appear on the list. 31 Oct 2023
In remembrance: Gaby Du Toit We are saddened to belatedly inform you of the passing of our final-year student Ms Gaby Du Toit due to a medical emergency on Thursday, 14 September 2023. 31 Oct 2023
Three UCT subjects ranked in top 100 UCT placed among the top 100 universities globally for clinical and health, education, and social sciences in the 2024 Times Higher Education World University Rankings by subject. 31 Oct 2023
Six UCT subjects ranked in top 100 in ShanghaiRanking’s GRAS UCT has been ranked among the top 100 universities in six subject areas by Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2023, recently released by ShanghaiRankings. 31 Oct 2023
Daily pressures of surgical service delivery in health systems under strain Professor Lydia Cairncross, the head of the Department of Surgery at the University of Cape Town/Groote Schuur Hospital Academic Complex will deliver her inaugural lecture on Thursday, 2 November 2023 to mark her promotion to full professor. 31 Oct 2023
Committed to Environmental Sustainability The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Vision 2030 strategy’s goal is to unleash human potential in pursuing a just and equitable society. In line with this strategy, the university has developed various initiatives, including a sustainability strategy, to provide direction for UCT’s environmental sustainability. 30 Oct 2023
Allow all professional nurses and midwives to prescribe PrEP, say experts In an editorial published in the South African Medical Journal , the University of Cape Town (UCT) HIV experts have urged the National Department of Health, the South African Pharmacy Council, nurse training institutions and authorities to allow all professional nurses and midwives to prescribe pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to enable simplified and de-medicalised PrEP with an urgent focus on expanding the PrEP service delivery workforce. 30 Oct 2023
Important info ahead of the November 2023 exams The University of Cape Town (UCT) has examinations from Wednesday, 1 November to Friday, 17 November 2023. 30 Oct 2023
UCT librarian named among most influential in SA Hiddingh Library’s senior librarian, Ingrid Thomson, named jointly as 2023’s Influential Library Leader of the Year, said she has “the best career ever”. 30 Oct 2023
UCT Press gives a new lease of life to titles now available via open access With the relaunch of the UCT Press, the aim is to pivot to open access publishing, while also maintaining print-on-demand publishing. 27 Oct 2023
Reimagining the African norm for smart cities The promotion of Assoc Prof Nancy Odendaal to the prestigious rank of full professor was marked with her inaugural lecture on Tuesday, 24 October. 27 Oct 2023
Grant of €12m for climate change project An international research team involving a UCT academic receives ERC Synergy Grant for interdisciplinary project. 27 Oct 2023
Environmental sustainability on the mind as all-women voyage sails to Antarctica A group of 188 women with STEMM backgrounds will be embarking on a voyage to Antarctica in a bid to promote sustainability. 27 Oct 2023
Darkroom garden teaches students about sustainable photography practices An innovative darkroom garden at UCT’s Michaelis School of Fine Art teaches students about sustainable photography. 26 Oct 2023
Sustainable photographic garden explores innovative darkroom practices The sustainable photographic garden is an initiative of the photography section at UCT’s Michaelis School of Fine Art and encourages environmental consciousness among students and staff. 26 Oct 2023
UCT’s STEM outreach piques learners’ curiosity Students from UCT recently embarked on a STEM outreach programme in Mitchells Plain, demonstrating AI robotics, solar-powered machinery, and sustainability. 26 Oct 2023
A living wage and the dignity afforded by choice Human dignity and a living wage must be centre stage in the drive to create employment, said Prof Innes Meyer in her recent inaugural lecture. 26 Oct 2023
UCT oceanographer part of team to receive €12m grant for climate change project The University of Cape Town (UCT) biogeochemical oceanographer, Associate Professor Sarah Fawcett , is part of an international research team that has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) to better understand the ocean’s role in ongoing and future and climate change. 26 Oct 2023
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