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SARS not likely to score against World Cup players.
The excitement of the 2010 FIFA World Cup is not just in the stadiums and fan parks, it's also in the bookkeeping. UCT PhD student Craig West focused his thesis - "The taxation effects for foreign international sportspersons" - on foreign athletes playing in South Africa and their staff. Included in his scope were the legislative provisions applicable to the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
08 Jul 2010
UCT scientists bring developing world's voice to climate change discussion
Five UCT researchers, among 12 from South Africa, have been selected to contribute to the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
07 Jul 2010
It's Pelé versus Mandela at UCT on Tuesday ... and spectators are welcome
Rural and township South African youth, playing on 6-a-side teams representing Brazilian hero Pelé and his longtime buddy Mandla Mandela, will fight it out on the University of Cape Town campus this afternoon
05 Jul 2010
Study of parallel communities catches eye at Dak'Art
Svea Josephy, a senior lecturer of photography in the Michaelis School of Fine Art at the University of Cape Town, was awarded the prestigious Prix du Ministere de la Culture at Dak'Art 2010 - the ninth biennial of contemporary art in Dakar, Senegal, which was held from 7 May to 7 June 2010.
30 Jun 2010
UCT soccer viewing area defies electricity failures
The Department of Chemical Engineering (ChemEng) at UCT dug deep into its creative resources to create a World Cup viewing area with a TV screen that keeps broadcasting even during electric power failures.
23 Jun 2010
New UCT/NICD unit will track and study hospital-acquired infections
Hospital-acquired infections will be one of the focus areas of the Unit for Molecular Epidemiology in National Heath Laboratory Service (NHLS) laboratories at Groote Schuur Hospital. The unit is a joint venture between the University of Cape Town and the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) of the NHLS. It will be jointly headed by UCT professors Mark Nicol and Anna-Lise Williamson.
10 Jun 2010
UCT awards Vice-Chancellor's Medal to Nobel Laureate
The University of Cape Town has awarded the Vice-Chancellor's Medal to Sir Aaron Klug, OM, FRS, Nobel Laureate, and outgoing chair of the UCT Trust in the UK. Vice-Chancellor Dr Max Price presented the medal at the annual trustees meeting of the University of Cape Town Trust, a UK registered charity, in London on 19 May 2010.
09 Jun 2010
Total of 1638 UCT students to be capped this week
The University of Cape Town will graduate 82 Doctors of Philosophy at 3 ceremonies on 3 and 4 June 2010. The total number of graduates for June 2010 is 1638. In addition, UCT will be recognising the achievements of 5 distinguished South Africans with the award of honorary degrees.
02 Jun 2010
World Cup may stifle human rights, warns UCT researcher
New laws passed to meet the conditions for bringing the FIFA World Cup into South Africa could interfere with the country's obligation to protect human rights, according to research conducted at the University of Cape Town's Centre for Criminology. Sophie Nakueira, a PhD researcher at the centre, was part of a panel addressing a UCT seminar on 20 May, titled: "The FIFA footprint: What will be the World Cup's governance legacy?"
28 May 2010
France awards knighthood to UCT professor
The French government honoured Dr Vanessa Everson, of the French Section in UCT's School of Languages and Literatures, with the Chevalier des Palmes Académiques award at a function on 18 May 2010.
26 May 2010
UCT hosts international partnership to develop ocean climate forecast system
The University of Cape Town, the Nansen Environmental Centre in Norway and their partners are setting up a joint venture in South Africa to gather information about the 3 oceans around southern Africa, to better understand and deal with global change across the continent.
19 May 2010
UCT climate change researcher honoured by National Research Foundation
Dr Gina Ziervogel of the University of Cape Town has been named as 1 of only 2 researchers in the country to be awarded a P-rating by the National Research Foundation. The P-rating singles out up-and-coming researchers under the age of 35 as potential national and world leaders in their fields.
12 May 2010
UCT architecture students put cheer into chairs for homeless kids
UCT second-year architecture students will be handing in their assignments to a special team of examiners on Monday: the boys who live at The Bridge at Elukhuselweni, a children's home run by The Homestead Project for Street Children, will be trying out the 15 chairs that were designed for their TV lounge as part of the UCT School of Architecture programme.
10 May 2010
Relaxers may cause permanent bad hair days, warns UCT researcher
The use of hair relaxers can lead to a rash of embarrassing hair and scalp conditions, including hair loss, especially when combined with extensions, weaves or braids, according to a recent study by UCT Associate Professor Dr Nonhlanhla Khumalo, who is based in the Division of Dermatology at Groote Schuur Hospital and Red Cross Children's Hospital.
05 May 2010
UCT researchers win global award for technology breakthrough
UCT professors Margit Harting and David Britton received the Academic R&D Award at the IDTechEx Printed Electronics Europe Awards 2010 in Dresden, Germany, on 13 April, as a result of their groundbreaking work in the field of printed technology. This technology allows electronic ink to be printed onto a substrate (the material on which an electrical circuit is built) where it works as a semiconductor that can carry electrical charges.
29 Apr 2010
UCT hopes to open eyes with Blind Soccer tournament
The University of Cape Town's Disability Service, Student Representative Council and Sports Department are partnering with the League of the Friends of the Blind to host a Blind Soccer tournament on Saturday, 1 May 2010, to help create awareness around disability issues in general and sports involving participants with disabilities in particular.
21 Apr 2010
HEU celebrates 20 years of research, teaching and policy contributions
The University of Cape Town's Health Economics Unit (HEU) - widely recognised as the leading health economics institution in Africa and one of the most respected such units among low- and middle-income countries - is celebrating its 20th anniversary on Tuesday, 20 April 2010, at 17:30 at the Centre for the Book in Cape Town.
20 Apr 2010
Record-breaking numbers to follow in Shuttleworth's footsteps
Long before entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth became the first African in space, he won gold in the University of Cape Town's annual Mathematics Competition. Today thousands of high school learners will be competing for the same prize - and who knows? One of them may someday venture further than Shuttleworth into a new frontier.
20 Apr 2010
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