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Machine learning of a different kind Two UCT alumni are changing the face of education with MiiA, a robotics platform that teaches school pupils about electronics, technology and robotics. 21 Nov 2017
Colleagues by day, students by night Recently insourced colleagues are taking advantage of the Staff Learning Centre’s matric and basic adult education and training pilot programmes, foundations for some long-held dreams. 20 Nov 2017
Triple triumph for star sprinter Mhlongo Sprint sensation Mpumelelo Mhlongo won his third consecutive UCT Sportsperson of the Year prize at the recent sports awards ceremony. 17 Nov 2017
UCT’s innovation lab sparks great excitement UCT’s Department of Information Systems has set up an innovation laboratory where students can try out technology that they wouldn’t normally have access to. 17 Nov 2017
UCT scientists strike blow against tuberculosis UCT scientists have made a significant breakthrough that offers an unprecedented insight into the progression of tuberculosis in the human body. 17 Nov 2017
Students’ app wins international competition A team of South African students, including three UCT alumni, has won the 2017 Geneva Challenge by developing an application that links jobseekers with employers. 17 Nov 2017
Water crisis: the more we know, the better we can respond The current water crisis in the Western Cape has shown why we need transparent decision-making and better access to environmental information and data. 16 Nov 2017 Republished
Faculty of Law responds to CHE report UCT’s Faculty of Law has expressed its surprise and concern about the interim feedback from the CHE’s National Review of its Bachelor of Laws (LLB) programme. 16 Nov 2017
Exams get under way at UCT On this, the first day of exams, close to 2 000 students successfully completed exams this morning in the exam centre on the UCT rugby fields. 15 Nov 2017
Exam season set to start Preparations for the final exams have been successfully concluded at the exam centre on the UCT rugby fields in readiness for the first exams on Wednesday, 15 November 2017. 14 Nov 2017
Super student leaders celebrated UCT’s top student leaders were hailed at the annual Student Leadership Awards ceremony on 31 October 2017. 14 Nov 2017
GSB case-study wins again A case study examining the collapse of African Bank has been awarded first place in an annual competition that focuses on corporate governance in Africa. 14 Nov 2017
Heather Zar named 2018 Woman in Science Laureate Heather Zar has been announced as a 2018 L’Oreal–UNESCO Women in Science Laureate for Africa and the Arab States, for her wide-ranging contributions to child health in Africa and the developing world. 13 Nov 2017
The new eyes on UCT’s dam Cape Town’s water crisis presents an opportunity for researchers to contribute to finding solutions in the water field, starting with UCT’s upper-campus dam. 10 Nov 2017
PhD candidate wins international green award PhD student Megan Lukas was one of 25 green visionaries honoured at the International Forum for High Potentials in Sustainable Development in Germany. 10 Nov 2017
PhD student hones research in Germany Khangelani Vuke, a doctoral student in UCT’s Department of Information Systems, has returned enriched from an exchange programme to Philipps University in Germany. 09 Nov 2017
Pietersen is the province’s best librarian UCT librarian Jeremiah Pietersen has won the LIASA Librarian of the Year 2017 Second Runner-up Award. 09 Nov 2017
Tracking collars reveal city baboons’ raiding tactics UCT scientists are part of an international team using tracking collars to reveal how city baboons use a sit-and-wait tactic before raiding people’s homes. 08 Nov 2017
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