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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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