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UCT statement on security at exam venue
Due to the situation that UCT has faced over the past few weeks, where multiple classes, tests and exams were targeted by protesters and some disrupted to a point that they had to be abandoned, an alternative plan to ensure the successful delivery of the exams was developed.
15 Nov 2017
SA students win international competition for job-seekers' app
A team of South African students has won the 2017 Geneva Challenge (GC) by developing Umvozu - a mobile application that links job-seekers with employers, allowing job-seekers to upskill themselves through training modules delivered in a gamified process.
15 Nov 2017
UCT academics offer insights on negotiating learning and identity in higher education
Academics from the University of Cape Town have published a topical and insightful book which addresses the issue of students' multiple transitions in and out of the higher education system. The book, Negotiating learning and identity in higher education: Access, Persistence and Retention, is edited by Dr Bongi Bangeni and Professor Rochelle Kapp.
14 Nov 2017
UCT's statement on final exams
The UCT final exams will start on Wednesday, 15 November 2017 and conclude on 30 November 2017. Exam sessions will stretch throughout the day and into the early evening. Multiple sessions will run with thousands of students writing different exams each day.
13 Nov 2017
UCT statement on the release of the Fees Commission rep
The executive of the University of Cape Town has taken note of the release of the Heher Commission report. The executive is indeed grateful that the report is finally in our hands and that this can be followed by the process of interrogating each line so as to come to an understanding of the impact on our institution.
13 Nov 2017
UCT academic announced as 2018 L'Oreal-UNESCO Women in Science Laureate
University of Cape Town academic Professor Heather Zar has been announced as the 2018 L'Oreal-UNESCO Women in Science Laureate for Africa and the Arab States. This is in recognition of her wide-ranging contributions to child health, which have improved - and saved - children's lives across the globe, as well as helping to shape international policy.
13 Nov 2017
UCT student presents solution to food waste
A UCT masters student and her team have won an international innovation competition after creating a solution to minimise food waste through a mobile app. This app, known as Bagzielicous, allows consumers to track the expiry date of perishable items they have purchased to avoid waste.
06 Nov 2017
UCT to jointly host molecular farming workshop
The University of Cape Town's Biopharming Research Unit (BRU) and iBio Inc and will host a Molecular Farming Workshop in Franschhoek from 3-4 November 2017. The workshop will bring together public and private entities driving biologics production and human and animal healthcare in South Africa for the purpose of establishing a plant-based biopharmaceutical manufacturing capability in South Africa.
30 Oct 2017
UCT-led team discovers megacarnivore roaming southern Africa 200 million years ago
At the outset of the Jurassic Period, about 200 million years ago, the largest carnivorous dinosaurs were relatively small, with a body length of 3-5 metres. Now, an international team of scientists from the University of Cape Town, University of Manchester, UK, and Universidade de S
26 Oct 2017
Safety of medicines and vaccines in pregnancy under the spotlight at UCT workshop
The University of Cape Town's Centre for Infectious Diseases Epidemiology and Research (CIDER) recently hosted an innovative workshop aimed at building capacity in Africa for the surveillance of poor birth outcomes by developing the science of teratovigilance.
24 Oct 2017
UCT Vice-Chancellor appeals for release of Fees Commission report
The University of Cape Town Vice-Chancellor, Dr Max Price, has expressed grave concern that the President has not yet released the report of the Commission of Inquiry into Higher Education and Training (Fees Commission) established nearly 24 months ago.
23 Oct 2017
UCT student to represent southern African at the World Economic Forum
The University of Cape Town's Shamiso Kumbirai, a master's candidate in the Department of Civil Engineering, has been selected to represent the voice of the southern African youth at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos in 2018.
23 Oct 2017