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Google PhD Fellowship: AI, telementoring and a storied story 04 Dec 2024
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‘Yes, GBV manifests through online platforms too’ 03 Dec 2024
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Falling short of objectives: the ANC, the people and the GNU 22 Nov 2024
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UCT brewing team triumphs at national intervarsity competition 21 Nov 2024
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Acceptance and faith: how master’s student Saad Naveed rebuilt his life after tragedy 19 Nov 2024
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Seven UCT graduates among 11 Southern African Rhodes Scholarship recipients for 2025 19 Nov 2024
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UCT GSB MBA ranked number seven globally for impact and sustainability 15 Nov 2024
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UCT students excel at SDG Summer School and Olympiad 12 Nov 2024
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UCT GSB’s EMBA ranked 31st globally for Overall Satisfaction by the Financial Times 18 Oct 2024
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A champion on the track and beyond 30 Sep 2024
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UCT student entrepreneur tops regional competition category 20 Sep 2024
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From 30% to PhD: Dr Olwethu Waka’s mathematical journey equals success 18 Sep 2024 Republished
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Breaking Barriers: UCT PhD graduates champion justice and cyber-bullying 16 Sep 2024
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UCT PhD graduates lead groundbreaking research 16 Sep 2024
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UCT PhD graduates pave the way with groundbreaking research 16 Sep 2024
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A childhood dream realised: Mokhine Motsoaledi’s graduation story 13 Sep 2024
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Pearly Joubert chats MSc in Neuroscience, Women in Science Award 10 Sep 2024
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Dreams delayed and actualised 27 Aug 2024
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Award-winning researcher passionate about alleviating economic disparities 26 Aug 2024
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Winners’ circle: Prof Caroline Ncube bags Women in Science Award 20 Aug 2024
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Women’s Month: Floods expose plight, pain of ‘powerless’ Khayelitsha women 07 Aug 2024
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Women’s Month: Merging love, passion and wonder 06 Aug 2024
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Childhood trauma begets substance abuse among adolescents 08 Jul 2024
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Global rankings: UCT rises in research ranking 05 Jul 2024
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UCT soars to 77th place worldwide in 2024 THE Impact Rankings 03 Jul 2024
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UCT up two places in latest world rankings 19 Jun 2024
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UCT professor elected Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences 31 May 2024
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Innovating for impact: NSTF awards shortlist UCT academics 28 May 2024
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UCT among the top 1.3% universities in the world 16 May 2024
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QS rankings place four UCT subjects in the top 100 12 Apr 2024
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A journey of curiosity, healing, and hope 28 Mar 2024
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Looking through the lens of missed vaccination opportunities 26 Mar 2024
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Half a million followers on TikTok and studying towards a master’s 26 Mar 2024
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Decomposing pig bodies provide insight into novel methods to identify human remains 20 Mar 2024
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UCT’s Inspirational Graduates 19 Mar 2024
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UCT celebrates inspirational women graduates 19 Mar 2024
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UCT master’s student in line for a global McCall MacBain Scholarship award 18 Mar 2024
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Exness Fintech scholarships: Applications are open 24 Jan 2024
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Google PhD Fellowship ‘Hail Mary’ proves successful for UCT student 23 Jan 2024
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UCT students continue to dominate the Greenovate Awards 28 Dec 2023
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‘I decided to go for my dream’ 28 Dec 2023
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UCT leaps to 31st in the world for sport science 22 Dec 2023
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A doctorate programme for progress 22 Dec 2023
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DVC Prof Sue Harrison bids farewell to UCT 21 Dec 2023
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Colourful, joyous end-of-year graduation a ‘splendid moment of celebration’ 18 Dec 2023
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UCT ranks 50th in the world for sustainability 12 Dec 2023
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From exploitation to expression: Examining artistic agency in visualising blackness 12 Dec 2023
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Back to school and a PhD for ‘first gen’ grad and mother of three 12 Dec 2023
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Admin assistant by day, researcher by night 11 Dec 2023
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UCT students win second place in MTN MoMo API Hackathon 2023 11 Dec 2023
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From cleaning cold rooms to master’s degree in arch dam construction 08 Dec 2023
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From passion to parenting: UCT EMBA graduate’s mindful pursuit of purpose and impact 07 Dec 2023
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Empowering generations: How a mother’s support inspired a daughter’s success 06 Dec 2023
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UCT’s Open Textbook awardee had students at heart when devising book 30 Nov 2023
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UCT GSB’s Executive MBA ranked top 5 globally for gender diversity 31 Oct 2023
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Three UCT subjects ranked in top 100 31 Oct 2023
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Six UCT subjects ranked in top 100 in ShanghaiRanking’s GRAS 31 Oct 2023
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UCT’s STEM outreach piques learners’ curiosity 26 Oct 2023
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Inequality in higher education mushroomed by COVID-19 pandemic 04 Oct 2023
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UCT retains top position in Africa 28 Sep 2023
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A fellowship to bridge the industry–academia gap 27 Sep 2023
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UCT retains Africa’s top spot in ARWU rankings 16 Aug 2023
