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Annual phonathon and other updates
21 Jun 2019
Emeritus Professor Sean Sellars: 1936–2019
It is with great sadness that we share the news of the death of Sean Sellars, who died on 21 June 2019.
21 Jun 2019
SONA: Ramaphosa ‘is in control’
Following his successful SONA, the President must now take the necessary risks to urgently execute his reform agenda, and prove he has what it takes to win.
21 Jun 2019
Republished
5 questions with Sheetal Silal
Dr Sheetal Silal, whose research uses mathematical modelling to fight infectious diseases, explains how these models are like video games and what inspires her.
21 Jun 2019
Grooming young tech innovators
A group of Ocean View Secondary School learners spent the first day of their winter holidays at UCT, learning about career possibilities in computer science.
20 Jun 2019
‘Teaching swept me off my feet’
Despite the challenges, Anneliese Schauerte – a recipient of UCT’s Distinguished Teacher Award for 2018 – says she’s right where she’s meant to be.
19 Jun 2019
‘No stupid questions’ in Distinguished Teacher’s classes
Curiosity, responding to change, technology and empathy are what 2018 Distinguished Teacher Award recipient Jeff Murugan says make an excellent teacher.
19 Jun 2019
Annual phonathon to support UCT Food Programme
VC Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng writes to the UCT community to encourage participation in the annual phonathon to support UCT Food Programme.
19 Jun 2019
UCT’s academic reputation best on the continent
UCT moved up two places and remains the best university in Africa, according to the QS World University Rankings 2020.
19 Jun 2019
Ramaphosa’s choice: party or country?
President Cyril Ramaphosa must choose between saving the ANC alliance or the country, because he cannot do both, Associate Professor Sean Gossel argues.
19 Jun 2019
Republished
UCT moves into top 20% of world's best universities - remains top university in Africa
The University of Cape Town (UCT) remains the top university in Africa according to the latest Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings. This year, UCT moved up two places to 198th position, placing it in the top 20% of the world's universities.
19 Jun 2019
Academic staff nominations for election to the electoral college
Members of the academic staff are reminded of the call to nominate candidates for the electoral college for the election of a new Chancellor.
18 Jun 2019
Fifth centenary of world’s first circumnavigation
The first circumnavigation of the globe 500 years ago played a major role in science, mathematics and astronomy, says UCT scholar Dr Álvaro de la Cruz-Dombriz.
18 Jun 2019
The language of true freedom
VC Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng warns in her speech to mark Youth Day that teaching in any one language has no place in a multilingual country.
18 Jun 2019
Opinion
‘We have no idea what equality will cost us’
The question of how an equal and just South Africa will look, and the cost thereof, was under discussion by panellists examining SA’s equality challenges.
18 Jun 2019
Tackling non-communicable diseases in Africa
In the fight against non-communicable diseases, Africa needs research that deals specifically with conditions on the continent and produces context-specific knowledge.
18 Jun 2019
Republished
Heavy psychosocial burden stalks SA learners
A school system ill-equipped to assist primary and high school learners to address underlying issues of depression and anxiety is manifesting in a legacy of poor academic performance
16 Jun 2019
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UCT reaches out to communities in and around George
Vice-Chancellor, Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, and Interim Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Professor Carolyn Williamson, visited some of the faculty’s training sites and socially responsive programmes in the Southern Cape’s Garden Route region.
14 Jun 2019
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