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UCT plans protest march to tell government: We Say Enough to violent crime
Thousands of students, academics, researchers and support staff have been called to express their collective outrage at the crimes of violence perpetuated across the nation at a march and rally at the University of Cape Town on Wednesday, 20 February 2013, beginning from Middle Campus at 13:00. Participants are asked to wear white shirts or T-shirts. Academics will wear their gowns.
17 Feb 2013
UCT contacts for expert comment on the national budget
The following UCT academics and experts will be available for comment during the lead-up to the annual national Budget speech by Finance Minister, Pravin Gordhan, on Wednesday, 27 February, 2013, as well as afterwards.
14 Feb 2013
UCT to honour leading musicians, an engineering giant & cardiovascular scientist
The University of Cape Town will award honorary degrees in 2013 to a range of experts chosen for their rich contributions to their respective areas of expertise and society as a whole. This year's honorands are: Derek Yellon: leading cardiovascular scientist; Caiphus Semenya and Letta Mbulu: South Africans with international reputations as musicians; Klaus-Jurgen Bathe: giant in the field of computational engineering mechanics; and Daniel Kunene: renowned literary figure and scholar in the fields of translation and critical appraisal of African orature.
14 Feb 2013
UCT appoints new Dean of Health Sciences
The University of Cape Town has appointed Professor Willem (Wim) de Villiers as the new Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences.
12 Feb 2013
Three UCT students shine at Pernod Ricard International Business Game
Three University of Cape Town students have won the South African leg of the Pernod Ricard's International Business Game, a competition to create a digital marketing strategy.
07 Feb 2013
Zombies, survivors, Mayans and alien invaders to storm the city as UCT students hit the streets for charity
University of Cape Town (UCT) students will storm the streets of Cape Town on Thursday 7 February, for the sales of the 80th Edition of the university's student run publication SAX Appeal.
06 Feb 2013
UCT to honour pioneers in arts, economics, science, law and medicine
This year, the University of Cape Town will award honorary degrees to a selection of experts chosen not only for what each has contributed to his or her respective areas of expertise, but to society as a whole. This year's honorands are: Allan Gray; Marlene Dumas; Adrian Kohler and Basil Jones; Nicholas Haysom; David Sanders; and Jonathan Ellis.
29 Feb 2012
UCT helps rural people fight law that could promote abuse of power by tribal leaders
The Law, Race and Gender Unit (LRG) at the University of Cape Town is working with the Legal Resources Centre and local community-based organisations to ensure that people living in rural villages will have an opportunity to speak out against the proposed passage of the controversial Traditional Courts Bill, which is considered unconstitutional by legal experts. View video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPaHb_AxSg0&list=PLAF5F3C9233117EAB&index=1&feature=plpp_video
08 Feb 2012
New master's programme to build mental health care capacity in Africa
The Alan J Flisher Centre for Public Mental Health (CPMH), a joint initiative between the University of Cape Town and Stellenbosch University (SU), has launched Africa's first postgraduate training programme in public mental health, to help build capacity in mental health care in Africa.
02 Feb 2012
UCT to honour heroes in teaching, reconciliation and computer technology
The University of Cape Town this year will award honorary degrees to David Potter, the founder of microcomputer systems companies Psion and Psion Teklogix; Cape Town teaching legend Stella Petersen; UCT Emeritus Professor Martin West; and struggle and reconciliation leader Mary Burton. The degrees will be awarded to Petersen and West during graduation ceremonies in June, and to Burton and Potter in December.
23 Feb 2011
Statement by the UCT Dean of the Faculty of Humanities on the so-called "closing down of CAS" and merging of academic departments
There has been some public speculation over the past week about proposals for departmental reorganisation in the Faculty of Humanities at UCT, and the so-called "closing down" of the Centre for African Studies (CAS). Claims have been made that CAS and all its courses, programmes, exchange links, intellectual activities and so forth have either been, or are about to be closed down, and that students have been excluded from discussion on the matters. This is completely untrue. No decision, administrative or otherwise, has been made in relation to any department in the Faculty at this time, and any decision that may finally be made will be arrived at through open discussion and debate within the faculty. A statement was made about this on 14th February but it appears that further details are required.
21 Feb 2011
No plans to close Centre for African Studies, says UCT Dean
Rumours have been circulating that the Centre for African Studies (CAS) at UCT is to be "closed down" and that students will no longer have access to the courses and programmes that have been offered by CAS in the past. This is not true. The Faculty of Humanities at the University of Cape Town is investigating a proposal to merge the departments of Social Anthropology, Linguistics, the African Gender Institute (AGI) and the Centre for African Studies (CAS) into a new Department of Anthropology, Linguistics and Gender Studies. If the proposal is accepted, all programmes currently offered by all these departments, including CAS, would continue to be offered.
15 Feb 2011
Mizrahi to lead infectious disease research at UCT
Professor Valerie Mizrahi has been appointed as Director of the Institute for Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine (IIDMM) at the University of Cape Town as of 1 January 2011.
14 Feb 2011
Speech by VC Max Price: Giddy Memorial Service and Protest March
Friends, why are we gathering today? Why are we gathering yet again? What good is the march, what good will a protest do? We are gathered once again, firstly to mourn collectively. In the last week I spoken to the Giddy family, friends of Dominic, and I have read the UCT Monday Paper, as you must have done, and seen the many touching messages that have been written. It made me feel horrible and sad that I was robbed of the chance to know this gentle, loving and fair person. We were all robbed of the gifts he would have brought to our society.
22 Feb 2010
UCT launches OpenContent Directory
The University of Cape Town's OpenContent Directory is scheduled to go live at 15h00 on Friday, 12 February 2010. The OpenContent Directory will allow easy, free, online access to a selection of UCT's teaching and learning resources, as a first step towards developing OpenUCT - a far-reaching initiative that will eventually make a range of UCT's knowledge resources - including research - available to anyone with Internet access.
12 Feb 2010
GIPCA's February Festival celebrates collaboration
The February Festival, hosted by UCT's Gordon Institute for Performing and Creative Arts (GIPCA), will incorporate performances, exhibitions and open rehearsals by GIPCA's participating departments, Fellows and Creative Arts Awardees. The festival offers the public, artists and academics the opportunity to experience and interact with an electric mix of arts and interdisciplinary collaborations.
08 Feb 2010
'Sax Offenders' aim to raise R700 000 for UCT community projects
"We won't be holding back," promises the team of students who have put together this year's edition of the University of Cape Town's RAG magazine, SAX Appeal 2010. The widespread publicity surrounding last year's edition has encouraged them to be ever more cheeky in promoting SAX Appeal 2010 and the good causes that will be supported through the sale of the magazine on 4 February.
01 Feb 2010
Vice-Chancellor Statement on integration of student residences
The University of Cape Town has taken note of the video-incident at the University of the Free State and the related activities and reactions to it. The incident and underlying issues that led to this act are deplorable. They have no place in an institution of higher learning.
29 Feb 2008
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