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Leading Economists: A Strong Carbon Price Needed to Drive Large-Scale Climate Action
Meeting the world's agreed climate goals in the most cost-effective way while fostering growth requires countries to set a strong carbon price, with the goal of reaching $40-$80 per tonne of CO2 by 2020 and $50-100 per tonne by 2030.
29 May 2017
Multi-year support for students at UCT's Disability Service
UCT is very pleased to announce that the FNB Fund has recently committed funding of R11 million towards UCT's Disability Service.
25 May 2017
UCT appoints Lewis Pugh as Adjunct Professor
World renowned Ocean Advocate and endurance swimmer, Professor Lewis Pugh is continuing his battle for ocean conservation by accepting the position of Adjunct Professor in International Law at UCT.
17 May 2017
UCT condemns rape and sexual assault
The University of Cape (UCT) recognises that rape and sexual assault are serious problems in our societies and universities.
09 May 2017
UCT confirms arrest of staff member
The University of Cape Town confirms that one of our staff members has been arrested for an alleged criminal offence committed on Sunday, 07 May 2017.
08 May 2017
50th anniversary of Robert Kennedy's
In 1966, then New York Senator Robert F Kennedy visited South Africa, bringing with him the hope that one day this country would abandon race politics - and a message that individual agency can change the world. The 50th anniversary of his visit will be commemorated at a special event at UCT on 4 June 2016 at 14:30 in Jameson Hall.
27 May 2016
Five-million-year-old baleen whales from the West Coast of South Africa
Today, whales are quite an attraction along our coastline. A new study, recently published in Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, Alcheringa, confirms that baleen whales were also part of the biodiversity in the waters along our coast, between 5-7million years ago.
26 May 2016
The South African Child Gauge
In November 2016 the Children's Institute (CI) at the University of Cape Town will release the eleventh issue of the South African Child Gauge: the only publication to provide an annual snapshot on the situation of South Africa's children.
25 May 2016
Unique cancer discovery opens path to early diagnosis and specialised treatment breakthroughs
UCT researchers identify genetic patterns for 6 common types of cancer.
20 May 2016
New UCT English Language Centre to benefit local and international students
The University of Cape Town launched a new English Language Centre (ELC) within the vibrant Faculty of Humanities on Wednesday, 18 May 2016.
19 May 2016
Professionalisation the tonic for municipalities' dysfunction
Violent service protests across the country reflect the disjuncture between the needs of civil society's poorest and local government's roll-out of resources and services. It's a topic close to Phindile Ntliziywana's heart. One of UCT's 6 New Generation of Academics Programme (nGAP) participants, Ntliziywana's PhD examines how the public service, specifically local government, can be improved.
17 May 2016
From tree of life to web of life: How Google Images can help ecologists study evolution
Animals caught on camera by amateur photographers and posted on the web could become an important new tool for studying evolution and other ecological questions, researchers from South Africa have found. Their study - the first of its kind - is published today in Methods in Ecology and Evolution.
12 May 2016
UCT to honour leaders in African art, archaeology and economics on 14 June 2016
First tranche of 2016 honorary doctorates to be conferred on Anatsui, Deacon and Wilson in separate graduation ceremonies.
10 May 2016
UCT public lecture to focus on 'Children on the front page'
Emeritus Professor Marian Jacobs to deliver VC Open Lecture on Monday, 16 May 2016, 18:00 in the New Learning Centre Lecture Theatre, Anatomy Building, Faculty of Health Sciences, Anzio Road, Observatory.
09 May 2016
UCT interview opportunities
28 May 2015
SA-Swiss Bilateral Research Chair to advance African influence in Global Environmental Health
Science & Technology Minister Naledi Pandor to address launch at UCT on 3 June 2015 at 09:30 in Wolfson Pavilion, IDM building, Faculty of Health Sciences, off Anzio Road, Observatory.
27 May 2015
UCT to honour commitment to activism, the arts, law and economy
The University of Cape Town will this year award honorary degrees to 7 highly esteemed and world-renowned figures for their significant contributions in their respective fields.
15 May 2015
UCT upholds suspension of student pending disciplinary hearing
The University of Cape Town confirms that it has suspended a student pending a disciplinary hearing following an incident that occurred in an academic department on Friday, 1 May 2015.
14 May 2015
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