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UCT raises its voice for global academic freedom
UCT VC Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng has joined colleagues from across the globe in urging leaders of the G7 to bolster academic freedom in the face of widespread political instability and conflict.
11 Jul 2022
College of Wardens dinner celebrates residence custodians
On Tuesday, 5 July, VC Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng hosted the annual College of Wardens dinner at the UCT GSB in honour of the residence guardians.
08 Jul 2022
Rising women scholars share their stories at faculty anniversary
Three mid-career health sciences researchers shared their personal stories at the “Women of the Future” event to mark the faculty’s 110th anniversary.
06 Jul 2022
Ventilation, vigilance, vaccination – mainstays of UCT’s new hybrid working model
In the wake of the recent amendments to the National Health Act, UCT will adopt a hybrid working model for staff while students will continue with face-to-face learning.
05 Jul 2022
UCT team wins Oxford Map the System competition
Finclusive placed top among teams from 64 international universities with their proposal for providing equal access to housing in South Africa.
01 Jul 2022
It’s time for Africa to ‘roll up its sleeves and take action’
Strategic cooperation that leads to effective implementation is what Africa needs to shape the future we want and avoid the one we don’t.
30 Jul 2021
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UCT joins forces with NASA for biodiversity survey
Regarded as one of the most biodiverse areas on the planet, South Africa’s Greater Cape Floristic Region is set to be the subject of a first-of-its-kind biodiversity survey conducted by NASA.
29 Jul 2021
Help at hand: Alumni campaign launched to support GBV survivors
UCT has called on its alumni around the world to support Alumni in Action, a new campaign to assist survivors of gender based violence on campus.
29 Jul 2021
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: ‘Theory, a kind of idolatry’
Internationally acclaimed author and renowned feminist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie delivered the second UCT VC’s Open Lecture for the year.
29 Jul 2021
UCT student chosen for Talloires Network Steering Committee
UCT student Rowyn Naidoo is one of only two student representatives chosen for the Talloires Network of Engaged Universities’ Steering Committee.
28 Jul 2021
UCT drug discovery trailblazer among Juneteenth biotech leaders
The US-based Timmerman Report has named UCT’s Professor Kelly Chibale as one of 22 rising black biotech leaders.
27 Jul 2021
Lockdown is taking a toll on the mental health of pregnant women
COVID-19 lockdown is taking a toll on the mental health of pregnant women living in low-resource settings.
27 Jul 2021
UCT lecturer recognised with Western Cape Government service excellence award
Dr Itumeleng Ntatamala’s work in occupational medicine recently earned him one of the Western Cape Government’s 2020 Service Excellence Awards.
26 Jul 2021
Gordon Herbert (1931–2021): Pioneering graduate from Trafalgar High
This graduation season, we remember pioneering graduate Gordon Herbert (class of 1955) – one of only five students of colour allowed to study at UCT.
23 Jul 2021
Leadership a priority for new law scholarship
The recently launched Everard and Joan MacFarlane Family Leadership Scholarship will support UCT law students through a holistic faculty-based programme.
23 Jul 2021
UCT’s online high school: innovative, quality education for all
With the launch of the UCT Online High School, innovative, quality high school education will be available to all South African learners from January 2022.
22 Jul 2021
African women with diabetes at high risk of cardiovascular disease
UCT PhD research says one in every 11 African women of childbearing age has type 2 diabetes, and is at high risk of cardiovascular disease.
21 Jul 2021
Cape Town’s baboon programme: Successful coexistence between wildlife and urban communities
Baboons spending more time in their natural habitats and suffering fewer human-caused injuries and deaths is cause for celebration, writes UCT’s Professor Justin O’Riain.
21 Jul 2021
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