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UCT announces Dr Precious Moloi-Motsepe as next chancellor
In a fitting end to Women's month, the University of Cape Town (UCT) is proud to announce that Dr Precious Moloi-Motsepe has been duly elected as the next chancellor of the university, a position that she will take up from 1 January 2020.
30 Aug 2019
First-ever book festival on the Cape Flats
Award winning poet and University of Cape Town (UCT) senior lecturer Athol Williams is part of the organising committee of the first-ever book festival on the Cape Flats taking place this weekend, from 31 August - 1 September.
30 Aug 2019
UCT's Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance and Kofi Annan Foundation to host democracy conference
In honour of the values shared by former president Nelson Mandela and former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the University of Cape Town's (UCT) Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance and the Kofi Annan Foundation are partnering to host the
29 Aug 2019
UCT victorious at Entrepreneurship Intervarsity regionals
The University of Cape Town (UCT) shone at the inaugural Entrepreneurship Intervarsity's Western Cape regional round, with the five winning teams selected to go through to the national finals coming from the institution.
26 Aug 2019
UCT Lung Institute celebrates 20 years
The excellent work done by the University of Cape (UCT) Lung Institute was highlighted when the institute celebrated its 20-year anniversary recently. Located at the Faculty of Health Sciences campus, the institute provides clinical services and its researchers work in the fields of respiratory medicine, tuberculosis (TB), allergies, occupational medicine and dermatology.
26 Aug 2019
UCT team plays central role in R5 billion historic silicosis gold miners case
University of Cape Town (UCT) academics Dr Shahieda Adams and Professor Mohamed Jeebhay were part of a team that played an integral role in providing technical medical input to the legal arguments in South Africa's historic R5 billion settlement for the gold miners who contracted silicosis and/or pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) at work.
23 Aug 2019
UCT invests in women academics
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has kept to its commitment to create more opportunities for women by offering a total of R22.5 million in individual grants over five years.
23 Aug 2019
UCT and CodeSpace expose high school learners to the world of coding
High school learners were given a chance to tackle coding and robotics during the winter school holiday in a one-week intensive programme run jointly by the University of Cape Town's (UCT) School of Information Technology and CodeSpace, a software training institute in Cape Town.
21 Aug 2019
UCT department promoting inclusivity through series of events
A series of events are taking place at the University of Cape Town this week to celebrate 25 years of championing Muslim women's religious authority. The Department of Religious Studies and the African Gender Institute, together with American Muslim philosopher Emeritus Professor Amina Wadud, are seeking to promote inclusivity in Islam during the Gender Ethics and Religious Authority 2019 Programme.
21 Aug 2019
Five UCT open online courses in the top 100 of all time globally
Five University of Cape Town (UCT)'s massive open online courses (MOOCs) have made the Class Central list of the Top Free Online Courses Of All Time, based on tens of thousands of user reviews.
21 Aug 2019
UCT partners with Motsepe Foundation on gender equality event
The University of Cape Town (UCT) is partnering with the Motsepe Foundation and three other universities to host a dialogue on gender equality this afternoon. The Universities in Dialogue event, under the topic
20 Aug 2019
UCT leading African university in all five major rankings
The University of Cape Town(UCT) took the top spot in the continent and jumped back up into the 201-300 band worldwide in the latest Shanghai Ranking's Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) 2019.
19 Aug 2019
False Bay: A natural jewel in peril
False Bay, a biodiversity hotspot and one of South Africa's top tourism attractions, is under threat from growing coastal developments, pollution, climate change and over-fishing. Thirty-two researchers collaborated on the publication of
19 Aug 2019
UCT steps up energy sustainability efforts linked to reducing carbon emissions by 2030
The University of Cape Town (UCT) is preparing a new energy sustainability plan that is intended to significantly reduce energy consumption and net carbon emissions by 2030. The university initiatives will likely consist of a programmatic approach including:
15 Aug 2019
Breakthrough in pain management for amputees with limb pain
An incident in which a University of Cape Town (UCT) physiotherapy student saw an amputee sobbing due to unbearable pain that could not be associated with anything has led to new research that dispels the fallacy that phantom pain is a psychological disorder.
12 Aug 2019
UCT to host special Women's Day event
In celebration of Women's Day 2019, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Town (UCT), Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng will host a special event under the theme:
07 Aug 2019
Why decolonisation of Intellectual Property matters
To what extent do the recent legislative initiatives in South Africa's Copyright Amendment Bill speak to the decolonisation agenda and the issues raised by the changes in the information economy such as the emergence of big data, robotics, machine learning, artificial intelligence and the Fourth Industrial Revolution in Africa?
07 Aug 2019
Managing overflowing Cape Town dams a challenge, warns UCT academic
Last week the Berg River Dam reached full capacity for the first time in five years. Capetonians were relieved to see the first of its supply dams overflowing and releasing water into the Berg River.
06 Aug 2019
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