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International conference to discuss child welfare and obstacles
Some of the world's authorities on child poverty, development and wellbeing will gather in Cape Town next week, 2-4 September, for a conference that will reveal new directions and approaches to research that can improve social policy and services for children.
31 Aug 2015
Using cheetah movements to develop search and rescue robot - UCT study
University of Cape Town PhD graduate Dr Amir Patel has always been interested in animals and robotics and has found a way to merge his fascination with both to create a robot which could eventually be used in search and rescue operations.
31 Aug 2015
Global childhood conference comes to Cape Town
Some of the world's authorities on child poverty, development and wellbeing will gather in Cape Town next week, 2-4 September, for a conference that will reveal new directions and approaches to research that can improve social policy and services for children.
28 Aug 2015
Impact of climate change and fishing on ecosystem dynamics - UCT study
Climate change and overfishing are putting massive pressure on marine ecosystems, including that of the southern Benguela, which ranges from approximately the Orange River in the west around the coast of South Africa to East London.
25 Aug 2015
How to turn apartheid urban planning on its head - UCT academic
In his keynote address at the REDI3x3 Policy Workshop on Spatial Inequality, held recently at the Centre for African Studies, University of Cape Town Professor Edgar Pieterse criticised the current proliferation of urban policy and planning as "tinkering at the periphery of a complex problem".
25 Aug 2015
UCT to honour Dr Neville Alexander in building renaming event
The University of Cape Town and the Faculty of Humanities will hold an official naming ceremony of the Neville Alexander Building on Upper Campus at 18h00 on Friday, 28 August 2015, in the atrium of the Neville Alexander Building.
24 Aug 2015
UCT response to RMF statement on Judge Farlam
The killings at Marikana in 2012 remain a horrific event in our post-Apartheid history, marking the failure of our society to address inequality, workers' living conditions, corporate accountability, labour and union relations, lack of capacity in public order policing, and, worst of all, actions by police authorities which aggravated the violence of the situation.
21 Aug 2015
UCT research investigates how to better manage water risk
Water has become a scarce resource around the world. According to the World Wildlife Organisation (WWF) "some 1.1 billion people worldwide lack access to water, and a total of 2.7 billion find water scarce for at least 1 month of the year. Inadequate sanitation is also a problem for 2.4 billion people".
20 Aug 2015
UCT interview opportunities and events
19 Aug 2015
UCT statement on RMF and investments in Lonmin
The University of Cape Town notes the demands made by the Rhodes Must Fall (RMF) movement on campus today and we will respond in due course. Meanwhile, here are the facts about UCT's investments in the mining sector and Lonmin in particular.
18 Aug 2015
UCT Spatial Inequality Policy workshop and 'City Desired' exhibition
Professor Edgar Pieterse, Director of the African Centre for Cities at the University of Cape Town (UCT), will be delivering the keynote speech at a conference on Spatial Inequality next week at the Centre for African Studies.
14 Aug 2015