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Professor Enrico Uliana (1950–2022): unique leader, exemplary teacher and world-class academic Professor Enrico Uliana, a well-loved and revered member of UCT’s academy, passed away on Monday, 24 January. 24 Jan 2022
Powering marine pollution busting with engineering excellence Set to get under way soon, Project SMARTPOL aims to harness multi-sensor technology to determine and locate sources of marine pollution in the waters off Cape Town. 24 Jan 2022
Surprise sustainability award for UCT A/Prof Associate Professor Jennifer Broadhurst’s innovative research around the environmental and sustainability performance of primary metal production processes in southern Africa has been recognised by the Women Sustainability Forum. 21 Jan 2022
‘Thinking the Future’: Clem Sunter presents 2022 in a nutshell Futurologist and scenario planner Clem Sunter delivered a Summer School lecture on several essential flags the world should look out for in 2022. 20 Jan 2022
UCT gears up for 2022 First-Year Campus Reception programme The three-day First-Year Campus Reception programme will start on Saturday, 29 January, in the Sports Centre on upper campus. 20 Jan 2022
African countries are stuck on the free movement of people. How to break the logjam Four years after its ratification, only a handful of relatively small African states have fully ratified the Free Persons protocol, which is meant to ensure the free movement of people, capital goods and services. 19 Jan 2022 Republished
‘UCT Open Textbook Journeys’ provides access to locally relevant learning materials Lecturers at UCT are adopting innovative pedagogical and content production approaches to provide students with more accessible and locally relevant learning materials. 18 Jan 2022
VC visits Joe Slovo Engineering High School in Khayelitsha UCT’s Vice-Chancellor, Mamokgethi Phakeng visited the Joe Slovo Engineering High School in Khayelitsha. 11 Jan 2022
UCT science student Sandile Ngcamphalala leads the agricultural conversation on climate change Sandile Ngcamphalala graduates with a PhD on the development of a monitoring and evaluation framework for water policy evaluation in the context of climate change. 10 Jan 2022
UCT honours student leaders The 2020 and 2021 Student Leadership Awards recognised the outstanding contributions made by student leaders and organisations in an online ceremony. 06 Jan 2022
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