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TLC2022: Reflect, connect, envision The annual UCT Teaching and Learning Conference will take place in-person again after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 08 Sep 2022
Student Wellness Service promotes mental health awareness at Fun Walk/Run UCT’s Student Wellness Services held a Fun Walk/Run to promote the importance of mental health 07 Sep 2022
UCT VC wins Africa Education Medal UCT VC Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng has been recognised for her impact, leadership, and advocacy in the field of African education. 07 Sep 2022
RISE global winners take over UCT’s upper campus The RISE residential summit programme hosted its inaugural cohort of 100 global winners from 42 countries in Cape Town for the organisation’s annual residential summit. 07 Sep 2022
UCT student entrepreneurs among region’s best Three UCT student entrepreneurs pulled out all the stops during the regional round of the Entrepreneurship Intervarsity competition and will proceed to the final round later this year. 05 Sep 2022
Disobedient knowledge and respect for our African humanity The future is African. But what does that future look like? UCT’s Institute for Humanities in Africa is addressing the challenges of Africa’s future, today. 05 Sep 2022
UCT researchers honoured at the NRF awards UCT researchers have been honoured for their research at the NRF awards, while others were added to the NRF’s list of A-rated scholars.    02 Sep 2022
UCT students and staff help to rebuild children’s theatre After fire damaged a popular children’s theatre in Langa, it’s been rebuilt with help from UCT’s School of Architecture, Planning, and Geomatics. 02 Sep 2022
Foundation to keep ‘giant of education’s’ legacy alive The legacy of the late Prof Weli Mazamisa, a former theology lecturer at UCT, will live on through the newly established Weli Mazamisa Foundation. 02 Sep 2022
Ice-breaking research puts spotlight on UCT polar engineering team UCT’s recently established polar engineering team has scored a first publication in “The Cryosphere” – the highest-ranked journal in its field. 02 Sep 2022
The Raymond Ackerman Academy goes national The Raymond Ackerman Academy of Entrepreneurial Development, aimed at empowering young people by developing their entrepreneurial mindsets, moves from in-person to online lessons. 02 Sep 2022
UCT researcher selected for African fellowship Dr Bessie Malila investigates developing a platform that can be used for testing and validating emerging and existing telemedicine and mHealth solutions. 01 Sep 2022
Marikana Week at UCT From 11 to 19 August 2022, the University of Cape Town (UCT) Marikana Support Forum held a series of events – titled “After Marikana: Ongoing struggles and the crises of everyday life” – to mark a decade since the Marikana massacre on 16 August 2012. 01 Sep 2022
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