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TLC2020: teaching as a form of social responsiveness A panel discussion at UCT’s Teaching and Learning Conference 2020 showcased the work of four academics who use their teaching as a form of social responsiveness. 07 Oct 2020
TLC2020: 8 reasons to use Wikipedia in teaching and learning At the 2020 Teaching and Learning Conference, UCT Libraries’ Wikibrarian Ingrid Thomson made the case for using the online encyclopaedia for teaching and learning. 07 Oct 2020
Human hand behind SA’s land-degrading dust storms Research by a UCT academic pinpoints a direct human cause for Southern Africa’s dust emissions, which affect air quality and can pose serious health risks. 06 Oct 2020
Student ‘achievement gap’: Kresge honour for UCT to drive data-led solutions The Kresge Foundation grant for UCT will fund a university-wide integrated analytics system, designed to identify hurdles that undermine efforts to close the so-called student achievement gap. 05 Oct 2020
Boost for electrolyser technology development towards commercialisation New funding from Germany will help UCT advance its technology development of catalyst-coated membranes used in electrolysers for hydrogen production. 05 Oct 2020
Waste-to-fuel project an IChemE Global Awards 2020 finalist An intercontinental research team comprising researchers from the University of Cape Town has been announced as an IChemE Global Awards 2020 finalist in the Energy category. 02 Oct 2020
UCT student’s business aims to connect student entrepreneurs on campus UCT student Shruti Dowlath’s business, UnifySA, seeks to connect student entrepreneurs with common interests to ultimately build an entrepreneurial ecosystem on campus. 01 Oct 2020
UCT launches innovative ECG ONLINE training portal The ECG ONLINE training system was developed to help medical students and clinicians practise interpreting electrocardiograms. 30 Sep 2020
Enlarge the reach of science through all our languages Only two of South Africa’s national languages are fully able to scientifically describe Africa’s rich hominin fossil and palaeontological history – this needs to change. 30 Sep 2020
Global South research: humpback whales and climate change Two University of Cape Town researchers to join global research partnership studying the effects of climate change on humpback whales in the Southern Ocean. 29 Sep 2020
UCT GSB teaching case study wins top international award Researchers from the UCT GSB have won a prestigious international case writing competition for a new teaching case on the challenges faced by the South African cardiac device industry. 29 Sep 2020
TLC2020: rethinking the purpose of education Associate Professor Maha Bali of the American University in Cairo guided participants through the process of rethinking the purpose of education and the future of universities. 29 Sep 2020
Videos unpack intricacies of land administration in SA Academics at UCT and the University of the Western Cape have partnered to produce a series of videos that provide simplified explanations to land administration in South Africa. 29 Sep 2020
TLC2020: construction students hungry for 4IR-driven education Construction Economics and Management students at UCT are hungry for a curriculum driven by the 4IR. How will the curriculum, teaching and classrooms adapt? 28 Sep 2020
Decolonisation in the context of Vision 2030 Four renowned scholars tackled the question of decolonisation in the context of Vision 2030 during UCT’s decolonisation and decoloniality webinar. 28 Sep 2020
Healthcare’s ‘toxic’ working conditions exposed in student’s documentary A forthcoming documentary by a UCT postgraduate reveals toxic working conditions in South Africa’s healthcare sector. 25 Sep 2020
TLC2020: design thinking during a pandemic UCT’s Hasso Plattner School of Design Thinking has shared how it manages to navigate the online teaching and learning environment during lockdown. 23 Sep 2020
Battling a pandemic: an African perspective A paper by UCT researchers describing an African perspective on global approaches to the fight against SARS-CoV 2 has recently been published in Nature Reviews Microbiology. 23 Sep 2020
UCT launches milestone Khoi and San Centre UCT marked a historic moment on its journey of transformation when it launched the Khoi and San Centre on 21 September. 23 Sep 2020
Documenting and preserving African heritage sites Through its repository of spatial data of African cultural heritage sites, the Zamani Project is contributing to UCT’s roots as an African university. 23 Sep 2020
Forgotten diseases hit poorest billion hardest during pandemic A new Lancet Commission report shows that non-communicable diseases and injuries cause more death and disability at every age among the world’s poorest billion than in wealthy countries. 22 Sep 2020
UCT medical students make a difference on the frontline UCT medical students spent the past few months on the frontline, playing their part in the country’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. 22 Sep 2020
TLC2020: tutors’ perspectives on emergency remote teaching Tutors shared their experiences of emergency remote teaching and learning on day two of UCT’s virtual 2020 Teaching and Learning Conference. 22 Sep 2020
Preserving cultural heritage through state-of-the-art technology UCT’s Zamani Project is hard at work producing authentic and accurate data to support heritage conservation experts and help preserve culturally sensitive sites. 22 Sep 2020
Student entrepreneur’s digital library helps children to read UCT student entrepreneur Qhawe Bula has developed a digital library that provides read-along children’s audiobooks in South Africa’s 11 official languages. 21 Sep 2020
TLC2020: Who moved my classroom? COVID-19 and the rise of emergency remote teaching has profoundly affected the identity and roles of academics and catapulted UCT into the future. 21 Sep 2020
Future of universities bound to their social compact COVID-19 has shown that the future of universities worldwide is bound to their social compact, said Professor Stephen Toope in his Vice-Chancellor’s Open Lecture. 18 Sep 2020
Surgical Society gears up for annual charity Scrub Run During the Sanlam Cape Town Virtual Marathon on 18 October, UCT’s Surgical Society will raise funds for the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital. 18 Sep 2020
UCT students keep elderly citizens company The UCT Surgical Society has partnered with Communicare to provide elderly residents with companionship during the national lockdown. 17 Sep 2020
UCT alumna’s NPO delivers learning material during lockdown The Outliers organisation has distributed more than 20 000 educational packs during lockdown to learners in some of the Western Cape’s most under-resourced communities. 17 Sep 2020
 
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