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Khoisan skeletons to be returned home
UCT is working with the community of Sutherland to return the skeletal remains of nine people to their descendants, in a move to remedy the injustices of the past.
12 Oct 2018
Four new Fellows for UCT
UCT’s College of Fellows event on Wednesday 10 October saw citations for four new Fellows and six Young Researcher awards.
12 Oct 2018
Taking Pride in Rainbow Week
Watch UCT students discuss the personal significance for them of Rainbow Week, and meet the Rainbow UCT committee members who have given the project their all.
09 Oct 2018
'Blue Monday' marks 75 years of SHAWCO
SHAWCO’s Blou Maandag (Blue Monday) campaign is aimed at changing people’s negative perceptions of Mondays, while raising awareness of their ongoing community work and initiatives.
05 Oct 2018
Learning from past mistakes
University of Cape Town Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng is frank about the university’s need to critically examine its past to secure an inclusive future for all.
02 Oct 2018
Sarah Baartman exhibition allows space for discourse
A new exhibition entitled Sarah ‘Saartjie’ Baartman, a call to respond was unveiled at the Ritchie Studio Gallery at UCT’s Hiddingh Campus.
25 Sep 2018
3MT contest pits students against the clock
The annual UCT Three-Minute Thesis competition saw 14 PhD students presenting their research in the Snape Teaching Studio on Thursday, 13 September.
25 Sep 2018
VC visits Cape Flats community health centres
University of Cape Town Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng recently visited healthcare facilities on the Cape Flats to signal the institution’s commitment to inclusivity.
21 Sep 2018
Professor Karin Murris: Reconfiguring the human and educational relationality
Professor Murris delivered the Vice-Chancellor’s Inaugural Lecture on Wednesday, 5 September 2018.
12 Sep 2018
Transformation through Sign Language
UCT staff members on a pilot Signing programme at the Staff Learning Centre are being taught a new language that is both inclusive and transforming.
03 Sep 2018
Primo On The Go is live!
UCT’s new Primo multi-platform search tool, which has been likened to a 21st-century mining tool, invites students and staff to a whole new world of knowledge.
29 Aug 2018
Inclusivity Policy for Sexual Orientation up and running
UCT is tackling head-on issues of discrimination based on sexual orientation with its new official Inclusivity Policy for Sexual Orientation.
29 Aug 2018
UCT hosts the Eskom Expo for Young Scientists
UCT hosted the Eskom Expo for Young Scientists over the weekend of 18 and 19 August, which showcases the future science leaders of South Africa.
21 Aug 2018
The 2018 TB Davie Memorial Lecture delivered by Professor Pumla Dineo Gqola
The 2018 TB Davie Memorial Lecture was presented by Professor Pumla Dineo Gqola, the Dean of Research at the University of Fort Hare, on 15 August.
16 Aug 2018
Professor Pumla Gqola: “Between Academic Inheritance and the Urgency of Definitions”
The 2018 TB Davie Memorial Lecture was presented by Professor Pumla Dineo Gqola, the Dean of Research at the University of Fort Hare, on 15 August.
16 Aug 2018
Justice Zak Yacoob on the IRTC
Justice Zak Yacoob recently shared his views on what the Institutional Reconciliation and Transformation Commission (IRTC) is trying to achieve at UCT.
15 Aug 2018
IRTC assembly recorded on 14 August 2018
Watch the IRTC assembly recorded on 14 August 2018.
15 Aug 2018
IRTC engagements
The Institutional Reconciliation and Transformation Commission (IRTC) will engage with all faculties and professional, administrative support and service (PASS) departments, as well as student and leadership structures of the university, from 13 to 17 August 2018.
13 Aug 2018
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