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Students on life on the Southern Ocean
Life aboard the polar research vessel SA Agulhas II was an education on its own, according to this report by five ocean climate dynamics master's students who headed into the frigid Southern Ocean in...
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Students host 'appreciation lunch' for workers on campus
Students recently held an appreciation lunch for UCT workers, during which they screened a documentary focusing on a day in the life of a cleaner in a residence. Students and workers watch the...
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Never stop asking 'why', young scientists urged
Never lose your curiosity or propensity to ask 'Why?' This is what the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment Professor Alison Lewis told primary and junior participants at the...
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What South African farmers can do to protect endangered grassland birds
Current livestock farming practices in South Africa threaten endangered birds. South Africa is not unique. Globally, the intensification and expansion of agriculture has led to the reduction of bird...
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South Africa fails to tackle its high foetal alcohol syndrome rate
In the Gauteng province, one in 40 children who enter grade one have foetal alcohol syndrome. In the Western Cape, the rate is double. As we mark World Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Day, South Africa...
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Kopano honours outgoing registrar at anniversary dinner
Kopano's 70th anniversary dinner was an opportunity to pay tribute to outgoing registrar Hugh Amoore for his service to the residence (as a sub-warden) and the university in general. Outgoing registrar...
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International conference spotlights wellbeing of world's children
Over 200 researchers from more than 40 countries gathered at UCT for the 5th Conference of the International Society of Child Indicators. And while there was a geeky element to many of the...
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BMJ partners with UCT to help primary healthcare workers
One of the world's leading healthcare knowledge providers, the BMJ, has partnered with University of Cape Town's Lung Institute's Knowledge Translation Unit to develop and distribute the Practical...
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UCT offers condolences on the passing of Martin West
8 July 2015 Dear colleagues and students, I am writing to inform you of the sad news that Emeritus Professor Martin West died in the early hours of this morning, 8 July 2015, just 10 days before his...
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Tribute to Peter Linder
The UCT community extends condolences to the family, friends and former colleagues of Emeritus Professor Peter Linder who died at his Claremont home on 3 July after an illness. The late Emer Prof Peter...
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Start antiretroviral treatment early, says study
Starting antiretroviral treatment early can have significant health benefits for patients living with HIV, according to a global study to which UCT's Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation (DTHF) contributed....
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Meet UCT's Baby Bok
Khanyo Ngcukana will hope to line up for Western Province against the Sharks tomorrow, 11 July, as WP kick off their U21 Currie Cup campaign. Wearing the blue and white hoops won't be the heaviest...
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Remembering Brian Paddon (1932-2015)
Emeritus Associate Professor Brian Paddon passed away on 20 June 2015 having been an academic in the Department of Chemical Engineering from 1969 until his retirement in 1994. Brian was born in...
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Remembering Bryan Davies
Bryan Davies was a freshwater ecologist in the Department of Zoology at UCT from about 1980 until his early retirement in about 2003. He did his PhD on chironomids (non-biting midges) in Loch Leven,...
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UCT award winners light the way for next generation
Four UCT researchers and innovators were recognised for their great work and contribution to South African society on Thursday night at the 17th annual National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF)...
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UCT hosts Cuban medical graduation
UCT recently hosted a graduation ceremony for doctors trained through a bilateral agreement between Cuba and South Africa, aimed at boosting rural health care. On Friday 10 July, 47 newly qualified...
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UCT Choir teams up with the Whiffs
The Whiffenpoofs – a world-renowned, all-male, a cappella group from Yale University – teamed up with the UCT Choir for a rousing, once-off performance at St George's Cathedral in...
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'Use anger to learn and grow'
Justified 'anger' at injustice shouldn't discourage "difficult conversations", even when one felt on the receiving end of the anger. This was the view of keynote speaker, Eleanor du Plooy, of the...
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UCT's Careers Service ranks top in national survey
Employers have voted UCT's Careers Service and Careers Fair as the best in the country, in a recent South African Graduate Employers Association (SAGEA) survey. Best service: UCT's Career Service team...
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Breaking down silos in teaching and learning
That four groups won the 2014 UCT Collaborative Educational Practice Award for collaborative educational practice might testify to the ongoing drive to break through silos in teaching and learning at...
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