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FlexiGyn in line for 2023 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation FlexiGyn, an invention by UCT PhD student Edmund Wessels, is one of four African inventions in line for the 2023 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. 14 Jun 2023
Unpacking the ‘ouch’ UCT’s Prof Romy Parker delivered her inaugural lecture, which unpacked pain management, on Thursday, 8 June. 13 Jun 2023
Youth Month: Transgender youth explosion; early evaluation and support are vital The surge of transgender youth is a worldwide phenomenon as easily accessible information and neuroscientific developments help them understand who they are. 12 Jun 2023 Youth Month
Student communities can become safer as ASSIST tool launched for addiction risk UCT’s head of the Division of Addiction Psychiatry, Assoc Prof Goodman Sibeko, and several partners have launched the web app ASSIST tool – a risk indicator for substance abuse. 12 Jun 2023 Youth Month
UCT–Exness partnership gives students wings to fly The Exness Fintech Scholarship is made possible by multi-asset broker Exness, and UCT. 12 Jun 2023
Youth Month: Alumni’s DIY foam fire extinguisher most popular hack Developed for a 2015 final-year student project, a DIY foam fire extinguisher to combat shack fires has been given a new lease of life. 08 Jun 2023 Youth Month
To KwaLanga with love UCT’s CMD recently visited KwaLanga in commemoration of its 100th year of existence. 08 Jun 2023 Opinion
‘Give SA children access to rich literacy experiences’ In light of the latest Progress in International Reading Literacy Study, UCT’s Dr Xolisa Guzula shared a special proposed four-point plan to help solve SA’s literacy dilemma. 08 Jun 2023
Redress mental healthcare for children and adolescents in South Africa UCT Children’s Institute, in collaboration with its partner organisations, has launched a petition to encourage government to improve mental health support services for children and adolescents. 08 Jun 2023 Youth Month
Law faculty honours ‘best in legal fraternity’ UCT’s Law faculty has renamed some of its infrastructure after towering law scholars Victoria Mxenge, Bram Fischer and Pius Langa. 06 Jun 2023
Celebrating Africa Day at MASHA Prof Sheetal Silal welcomed the student cohort and staff of UCT’s MASHA to celebrate Africa Day and reflect on what it means to be African. 06 Jun 2023
‘Go forth and build your dreams’, UCT student urges youth Sukainah McCabe, a fourth-year social work student, uses her social and community activism to empower youth living in under-resourced communities. 05 Jun 2023 Youth Month
Our most effective interventions are immunological – Prof Elizabeth Mayne UCT’s head of the Division of Immunology in the Faculty of Health Sciences, Professor Elizabeth Mayne, stressed the consequences of not keeping up with immunology and how it affects people. 02 Jun 2023
UCT ranks 9th in the world for SDG 6: clean water and sanitation UCT is in the top 200 universities worldwide in the 2023 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, with four areas ranked in the top 100. 02 Jun 2023
UCT launches the ‘University of the Future’ project On 31 May 2023, UCT set the stage for a groundbreaking initiative with the launch of the ‘University of the Future’ (UoF) project which was held at the Hasso Plattner d-school Afrika on UCT's Middle Campus. 01 Jun 2023
UCT to house South Africa’s first youth violence-prevention centre The centre will develop Afrocentric, evidence-based strategies and interventions to fight crime. 01 Jun 2023 Youth Month
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