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UCT’s two 2020 WEF Young Scientists
Dr Sarah Fawcett and Professor Salome Maswime have been selected to join the Class of 2020 World Economic Forum Young Scientists community.
26 May 2020
Africa Month virtual symposium
In celebration of Africa Month, UCT will be participating in a series of virtual symposiums on “Africa’s innovations in the global fight against COVID-19”.
26 May 2020
Worldwide Universities Network backs UCT’s San and Khoe Research Unit
The Worldwide Universities Network has thrown its weight and funding behind the establishment of UCT’s San and Khoe Research Unit.
26 May 2020
UCT student organisations show resilience during lockdown
A group of UCT students are showing grit and resilience by changing the way they work to adapt to the challenges of the national lockdown.
26 May 2020
Activists share ideas on a way forward amid COVID-19
Attendees of the online joint special session of the UCT Transformation Forum and University Social Responsiveness Committee reflected on the COVID-19 pandemic and the way forward.
26 May 2020
When autumn leaves
Yacoob Manjoo, a communications coordinator at UCT, wrote a poem reflecting on COVID-19 while tying it to the changing seasons.
25 May 2020
New multi-functional TB blood test validated
This new test to screen for TB, called RISK6, fills gaps in the current available TB testing compliment.
25 May 2020
Reporting on violence against children, free online training
The Children’s Institute at UCT and Media Monitoring Africa invite you to apply to attend free online training on reporting on violence against children.
25 May 2020
A decade of Africa Day celebrations
At UCT we pride ourselves on being an African university we and celebrate Africa Day on 25 May.
25 May 2020
UCT celebrates Africa Day
What does it mean to be an African? UCT News put the question to the UCT community.
25 May 2020
UCT-led productions win at Fleur du Cap Awards
UCT’s Centre for Theatre, Dance & Performance Studies is celebrating the receipt of six 2020 Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards.
22 May 2020
COVID-19 and the value of care work
Those working from home may find themselves catching up with paid work late at night or when their children have so-called screen time, writes UCT’s Associate Professor Ameeta Jaga.
22 May 2020
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UCT alum innovates again to keep PPE ‘InSupply’
UCT alum and Coronapp co-founder, Tamir Shklaz, is at it again – this time shifting his focus and skills to the critical need for personal protective equipment.
22 May 2020
Donning, Swabbing and Doffing for COVID-19 Testing
Dr Tari Papavarnavas guides us through a tutorial that demonstrates trolley preparation, donning of PPE, taking the swabs correctly, and doffing safely.
21 May 2020
Coping through COVID-19: VARSITY newspaper carries on
UCT’s student-run newspaper, VARSITY, has adapted to changes brought on by COVID-19 in order to continue to provide a platform for conversation, creativity and collaboration.
21 May 2020
Transformation, inclusion and diversity in times of crisis and emergency
A joint special session of the UCT Transformation Forum and University Social Responsiveness Committee will be held on Friday, 22 May, in response to COVID-19.
21 May 2020
10 quotes from Ilze Olckers’s Inclusive Practice talk
In her Inclusive Practice Speaker Series discussion, human rights lawyer Ilze Olckers shared learnings and reflections from her work on transformation issues in South Africa.
21 May 2020
Lockdown poem
Associate Professor Ellen Hurst from the Humanities Education Development Unit shares her experience of COVID-19 and the nationwide lockdown.
21 May 2020
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