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UCT researchers contribute to key finding to help fight TB
A team at the University of Cape Town has led research to pinpoint the transporter of vitamin B12 in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB).
08 Apr 2013
UCT statement on controversial Varsity article
The University of Cape Town respects the right of all to express themselves, and the right of a student newspaper like Varsity (which has editorial independence) to print what it wants.
05 Apr 2013
Vaccination systems are failing children in Africa, say UCT experts
African children are still dying in large numbers as a result of failing vaccination systems for preventable disease in many regions, University of Cape Town experts have said in the latest issue of PLOS Medicine.
03 Apr 2013
UCT's Jammie Shuttle service returns to normal after strike ends
The University of Cape Town's free transportation service, the Jammie Shuttle, has resumed its normal timetable after drivers employed by Sibanye ended their wildcat strike early this afternoon. The drivers have returned to work and all Jammie Shuttle routes are operating normally.
26 Apr 2012
Wildcat strike by Sibanya drivers will affect thousands of UCT students
The University of Cape Town's free transportation service, the Jammie Shuttle, has been suspended today because drivers have embarked on a wildcat strike. The university was informed only this morning of the strike.
25 Apr 2012
UCT's renamed College of Accounting puts transformation, public sector high on agenda
The Department of Accounting at the University of Cape Town has changed its name to reflect a fresh focus on transformation within the accounting profession, improving the quality of its graduates, and playing a more active role in improving public sector accounting, among other things.
19 Apr 2012
2012 UCT Maths Competition breaks records: 8 312 entries from 153 schools
A record entry of 8 312 participants from a record number of 153 Western Cape schools will converge on the University of Cape Town Upper Campus on the evening of Monday, 16 April. After registration, they will move into 63 different venues across the campus to write the contest papers.
12 Apr 2012
Dinosaur bones debunk migratory myth - UCT researcher
Duck-billed dinosaurs were once dubbed the "happy wanderers" of the North Pole, but a new study suggests they were not migratory at all and preferred to stay closer to home. The evidence is in their bones, according to a team of dinosaur palaeontologists from the University of Cape Town and the US.
10 Apr 2012
NRF awards P-ratings to 3 young researchers at UCT
Three researchers at the University of Cape Town have been awarded P-ratings by the National Research Foundation (NRF). P-ratings honour young scholars who demonstrate the potential to become future leaders in their respective fields. Only 4 P-ratings were awarded for the country as a whole in this cycle.
03 Apr 2012
UCT to host Africa's first International Mathematical Olympiad
The University of Cape Town will host the 2014 International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) in July 2014. The IMO is the world championship of mathematics, launched in in Romania in 1959.
02 Apr 2012
7 000 high schoolers to converge on UCT for an evening of fun maths
Question: Thabo looks after a flock of goats and sheep. The flock has 55 percent more sheep than goats. What is the ratio of goats to sheep in the flock?
13 Apr 2011
UCT savours the taste of Varsity Cup victory
Statement by Dr Max Price, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Town: "UCT is celebrating a great win, and we are extremely pleased to finally be crowned the champions of the Varsity Cup."
12 Apr 2011
UCT wins award for multilingualism
In recognition of the need for university graduates to be competent in more than one South African language, for the past decade the University of Cape Town has been developing training programmes in Afrikaans and isiXhosa that have been incorporated into the formal MBChB curriculum of the Faculty of Health Sciences.
06 Apr 2011
UCT researchers win global award for technology breakthrough
UCT professors Margit Harting and David Britton received the Academic R&D Award at the IDTechEx Printed Electronics Europe Awards 2010 in Dresden, Germany, on 13 April, as a result of their groundbreaking work in the field of printed technology. This technology allows electronic ink to be printed onto a substrate (the material on which an electrical circuit is built) where it works as a semiconductor that can carry electrical charges.
29 Apr 2010
UCT hopes to open eyes with Blind Soccer tournament
The University of Cape Town's Disability Service, Student Representative Council and Sports Department are partnering with the League of the Friends of the Blind to host a Blind Soccer tournament on Saturday, 1 May 2010, to help create awareness around disability issues in general and sports involving participants with disabilities in particular.
21 Apr 2010
Record-breaking numbers to follow in Shuttleworth's footsteps
Long before entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth became the first African in space, he won gold in the University of Cape Town's annual Mathematics Competition. Today thousands of high school learners will be competing for the same prize - and who knows? One of them may someday venture further than Shuttleworth into a new frontier.
20 Apr 2010
HEU celebrates 20 years of research, teaching and policy contributions
The University of Cape Town's Health Economics Unit (HEU) - widely recognised as the leading health economics institution in Africa and one of the most respected such units among low- and middle-income countries - is celebrating its 20th anniversary on Tuesday, 20 April 2010, at 17:30 at the Centre for the Book in Cape Town.
20 Apr 2010
Soudien appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor at UCT
Professor Crain Soudien, who chaired the Ministerial Review Committee into Transformation in Higher Education last year, has been appointed to the post of Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Cape Town, with responsibility for the cluster of activities related to supporting UCT's transformation strategy.
19 Apr 2010
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