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Documenting and preserving African heritage sites Through its repository of spatial data of African cultural heritage sites, the Zamani Project is contributing to UCT’s roots as an African university. 23 Sep 2020
UCT Vice-Chancellor's Open Lecture by Prof Stephen J Toope Professor Stephen Toope, vice-chancellor of the University of Cambridge, delivered the second virtual Vice-Chancellor’s Open Lecture for the year on Wednesday, 16 September 2020. 23 Sep 2020
Vision 2030 virtual staff engagement 5: realising UCT's dream “I see Vision 2030 as our dream … over the next 15 to 20 years. And if you have a dream, you have to do things now.” 22 Sep 2020
Vision 2030 virtual staff engagement 4: targeted strategies to redress inequality Excellence will only be achieved when there is also equity in participation. These were UCT Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng during the fourth virtual Vision 2030 staff engagement session. 22 Sep 2020
Vision 2030 virtual staff engagement 3: producing resilient agents of change As universities re-evaluate their place and purpose within the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, UCT’s executive tabled the proposed vision 2030 framework, which is aimed at leading the change and “unleash human potential”. 22 Sep 2020
Vision 2030 virtual staff engagement 2: unleashing human potential As universities re-evaluate their place and purpose within the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, UCT’s executive tabled the proposed vision 2030 framework, which is aimed at leading the change and “unleash human potential”. 22 Sep 2020
Vision 2030 virtual staff engagement 1: The world is changing, are we? The world is Changing, are we? This was the question posed by UCT Vice-Chancellor, Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, as she kicked off the first of the six Vision 2030 virtual engagements with staff on 28 July 2020. 22 Sep 2020
Vision 2030 Roadshow: engaging the concept UCT Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, together with Associate Professor Lis Lange present UCT’s Vision 2030. 22 Sep 2020
Forgotten diseases hit poorest billion hardest during pandemic A new Lancet Commission report shows that non-communicable diseases and injuries cause more death and disability at every age among the world’s poorest billion than in wealthy countries. 22 Sep 2020
UCT medical students make a difference on the frontline UCT medical students spent the past few months on the frontline, playing their part in the country’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. 22 Sep 2020
Trusting local knowledge: the case of fire management in a Namibian park Fire and humans have a long history in African savannas. Fire management has played a role in maintaining biodiversity and in the livelihoods of rural communities. 22 Sep 2020 Republished
TLC2020: tutors’ perspectives on emergency remote teaching Tutors shared their experiences of emergency remote teaching and learning on day two of UCT’s virtual 2020 Teaching and Learning Conference. 22 Sep 2020
Preserving cultural heritage through state-of-the-art technology UCT’s Zamani Project is hard at work producing authentic and accurate data to support heritage conservation experts and help preserve culturally sensitive sites. 22 Sep 2020
Student entrepreneur’s digital library helps children to read UCT student entrepreneur Qhawe Bula has developed a digital library that provides read-along children’s audiobooks in South Africa’s 11 official languages. 21 Sep 2020
TLC2020: Who moved my classroom? COVID-19 and the rise of emergency remote teaching has profoundly affected the identity and roles of academics and catapulted UCT into the future. 21 Sep 2020
Future of universities bound to their social compact COVID-19 has shown that the future of universities worldwide is bound to their social compact, said Professor Stephen Toope in his Vice-Chancellor’s Open Lecture. 18 Sep 2020
Surgical Society gears up for annual charity Scrub Run During the Sanlam Cape Town Virtual Marathon on 18 October, UCT’s Surgical Society will raise funds for the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital. 18 Sep 2020
UCT students keep elderly citizens company The UCT Surgical Society has partnered with Communicare to provide elderly residents with companionship during the national lockdown. 17 Sep 2020
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