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COVID-19 is changing how we talk to each other Lockdown is changing how we lead, who we lead and how others respond to our leadership, writes UCT’s vice-chancellor, Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng. 26 May 2020 Republished
UCT’s two 2020 WEF Young Scientists Dr Sarah Fawcett and Professor Salome Maswime have been selected to join the Class of 2020 World Economic Forum Young Scientists community. 26 May 2020
Worldwide Universities Network backs UCT’s San and Khoe Research Unit The Worldwide Universities Network has thrown its weight and funding behind the establishment of UCT’s San and Khoe Research Unit. 26 May 2020
UCT student organisations show resilience during lockdown A group of UCT students are showing grit and resilience by changing the way they work to adapt to the challenges of the national lockdown. 26 May 2020
Activists share ideas on a way forward amid COVID-19 Attendees of the online joint special session of the UCT Transformation Forum and University Social Responsiveness Committee reflected on the COVID-19 pandemic and the way forward. 26 May 2020
When autumn leaves Yacoob Manjoo, a communications coordinator at UCT, wrote a poem reflecting on COVID-19 while tying it to the changing seasons. 25 May 2020
New multi-functional TB blood test validated This new test to screen for TB, called RISK6, fills gaps in the current available TB testing compliment. 25 May 2020
UCT celebrates Africa Day What does it mean to be an African? UCT News put the question to the UCT community. 25 May 2020
UCT-led productions win at Fleur du Cap Awards UCT’s Centre for Theatre, Dance & Performance Studies is celebrating the receipt of six 2020 Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards. 22 May 2020
COVID-19 and the value of care work Those working from home may find themselves catching up with paid work late at night or when their children have so-called screen time, writes UCT’s Associate Professor Ameeta Jaga. 22 May 2020 Republished
UCT alum innovates again to keep PPE ‘InSupply’ UCT alum and Coronapp co-founder, Tamir Shklaz, is at it again – this time shifting his focus and skills to the critical need for personal protective equipment. 22 May 2020
Coping through COVID-19: VARSITY newspaper carries on UCT’s student-run newspaper, VARSITY, has adapted to changes brought on by COVID-19 in order to continue to provide a platform for conversation, creativity and collaboration. 21 May 2020
10 quotes from Ilze Olckers’s Inclusive Practice talk In her Inclusive Practice Speaker Series discussion, human rights lawyer Ilze Olckers shared learnings and reflections from her work on transformation issues in South Africa. 21 May 2020
Lockdown poem Associate Professor Ellen Hurst from the Humanities Education Development Unit shares her experience of COVID-19 and the nationwide lockdown. 21 May 2020
COVID-19: Can you hear me? UCT master’s student Rebecca Njuguna has online psychotherapy sessions twice a week – and the only place she has some privacy during lockdown, is in the bathroom. 20 May 2020
WOOP app now in isiXhosa, first African translation In Africa Month comes news that the WOOP app has been translated into isiXhosa, the first African vernacular language, thanks to a collaboration with UCT. 19 May 2020
UCT’s survivor support goes online The Office for Inclusivity and Change at UCT is now running a weekly online Survivor Support Group. 19 May 2020
Phased return to campus planned UCT’s chief operating officer, Dr Reno Morar, has assured staff members that their return to work on campus will be done in a controlled, principled way. 19 May 2020
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