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‘Winners are losers who just kept trying’ Inspirational graduand Bukho Ndziweni shared his mantra to overcoming a list of adversities during his undergraduate degree at UCT. 24 Mar 2023
‘Outstanding’ PhD: A testimony to tenacity, support – and a dog called Ralph Caitlin Courtney’s PhD on a novel human urine treatment to make liquid fertiliser earned rave reviews. And puppy love helped her across the line. 24 Mar 2023
VC Open Lecture with Prof Edvard Moser Prof Edvard Moser presented the Vice-Chancellor’s Open Lecture on Wednesday, 22 March 2023 24 Mar 2023
VC Open Lecture explores parts of the body’s most complex organ Professor Edvard Moser delivered the second UCT Vice-Chancellor’s Open Lecture for 2023. 24 Mar 2023
World TB Day: Vaccine trial inspires clinicians to imagine a world without TB On World TB Day, UCT News shines a spotlight on a new phase three clinical trial led by clinicians at the South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative. 24 Mar 2023
World TB Day: Vaccine trial inspires SATVI clinicians to imagine a world without TB UCT shines the spotlight on a new clinical trial to help protect babies from TB 24 Mar 2023
Live Art Network Africa Gathering: fertile ground for intriguing conversations and chance encounters From 16 to 19 February, audiences gathered at UCT’s Hiddingh campus to experience the Live Art Network Africa Gathering. 23 Mar 2023
Reinventing Higher Education The University of Cape Town (UCT), in collaboration with IE University, hosted the 13th annual Reinventing Higher Education (RHE) conference. 23 Mar 2023
UCT’s development studies rank 12th in the world UCT is one of the best institutions in the world for development studies, according to the latest subject rankings from Quacquarelli Symonds. 23 Mar 2023
UCT ParaSports Club volunteers at national event Members of the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) ParaSports Club signed up as volunteers and spent the past weekend (19 and 20 March) assisting at the South African Sport Association for the Physically Disabled national event. 23 Mar 2023
Neural computation of space and time Professor Edvard Moser delivered the second Vice-Chancellor’s Open Lecture for 2023 on Wednesday, 22 March 2023. 22 Mar 2023
Students rethink higher education Over two days, students and leaders in academia from the Global North and Global South, exchanged ideas on how to reinvent higher education and forge human-centred frameworks. 20 Mar 2023
Human Rights Day: ‘Refugees are people with rights and aspirations’ UCT student Innocent Biringanine shared some of his family’s struggles as they journeyed from the Democratic Republic of Congo to seek refuge in South Africa. 20 Mar 2023
Dedicated cruise deepens offshore research capacity in SA Two PhD students from UCT were part of a team of marine scientists who embarked on an offshore expedition to develop the capacity of young southern African scientists and to collect data in outer shelf and deep-sea habitats. 17 Mar 2023
Motivating Mondays and Flourishing Fridays keep students on track UCT students’ Residence Mentor Council and the Academic Representative Council have teamed up to promote student well-being and success within the residence sector. 17 Mar 2023
Cracking the code: Strive’s latest windfall will help strengthen their offering With a $1.3 million in seed money to continue finding eclectic ways to teach coding to kids , UCT alumni Tamir Shklaz talks about Strive – the online coding platform he co-founded. 16 Mar 2023
Using land to understand human rights violations in Palestine and SA ‘Landwalks: Across Palestine and South Africa’ reflects on the issue of land as a lens to understand human rights violations. 15 Mar 2023
Big business and state capture: Step up and own up Former anti-apartheid activist Lord Peter Hain’s Summer School Extension Lecture highlighted big business’s role in state capture – and their lack of accountability. 15 Mar 2023
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