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Women’s Month: ‘SA women are in pain’ 07 Aug 2023
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Government ‘systematically denied’ care for elderly, young children during global pandemic 31 Jul 2023
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UCT caps over 100 PhD graduates 27 Jul 2023
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Emma Whitelaw’s research analyses post-school education in an unequal society 21 Jul 2023
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PhD graduand clocks vast distances on foot collecting 150 taxa, including 50 undescribed species 21 Jul 2023
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Graduand’s research probes prevalence, risk of elder abuse in SA 20 Jul 2023
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‘Don’t retrofit curricula to include disability; engage at the design stage’ – PhD graduand 19 Jul 2023
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‘Don’t let this work die on my computer’ – PhD to be awarded posthumously 18 Jul 2023
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PhD study on women with disabilities accessing antenatal care in rural Uganda 17 Jul 2023
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PhD proposal shows how disability can be included in MBChB training 14 Jul 2023
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A starry-eyed inspirational graduate 14 Jul 2023
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Law PhD at 26 for Gaopalelwe Mathiba – youngest in over a decade 13 Jul 2023
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‘To you, dad, with love and gratitude’ 13 Jul 2023
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African robotics developing in leaps and bounds 03 Jul 2023
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UCT jumps 64 places in latest world rankings 28 Jun 2023
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Gratitude linked to better academic performance – new UCT study and pilot 28 Jun 2023
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Thabisa Dinga is giving back to KwaLanga through her love for music and dance 23 Jun 2023 Youth Month
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UCT student Kai Goodall wants to help society through his passion for engineering 16 Jun 2023 Youth Month
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Youth Month: ‘Why fit in when you are born to stand out’ 15 Jun 2023 Youth Month
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FlexiGyn in line for 2023 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation 14 Jun 2023
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UCT ranks 9th in the world for SDG 6: clean water and sanitation 02 Jun 2023
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SA’s ‘Science Oscars’ names UCT finalists 25 May 2023
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UCT ranks in top 1.4% of universities worldwide 16 May 2023
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UCT retains excellence in the education of professional accountants 06 Apr 2023
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UCT’s development studies rank 12th in the world 23 Mar 2023
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UCT is Africa’s most international university 26 Jan 2023
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UCT researchers recognised as highly cited 22 Nov 2022
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UCT’s reputation among the top 200 globally 18 Nov 2022
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South African women innovators win big at international Falling Walls Lab 16 Nov 2022
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Winning project reimagines Delft stormwater basin 10 Nov 2022
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Eight UCT researchers honoured by ASSAf & SAYAS 07 Nov 2022
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UCT shines in various rankings and other updates 02 Nov 2022
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UCT jumps up in clinical and health 02 Nov 2022
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UCT 24th in the world for infectious disease research 31 Oct 2022
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135 UCT researchers among world’s top 2% 26 Oct 2022
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UCT GSB’s Executive MBA ranked among top 20 in the world for student satisfaction 24 Oct 2022
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UCT leaps up in international rankings 12 Oct 2022
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Falling Walls Lab CT finals: UCT winner off to Berlin 04 Oct 2022
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UCT student shortlisted for the Äänit Prize 12 Sep 2022
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UCT ranks the best in Africa 22 Aug 2022
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Five UCT subjects in ShanghaiRanking’s GRAS top 100 05 Aug 2022
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Study reveals factors behind rise in obesity in SA women of childbearing age 18 Jul 2022
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Inspirational PhD grad: New findings on managing phantom limb pain 15 Jul 2022
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Young UCT scientist chosen to attend Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Germany 24 Jun 2022
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UCT remains top in Africa 17 Jun 2022
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UCT GSB reached its highest ranking to date for customised programmes 31 May 2022
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UCT among the top 200 universities for impact 04 May 2022
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SA healthcare workers lack critical knowledge on new ARV 29 Apr 2022
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UCT in top 1.4% of universities worldwide 26 Apr 2022
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Mother Earth Day: Saving endangered sandfish 22 Apr 2022
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UCT’s development studies in top 10 14 Apr 2022
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Lockdown 2020: Birds bask on barren Muizenberg beach 13 Apr 2022
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UCT ranked top in Africa for sport science 08 Apr 2022
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SA’s UN voting record set the stage for its position on Ukraine 07 Mar 2022 Republished
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Student publications prove to be purposeful and advanced 14 Feb 2022
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Maternal anaemia investigated as a global health priority 14 Feb 2022
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UCT is one of the most international universities 25 Jan 2022
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Foot-powered washing machine wins international design challenge 20 Dec 2021
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New platform raises awareness on the plight of migrant women 26 Nov 2021
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Health Sciences PhD student awarded Google Fellowship 12 Nov 2021
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UCT GSB MBA ranks top in Africa on sustainability performance 11 Nov 2021
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UCT’s clinical & health in top 100 11 Nov 2021
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UCT research 109th in the world 05 Nov 2021
