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Installation of new bins part of UCT’s green campus transformation
UCT has installed new bins across its campuses to reinforce a simple and efficient colour scheme that will improve recycling habits.
05 Mar 2021
Interpreting chronic COVID-19 lung complications
UCT’s Professor Keertan Dheda discusses long COVID and its effects on the lungs.
04 Mar 2021
New research head talks about alignment, agility and support
UCT’s new executive director of research, Dr Linda Mtwisha, shared her thoughts and plans after her first 100 days in (a virtual) office.
04 Mar 2021
UCT alum directs South Africa's first gay rom-com
UCT News caught up with alum Gabe Gabriel who wrote and directed South Africa’s first gay romantic comedy.
04 Mar 2021
Win-win for municipalities and engineering students’ professional skills
UCT engineering students built on the university’s input into the Data for Municipal Infrastructure Assets initiative, gaining vital data analysis and project management skills.
04 Mar 2021
UCT’s development studies in top 10 worldwide
UCT is among the top 100 universities in the world for six subjects according to the Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings by Subject 2021.
04 Mar 2021
Students settle in at residences, quarantine period begins
First-year students were welcomed with open arms at UCT residences on Tuesday, 2 March.
03 Mar 2021
Bootcamp prepares fourth-year medical students for clinical practice
The first cohort of fourth-year medical students have successfully completed the Bootcamp Orientation Programme organised by UCT’s Division of General Internal Medicine.
03 Mar 2021
UCT residences roll out red carpet for students
As UCT prepares to start the academic year following strict COVID-19 guidelines, residence staff are excited to welcome students to their campus homes.
02 Mar 2021
Residence life under lockdown: What to expect
Shanaaz Sonday from UCT’s residence operations team explains what students can expect when arriving at their residences.
02 Mar 2021
Fine-tuning TB technology
UCT researchers are tackling the challenges of capturing and identifying the live tuberculosis bacterium through microbiological and microscopy techniques.
01 Mar 2021
Stuart Saunders: Farewell to the ‘king clinician’
On 24 February 2021 UCT hosted an online memorial service for former UCT vice-chancellor Dr Stuart Saunders.
25 Feb 2021
COVID-19 holds lessons for the future of social protection
Food security experts in South Africa warned early on that the lockdown instituted to manage the spread of COVID-19 would threaten children’s nutrition.
25 Feb 2021
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UCT’s Energy Systems Research Group weighs in on SA’s nuclear plan
UCT’s Energy Systems Research Group submitted their research to NERSA on the proposed procurement of 2 500 MW of new nuclear capacity by Eskom.
25 Feb 2021
Comprehensive residence life and orientation programme for 2021
UCT has developed a comprehensive programme to introduce new first-year students to residence life and ensure they thrive in a safe, enabling and healthy environment.
25 Feb 2021
SMMEs in sub-Saharan Africa hit hard by cybercrimes
A recent cybersecurity webinar hosted by UCT’s C3SA saw experts from across Africa sharing their research on SMMEs’ challenges with cybercrimes during COVID-19.
25 Feb 2021
Building expertise through research is the best investment SA can make in its future
By not investing in research, we risk allowing foreign firms to mine our geological riches, said UCT VC Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng.
25 Feb 2021
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‘An enthusiastic champion of the interdisciplinary project’
Professor Deborah Posel, research professor at the University of the Free State and UCT emeritus professor, reflects on Stuart Saunders’ significant impact on the humanities.
24 Feb 2021
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