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UCT-led clinic in Khayelitsha at the forefront in fight against cervical cancer
As it intended almost three decades ago, the Khayelitsha Cervical Cancer Screening Project (KCCSP) has touched and changed the lives of thousands of women and adolescent girls living in Khayelitsha. The clinic is one of the community’s most prized possessions – bringing renewed hope in the global fight against cervical cancer.
11 Aug 2022
SA’s language learning policy needs to include African languages at universities
African-language-speaking students at South African universities must enjoy the same learning privileges afforded to English- and Afrikaans-speaking students. Changing South Africa’s language learning policy is crucial to this process and a fundamental step towards decolonising the education curricula in higher education institutions in the country.
10 Aug 2022
Safeguarding the rights of refugees and asylum seekers in South Africa
“What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.” – Nelson Mandela
10 Aug 2022
UCT to open newly renovated cervical cancer screening site in Khayelitsha
In an effort to prevent cervical cancer, the University of Cape Town (UCT) will on Monday, 8 August, open a newly renovated Khayelitsha Cervical Cancer Screening Project (KCCSP) site.
05 Aug 2022
UCT Women’s month expert list
The following academics at the University of Cape Town can be contacted by the media for comment during Women’s month.
05 Aug 2022
Africa’s most affordable Cambridge international qualification launched by UCT Online High School
A year since being launched, and some 5 000 CAPS learners later, the University of Cape Town Online High School (UCT OHS) is immensely pleased to be able to offer an additional curriculum in the form of the Cambridge Assessment International Education — the most affordable Cambridge International qualification in Africa at R3 300 per month!
03 Aug 2022
UCT VC to make another milestone announcement
Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng will make an announcement on a major education milestone for UCT, South Africa and the African continent at a virtual media conference to be hosted by the University of Cape Town (UCT) and the UCT Online High School.
03 Aug 2022
UCT professor wins award for commitment to safe and secure transport at ‘Science Oscars’
University of Cape Town (UCT) professor in Transport Planning and Engineering at the Department of Civil Engineering, Marianne Vanderschuren, recently won the Special Annual Theme Award: Basic Science and Sustainable Development at the National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF)-South 32 awards.
02 Aug 2022
Study shows midlife metabolism is a myth
When we are babies, our bodies have the highest energy expenditure they will ever have to keep up with the growth needed. Then, after age one, it slows down until we reach age 20, stabilising until age 60, when it slows down again. These are the fascinating findings published in the international journal, Science , with contributions from the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Professors Lara Dugas and Professor Vicki Lambert. The findings will change the way we think about metabolism.
31 Aug 2021
UCT Community of Hope Vaccination Centre officially launched
In supporting efforts by the government to widen access to COVID-19 vaccination, the University of Cape Town (UCT) has partnered with the Western Cape Department of Health (DoH) to launch the UCT Community of Hope Vaccination Centre.
30 Aug 2021
Pension law deprives most South Africans right to decide who inherits their estate at death - study
Many South Africans are deprived of their right to decide who will inherit their estate when they die, a University of Cape Town (UCT) study has found.
26 Aug 2021
UCT scientist leads major global study investigating link between COVID-19 and cardiovascular disease
Professor Karen Sliwa of the multi-disciplinary and interprofessional Cape Heart Institute (CHI) at the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Department of Medicine, recently recognised by the South African Medical Research Council with a Gold Medal, is the lead Principal Investigator (PI) on the ‘WHF [World Heart Foundation] COVID-19 and Cardiovascular Disease Global Study’ .
25 Aug 2021
New UCT head of nursing shines spotlight on role of nurses in GBV interventions
New head of the Division of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Faculty of Health Sciences, Dr Tania De Villiers, is on a mission to strengthen the division’s focus on community service and social responsiveness during her tenure.
24 Aug 2021
UCT’s Law Clinic training lawyers to transform the profession
Since becoming the director of University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Law Clinic in 2013, Yellavarne Moodley’s main drive has been to use law as a tool to effect social change, as well as to deliver quality legal support and representation to under-served communities.
24 Aug 2021
Deeply shocking Nosicelo murder strikes too close to home for UCT on anniversary of Nene murder
Two years since the murder of University of Cape Town student Uyinene Mrwetyana on this day, and following the killing of University of Fort Hare student Nosicelo Mtebeni, Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng urges all to take action against sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV).
24 Aug 2021
Groote Schuur Hospital adopts integrated approach to destigmatise mental health care
The stigma associated with chronic and infectious diseases like HIV/AIDS and mental health disorders has resulted in a breakdown of traditional in‑hospital psychiatric service models. But thanks to an innovative, multidisciplinary, patient‑centric approach that focuses on normalising access to mental health care, change is underway.
24 Aug 2021
UCT scientists call for improvement in African vaccine manufacturing
University of Cape Town (UCT) scientists have called for governments and private sector funders to join forces to urgently create the infrastructure to enable the transformation of local expertise into concrete vaccine manufacturing capability for Africa.
23 Aug 2021
UCT past and present students team up in new initiative to boost GBV efforts
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has called on its alumni around the world to support the Alumni in Action programme . This new initiative provides psychological assistance to UCT survivors of gender‑based violence (GBV).
23 Aug 2021
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