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Youth Month: Alumni’s DIY foam fire extinguisher most popular hack
Developed for a 2015 final-year student project, a DIY foam fire extinguisher to combat shack fires has been given a new lease of life.
08 Jun 2023
Youth Month
To KwaLanga with love
UCT’s CMD recently visited KwaLanga in commemoration of its 100th year of existence.
08 Jun 2023
Opinion
‘Give SA children access to rich literacy experiences’
In light of the latest Progress in International Reading Literacy Study, UCT’s Dr Xolisa Guzula shared a special proposed four-point plan to help solve SA’s literacy dilemma.
08 Jun 2023
Redress mental healthcare for children and adolescents in South Africa
UCT Children’s Institute, in collaboration with its partner organisations, has launched a petition to encourage government to improve mental health support services for children and adolescents.
08 Jun 2023
Youth Month
Law faculty honours ‘best in legal fraternity’
UCT’s Law faculty has renamed some of its infrastructure after towering law scholars Victoria Mxenge, Bram Fischer and Pius Langa.
06 Jun 2023
Celebrating Africa Day at MASHA
Prof Sheetal Silal welcomed the student cohort and staff of UCT’s MASHA to celebrate Africa Day and reflect on what it means to be African.
06 Jun 2023
UCT launches the ‘University of the Future’ project
UCT launched the ‘University of the Future’ project on Wednesday, 31 May 2023.
05 Jun 2023
‘Go forth and build your dreams’, UCT student urges youth
Sukainah McCabe, a fourth-year social work student, uses her social and community activism to empower youth living in under-resourced communities.
05 Jun 2023
Youth Month
Our most effective interventions are immunological – Prof Elizabeth Mayne
UCT’s head of the Division of Immunology in the Faculty of Health Sciences, Professor Elizabeth Mayne, stressed the consequences of not keeping up with immunology and how it affects people.
02 Jun 2023
Africa Day: Celebrating music and family at the UCT Irma Stern Museum
On 25 May the UCT Irma Stern Museum invited the families of UCT’s Philip Kgosana Residence to join the museum in a celebration of families, music and belonging.
02 Jun 2023
UCT ranks 9th in the world for SDG 6: clean water and sanitation
UCT is in the top 200 universities worldwide in the 2023 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, with four areas ranked in the top 100.
02 Jun 2023
UCT launches the ‘University of the Future’ project
On 31 May 2023, UCT set the stage for a groundbreaking initiative with the launch of the ‘University of the Future’ (UoF) project which was held at the Hasso Plattner d-school Afrika on UCT's Middle Campus.
01 Jun 2023
UCT to house South Africa’s first youth violence-prevention centre
The centre will develop Afrocentric, evidence-based strategies and interventions to fight crime.
01 Jun 2023
Disability Service publishes its first online magazine
UCT’s Disability Service recently produced their first online magazine.
31 May 2023
University of the Future
The University of the Future (UoF) project aims to create a modern, vibrant, and attractive campus designed to attract the very best staff and student talent, local businesses, donors, industry interest and the broader community.
30 May 2023
Racing the red queen
Professor Elizabeth Mayne is in UCT’s Faculty of Health Sciences.
29 May 2023
Dr Stuart Saunders Lecture: The Nine Circles of Scholarship
Distinguished Professor Philippe-Joseph Salazar presented the third Dr Stuart John Saunders Lecture, titled ‘The Nine Circles of Scholarship’ at Groote Schuur Hospital on 22 May.
29 May 2023
‘A growing swamp’ – Dysfunction and corruption threaten SA’s universities
Corruption and dysfunction threaten the future of South African universities – and generations of students. This was the message of a Summer School Extension Series talk.
26 May 2023
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