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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
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
VC’s Open Lecture by Oxford VC and other updates
Following engagements 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 1–12), an agreement has been reached by both parties.
05 Mar 2026
UCT exco and PASS unions reach agreement
Following engagements 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 1–12), an agreement has been reached by both parties.
02 Mar 2026
Call for applications: Future Professors Programme
The Future Professors Programme (FPP) is a national, collaborative programme aimed at producing a critical mass of academic excellence and leadership within South African higher education. The FPP is based on an innovative approach to growing a representative professoriate through the implementation of a structured programme.
09 Feb 2026