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‘Winners are losers who just kept trying’
Inspirational graduand Bukho Ndziweni shared his mantra to overcoming a list of adversities during his undergraduate degree at UCT.
24 Mar 2023
‘Outstanding’ PhD: A testimony to tenacity, support – and a dog called Ralph
Caitlin Courtney’s PhD on a novel human urine treatment to make liquid fertiliser earned rave reviews. And puppy love helped her across the line.
24 Mar 2023
VC Open Lecture explores parts of the body’s most complex organ
Professor Edvard Moser delivered the second UCT Vice-Chancellor’s Open Lecture for 2023.
24 Mar 2023
World TB Day: Vaccine trial inspires clinicians to imagine a world without TB
On World TB Day, UCT News shines a spotlight on a new phase three clinical trial led by clinicians at the South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative.
24 Mar 2023
Live Art Network Africa Gathering: fertile ground for intriguing conversations and chance encounters
From 16 to 19 February, audiences gathered at UCT’s Hiddingh campus to experience the Live Art Network Africa Gathering.
23 Mar 2023
UCT’s development studies rank 12th in the world
UCT is one of the best institutions in the world for development studies, according to the latest subject rankings from Quacquarelli Symonds.
23 Mar 2023
Students rethink higher education
Over two days, students and leaders in academia from the Global North and Global South, exchanged ideas on how to reinvent higher education and forge human-centred frameworks.
20 Mar 2023
Human Rights Day: ‘Refugees are people with rights and aspirations’
UCT student Innocent Biringanine shared some of his family’s struggles as they journeyed from the Democratic Republic of Congo to seek refuge in South Africa.
20 Mar 2023
Dedicated cruise deepens offshore research capacity in SA
Two PhD students from UCT were part of a team of marine scientists who embarked on an offshore expedition to develop the capacity of young southern African scientists and to collect data in outer shelf and deep-sea habitats.
17 Mar 2023
Motivating Mondays and Flourishing Fridays keep students on track
UCT students’ Residence Mentor Council and the Academic Representative Council have teamed up to promote student well-being and success within the residence sector.
17 Mar 2023
Cracking the code: Strive’s latest windfall will help strengthen their offering
With a $1.3 million in seed money to continue finding eclectic ways to teach coding to kids , UCT alumni Tamir Shklaz talks about Strive – the online coding platform he co-founded.
16 Mar 2023
Using land to understand human rights violations in Palestine and SA
‘Landwalks: Across Palestine and South Africa’ reflects on the issue of land as a lens to understand human rights violations.
15 Mar 2023
Big business and state capture: Step up and own up
Former anti-apartheid activist Lord Peter Hain’s Summer School Extension Lecture highlighted big business’s role in state capture – and their lack of accountability.
15 Mar 2023
UCT’s HIV and TB hotline – serving healthcare workers, communities for 15 years
Over the past 15 years the National HIV and TB Healthcare Worker hotline has fielded almost 70 000 calls from healthcare workers from all corners of South Africa.
15 Mar 2023
‘Going the extra mile takes you places’
The key to Nosipho Ntseke’s promotion from campus cleaner to secretary and administration assistant was doing a bit more than what her job description required.
14 Mar 2023
New UCT–Bristol professorship and fellowship programme launched
The new UCT–Bristol professorship and fellowship exchange programme will advance Africa’s place in global knowledge production.
14 Mar 2023
HPV vaccinations crucial for people living with HIV
During a belated HPV seminar, UCT’s Professor Anna-Lise Williamson recommended that all people living with HIV be vaccinated for HPV to reduce the burden of disease.
14 Mar 2023
UCT hosts Reinventing Higher Education Conference
UCT hosted the 13th RHE Conference from 5 to 7 March. The conference gathered to address questions on the role of universities as global agents of innovation.
14 Mar 2023
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