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Update on EU bargaining engagements
UCT Management shares an update on the bargaining engagements.
12 Feb 2024
UCT Acting DVC, Emer Prof Linda Ronnie encourages prospective students to #ChooseUCT
UCT’s Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Teaching and Learning, Emeritus Professor Linda Ronnie wants you to #ChooseUCT
09 Feb 2024
The Executive Director of UCT’s P&S, Mughtar Parker encourages prospective students to #ChooseUCT
The Executive Director of Properties and Services (P&S), Mughtar Parker wants you to #ChooseUCT.
08 Feb 2024
SA Magistrates’ Courts survey reveals ‘reassuring’ outcome
A survey by UCT’s Democratic Governance and Rights Unit revealed that Magistrates’ Courts are upholding the fundamental constitutional imperatives of equality and dignity.
08 Feb 2024
Three UCT academics among Clarivate’s highly cited list
UCT’s Prof Estelle (Vicki) Lambert, Prof Dan Stein, and Assoc Prof Darren Martin have been included on the Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2023 list.
08 Feb 2024
Update on bargaining engagements and planned UCT EU action
Emer Prof Daya Reddy shares an update on the 2024 bargaining engagements and planned UCT EU action.
07 Feb 2024
DSA Welcome Festival and other updates
The Department of Student Affairs (DSA) will host the annual DSA Welcome Festival, an exciting event where the blue carpet will be rolled out for all students registered at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in 2024.
07 Feb 2024
Assessing the state of post-school education in an unequal society
UCT’s Dr Emma Whitelaw spoke about the state of the economics of the post-school education system.
07 Feb 2024
New SALDRU director to pursue mission of challenging inequalities
Newly-appointed Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU) director, Reza Daniels, has set out to pursue SALDRU’s mission of “challenging inequalities through policy-relevant academic research”.
07 Feb 2024
UCT Acting DVC, Prof Jeff Murugan encourages prospective students to #ChooseUCT
UCT’s Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Teaching and Learning, Professor Jeff Murugan wants you to #ChooseUCT
07 Feb 2024
Rural childhood positively impacts immune development, UCT study finds
Researchers at the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Division of Paediatric Dermatology and Paediatric Allergy have found that early childhood is a window for shaping immune development in allergic and non-allergic South African children.
06 Feb 2024
DSA to host Welcome Festival
The Department of Student Affairs will host the annual DSA Welcome Festival on 8 February.
05 Feb 2024
In remembrance: Dr Gaëlle Ramon
It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of our colleague, Dr Gaëlle Ramon (48), on Friday, 26 January 2024.
05 Feb 2024
Don’t take hearing loss for granted
Lebogang Ramma, a professor in audiology at UCT, delivered the first inaugural lecture of 2024 on Thursday, 1 February.
05 Feb 2024
Highlights from the 2024 UCT Parent Orientation
Parents and guardians share their thoughts on Parent Orientation 2024
01 Feb 2024
UCT-led palliative care programme honours ‘life before death’
The Abundant Life Palliative Care programme serves terminally ill patients and their loved ones in Cape Town’s southern suburbs.
01 Feb 2024
Big wins for UCT at Presidential Golf Day
Khaya Jack from UCT’s Development and Alumni Department participated in the Presidential Golf Challenge in February 2023, taking top place in his division.
28 Feb 2023
Climate change played major role in UCT’s April 2021 wildfire - study
Climate change was largely responsible in weather conditions that contributed to the devastating runaway wildfire that gutted large parts of the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) upper campus almost two years ago. And as global temperatures soar, wildfire weather conditions as severe as those seen on that fateful day are now 90% more likely to reoccur.
28 Feb 2023
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