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Survey: How AI is affecting assessment practices
I’d like to invite you to participate in a research project, the findings of which will contribute to developing support services and resources to build AI in education literacy and to support assessment practices at the University of Cape Town (UCT).
03 Dec 2025
Update on VC’s Campus-wide Conversations
When we launched the VC’s Campus-wide Conversations in December 2024, it was with the hope and aspiration of beginning a collective journey of conversations – one where we could engage openly and honestly with the difficult questions facing our university, and begin to restore the trust, connection and shared purpose that have all been strained in recent years.
02 Dec 2025
UCT hosts discussion on improving scientific communication and media reporting on marine resource management issues
The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) departments of Biological Sciences and Mathematics and Applied Mathematics will jointly host a discussion session on Improving Scientific Communication and the Media when reporting on Marine Resource Management on Wednesday, 3 December 2025 at the John Day (Zoology) Building on upper campus.
02 Dec 2025
Media release
UCT accelerates Africa’s genomics future with launch of pioneering short course
A groundbreaking new initiative, the African Genomics Short Course (AGSC), was launched at the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Faculty of Health Sciences on 1 December 2025. Running until 10 December 2025, the programme marks a significant step in strengthening genomics education, research capacity and scientific leadership across Africa.
01 Dec 2025
Media release
UCT hosts International Stock Assessment Review Workshop
The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Marine Resource Assessment and Management Group (MARAM) is hosting the annual International Stock Assessment Review Workshop from Monday, 1 December to Friday, 5 December 2025 at UCT’s Mathematics Building on the upper campus. Three world-leading scientists in the field are participating in the workshop.
01 Dec 2025
Media release
A milestone for African neurosurgery: Professor Anthony Figaji becomes 51st president of the ISPN
Professor Anthony Figaji, head of Paediatric Neurosurgery at the University of Cape Town (UCT) and Red Cross Children’s Hospital, has been inaugurated as President of the International Society for Paediatric Neurosurgery (ISPN).
01 Dec 2025
Republished
UCT’s ‘backbone’ honoured at 2025 staff awards
The 2025 UCT Staff Awards celebrated excellence, dedication and the quiet leadership that keeps the university moving forward. Against a backdrop of music, warm applause, and heartfelt reunions, colleagues from across faculties and departments gathered to honour long service, innovation, and outstanding contributions to teaching, research, and support services, among other areas.
28 Nov 2025
