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UCT’s A-rated researchers tally the highest in SA
The University of Cape Town (UCT) shone at this year’s National Research Foundation (NRF) awards, with 31 researchers awarded A-ratings in 2022 in what is the highest of any university in South Africa, while six UCT researchers won awards in three categories.
07 Sep 2022
The Raymond Ackerman Academy of Entrepreneurial Development goes national
Following 17 years of successfully providing innovative entrepreneurial training to post-matric learners in Cape Town, the Raymond Ackerman Academy of Entrepreneurial Development (RAA) – a partnership between the Raymond Ackerman Foundation and the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business (UCT GSB) – is going national. The programme will now be extended to entrepreneurs nationwide as it reshapes the format to reach a wider audience.
07 Sep 2022
Street-based female sex workers of all ages in SA at sustained high risk of acquiring HIV
Street-based female sex workers in South Africa have extraordinarily high HIV incidence, emphasising the need to sustain and strengthen efforts to mitigate risk and provide adequate care. This is according to a paper published today in the Lancet HIV journal.
06 Sep 2022
HIV a culprit in more than one million TB deaths in South Africa, study finds
HIV has dramatically increased tuberculosis (TB) incidence and mortality in South Africa, according to the first study to assess the impact of HIV and multiple TB interventions on the country's TB burden at a national level.
06 Sep 2022
UCT researcher awarded grant for scientific excellence
The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Dr Bessie Malila, a junior research fellow in the Division of Biomedical Engineering, was recently awarded the African Research Initiative for Scientific Excellence-Pilot Project (ARISE-PP) research grant, an African Academy of Sciences initiative. Her proposal, geared towards the implementation of a digital health testbed for evaluating and validating telemedicine and mobile health (mHealth) applications, is the only award from South Africa for this scheme.
05 Sep 2022
It’s too costly to do nothing about perinatal mental health problems in South Africa
In South Africa, between 16% and 50% of women during pregnancy and the year after birth will experience symptoms of depression and/or anxiety. Considering the lifetime impacts of depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder ( PTSD) and suicide on mothers and children, the estimated costs of perinatal mental health problems is R49.3 billion (US$2.9 billion).
05 Sep 2022
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 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 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