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Call to participate in UCT’s needs survey
UCT staff and students are encouraged to participate in a campus-wide needs survey and stand a chance to win big.
03 Dec 2020
Join the final Transformation, Inclusion and Diversity Think Space
The Office for Inclusivity and Change will host their final think space, on inequalities and power disparities in higher education, on Friday, 4 December 2020.
01 Dec 2020
Online launch of the Climate Transparency Report 2020
The online launch of the Climate Transparency Report 2020 will take place on Wednesday, 18 November 2020, from 15:00 to 15:30.
13 Nov 2020
Mobile app for UCT’s Jammie Shuttle
Users of the Jammie Shuttle mobile app can now access the campus bus serviceʼs schedules and other information at a click of a button.
16 Oct 2020
Staff awards: nominate colleagues or apply now
Time is running out to nominate colleagues or apply for one of three Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Awards.
09 Oct 2020
Social Responsiveness Award nominations are open
Nominations for UCT’s prestigious Social Responsiveness Award are open, and university staff are encouraged to nominate their peers.
09 Oct 2020
A space to think about anti-racist practice
The Office for Inclusivity and Change’s think space on anti-racist practice will take place on Friday, 16 October.
02 Oct 2020
KJB Future Leadership series launching soon
The Klaus-Jürgen Bathe Leadership Programme, which nurtures young student leaders, will launch its Future Leadership series on Wednesday, 30 September.
28 Sep 2020
Pitch your business idea for a chance to win big
Students are encouraged to showcase their entrepreneurial innovation for the chance to win a substantial cash prize and mentoring opportunity in The Pitch UCT 2020.
28 Sep 2020
UCT MOOCs in the top 200 – again
Five University of Cape Town massive open online courses have been included on the Class Central Best Online Courses of All Time list for 2020.
25 Sep 2020
Student Entrepreneurship Week 2020
UCT student entrepreneurs who want to take their business ideas to the next level are invited to take part in Student Entrepreneurship Week 2020.
01 Sep 2020
Calling students for global climate change challenge
The 2020 Global University Climate Forum is inviting student teams to present their climate change project proposals, which could be shared at COP26.
01 Sep 2020
Women-led UCT webinar series kicks off
VC Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng will host the first of a series of webinars titled A Women-led UCT, which kicks off on Friday, 28 August.
25 Aug 2020
UCT voted ‘coolest university’
UCT took the top spot in the Coolest University category for the fourth consecutive year in the recent Sunday Times Gen Next Awards.
24 Aug 2020
Confronting racism in higher education
The third presentation in the Inclusive Practice Speaker Series will explore why racial inequalities continue to manifest at multiple levels in the higher education sector.
18 Aug 2020
Making the postgrad international experience more equitable
The next instalment in UCT's series of challenging conversations – Unleashing the new global university – is scheduled for Monday 24 August 2020.
17 Aug 2020
Career Conversations webinar series
The UCT Careers Service is running a series of Career Conversations webinars from August to November to help students forge successful careers.
14 Aug 2020
Connecting to UCT’s network off campus
UCT students and staff can access eduroam at a number of sites across Cape Town and South Africa.
03 Aug 2020
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