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UCT earns position on international expert advisory board to tackle drug resistant infections The UK government has appointed an expert advisory board to advise how it can best spend an additional 50 million British pounds over the next 5 years to fund innovative initiatives to tackle drug resistant infections, which include resistance to antibiotics. 30 Nov 2016
UCT welcomes R10m funding from FirstRand The University of Cape Town has welcomed a donation by FirstRand Bank of R10 million towards an emergency fund to cater for the unexpected additional costs of deferred examinations in January 2017. These costs would be prohibitive for poorer students. 29 Nov 2016
UCT events and interview opportunities 28 Nov 2016
Rise of the hired hitman: assassinations and democracy in SA Researchers at the Centre for Criminology have studied targeted killings in South Africa over a 16-year period, and have revealed how consistent a feature 16 Nov 2016
International team discovers major supercluster of galaxies hidden by Milky Way An international team of astronomers has discovered a previously unknown major concentration of galaxies in the constellation Vela, which they have dubbed the Vela supercluster. 16 Nov 2016
AXA awards first research chair in Africa to UCT AXA Research Fund has awarded its first research chair in Africa to the University of Cape Town. The new chair, in African Climate Risk, will be held by Professor Mark New, director of the African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI). Worth R20.65 million ( 15 Nov 2016
New research brings hope of winning the TB battle Scientists at the University of Cape Town are engaged in new research in the battle against tuberculosis (TB), which has overtaken HIV/AIDS as the leading cause of death from infectious disease. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), TB kills about 4 000 people a day. 15 Nov 2016
Wits, UCT to host symposium to honour Justice Moseneke The University of Cape Town and the University of the Witwatersrand will host a joint symposium on 7 December 2016 at Smuts Hall (UCT) in honour of Justice Dikgang Moseneke, for the immense contribution that he has made to society. 15 Nov 2016
FAQs on UCT-student agreement University of Cape Town Vice-Chancellor Dr Max Price and students from the SRC Candidates/Shackville TRC and other student formations have signed an agreement that will allow the institution to focus on completing final exams for the next 3 weeks, while laying the groundwork for ongoing engagement with protesting students via an Institutional Reconciliation and Transformation Commission (IRTC). 08 Nov 2016
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