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UCT jumps 64 places in latest world rankings UCT leaps up in Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings 2024 and remains the best university in Africa. 28 Jun 2023

Gratitude linked to better academic performance – new UCT study and pilot UCT will launch a pilot intervention programme for students on the psychology of gratitude after a new study linked gratitude to academic performance. 28 Jun 2023

Thabisa Dinga is giving back to KwaLanga through her love for music and dance UCT master’s student Thabisa Dinga is teaching KwaLanga youth life skills through her passion for music and dance 23 Jun 2023 Youth Month

Major donation to develop tools and models for optimising medicines in African populations UCT’s H3D has received a donation of US$1.5 million from alumnus and former chairperson and CEO of Coca-Cola, Neville Isdell. 20 Jun 2023

UCT to co-lead four Africa–Europe Clusters of Research Excellence UCT will co-lead four of the recently launched 17 Africa–Europe Clusters of Research Excellence led by ARUA and The Guild. 20 Jun 2023

UCT student Kai Goodall wants to help society through his passion for engineering Master’s student Kai Goodall wants to inspire young people to use their passions to benefit society. 16 Jun 2023 Youth Month

UCT and AXA Research Fund host joint event on climate risk and health outcomes UCT and the AXA Research Fund recently presented a joint event that showcased the projects and accomplishments of two AXA Chairs focusing on climate risk and health outcomes. 15 Jun 2023

Youth Month: ‘Why fit in when you are born to stand out’ Alex Pasqualli has not allowed her disability to get in the way of achieving success, and she encourages the youth to take a leaf out of her book. 15 Jun 2023 Youth Month

FlexiGyn in line for 2023 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation FlexiGyn, an invention by UCT PhD student Edmund Wessels, is one of four African inventions in line for the 2023 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. 14 Jun 2023

Unpacking the ‘ouch’ UCT’s Prof Romy Parker delivered her inaugural lecture, which unpacked pain management, on Thursday, 8 June. 13 Jun 2023

Our most effective interventions are immunological – Prof Elizabeth Mayne UCT’s head of the Division of Immunology in the Faculty of Health Sciences, Professor Elizabeth Mayne, stressed the consequences of not keeping up with immunology and how it affects people. 02 Jun 2023

UCT ranks 9th in the world for SDG 6: clean water and sanitation UCT is in the top 200 universities worldwide in the 2023 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, with four areas ranked in the top 100. 02 Jun 2023

Young researchers crowned in FameLab science communication competition Emerging IDM researchers took part in a science communication and public speaking workshop, facilitated by Jive Media Africa, as part of the FameLab initiative. 24 Jun 2022

Young researcher heading to 71st Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Meeting up with Nobel Prize laureates in chemistry is a dream come true for UCT postdoctoral research fellow Dr Shepherd Siangwata. 23 Jun 2022

PhD candidate among rising stars to attend 71st Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Athi Welsh, a PhD candidate in UCT’s Department of Chemistry, will join hundreds of up-and-coming scientists and Nobel Prize laureates at a prestigious event in Germany. 23 Jun 2022

Prestigious Swedish guest researcher award for urine researcher Dyllon Randall’s guest researcher award at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences will boost collaboration in circular sanitation techniques, targeting human urine for fertiliser production. 23 Jun 2022

Invest early in children’s mental health – or risk a generation The newly launched 2021/2022 “South African Child Gauge” spotlights high levels of mental illness among children and adolescents – and presents ways to mitigate this. 22 Jun 2022

UCT VC elected to head the International Alliance of Research Universities VC Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng has been elected chair of the International Alliance of Research Universities. 20 Jun 2022

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