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UCT's Poverty and Inequality Initiative (PII)
The most recent Poverty and Inequality Initiative (PII) newsletter - which focuses heavily on youth matters - provides an update of the work done by the PII, which is 1 of the University of Cape Town (UCT)'s 4 strategic initiatives.
23 Jun 2016
UCT graduation commemorates 40th anniversary of June 16
A total of 1 949 students - including 99 doctoral gradates - were among those who were capped at 13 ceremonies held at the University of Cape Town.
17 Jun 2016
Address by UCT Vice-Chancellor, Dr Max Price, at the Science Faculty graduation
15 Jun 2016
UCT grads who made it against the odds
Profiles of some of the remarkable students who will be capped during the June graduation season.
09 Jun 2016
Sex life of earth's biggest bird
UCT palaeobiologist involved in international study to unravel the biology of giant 8 million-year-old extinct birds more akin to a goose than an ostrich.
08 Jun 2016
What matters to youth on the 40th anniversary of Soweto uprisings?
Bulletin identifies challenges facing youth 21 years into new democracy
07 Jun 2016
UCT acknowledges student protest today
A group of about 30 people protested outside the Bremner building at the University of Cape Town today, demanding the withdrawal of the court interdict against 5 people (3 of whom are students).
01 Jun 2016
1 in 3 young South Africans sexually abused - new study
1 in 3 young people in South Africa have experienced some form of sexual abuse during their lives, according to a new Optimus Study, the first-ever nationally representative study of child maltreatment in South Africa.
01 Jun 2016
New dinosaur from South Africa gets Sesotho name
South African and Argentinian palaeontologists have discovered a new early dinosaur from South Africa. The specimen was found in the late 1930s in the Zastron area of South Africa, about 30km from the Lesotho border.
25 Jun 2015
Ecological map could save vultures from fledgling African wind farm development
Ecologists have developed a new map that could help Lesotho's first wind farms generate low carbon energy without putting the region's vulnerable vulture population at risk.
24 Jun 2015
1379 students capped at UCT June graduation
A total of 1 379 students graduated from the University of Cape Town over 4 ceremonies last week.
17 Jun 2015
Suspension of Mr Chumani Maxwele
Mr Chumani Maxwele faces charges for breaches of the University of Cape Town Code of Conduct related to an incident that occurred on campus on Friday, 1 May 2015.
10 Jun 2015
UCT June Graduation Diary
11 and 12 June 2015, Jameson Hall, Upper Campus - graduation ceremonies will be live-streamed on www.uct.ac.za.
10 Jun 2015
UCT interview opportunities on TB, HIV research achievements
05 Jun 2015
SA-Swiss Bilateral Research Chair to advance African influence in Global Environmental Health
The University of Cape Town and the Swiss Tropical Institute/University of Basel has launched a historic South African-Swiss (ZA-CH) Bilateral Research Chair, aimed at advancing the voices of African experts in global environmental health research.
03 Jun 2015
Facts related to suspension & disciplinary charge against Mr Chumani Maxwele
Mr Chumani Maxwele is a registered University of Cape Town student. Ordinarily we treat student disciplinary matters as private and have, until now, not made public any details of the allegations against him. Mr Maxwele has, however, chosen to put these matters in the public domain.
03 Jun 2015
Cronin to address UCT Conference on Social Equality
Jeremy Cronin, South Africa's Deputy Minister of Public Works and the Deputy General-Secretary of the SA Communist Party, will address a special session of the Social Equality Conference hosted by the Philosophy Department at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, from 15-17 August 2014.
26 Jun 2014
UCT Council approves new admissions policy for 2016
The University of Cape Town Council voted on Saturday, 14 June 2014, to approve in principle a new admissions policy model that will incorporate race as 1 of several factors to be considered in assessing an applicant's historic disadvantage.
18 Jun 2014
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