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UCT moves up in research rankings
The University of Cape Town (UCT) moved up 18 places, from 121st to 103rd position in the 2021 US News & World Report Best Global Universities rankings , and was ranked in the top 100 for six subjects, including an outstanding top 10 ranking for infectious diseases.
27 Oct 2020
UCT climate change experts develop Just Transition Transaction aimed at addressing South Africa’s electricity supply crisis
Three University of Cape Town (UCT) climate change experts have carried out a case study to understand what a just transition of South Africa’s energy landscape into a low-carbon environment could look like. This Just Transition Transaction (JTT) aims to simultaneously solve the electricity supply crisis in South Africa while moving the country towards renewable energy, its emissions commitments and job creation in terms of the Paris Agreement.
27 Oct 2020
UCT student organisation helps youth in marginalised communities
Pantsula with a Purpose, a youth development non-profit organisation (NPO) that provides training and development programmes to youth in under-resourced communities has been tipped as a potential winner of the 2020 Entrepreneurship Intervarsity national final.
27 Oct 2020
UCT research to shed light on immune system’s response to COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has directly affected more than 700 000 South Africans, and each patient experienced the virus differently – many paid the ultimate price. In recent weeks globally, a handful of patients have reportedly been reinfected with COVID-19.
26 Oct 2020
A women-led UCT: In conversation with senior women executives
Join the discussion of 'A Women-led UCT', a series profiling executive leadership at the University of Cape Town (UCT). Connect with UCT Deans of Faculties, Associate Professors Shose Kessi (Humanities) and Linda Ronnie (Commerce), Professor Alison Lewis (Engineering and the Built Environment) and Dr Catherine Duggan (Director of UCT’s Graduate School of Business) as they reflect on their leadership journey, their experiences of being senior women executives along with their vision for a UCT of the future.
26 Oct 2020
UCT launches interactive website to track SA’s post-secondary school qualifications since 1994
In 2020 approximately 14% of South Africans managed to attain a post-secondary school qualification – a 7% increase compared with figures from 1994. While there has been steady progress over the past 25 years, achieving governmentʼs target of 22% by 2030 will take work.
22 Oct 2020
The Baxter is back with a benefit fundraiser
Championed by the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Vice-Chancellor, Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, a new production celebrates the Baxter’s return under lockdown Level one and serves as a benefit fundraiser aimed at helping recover the loss of income over the past six months.
21 Oct 2020
New UCT Irma Stern Museum website supports art education nationally
The recently launched University of Cape Town (UCT) Irma Stern Museum (ISM) website enables the public to virtually ‘visit’ the museum as the COVID-19 pandemic continues while also supporting teaching and learning in South African schools.
20 Oct 2020
COVID-19 multitool opens communal doors, taps - minimises surface contamination
A novel multitool designed by a University of Cape Town (UCT) electrical engineering team will make opening doors and taps much safer for communities who rely on communal facilities but are wary of COVID-19 contaminating public surfaces.A novel multitool designed by a University of Cape Town (UCT) electrical engineering team will make opening doors and taps much safer for communities who rely on communal facilities but are wary of COVID-19 contaminating public surfaces.
20 Oct 2020
Sustainable Development Goals can help with post-COVID-19 recovery – UN deputy chief
When Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) Ms Amina Mohammed presented an open lecture titled, ‘Decade of Action: so what?’ at the University of Cape Town (UCT) there was a sense of hope that prevailed.
15 Oct 2020
Student pan-African talk show reimagines news by taking feminist approach
In an effort to get more young South Africans to understand and participate in important discourses that affect the country and the continent, two University of Cape Town (UCT) postgraduates have developed and produced a pan-African talk show, The Revulva, that takes a feminist approach to news and aims to change the way the youth perceives and interacts with current affairs.
15 Oct 2020
UCT executive provides update on response to COVID-19
The University of Cape Town (UCT):
has had an increase in both undergraduate and postgraduate applications,
will commence the 2021 academic year on 15 March 2021,
will propose to Senate for its approval that the first semester be completed online , and
has, despite the complexities posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, responded with extraordinary commitment to support each other and complete the academic year.
14 Oct 2020
Reminder: UCT to host VC Open Lecture by UN Deputy Secretary-General on SDGs and a decade of action
University of Cape Town Vice-Chancellor (VC) Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng will host Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations and Chair of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group Ms Amina J Mohammed, who will present the VC Open Lecture titled “Decade of action for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): So what?”.
14 Oct 2020
South African scientists launch trial to test whether MMR vaccine protects front-line health-care workers against COVID-19
South African scientists from the Universities of the Cape Town (UCT) and Witwatersrand are launching a clinical trial to test whether the childhood vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) can protect front-line health-care workers from COVID-19, or reduce the severity of illness for those who do become infected.
12 Oct 2020
International Horizon 2020 project, “Mission Atlantic”, launched to map and assess sustainable development of the Atlantic Ocean
International ocean experts from Europe, Brazil, South Africa, Canada and the USA have joined forces to map and assess the current and future risks from climate change, natural hazards and human activities to Atlantic ecosystems.
09 Oct 2020