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UCT expert to discuss pragmatic psychology and perils of eyewitness identification
Colin Tredoux is Professor of Psychology at the University of Cape Town, and was Head of Department from 2007 to 2010. He has appeared as an expert witness in South African courts, advising on the limitations of polygraph testing. He has also published methods for assessing the fairness of police identification parades, and has led a multi-year project to develop software for the synthesis of artificial faces. The software has multiple uses, ranging from development of stimuli in research laboratories, to construction of faces from memory. It is presently used by a number of research groups around the world.
27 Sep 2011
Motsoaledi to address UCT students on leadership in health care
Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, the Minister of Health, will be the keynote speaker at the Shaping Leaders in Health talk hosted by the Health Sciences Student Council on Thursday, 22 September 2011, 18:30, in the New Learning Centre Lecture Theatre at the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Cape Town.
19 Sep 2011
UCT historian gets jump on Heritage Day by calling for global perspective on Cape's history
We need to understand the Cape not only as part of the South African nation but also in relation to its historical links to Asia, other parts of Africa and the Indian Ocean world, according to Professor Nigel Worden of the University of Cape Town. This will be the argument he will present in his inaugural lecture on Wednesday, 21 September 2011, at 17:30, in LT1, Kramer Law Building, Middle Campus. This is Professor Worden's inaugural into the King George V Chair of History, to which he was appointed in 2009.
19 Sep 2011
UCT's 5th colloquium on HIV/AIDS to focus on human stories behind the virus
The experiences of HIV-positive people who tell their own stories about living with the virus will be the focus at the fifth annual colloquium hosted by the HIV/AIDS Institutional Co-Ordination Unit (HAICU) at the University of Cape Town, on Wednesday, 21 September 2011, 09:30-13:30, at the Centre for African Studies Gallery on Upper Campus. A programme is listed at the end of this release.
19 Sep 2011
UCT Constitutional law expert to speak on race, redress and remembrance
Professor Pierre de Vos of the University of Cape Town's Department of Public Law will speak on The past is unpredictable: Race, redress and remembrance in the South African Constitution in his inaugural lecture on 14 September 2011, 17:30, in Lecture Theatre 1, Kramer Law Building, Middle Campus. In 2008 Professor de Vos became the first legal academic in South Africa to write a regular Blog, Constitutionally Speaking.
12 Sep 2011
UCT conference to bring together international experts on safety and violence
Seven experts with international expertise in fields related to preventing violence and promoting safety will bring their experiences to bear on SA's struggles in this important area, at the first conference of the University of Cape Town's Safety & Violence Initiative (SaVI) beginning on 8 September, 2011, in the Barnard Fuller Building, of the UCT Health Science Campus.
07 Sep 2011
Sir Sydney Kentridge to speak at 34th anniversary commemoration of Biko
Internationally renowned advocate Sir Sydney Kentridge will deliver the 12th annual Steve Biko Memorial Lecture, "Evil Under the Sun: the Death of Steve Biko", hosted by the University of Cape Town and the Steve Biko Foundation, on Monday, 12 September 2011, at 19:00 in Jameson Hall, Upper Campus, UCT.
05 Sep 2011
UCT entrepreneurial expert to speak on value creation
Professor Eric Wood of the University of Cape Town's Graduate School of Business (GSB) will speak on The Art of Value Creation in his inaugural lecture on 7 September 2011, 17:30, in Lecture Theatre 2D, Leslie Social Sciences Building, on Upper Campus. Professor Wood teaches in the fields of innovation & entrepreneurship at the GSB and in the Netherlands.
05 Sep 2011
Education expert to speak at UCT on 'changing schools for good'
The Schools Development Unit (SDU) at the University of Cape Town will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a lecture on "Changing Schools for good: what the future holds for Teacher Professional Development in SA", by Brahm Fleisch, Professor of Education Policy at Wits School of Education, on Monday, 05 September 2011, at the Kramer Law Building, Middle Campus, at 16:00. Registration opens at 15:30.
02 Sep 2011
Ramos to speak at UCT on global economy's impact on SA
The School of Economics at the University of Cape Town will host Maria Ramos, the Group Chief Executive of the Absa Group, as the guest speaker for a special lecture on "The state of the global economy and its impact on South Africa", on Friday, 2 September 2011, at 13:00 in Kramer Lecture Theatre 1 on Middle Campus. The lecture is open to the public and seating will be on a first come, first served basis.
01 Sep 2011
UCT conference to bring together international experts on safety and violence
Seven experts with international expertise in fields related to preventing violence and promoting safety will bring their experiences to bear on SA's struggles in this important area, at the first conference of the University of Cape Town's Safety & Violence Initiative (SaVI) beginning on 8 September, 2011, in the Barnard Fuller Building, of the UCT Health Science Campus.
01 Sep 2011