Article | UCT News

Load Previous

Global Digital Heritage Afrika partners with UCT Global Digital Heritage Afrika has found a new home at UCT. 12 Mar 2024

What climate change means for South Africa and its people Researchers at UCT have recently released a synthesis report highlighting the potential impact of climate change in South Africa and how these changes will impact our economy and ecosystems. 11 Mar 2024

Speculating on the speculum – could a redesign help to save lives? On World Human Papilloma Virus Day, the virus behind 95% of cervical cancers, post-docs and post-grads were invited to a design-a-thon at UCT’s IDM to ‘rethink, reimagine and redesign’ the dreaded cervical speculum. 11 Mar 2024

UCT on board as innovative Lego Braille Bricks project enters new national phase The extended Lego Braille Bricks pilot project will fast-track inclusive education for blind and visually impaired learners and capacitate teachers’ competencies in the country. 08 Mar 2024

Courts in crisis, but solutions are simple UCT’s Democratic Governance and Rights Unit has released two highly impactful reports focusing on the work environment in and functioning of the South African Magistrates’ Courts. 07 Mar 2024

UCT and McMaster lead a new clinical trial to reduce HIV-related deaths in Africa A new trial will test a low-cost antibiotic aimed at reducing deaths among 8 000 patients with advanced HIV who are starting or restarting anti-retroviral therapy, a combination of drugs to treat HIV. 06 Mar 2024

Adolescent nephrology clinic plugs ‘critical gap’ between paediatric and adult care The Kidney Adolescent and Young Adult Clinic supports patients with chronic kidney disease as they learn to navigate a new normal outside the paediatric healthcare setting. 01 Mar 2024

Ouma Katrina Esau: Reviving a language, one child at a time UCT has bestowed an honorary doctorate on South African living legend and custodian of a critically endangered San language, Her Excellency ǂXuu Katrina Esau – and unveiled a N|uu dictionary. 31 Mar 2023

Celebrations aplenty as UCT caps hundreds of humanities graduands UCT Chancellor Dr Precious Moloi-Motsepe told graduands they had conquered the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown, the devasting UCT fire and load shedding to get to graduation day. 30 Mar 2023

UCT honours ‘indefatigable’ Ouma Katrina In recognition of her contribution to language studies in South Africa, UCT awarded Her Excellency ǂXuu Katrina Esau the degree of Doctor of Literature this week. 30 Mar 2023

Honorary doctorate for climate change champion – Deborah Roberts Dr Deborah Roberts was awarded a UCT honorary doctorate on Tuesday, 28 March. 29 Mar 2023

IARU members gather at UCT, discuss hybrid workspaces and universities of the future The move to hybrid working spaces post-COVID-19 has challenged physical planners at brick-and-mortar universities. IARU members gathered at UCT to discuss the future. 29 Mar 2023

Disability and Islam: PhD examines unconscious exclusion, burden of responsibility Nafisa Mayat’s PhD study addresses the dearth of research on how Muslims experience disability in their community. Nafisa will graduate on 30 March. 28 Mar 2023

Hold true to yourself – Council chair’s message starts bumper graduation season UCT’s Sarah Baartman Hall will host 5 214 graduands this week in a bumper 15-ceremony graduation season, a festival of celebration, jubilation and gratitude. 28 Mar 2023

UCT student Cwenga Koyana advocates for teen mothers at global conference Cwenga Koyana recently addressed the UNESCO and Women@Dior Global Conference in Paris on her social-impact project, Talitha Together, which won the programme’s Dream for Change competition in 2022. 27 Mar 2023

UCT’s sustainability response in an era of droughts, rolling blackouts UCT’s director of environmental sustainability in the OVC, Manfred Braune, charts long-term solutions to drought and loadshedding. 27 Mar 2023

‘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

Load More

TOP