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Innovative community-based intervention to identify undiagnosed TB cases
Almost 350 000 cases of Tuberculosis (TB) go undiagnosed in South Africa every year. In an effort to revolutionalise TB diagnosis and treatment, an innovative tech-driven project, pioneered by a team of scientists at the UCT Centre for Lung Infection and Immunity, will take TB testing from the lab into the community.
21 Jan 2020
Improving universal access to surgical care for patients – meet UCT’s new head of Global Surgery
The thrill and excitement of the labour ward and the pure joy of witnessing a healthy mom receiving a healthy baby led to Associate Professor Salome Maswime, the new head of Global Surgery at the University of Cape Town (UCT), falling in love with the labour ward. But it was also the deep disappointment of losing a new mother that persuaded her that she needed to learn and do more.
20 Jan 2020
South African vultures have their fill at ‘restaurants’ – new study
There’s no menu and the food is sometimes rotten. Yet South Africa’s vulture restaurants are dishing up valuable information for researchers working to conserve Africa’s scavenger species, according to a new scientific study published in the International journal Animal Conservation.
16 Jan 2020
Effective fisheries management critical in improving sustainable fishing
Where fisheries are well managed, fish populations can recover. This is according to new international research co-authored by Dr Carryn de Moor, a senior research officer from the University of Cape Town’s; Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics and the Marine Resource Assessment and Management Group.
15 Jan 2020
New device developed to administer drugs via mobile messaging
A shared passion for improving healthcare in developing countries has led biomedical engineers from the University of Cape Town (UCT) and Osmania University, India to develop a tool for clinicians to administer medication to their patients remotely using mobile messaging technology.
31 Jan 2019
UCT study uses genetics to explore people's risks of getting injured
University of Cape Town (UCT) researchers have used an innovative approach to generate data that provides a DNA sequence road map that can be used to explore people's susceptibility to musculoskeletal soft tissue injuries.
24 Jan 2019
UCT selected for large-scale funding to tackle the world's complex challenges
Researchers from the University of Cape Town (UCT) are included in two of 12 international teams selected by United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI) to establish large interdisciplinary research hubs based at leading UK universities that address the world's complex development challenges.
24 Jan 2019
UCT among top 10 emerging-economy universities
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has held its position at ninth in the 2019 Times Higher Education (THE) Emerging Economies University Rankings and is the top university in Africa. South Africa has nine universities in the Emerging Economies Rankings, up from eight last year, and retains seven in the top 200.
17 Jan 2019
UCT students weigh in on men's role in addressing gender-based violence in South Africa
Research from lobby group, Sonke Gender Justice, shows that the impact of gender-based violence has been estimated to cost South Africa up to R42.4 billion per year. It also reports that the Western Cape is one of the most unsafe provinces in South Africa. A third of the country's murders are reported to police stations in this province.
17 Jan 2019
UCT to co-host the Neuroscience Imbizo
The IBRO-SIMONS Computational Neuroscience Imbizo, or isiCNI2019 is an opportunity for African and international students to learn about cutting edge research techniques in computational neuroscience.
04 Jan 2019
UCT community urged to step up water saving measures
Discussions on the University of Cape Town's response to Day Zero have begun and the university is developing contingency plans.
30 Jan 2018
UCT Business School receives top international accreditation
The University of Cape Town's Graduate School of Business (GSB) has once again been awarded the highly regarded Association of MBAs (AMBA) accreditation, effective for the next 5 years. This cements the GSB's reputation as one of the top business schools in the world.
24 Jan 2018
UCT to assist walk-in applicants
The University of Cape Town is currently engaging various internal stakeholders on how to handle walk-in applications. The university's commitment is to assist walk-ins as best as possible and processes are being put in place to enable this.
23 Jan 2018
UCT community urged to step up water saving measures
The University of Cape Town executive has issued the below communication appealing to the university community to step up water saving measures and providing an update on the institution's plan to continue operations should the city reach Day Zero.
23 Jan 2018
UCT to consult with Khoisan community over Sara Baartman Memorial Hall renaming
The University of Cape Town Council will take the decision on the renaming of the Memorial Hall to Sara Baartman Memorial Hall after consultation by the Names of Building Committee with the Khoisan community.
19 Jan 2018
UCT statement on the impact of the water crisis
The University of Cape Town is at this stage not facing the risk of any research activities having to be curtailed as a result of the water crisis in Cape Town.
18 Jan 2018
Where technology and ecology meet: using big data in fynbos studies
While the term "big data" may not conjure up images of plants, Associate Professor Adam West from the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Cape Town (UCT), is using this technology to accurately map ecosystems.
18 Jan 2018
Paperless laboratories for researchers at UCT
The University of Cape Town's (UCT) eResearch department is being steered in the direction of a paperless tracking solution to researchers across the university. A major part of patenting intellectual property in research is the ability to provide evidence in the form of meticulous record-keeping and verification of the lab activities.
16 Jan 2018
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