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UCT launches cutting-edge AI design course
The Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching (CILT) within the Centre for Higher Education Development (CHED) at the University of Cape Town (UCT) has launched a new short course, "Designing with AI." This dynamic six-week online programme will run from 10 September 2024 until 20 October 2024. It aims to equip lecturers, teachers, corporate trainers, and learning designers with the skills to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into their educational and training practices.
30 Jul 2024
Media release
UCT academic elected as Fellow of the British Academy
Francis Nyamnjoh , professor of social anthropology at the University of Cape Town (UCT), has been elected as a Fellow of the British Academy . This prestigious honour underscores UCT's commitment to academic excellence and cements its position as Africa's leading research-intensive university.
18 Jul 2024
Media release
UCT academic awarded the Virchow Prize 2024 for pioneering contributions to global health
Professor Lucy Gilson, head of the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Health Policy and Systems Division , has been co-awarded the prestigious Virchow Prize 2024 . This recognition, under the high patronage of the President of the German Bundestag, comes with a total award of €500,000 and honours Gilson's holistic and systems-based approach to safeguarding human and planetary health.
16 Jul 2024
Media release
Marine species find new homes amid climate change – but at what cost?
A new study led by researchers at the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Climate Risk Lab has revealed that climate change will continue to create opportunities for thousands of marine species to colonise new habitats, even if the world continues to rapidly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The study’s title is “ Temporal dynamics of climate change exposure and opportunity for global marine biodiversity .”
16 Jul 2024
Media release
UCT demographers highlight serious concerns with 2022 South African census data
Professor Tom Moultrie and Emeritus Professor Rob Dorrington, demographers from the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Centre for Actuarial Research (CARe), have identified significant issues with the 2022 South African census. Their expertise, particularly in analysing post-apartheid South African census data, lends weight to their conclusion that the results of this census, with the highest undercount ever measured and reported by the United Nations Population Division , may not be fit for purpose .
11 Jul 2024
Media release
Boosting consent and collaboration: Key to ethical ancient DNA research, experts assert
In a paper published in a peer-reviewed journal, Communications Biology , researchers from the University of Cape Town (UCT) and Yale University argued for the implementation of informed proxy or relational autonomy consent in ancient human DNA research, where the deceased may be represented by living people the research affects.
10 Jul 2024
Media release
Study reveals alarming discoveries about phantom limb pain in cross-sectional analysis
Phantom limb pain is an excruciating sensation felt in the vicinity of a recently severed limb, and it affects seven out of 10 patients in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape who have had lower leg amputations.
10 Jul 2024
Media release
Young UCT researcher to address “woefully underdeveloped” vaccination targeting pregnant women
Dr Edina Amponsah-Dacosta , a research officer at the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Vaccines for Africa Initiative (VACFA) , has been awarded a grant of R400 000 from the South African Medical Research Council ( SAMRC ). This funding will support a pivotal two-year study titled “Characterizing vaccine confidence among pregnant women and its association with the uptake of early childhood routine vaccination.”
09 Jul 2024
Media release
UCT partners in groundbreaking genomics and bioinformatics training for 400+ African scientists annually
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has played a significant role in the African BioGenome Project (AfricaBP), an initiative highlighted in a recent Nature Genetics report which has launched successful grassroots genomics and bioinformatics programmes to train over 400 African scientists annually. It represents a landmark in advancing scientific capacity across the continent.
08 Jul 2024
Media release
UCT remains Africa’s top university in latest rankings
The University of Cape Town (UCT) remains the top university on the continent according to the 2024–2025 US News Best Global Universities rankings. UCT is also ranked in the top 100 for seven subjects and in the top 200 for a further 10.
08 Jul 2024
Media release
UCT academic’s new book delves deeper into South Africa’s water crisis
A new book on the water crisis and social dynamics in South Africa offers a fresh ethnographic exploration of the politics of water in an unequal society, specifically addressing the challenges in Khayelitsha.
08 Jul 2024
Media release
UCT launches first Max Planck Centre in Africa
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has launched a new research centre, The Max Planck – University of Cape Town Centre for Behaviour and Coevolution. The centre aims to study the behavioural interactions between bird species and between birds and humans. The new centre is jointly established by the FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology and the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence.
02 Jul 2024
Media release
New UCT study uncovers childhood trauma’s grip on teen substance abuse in South Africa
A new study by the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Psychology Department has revealed that when adolescents who have experienced maltreatment use alcohol and drugs to cope with their negative feelings, their risk of developing problematic substance use is greatly increased.
02 Jul 2024
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