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UCT hosts engagement sessions on proposed vaccination policy
The University of Cape Town (UCT) will host virtual engagements with staff and students this week on the proposed policy on mandatory vaccination at UCT.
13 Oct 2021
Low mortality in COVID-19 patients with diabetes in CTICC field hospital - study
A University of Cape Town (UCT) study on the management of COVID-19 in people living with diabetes (PLWD) at a field hospital shows that despite their multiple comorbidities and increased risk of more severe COVID-19, their clinical outcomes were not significantly different to those of people living without diabetes and diagnosed with the virus.
12 Oct 2021
Child and adolescent mental healthcare still has many gaps
‘Keep separate facilities for children and adolescents with mental healthcare needs’. That’s the plea of University of Cape Town (UCT) PhD graduate Dr Stella Mokitimi this Mental Health Awareness Month, as she continues to advance this work at the primary level of healthcare.
12 Oct 2021
Scientists appeal for PrEP for pregnant and breastfeeding women at risk of HIV
Top medical scientists and epidemiologists are appealing to the national and provincial departments of health to urgently implement pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for pregnant and breastfeeding women at risk of HIV acquisition, in view of the persistent and unacceptably high rate of maternal HIV infection and transmission in the country.
11 Oct 2021
Education needed to improve low levels of climate change literacy in Africa
The average national climate change literacy rate (percentage of population that has heard about climate change and thinks that human activity is wholly or partly the cause of climate change) in Africa is only 37%, with vast differences among countries. This is according to a new study published in the journal Nature Climate Change by researchers from the University of Cape Town (UCT) and the University of Connecticut (UConn).
07 Oct 2021
A leading cause of death in SA, head trauma is under-researched
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains an under-researched area, despite the large burden of disease it represents. There is currently little data on incidence, outcomes and quality of clinical care administered.
04 Oct 2021
Researcher dives deep into human brain to investigate epilepsy
Over 50 million people worldwide live with epilepsy, a neurological disorder that arises from malfunctioning brain networks that result in seizures. Emerging researcher Dr Joseph Raimondo, a senior lecturer in the Department of Human Biology at the University of Cape Town (UCT), is investigating this disorder through his recently awarded Wellcome Trust International Intermediate Fellowship.
04 Oct 2021
Highest honour for distinguished UCT teacher
Dr Marlon Swai’s responsibility as a teacher is not to win students’ favour but to get them to learn at all costs. And if this means adopting an in‑classroom rap cypher culture to foster participatory and ongoing learning, then so be it.
30 Sep 2021
Conference relooks at marginalised and overlooked African heritage
The University of Cape Town (UCT) along with UNESCO, the African World Heritage Fund and the University College London’s (UCL) Bartlett School of Architecture this week hosted the “Symposium on Modern Heritage of Africa (MoHoA)” to address, among other things, the challenges in defining modern heritage of, and in, Africa which is often overlooked and marginalised in literature and global records.
29 Sep 2021
UCT to host open lecture by Auditor-General
The University of Cape Town (UCT) will host a virtual Vice-Chancellor’s Open Lecture to be presented by the Auditor-General of South Africa and UCT alumna, Ms Tsakani Maluleke.
29 Sep 2021
UCT to host landmark event acknowledging land cleansing ceremony
The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Faculty of Humanities will host a Heritage Month Colloquium virtually on Wednesday, 29 September 2021 from 17:30 to 18:30. The colloquium, titled Unburning the Fire & Acknowledgment of Land Cleansing Ceremony , is a celebration of the research and knowledge production of the new San and Khoi Centre in its first year.
28 Sep 2021
Millions of Africans lack basic facilities to curb COVID-19, study confirms
An international study involving the University of Cape Town (UCT) researchers reveals that hundreds of millions of Africans don’t have access to the most basic facilities to prevent the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19.
28 Sep 2021
UCT engineering student wins global award with urine to fertiliser solution
Human urine is treated as a mere waste product, with millions of litres flushed away daily. But this ‘liquid gold’ is rich in nitrogen in the form of urea, which is most often used as a fertiliser.
28 Sep 2021
UCT in top 100 for graduate employability in the world
Graduates of the University of Cape Town (UCT) remain among the world’s most employable, according to the 2022 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Graduate Employability Rankings. UCT placed 95th in this year’s rankings, which covered 550 institutions.
28 Sep 2021
Professor Phakeng’s appointment “an honour for UCT” and an “exciting” move for Bristol
University of Cape Town (UCT) Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng will have the honour of becoming the University of Bristol’s (Bristol) first Bristol Illustrious Visiting Professor (BIVP) on 20 October 2021.
27 Sep 2021
Professor Phakeng joins University of Bristol
University of Cape Town (UCT) Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng has embarked on an exciting new role as the University of Bristol’s first-ever Bristol Illustrious Visiting Professor to supercharge African scholarship, inspire learning, and strengthen relationships on a global stage.
27 Sep 2021
Pregnant women hospitalised for COVID-19 face higher fatality rate
A new study published in the International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics suggests that pregnant women hospitalised for COVID-19 face higher risk of death than infected women admitted for other illnesses.
27 Sep 2021
Investment critical for lucrative plant-based vaccine market
University of Cape Town (UCT) scientists, who spent two decades researching plant-made vaccines before turning their attention to COVID-19 when the pandemic hit, have successfully reported the expression of the near-full length SARS-CoV-2 spike vaccine in plants.
22 Sep 2021
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