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UCT and global partners uncover vast hidden supercluster behind the Milky Way
Astronomers from the University of Cape Town (UCT) – working with colleagues from Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (France), Swinburne University of Technology (Australia) and the INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari (Italy) – have uncovered the true scale of one of the largest hidden structures in the nearby Universe. Their findings reveal the immense extent of the Vela Supercluster, a colossal concentration of galaxies that had remained concealed behind the dense dust and stars of our own Milky Way galaxy.
12 Mar 2026
Media release
AI assessment symposium and other updates
Assessment practices in the age of artificial intelligence (AI) present new and evolving challenges. The University of Cape Town (UCT) is responding in several ways to support assessment practices. Read more about this and other recent developments on campus.
11 Mar 2026
Upcoming UCT inaugural lectures: March and April 2026
One of the most meaningful traditions in the life of a university is the inaugural lecture. It marks the formal installation of a professor and offers an opportunity for the academic to reflect publicly on their field of scholarship, their intellectual journey and the contribution their work makes to society.
11 Mar 2026
Details around agreement with PASS unions
Further to the communication issued on 2 March 2026 announcing the agreement reached between the University of Cape Town (UCT) executive and the three unions representing the Professional, Administrative and Support Service (PASS) staff within the bargaining unit pay classes 2–12, details of the agreement can now be made available.
10 Mar 2026
Welcoming UCT postgraduates and supervisors
I begin my tenure as the new deputy vice-chancellor managing a complex portfolio just as you too begin – or continue – your postgraduate journey with us. I want to acknowledge your ambition, curiosity and resilience which have enabled you to get this far.
10 Mar 2026
UCT lecture champions the unseen labour of care
Responding to the question of who bears responsibility for caring for the young, the old, the ill and the vulnerable – and why, Professor Elena Moore of the Department of Sociology at the University of Cape Town (UCT) delivered her inaugural lecture on Wednesday, 4 March 2026, titled: “Who Cares? The Directions of State–Family Relationships in Changing Times”.
10 Mar 2026
Media release
UCT palaeontologists challenge method used to estimate age of crocodiles and dinosaurs
Do the bones of Nile crocodiles have the same number of growth marks as their age? And can such growth rings be counted to accurately gauge the age of these reptiles? Is this also an accurate method to use when trying to “age” dinosaurs and other extinct and extant reptiles? No, not according to a Scientific Reports study by Professor Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan and Dr Maria-Eugenia Pereyra of the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Cape Town (UCT).
10 Mar 2026
Media release
UCT hosts IARU Presidents’ Meeting
The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) spring graduation was marked by historic milestones, including the awarding of honorary doctorates to four distinguished individuals and the official renaming of Jameson Hall to Sarah Baartman Hall, among other notable highlights.
09 Mar 2026
