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Kathy Michell appointed to IFMA’s Research Advisory Committee
UCT’s Associate Professor Kathy Michell will serve on the International Facility Management Association’s new Research Advisory Committee.
17 Nov 2021
Africa has the capacity and scientists to develop its own vaccines
Scientific collaboration across Africa now makes it possible to develop, produce and distribute its own vaccines, write UCT’s Prof Sue Harrison and Dr Linda Mtwisha.
16 Nov 2021
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Here’s how some of Cape Town’s gangsters got out – and stayed out
Once in, it might feel like there is no way out of a gang alive, writes UCT’s Dariusz Dziewanski. But gangsters do get out, and stay out.
16 Nov 2021
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Grant to boost bioimaging in Africa
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has awarded funding to two groups at UCT to expand access to and expertise in bioimaging and microscopy across Africa.
15 Nov 2021
UCT’s Rebecca Ackermann appointed to prestigious journal
Professor Rebecca Ackermann has been appointed to the editorial board of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, the world’s first and longest-running scientific journal.
15 Nov 2021
Newly qualified teachers press on to survive ‘rollercoaster’ first year
The 2021 cohort of the Newly Qualified Teachers Project have endured a turbulent first year in the classroom.
15 Nov 2021
Post Office to Parliament Campaign
Coordinated in collaboration with UCT’s Office for Inclusivity & Change (OIC), the campaign was championed by the Uyinene Mrwetyana Foundation.
15 Nov 2021
New online tool helps users learn an African language
UCT master’s student Chido Dzinotyiwei has developed an online tool that teaches users indigenous African languages.
12 Nov 2021
Health Sciences PhD student awarded Google Fellowship
UCT’s Dennis Dogbey is the only African recipient in the Human-Computer Interactions subfield this year.
12 Nov 2021
EMS cements massive transformative purpose, offers case study
The Centre for Extra-Mural Studies offers UCT departments a case study in how to unleash their massive transformative purpose, part of Vision 2030.
12 Nov 2021
Grants give African data science a boost
Three members of the IDM have been awarded NIH grants for projects in the field of data science applied in health research in Africa.
12 Nov 2021
‘For me it wasn’t work; it was love’
Jonathan Fritz, a member of UCT’s garden maintenance department, will hang up his gloves and overalls when he retires at the end of December.
12 Nov 2021
New findings about prehistoric flying animal life
UCT palaeobiologist Professor Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan was part of a study that revealed new information about gigantic pterosaurs in prehistoric skies.
11 Nov 2021
Retirees Recognition 2021
This year we have the privilege of honouring nearly 90 retirees from across the university, including academic and professional, administrative support and service (PASS) staff.
11 Nov 2021
UCT GSB MBA ranks top in Africa on sustainability performance
The UCT GSB has been ranked 22nd in the world for its MBA programme on the Corporate Knights’ 2021 Better World MBA list of the top 40 global business schools.
11 Nov 2021
UCT’s clinical & health in top 100
UCT placed among the top 100 universities globally for clinical and health in the 2022 Times Higher Education Rankings by subject.
11 Nov 2021
Rochelle Kapp reflects as she bids UCT farewell
After more than three decades at UCT, Associate Professor Rochelle Kapp will retire at the end of the year.
11 Nov 2021
‘Alarming precedent’ – Liesbeek River under siege again
Current development at the River Club on floodplains of the lower Liesbeek River suggests that very little has been learnt from a history of abuse.
10 Nov 2021
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