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Summer School returns in January 2026
UCT’s flagship Summer School programme will be back in January. This is the only programme of its kind on the continent.
01 Dec 2025
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A night of elegance and affirmation at UCT’s staff awards
UCT hosted its annual staff awards on 24 November to honour more than 300 staff members across academic, technical, research, support, and administrative roles.
01 Dec 2025
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Innovative programme promotes community-based palliative care
The Compassionate Communities of Care project will set a firm foundation to develop a multi-sectoral, community-led palliative care programme in Manenberg and Heideveld.
01 Dec 2025
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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
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‘Career highlight’ for VC’s award winner Sayed Hess
UCT has honoured technical officer Sayed Hess with a Vice-Chancellor’s Service Excellence Award for his outstanding commitment to safety, operations and research fieldwork.
28 Nov 2025
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UCT helps unveil hidden pre-colonial cities with LiDAR
A cutting-edge LiDAR project at UCT is transforming archaeological understanding of South Africa’s pre-colonial urban landscapes.
28 Nov 2025
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‘I’m honoured to continue serving UCT’
UCT’s hospitality manager, Patrick Rezandt, is a recipient of the Vice-Chancellor’s Service Excellence Award
25 Nov 2025
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Immunity, outbreaks and building vaccine sovereignty
UCT hosted its final inaugural lecture of its 2025 series on 20 November. It was delivered by Prof Wendy Burgers in the New Learning Centre Lecture Theatre on the Faculty of Health Sciences campus.
25 Nov 2025
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Riashna Sithaldeen, Deepti Charitar share VC’s Service Excellence Award
For their role in conceptualising the UCT Chatbot project and supporting its successful implementation, Dr Riashna Sithaldeen and Dr Deepti Charitar were named recipients of the 2025 VC’s Service Excellence Award.
25 Nov 2025
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