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Live stream: Unpacking violence within families

UCT’s Children’s Institute will host a live stream of a symposium unpacking the impact of violence within families on 21 November. 16 Nov 2018 - 2 min read

Two-part textiles exhibition

UCT’s Irma Stern Museum will host Artist’s Textiles, a group exhibition curated by artist David Bellamy from 17 November. 12 Nov 2018 - 2 min read

Poetry and musical tribute 05 Nov 2018

Social Responsiveness Award: Nominations deadline 29 Oct 2018

‘Star’ artists support Michaelis fundraiser 15 Oct 2018

VC’s message to matrics 15 Oct 2018

Smuts Hall 90th anniversary weekend 11 Oct 2018

Neil Armitage Inaugural Lecture 09 Oct 2018

Mental health roundtable 03 Oct 2018

Tshilidzi Marwala Open Lecture 02 Oct 2018

IRTC submission deadline extension 28 Sep 2018

Make your Humanities degree work for you 19 Sep 2018

Sarah Baartman exhibition 18 Sep 2018

Karin Murris inaugural lecture 28 Aug 2018

MOU signed with the University of Massachusetts A memorandum of understanding was signed between the University of Cape Town and the University of Massachusetts on Monday, 23 July. 26 Jul 2018

Financial maths duo’s big win Two financial maths master’s students helped their international team clinch a coveted trophy by solving an investment problem for a Zurich private markets firm. 25 Jul 2018

UCT welcomes Wikimania 2018 Around 700 of the best Wiki minds are Cape Town-bound, ready to do the hard work required to boost the African content on the popular knowledge platform. 09 Jul 2018

UCT hosts first gesture studies conference in Africa Emerging sign languages in Africa will be high on the agenda as signing and gesture experts from around the world meet in Cape Town this week. 05 Jul 2018

Finance Department undergoes self-review As part of a self-review process, the UCT Finance Department has appealed to all university stakeholders to take 20 minutes to complete an important new survey. 28 Jun 2018

Meet the linguists The UCE co-hosted International Congress of Linguists comes to Cape Town from 2 to 6 July. The conference will focus on research pertinent to Africa. 25 Jun 2018

Steps towards decolonised learning The Decolonial Winter School, which takes place from 24 to 30 June, hopes to begin the work of activating decolonial theory in teaching and learning. 22 Jun 2018

An ode to autumn The new exhibition at the Irma Stern Museum, Wild Harvest: nectar, berries, capsules and seeds, celebrates autumn, and our rich natural heritage. 14 Jun 2018

Umthombo: UCT’s new research magazine UCT has launched the first issue of its research magazine Umthombo, featuring stories from across the university that illustrate the diversity and quality of our research. 08 Jun 2018

A staff farewell for Dr Price The Chair of Council invites all UCT staff to join him in bidding farewell to the outgoing Vice-Chancellor, Dr Max Price, on Tuesday, 19 June. 31 May 2018

A student farewell for Dr Price The Chair of Council invites all UCT students to join him in bidding farewell to the outgoing Vice-Chancellor, Dr Max Price, on Monday, 21 May. 18 May 2018

Mental health needs investment Professor Crick Lund will argue for the need to invest in mental health in low- and middle-income countries in his upcoming inaugural lecture. 16 May 2018

Apply now to the LSE-UCT July School The London School of Economics and Political Science and UCT will be co-hosting the sixth LSE–UCT July School from 25 June to 6 July. 07 May 2018

UCT 10 km Memorial Run The annual UCT 10 km Memorial Run takes place at 07:00 on Sunday, 6 May and is open to all staff and students. 03 May 2018

Building resilient societies Associate Professor Dr Nancy Odendaal will make a presentation to the United Nations as part of a panel focused on balancing infrastructure development and sustainability. 24 Apr 2018

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