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Youth Month: Alumni’s DIY foam fire extinguisher most popular hack
Developed for a 2015 final-year student project, a DIY foam fire extinguisher to combat shack fires has been given a new lease of life.
08 Jun 2023
Youth Month
In Remembrance: Khoro Makhesha
It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of our colleague and student Mr Khoro Makhesha (28).
08 Jun 2023
To KwaLanga with love
UCT’s CMD recently visited KwaLanga in commemoration of its 100th year of existence.
08 Jun 2023
Opinion
COVID-19 TERS policy saved at least two million jobs
The COVID-19 Temporary Employer-Employee Relief Scheme (TERS) saved at least two million jobs at the onset of the pandemic, but not without several unintended consequences, according to new research.
08 Jun 2023
‘Give SA children access to rich literacy experiences’
In light of the latest Progress in International Reading Literacy Study, UCT’s Dr Xolisa Guzula shared a special proposed four-point plan to help solve SA’s literacy dilemma.
08 Jun 2023
Redress mental healthcare for children and adolescents in South Africa
UCT Children’s Institute, in collaboration with its partner organisations, has launched a petition to encourage government to improve mental health support services for children and adolescents.
08 Jun 2023
Youth Month
Pregnant, postpartum women prefer injectable shots over oral pills for HIV prevention
Pregnant and postpartum women on oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) may desire to switch to long-acting injectable PrEP as it becomes available in South Africa and Kenya. This is according to a new study, which suggested that further efforts are needed to increase the choice and accessibility of various PrEP options to benefit the wellbeing of pregnant and postpartum women and their infants.
08 Jun 2023
Inaugural lecture by Professor Parker and other updates
07 Jun 2023
Update on performance management system review
The University of Cape Town (UCT) will launch the University of the Future (UoF) project this afternoon, Wednesday, 31 May 2023. Read about this and other recent developments on campus.
07 Jun 2023
Opportunity to become an accredited mediator for the University of Cape Town
The OIC has acquired funding to capacitate 40 permanent staff members. As a mediator, you will be capacitated in dispute resolution techniques that will contribute towards creating a UCT workplace environment that is conducive to resolving differences in a manner that promotes collegiality and addresses matters of discrimination, workplace grievances and harassment. The mediation course which will be facilitated by UCT Law@Work is internationally accredited (which costs R20 000 per delegate). This qualification will provide you many opportunities to expand your career development within and beyond UCT as a mediator. In addition to the training, you receive coaching, assessments, and mentorship.
07 Jun 2023
Fungi could be essential to reaching net zero
Mycorrhizal fungi have been supporting life on land for at least 450 million years by helping to supply plants with soil nutrients essential for growth. In recent years, scientists have found that in addition to forming symbiotic relationships with nearly all land plants, these fungi are important conduits to transport carbon into soil ecosystems.
07 Jun 2023
Law faculty honours ‘best in legal fraternity’
UCT’s Law faculty has renamed some of its infrastructure after towering law scholars Victoria Mxenge, Bram Fischer and Pius Langa.
06 Jun 2023
Celebrating Africa Day at MASHA
Prof Sheetal Silal welcomed the student cohort and staff of UCT’s MASHA to celebrate Africa Day and reflect on what it means to be African.
06 Jun 2023
UCT launches the ‘University of the Future’ project
UCT launched the ‘University of the Future’ project on Wednesday, 31 May 2023.
05 Jun 2023
‘Go forth and build your dreams’, UCT student urges youth
Sukainah McCabe, a fourth-year social work student, uses her social and community activism to empower youth living in under-resourced communities.
05 Jun 2023
Youth Month
Water justice conference to share arts-based dialogue in mobile interactive exhibit at UCT
The University of Cape Town’s Centre for African Studies (CAS) Gallery will host the launch of Confluency – an interactive, transdisciplinary and mobile art exhibit created to engage diverse communities in water justice research and action – on Wednesday, 7 June 2023, from 17:00 to 19:00 at CAS, UCT’s Upper Campus.
05 Jun 2023
Our most effective interventions are immunological – Prof Elizabeth Mayne
UCT’s head of the Division of Immunology in the Faculty of Health Sciences, Professor Elizabeth Mayne, stressed the consequences of not keeping up with immunology and how it affects people.
02 Jun 2023
Africa Day: Celebrating music and family at the UCT Irma Stern Museum
On 25 May the UCT Irma Stern Museum invited the families of UCT’s Philip Kgosana Residence to join the museum in a celebration of families, music and belonging.
02 Jun 2023
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