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Update on activities, Thursday, 20 October 2016
20 Oct 2016
Bill Bowen: 1933–2016
Dr Bill Bowen, the renowned labour economist who led a charge for breaking down exclusionary barriers at elite universities, and an important benefactor of poor students from UCT, passed away on 20 October 2016. He was 83.
20 Oct 2016
Update on recent events, Thursday 20 October 2016
20 Oct 2016
Cable providing UCT internet services is down
20 Oct 2016
UCT confirms attack on private security staff
The University of Cape Town confirms that 2 private security guards were brutally attacked on upper campus on 19 October 2016.
20 Oct 2016
Update on activities, Wednesday, 19 October 2016
19 Oct 2016
Jammie Shuttle suspended and libraries closed
19 Oct 2016
UCT researchers shine at SAMRC Scientific Merit Awards
19 Oct 2016
Commitment to completing the 2016 academic year
18 Oct 2016
Commitment to completing the 2016 academic year
18 Oct 2016
Update on recent events at UCT
18 Oct 2016
Update on recent events at UCT
18 Oct 2016
Jacobs bats away evolutionary fallacies
A Batman figurine lurks in the shadows of Associate Professor David Jacobs' office in UCT's zoology building.
18 Oct 2016
Correction to Midday update
17 Oct 2016
Health Sciences Deanery and Dean’s Advisory Committee statement
A statement from members of the Faculty of Health Sciences Deanery and Dean’s Advisory Committee expressing their outrage on the physical assault on Vice-Chancellor Max Price on Friday, 14 October 2016.
17 Oct 2016
Young scientists seek solutions to South Africa’s higher education crisis
The South African Young Academy of Science has decided that it is time to speak out about the country’s higher education crisis. This is a summary of a statement formulated at the organisation’s 2016 general assembly in October.
17 Oct 2016
Republished
Midday update, 17 October 2016
17 Oct 2016
#UCTOpen
The broader UCT community – including students, administrative staff, academic staff and parents – have voiced their views and opinions about the ongoing student protests on our campuses. These are the unedited questions that they are asking and messages that they would like to have heard.
17 Oct 2016
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