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UCT accelerates postgraduate transformation 04 Nov 2021
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Law master’s student takes on the world with Chinese 15 Oct 2021
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Child and adolescent mental healthcare has many gaps 11 Oct 2021
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PhD research points to effective treatment of depression in people living with HIV/AIDS 04 Oct 2021
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UCT in top 100 for graduate employability 28 Sep 2021
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Climate-change movers set to jet to Milan for youth summit 23 Sep 2021
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Africans lack basic facilities to curb COVID-19 23 Sep 2021
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UCT master’s student handpicked to co-edit New African magazine 15 Sep 2021
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UCT PhD graduand celebrates with community in Khayelitsha 14 Sep 2021
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UCT first in Africa in the world rankings 06 Sep 2021
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Pension law deprives most South Africans right to decide on inheritance 26 Aug 2021
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UCT ranks top in Africa 20 Aug 2021
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UCT team nets inaugural agri-entrepreneurship prize 12 Aug 2021
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Women’s Month: Confronting legal dissonance in South Africa 12 Aug 2021
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UCT top in Africa in latest world rankings 09 Jun 2021
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UCT remains among top 1.4% of universities globally 26 Apr 2021
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Earth Day: All-UCT trio of Atlantic ambassadors 22 Apr 2021
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UCT among top 200 in world university impact rankings 21 Apr 2021
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UCT student trio named among young global leaders 31 Mar 2021
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Top marks for interdisciplinary and collaborative approach 31 Mar 2021
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UCT remains a top-10 emerging economy university 09 Mar 2021
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MSc student lauded for world-class HPV research 08 Mar 2021
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UCT’s development studies in top 10 worldwide 04 Mar 2021
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UCT retains its spot among top 40 most international universities 03 Feb 2021
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‘This one’s for you, dad’ 10 Dec 2020
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Senzo Mgabhi’s long walk to his MSc 09 Dec 2020
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‘Grab your opportunities with both hands’ 08 Dec 2020
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Using bacterial shape to understand TB gene function 07 Dec 2020
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‘Don’t be afraid to be first’ 07 Dec 2020
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Fuel-from-waste win at Falling Walls Lab competition 27 Nov 2020
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UCT rises in research rankings 26 Oct 2020
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UCT the only Financial Times ranked MBA school in Africa 26 Oct 2020
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COVID-19 multitool opens communal doors, taps 14 Oct 2020
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Students’ talk show reimagines news 14 Oct 2020
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UCT innovators on M&Gs list of top young South Africans 11 Sep 2020
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UCT retains top spot in Africa in THE world rankings 02 Sep 2020
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Helping parents and their babies through the first 1 000 days 28 Aug 2020
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UCT maintains position in world rankings 21 Aug 2020
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Palaeoscience fellows score for science and diversity 20 Aug 2020
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Simple tech solution is an ear saver 14 Aug 2020
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Women making a difference through technology 13 Aug 2020
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UCT breathes LIFE into ventilator solution 28 Jul 2020
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Four UCT subjects in top 100 10 Jul 2020
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Africa’s digital divide 30 Jun 2020
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UCT best on the continent 10 Jun 2020
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When crisis cultivates collaboration 10 Jun 2020
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UCT ranked among top 1.4% globally 08 Jun 2020
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One-stop shop for funding opportunities in Africa 08 Jun 2020
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UCT researcher’s COVID-19 dashboard expands globally 27 May 2020
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Two UCT law academics granted international mentorship award 12 May 2020
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Red algae alert! Rhodoliths discovered in SA waters 12 May 2020
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Earth Day 2020: Birds, lockdown and cause to pause 22 Apr 2020
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COVID-19 dashboard ‘by and for South Africans’ 17 Apr 2020
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Fighting inequality through health economics 30 Mar 2020
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Bells (and whistles) for grad organist 24 Mar 2020
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Upgraded degree leads to PhD 18 Mar 2020
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Seven UCT subjects in top 100 05 Mar 2020
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Human waste on world innovation stage 27 Feb 2020
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UCT in top 10 emerging economy universities 19 Feb 2020
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‘UCT gave me freedom’ 13 Feb 2020
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Thesis award for top honours graduate 07 Feb 2020
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UCT among top 40 international universities 31 Jan 2020
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UCT wins top international business school competition 21 Jan 2020
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UCT best in Africa in world rankings 25 Oct 2019
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UCT in global top 100 for graduate employability 19 Sep 2019
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UCT leaps up in world rankings 12 Sep 2019
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UCT tops in Africa in all five major rankings 20 Aug 2019
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UCT in top 1.3% globally 05 Aug 2019
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UCT in top 20 globally for mining & mineral engineering 28 Jun 2019
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UCT’s academic reputation best on the continent 19 Jun 2019