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A champion on the track and beyond
UCT PhD candidate Mpumelelo Mhlongo participated in the 2024 Paralympics in Paris, winning a gold and bronze medal, as well as setting two world and Paralympic records.
30 Sep 2024
VCs in conversation: Future-proofing UCT for the next generation
UCT VC Prof Mosa Moshabela and former VC Dr Max Price held a conversation on leadership recently.
27 Sep 2024
Blind, visually impaired learners use LEGO to learn through play
The LEGO Braille Bricks project, currently in its extended pilot phase, helps blind and visually impaired children to learn through play.
27 Sep 2024
Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue
Prof Gregory Smith delivered his inaugural lecture on 19 September 2024.
26 Sep 2024
Ancient games: The future of education
UCT’s School of Education’s OERiGA project is using indigenous games to equip Generation Z educators and learners with essential skills for the digital age.
25 Sep 2024
ACDI launches PiNC Lab to advance nature-based climate solutions in Africa
The African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI), based at UCT, has launched a new nature-based solutions-focused research group.
23 Sep 2024
‘I play to have fun, but also to win’
UCT’s eGaming team are USSA eSports university champions.
23 Sep 2024
UCT student entrepreneur tops regional competition category
Jordan Smith topped the research category in the regional round of the 2024 Entrepreneurship Intervarsity competition.
20 Sep 2024
UCT’s Gundo Maswime scoops 2024 SANRAL SAICE Academic Staff Award
Gundo Maswime a lecturer in the Department of Civil Engineering has received the 2024 SANRAL SAICE Academic Staff Award.
19 Sep 2024
‘It’s about convenience for the patient’
SHAWCO makes hay while the sun shines with ‘biggest of the year’ family day clinic in Hout Bay.
19 Sep 2024
Stellar scholars earn place in UCT’s College of Fellows
Four esteemed UCT academics, whose work has contributed to global knowledge in their fields, have claimed their place in the College of Fellows.
18 Sep 2024
From 30% to PhD: Dr Olwethu Waka’s mathematical journey equals success
From failing maths with 30% to earning a PhD, Dr Olwethu Waka’s journey exemplifies perseverance and success against the odds.
18 Sep 2024
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UCT, CAF Football Management Executive Programme hailed a success
UCT and CAF’s pilot Football Management Executive Programme concluded with an awards ceremony for delegates.
17 Sep 2024
UCT hosts maiden Language Indaba
The Language Indaba gave members of the UCT community an opportunity to understand the university’s proposed language policy.
16 Sep 2024
Sobering inaugural lecture unpacks years of research on gender-based violence, femicide
Professor Floretta Boonzaier delivered her inaugural lecture on Wednesday, 11 September.
13 Sep 2024
Considering global perspectives on the University of the Future
UCT continued its conversations around the University of the Future.
10 Sep 2024
Pearly Joubert chats MSc in Neuroscience, Women in Science Award
Pearly Joubert’s MSc in Neuroscience explores whether acupuncture can aid healing following an ischemic stroke.
10 Sep 2024
Salome Maswime elected to lead WHO’s collaborating centre
UCT’s Prof Salome Maswime has been selected to lead the World Health Organization’s latest Collaborating Centre for Integrated Clinical Care.
09 Sep 2024
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