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UCT to boost COVID-19 testing capability in SA
UCT’s Biopharming Research Unit, under the leadership of Prof Ed Rybicki, has received government funding to assist in the production of diagnostic reagents for COVID-19.
20 Jul 2020
Children with disabilities must be part of nation building
The two-day Teaching Empowerment for Disability Inclusion symposium webinar brought together practitioners, academics, government and civil society from around the world.
17 Jul 2020
Convalescent plasma – a possible COVID-19 therapy
Investigators at UCT are working with the South African National Blood Service and the Western Cape Blood Service to conduct the PROTECT-patient trial.
16 Jul 2020
Actively searching out TB cases ‘critical’
Actively searching out drug-sensitive and drug-resistant TB cases in our communities is critical to minimise the spread of the disease.
13 Jul 2020
Shifting the centre of gravity in international collaborations
The next instalment in UCT's series of challenging conversations – Unleashing the new global university – is scheduled for Monday 13 July 2020.
10 Jul 2020
Four UCT subjects in top 100
UCT’s oceanography, mining and mineral engineering, public health, and clinical medicine were ranked among the best 100 in the world according to ShanghaiRanking’s latest release.
10 Jul 2020
PhD researcher recreates 111-year-old fishing survey
UCT alumnus Jock Currie referred to his PhD project to recreate a 111-year-old demersal fisheries survey as “an ambitious research project”.
10 Jul 2020
The vicious cycle of mental health and poverty
Mental health and poverty are inextricably linked and leave many young people trapped in a vicious cycle that can limit their chances of a better life, writes UCT’s Emily Garman.
09 Jul 2020
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Unleashing academic conferences: “We need to seize this opportunity”
Virtual conferences have become the norm during COVID-19 – should we seize the moment to reinvent them for more inclusive access and sustainability?
03 Jul 2020
Cape Town’s crime crisis
Cape Town was recently ranked the eighth most violent city in the world, and UCT’s Guy Lamb said access to illegal firearms plays a huge role.
03 Jul 2020
New large-scale collaboration for the ocean
Researchers from three UCT departments are joining forces with international partners to bridge the disconnections between law, science and policy in addressing ocean challenges.
26 Jul 2019
Student designs reimagine District Six
An exhibition that reflects the work of architecture honours students explored ways of redeveloping the landscape and community of District Six by merging the old with the new.
25 Jul 2019
UCT, Bristol University in ‘profound collaboration’
UCT has joined hands with the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom to launch a novel Researchers without Borders PhD programme.
24 Jul 2019
Lessons from a record-breaking drought
Multiple perspectives are key to building resilience according to Gina Ziervogel’s latest research into Cape Town’s water crisis.
24 Jul 2019
Education gains in a ‘messy democracy’
Prof Brian Levy explores why Kenya’s education system – despite its much smaller budget – out-performs South Africa’s on important education outcomes.
18 Jul 2019
Animals shrinking from climate change
UCT researchers and their colleagues find evidence supporting the idea that climate change can shrink Earth’s animals.
17 Jul 2019
Polar cyclones, Antarctic sea ice and a cruise to understand it all
UCT researchers are heading to Antarctica to study the winter conditions and sea ice there – something we know surprisingly little about.
15 Jul 2019
Leishmaniasis needs more attention
Every year 50 000 people from 89 countries, in every continent except Antarctica, die from leishmaniasis, a neglected disease that has treatment is often toxic.
15 Jul 2019
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