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Exness Fintech scholarships: Applications are open Eligible postgraduate computer science and mathematics students can now apply for a 2024 Exness Fintech Scholarship. 24 Jan 2024
Google PhD Fellowship ‘Hail Mary’ proves successful for UCT student Vincent Punabantu is the proud recipient of the Google PhD Fellowship to complete his academic journey at UCT. 23 Jan 2024
Adapting and surviving: SA’s Agulhas long-billed lark The Conversation spoke to one of the researchers at UCT’s FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, Robert Thomson, about the future of this bird. 23 Jan 2024 Republished
Established UCT researcher makes history with Wellcome Discovery Award Supported by a recent award, Prof Anthony Figaji investigates the worldwide impact of the lethal manifestation of TB when it affects the brain – TB meningitis. 19 Jan 2024
Accelerate use of nuclear medicine as primary diagnostic, therapeutic modality UCT’s Dr Stuart More said nuclear medicine should be recognised as a valuable diagnostic and therapeutic modality for cancers and a range of other diseases. 18 Jan 2024
UCT researchers land prestigious fellowship for trailblazing African health research A recent accolade positions two select UCT researchers as emerging leaders in biomedical and health research, enabling them to address critical health challenges in the region. 17 Jan 2024
UCT researchers awarded for pioneering work in Health Inequality Through the competitive Wellcome Career Development award two UCT scholars have been acknowledged for their ground-breaking research aimed at tackling healthcare inequality in Africa and India. 15 Jan 2024
UCT is Africa’s most international university UCT held its place among Times Higher Education’s 100 most international universities in the world and is the only African university on the list. 26 Jan 2023
Managing the impact of the Benguela losing breath Researchers at UCT are studying the severe low-oxygen conditions that occur on Africa’s south-west coast and compromise the area’s valuable fisheries. 26 Jan 2023
Global research award for UCT’s Petrus de Vries Professor Petrus de Vries from the Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health says winning the international Bourneville Prize was a wonderful surprise. 27 Jan 2022
UCT is one of the most international universities UCT is among the top 60 most international universities in the world, according to the 2022 list released by Times Higher Education. 25 Jan 2022
Powering marine pollution busting with engineering excellence Set to get under way soon, Project SMARTPOL aims to harness multi-sensor technology to determine and locate sources of marine pollution in the waters off Cape Town. 24 Jan 2022
Surprise sustainability award for UCT A/Prof Associate Professor Jennifer Broadhurst’s innovative research around the environmental and sustainability performance of primary metal production processes in southern Africa has been recognised by the Women Sustainability Forum. 21 Jan 2022
African countries are stuck on the free movement of people. How to break the logjam Four years after its ratification, only a handful of relatively small African states have fully ratified the Free Persons protocol, which is meant to ensure the free movement of people, capital goods and services. 19 Jan 2022 Republished
UCT tobacco taxation e-library a world first A comprehensive new e-library focusing on tobacco taxation and illicit trade has been launched by WHO and UCT's REEP research unit. 28 Jan 2021
UCT’s Herman Wasserman leads global study on disinformation UCT’s Professor Herman Wasserman will lead a study on disinformation in the Global South, with a grant from the International Development Research Centre. 26 Jan 2021
How to grow the local vaccine production industry The issue of vaccine production has become a topic of hot debate following the approval of treatments for COVID-19. 25 Jan 2021 Republished
South Africa’s MeerKAT finds radio galaxies that dwarf our Milky Way In a patch of sky long trawled across by countless telescopes, astronomers have discovered two gigantic radio galaxies.  20 Jan 2021 Republished
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