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High praise for UCT’s open online courses
With five MOOCs in the Class Central list of the Top Free Online Courses of All Time, UCT shares top spot alongside MIT and the University of Sheffield.
30 Aug 2019
Elephant impact on trees debunked
Keeping migratory corridors open is more important than controlling elephant populations in order to prevent the loss of large trees.
30 Aug 2019
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Young scientists pull out all the stops at science expo
The Cape Town Eskom Expo for Young Scientists is an opportunity for forward-thinking learners to showcase their innovative solutions to some of the world’s challenges.
30 Aug 2019
UCT ‘change-agents’ awarded Kader Asmal Fellowships
Four UCT honours graduates have been awarded prestigious Kader Asmal Fellowships and will complete their master’s degrees in Ireland.
30 Aug 2019
Field camp equips women with more than flintknapping skills
In Women’s Month, an all-women archaeological/geological field camp on the West Coast tackled some thorny issues women experience in the field and on site.
30 Aug 2019
Criminalisation key to Cape Town’s drug wars
Research consistently shows that criminalisation does not deter drug use, but simply places potentially dangerous market into the hands of criminal syndicates and international traffickers.
30 Aug 2019
Republished
Fourth Industrial Revolution no quick fix
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is often presented as the having the potential to provide economic prosperity, but it could be distracting us from redressing inequalities.
29 Aug 2019
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Award encourages African academics to lead
Two UCT researchers are among the cohort of seven scientists who have received prestigious Crick African Network African Career Accelerator Fellowships.
29 Aug 2019
UCT steps up energy sustainability efforts
UCT is preparing a new energy sustainability plan that is intended to significantly reduce energy consumption and net carbon emissions by 2030.
29 Aug 2019
UCT medical research on the world stage
Three researchers from the University of Cape Town recently hosted an IdeasLab on innovative research into infectious diseases at the WEF's 13th Annual Meeting of the New Champions in China.
27 Aug 2019
UCT’s 2019 women in science winners
A University of Cape Town professor and two postgraduate researchers were among the winners at this year’s South African Women in Science Awards.
27 Aug 2019
VC inspires at Women in STEM event
UCT Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng used the platform provided by a Women in STEM event to tell her story and inspire hundreds of young women.
27 Aug 2019
133 years of women at UCT
Did you know that women first registered as students at the South African College, UCT’s forerunner, in 1886?
27 Aug 2019
UCT master’s candidate brings plays to life
UCT master’s candidate Nwabisa Plaatjie brings to life two Alice Childress plays as part of the Baxter’s Women’s Month celebrations – with discounts for UCT staff and students.
26 Aug 2019
‘EBE’s Got Talent’ raises R5 000
UCT students who took time out from their studies to showcase their performing arts talents have raised R5 000 for the EBE Students in Distress Fund.
26 Aug 2019
UCT student wins pan-African writing prize
Resoketswe Manenzhe, a doctoral candidate in UCTʼs Department of Chemical Engineering, has taken top spot in a pan-African short story writing competition.
26 Aug 2019
Conflict leaves children traumatised, anxious – for life
It’s critical to intervene early in cases of trauma in children, UCTʼs Professor Shanaaz Mathews told delegates to The African Regional Child Trauma Conference 2019.
26 Aug 2019
UCT community holds silent protest against gender-based violence
Hundreds of UCT students and staff participated in a silent protest on campus against gender-based violence on 2 August 2019.
26 Aug 2019
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