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UCT academic honoured with Royal Meteorological Society Award UCT’s Prof Chris Reason, has been announced as one of the international Royal Meteorological Society award winners for 2022 in the Geoscience Data Journal Editors’ Award division. 21 Jul 2023
Pioneering Global Surgery work scores UCT professor distinguished award South Africa’s leading researchers in science, engineering, technology and innovation were honoured at a recent prestigious awards ceremony. 20 Jul 2023
Global surgery strategies, systems crucial to ensuring timely, safe surgery – especially for women Referring to the plight of pregnant African women, an inaugural lecture examines the need for global surgery strategies to build health systems across the world. 20 Jul 2023
Graduand’s research probes prevalence, risk of elder abuse in SA PhD graduand Roxanne Jacobs argues that promoting the health and well-being of older people and their caregivers is essential to reduce the risk of abuse. 20 Jul 2023
‘Don’t retrofit curricula to include disability; engage at the design stage’ – PhD graduand Retrofitting the university’s curricula to include disability is expensive and challenging, and instead should be part of engagement at the design stage, says PhD graduand Ikechukwu Nwanze. 19 Jul 2023
‘Don’t let this work die on my computer’ – PhD to be awarded posthumously On 21 July, Zayd Minty will receive his PhD posthumously – after a collective, cross-country effort to see him across the finish line before he died. 18 Jul 2023
UCT honours anti-apartheid poet Keith Gottschalk As part of its Distinguished Alumni Speaker Series, UCT’s Development and Alumni Department recently celebrated the life and work of protest poet Keith Gottschalk. 18 Jul 2023
PhD study on women with disabilities accessing antenatal care in rural Uganda Ponsiano Nuwagaba’s PhD examines the plight of pregnant women with disabilities in rural Uganda, and outlines strategies for improving services – and access to them. 17 Jul 2023
PhD proposal shows how disability can be included in MBChB training Sarah Whitehead’s PhD is an important academic contribution to teaching and learning; a proposal outlining how disability can be included in the medical undergraduate curriculum. 14 Jul 2023
San and Khoe skeletons: how UCT sought to restore dignity and redress the past The skeletonised remains of nine people were donated to UCT’s anatomy department by Carel Gert Coetzee, who had unearthed them and was a medical student at the university. 14 Jul 2023 Republished
A starry-eyed inspirational graduate One of this year’s inspirational graduates Dr Michael Hlabathe reached for the stars to overcome adversity and obtain his PhD in astrophysics. 14 Jul 2023
Africa charter for equitable partnerships receives major endorsement Leading networks from across the continent met last week to sign the charter set to shift research collaborations between Africa and the Global North. 13 Jul 2023
Law PhD at 26 for Gaopalelwe Mathiba – youngest in over a decade UCT law lecturer Gaopalelwe Mathiba will become the youngest person to be conferred a PhD in law in the past 11 years. 13 Jul 2023
‘To you, dad, with love and gratitude’ PhD graduate-in-waiting Danielle Hill has dedicated her degree to her late father – in honour of his contribution that led her to graduation day. 13 Jul 2023
UCT hosts vibrant Nelson Mandela/Fidel Castro medical programme graduation More than 400 medical doctors graduated through the Nelson Mandela Fidel Castro (NMFC) Medical Collaboration Programme this year. 12 Jul 2023
Measure impoverishment, not poverty – Prof Sir Angus Deaton Renowned economist and Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences winner Professor Sir Angus Deaton delivered the first annual Francis Wilson Memorial Lecture. 12 Jul 2023
FlexiGyn named joint winner of 2023 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation UCT PhD student Edmund Wessels is a joint winner of the 2023 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, recognised for his easy-to-use gynaecological device. 11 Jul 2023
In conversation with Nashira Abrahams, UCT’s newly appointed ombud Nashira Abrahams is humbled that she has been selected to serve the UCT community as the newly appointed ombud. 11 Jul 2023
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