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Highest honour for distinguished UCT teacher
Dr Marlon Swai’s responsibility as a teacher is not to win students’ favour but to get them to learn at all costs. And if this means adopting an in‑classroom rap cypher culture to foster participatory and ongoing learning, then so be it.
30 Sep 2021
Conference relooks at marginalised and overlooked African heritage
The University of Cape Town (UCT) along with UNESCO, the African World Heritage Fund and the University College London’s (UCL) Bartlett School of Architecture this week hosted the “Symposium on Modern Heritage of Africa (MoHoA)” to address, among other things, the challenges in defining modern heritage of, and in, Africa which is often overlooked and marginalised in literature and global records.
29 Sep 2021
UCT to host open lecture by Auditor-General
The University of Cape Town (UCT) will host a virtual Vice-Chancellor’s Open Lecture to be presented by the Auditor-General of South Africa and UCT alumna, Ms Tsakani Maluleke.
29 Sep 2021
UCT to host landmark event acknowledging land cleansing ceremony
The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Faculty of Humanities will host a Heritage Month Colloquium virtually on Wednesday, 29 September 2021 from 17:30 to 18:30. The colloquium, titled Unburning the Fire & Acknowledgment of Land Cleansing Ceremony , is a celebration of the research and knowledge production of the new San and Khoi Centre in its first year.
28 Sep 2021
Millions of Africans lack basic facilities to curb COVID-19, study confirms
An international study involving the University of Cape Town (UCT) researchers reveals that hundreds of millions of Africans don’t have access to the most basic facilities to prevent the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19.
28 Sep 2021
UCT engineering student wins global award with urine to fertiliser solution
Human urine is treated as a mere waste product, with millions of litres flushed away daily. But this ‘liquid gold’ is rich in nitrogen in the form of urea, which is most often used as a fertiliser.
28 Sep 2021
UCT in top 100 for graduate employability in the world
Graduates of the University of Cape Town (UCT) remain among the world’s most employable, according to the 2022 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Graduate Employability Rankings. UCT placed 95th in this year’s rankings, which covered 550 institutions.
28 Sep 2021
Professor Phakeng’s appointment “an honour for UCT” and an “exciting” move for Bristol
University of Cape Town (UCT) Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng will have the honour of becoming the University of Bristol’s (Bristol) first Bristol Illustrious Visiting Professor (BIVP) on 20 October 2021.
27 Sep 2021
Professor Phakeng joins University of Bristol
University of Cape Town (UCT) Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng has embarked on an exciting new role as the University of Bristol’s first-ever Bristol Illustrious Visiting Professor to supercharge African scholarship, inspire learning, and strengthen relationships on a global stage.
27 Sep 2021
Pregnant women hospitalised for COVID-19 face higher fatality rate
A new study published in the International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics suggests that pregnant women hospitalised for COVID-19 face higher risk of death than infected women admitted for other illnesses.
27 Sep 2021
Investment critical for lucrative plant-based vaccine market
University of Cape Town (UCT) scientists, who spent two decades researching plant-made vaccines before turning their attention to COVID-19 when the pandemic hit, have successfully reported the expression of the near-full length SARS-CoV-2 spike vaccine in plants.
22 Sep 2021
Exercise is not really the solution to obesity and weight loss - study
A new collaborative global study involving two University of Cape Town (UCT) academics has nullified the long-held view that exercise is the solution to obesity and weight loss. The researchers, instead, found that that energy balance is more complicated than simply calories in, calories out.
21 Sep 2021
UCT Online High School announces avid educationalist as Director and Principal
In July this year, the University of Cape Town (UCT) launched an online high school, becoming the first university on the African continent to extend its expertise and impact to the secondary schooling market through an innovative online modality.
20 Sep 2021
Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra’s concert of gratitude for healthcare workers
On the foot of Table Mountain, against the backdrop of the iconic old main building of Groote Schuur Hospital, sat the 48‑musicians‑strong Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO) as they prepared to play for their first outdoor audience in almost two years.
17 Sep 2021
UCT scientists celebrated as superheroes who save the world to expose children to science
University of Cape Town (UCT) researchers and academics are among the heroes of a programme that aims to bring the achievements of scientists closer to children, to inspire their interest in maths and science.
17 Sep 2021
Three UCT student entrepreneurs leap into national competition final
Three University of Cape Town (UCT) student entrepreneurs are through to the final round of the Entrepreneurship Intervarsity competition and will compete with the country’s best on the national stage later this year.
17 Sep 2021
UCT to host session titled “To vaccinate or not to vaccinate”
As part of the Vice-Chancellor’s Conversation Series, the University of Cape Town (UCT) will host a conversation session under the topic “To vaccinate or not to vaccinate”.
16 Sep 2021
UCT Art students host annual silent auction to help fundraise graduate exhibition and bursary fund
This year’s graduating class of the Michaelis School of Fine Art at the University of Cape Town (UCT) are hosting the annual silent auction fundraiser event, from 14 to 16 September.
15 Sep 2021
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