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Honours for UCT marine sciences trio
Three UCT marine scientists were honoured at SANCOR’s recent triennial awards ceremony at the Southern African Marine Science Symposium in Port Elizabeth.
10 Aug 2017
UCT’S d-school shares design thinking
Postgraduate students from UCT’s d-school have been collaborating in an initiative to introduce a culture of innovation to a corporate head office.
10 Aug 2017
What's driving Cape Town’s water insecurity, and what can be done about it
In pre-colonial times the Khoisan called Cape Town, //Hui !Gaeb , the place “where clouds gather” and Camissa “the place of sweet waters”. The future of the city will be shaped by water as it was in the past. But far more attention will need to be paid to the drivers and early warning signs.
10 Aug 2017
Republished
Development by numbers
The new postgraduate diploma in survey data analysis for development is aimed at producing graduates who are well equipped to combat key development challenges.
08 Aug 2017
Eurocentrism, the academy and social emancipation
Sociology guru Professor Vivek Chibber will be delivering the VC’s Open Lecture on 14 August 2017, in which he will offer a critique of postcolonial theory.
07 Aug 2017
GSB commits R4.6 million to scholarships
Calls for free tertiary education for poor South Africans are gaining momentum ahead of the release of the findings of the Fees Commission later this month.
04 Aug 2017
Njoroge takes notes from Laureates in Lindau
Dr Mathew Njoroge, a postdoctoral research fellow at the Drug Discovery and Development Centre, recently returned from the 67th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, Germany.
04 Aug 2017
Marakalala wins fellowship for TB work
Dr Mohlopheni Marakalala has been awarded a Wellcome Trust Intermediate Fellowship in Public Health and Tropical Medicine worth R10 million over the next five years.
03 Aug 2017
Life-saving lessons on organ donation
Critical-care specialist and transplant surgeon Dr David Thomson hopes to improve South Africa’s rates of deceased organ donation through a new MOOC – Organ Donation: From Death to Life.
03 Aug 2017
UK scholarships for star students
Three UCT students have won massive FirstRand scholarships that will take them to prestigious UK universities for the next academic year.
02 Aug 2017
Join us on the People’s March on 7 August
Recognised social activist Zackie Achmat, who is a recent recipient of an honorary doctorate from UCT, writes for GroundUp about setting the path towards a just and equal South Africa.
01 Aug 2017
Republished
UCT-led team wins international maths challenge
The fourth annual Financial Mathematics Team Challenge brought top students and academics from around the world to UCT to compete in this prestigious event.
01 Aug 2017
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