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Transformation, collaboration to underpin Dr Sharief Hendricks’s presidency of SASMA
Dr Sharief Hendricks, senior lecturer at UCT and visiting professor at Leeds Beckett University (UK), has his vision mapped out for his presidency of the South African Sports Medicine Association.
30 Dec 2022
UCT Chatbot: All your FAQs at your fingertips
The University of Cape Town’s Chatbot is live and ready to help new students acclimatise to the institution as quickly as possible.
29 Dec 2022
UCT Retirement Fund takes bronze in ‘rigorous’ industry awards
The UCTRF’s Deputy Principal Officer William Nkutha says that although missing out on a gold award was disappointing, the bronze has been well received.
29 Dec 2022
The power of a care pack
UCT’s Office for Inclusivity and Change donates Power Packs to women empowerment programme Sparrow Society to help GBV survivors heal.
28 Dec 2022
Four KZN bright sparks tell of highs of being part of the inaugural UCTOHS class
Village schoolchildren are living proof that the UCT Online High School is not only for the elite.
28 Dec 2022
UCT Online High School rewinds 2022
The UCT Online High School celebrates the wins of 2022, as well as their learner community, in a newly released wrap-up video.
28 Dec 2022
Forensic scientist wants to be part of the solution to crime, violence in South Africa
Masego Sebolai’s indomitable spirit and unwavering commitment to a career helping others sees her named an inspirational graduate in 2022.
23 Dec 2022
Champions of change
The OIC hosted a year-end function to thank staff and students for their contributions to a more transformed UCT in 2022.
23 Dec 2022
A season’s greetings message from the Chancellor to the UCT community
Holiday season well wishes from UCT Chancellor Dr Precious Moloi-Motsepe.
22 Dec 2022
Life shaper: Farewell to ‘the mother of the faculty’, Mary Hilton
EBE PASS staffer Mary Hilton has opened doors for scores of young under-resourced engineering students, seeing them through their studies to graduation and beyond.
22 Dec 2022
Alum’s Rhodes Scholarship – a steppingstone to help conquer SA’s energy crisis
UCT mechanical engineering graduate Mokone Shibambu is the university’s third recipient of the 2023 Rhodes Scholarship.
22 Dec 2022
PhD graduate’s doctoral thesis champions the inclusion of people with disabilities in non-competitive sports
PhD graduate Dr Dominique Brand’s doctoral thesis was inspired by her supervisor’s experiences as a blind runner.
22 Dec 2022
UCT celebrates December 2022 graduates
Jubilation as over 1 496 graduates are hooded over the two-day summer graduations on 14 and 15 December 2022.
22 Dec 2022
Readers’ Choice 2022
As we look back on 2022, we celebrate some of the stories that were popular with readers of the UCT News website during the year.
21 Dec 2022
The incriminating genes behind sports injuries
UCT researchers are leading the way in investigating the body’s cellular networks and pathways, including DNA and protein structures, in the field of sports injury.
21 Dec 2022
Groote Schuur Hospital CEO seeks answers to organisational leadership in PhD
The CEO of Groote Schuur Hospital, Dr Bhavna Patel, explains why the focus of her PhD is targeted at leadership in healthcare – and in particular the institution she oversees.
20 Dec 2022
Humanities dean reflects on her tenure
Faculty head, Prof Shose Kessi, credits colleagues for her success in steadying the ship towards calmer waters.
20 Dec 2022
Graduation Day 2: Celebrating EBE, Science, Law, FHS students
Sounds of ululations, clapping and cheers were heard from excited parents and friends as graduates were hooded and capped by UCT Chancellor Dr Precious Moloi-Motsepe outside the Sarah Baartman Hall on Thursday, 15 December.
19 Dec 2022
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