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Global activist/feminist to speak at UCT
Professor Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak of Columbia University will speak on "The Tradition of Critique and Feminist Writing", in the Vice-Chancellor's Open Lecture at the University of Cape Town on Tuesday, 27 September 2011.
22 Sep 2011
Motsoaledi to address UCT students on leadership in health care
Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, the Minister of Health, will be the keynote speaker at the Shaping Leaders in Health talk hosted by the Health Sciences Student Council on Thursday, 22 September 2011, 18:30, in the New Learning Centre Lecture Theatre at the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Cape Town.
19 Sep 2011
UCT historian gets jump on Heritage Day by calling for global perspective on Cape's history
We need to understand the Cape not only as part of the South African nation but also in relation to its historical links to Asia, other parts of Africa and the Indian Ocean world, according to Professor Nigel Worden of the University of Cape Town. This will be the argument he will present in his inaugural lecture on Wednesday, 21 September 2011, at 17:30, in LT1, Kramer Law Building, Middle Campus. This is Professor Worden's inaugural into the King George V Chair of History, to which he was appointed in 2009.
19 Sep 2011
UCT's 5th colloquium on HIV/AIDS to focus on human stories behind the virus
The experiences of HIV-positive people who tell their own stories about living with the virus will be the focus at the fifth annual colloquium hosted by the HIV/AIDS Institutional Co-Ordination Unit (HAICU) at the University of Cape Town, on Wednesday, 21 September 2011, 09:30-13:30, at the Centre for African Studies Gallery on Upper Campus. A programme is listed at the end of this release.
19 Sep 2011
UCT Constitutional law expert to speak on race, redress and remembrance
Professor Pierre de Vos of the University of Cape Town's Department of Public Law will speak on The past is unpredictable: Race, redress and remembrance in the South African Constitution in his inaugural lecture on 14 September 2011, 17:30, in Lecture Theatre 1, Kramer Law Building, Middle Campus. In 2008 Professor de Vos became the first legal academic in South Africa to write a regular Blog, Constitutionally Speaking.
12 Sep 2011
UCT conference to bring together international experts on safety and violence
Seven experts with international expertise in fields related to preventing violence and promoting safety will bring their experiences to bear on SA's struggles in this important area, at the first conference of the University of Cape Town's Safety & Violence Initiative (SaVI) beginning on 8 September, 2011, in the Barnard Fuller Building, of the UCT Health Science Campus.
07 Sep 2011
Sir Sydney Kentridge to speak at 34th anniversary commemoration of Biko
Internationally renowned advocate Sir Sydney Kentridge will deliver the 12th annual Steve Biko Memorial Lecture, "Evil Under the Sun: the Death of Steve Biko", hosted by the University of Cape Town and the Steve Biko Foundation, on Monday, 12 September 2011, at 19:00 in Jameson Hall, Upper Campus, UCT.
05 Sep 2011
UCT entrepreneurial expert to speak on value creation
Professor Eric Wood of the University of Cape Town's Graduate School of Business (GSB) will speak on The Art of Value Creation in his inaugural lecture on 7 September 2011, 17:30, in Lecture Theatre 2D, Leslie Social Sciences Building, on Upper Campus. Professor Wood teaches in the fields of innovation & entrepreneurship at the GSB and in the Netherlands.
05 Sep 2011
Education expert to speak at UCT on 'changing schools for good'
The Schools Development Unit (SDU) at the University of Cape Town will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a lecture on "Changing Schools for good: what the future holds for Teacher Professional Development in SA", by Brahm Fleisch, Professor of Education Policy at Wits School of Education, on Monday, 05 September 2011, at the Kramer Law Building, Middle Campus, at 16:00. Registration opens at 15:30.
02 Sep 2011
Ramos to speak at UCT on global economy's impact on SA
The School of Economics at the University of Cape Town will host Maria Ramos, the Group Chief Executive of the Absa Group, as the guest speaker for a special lecture on "The state of the global economy and its impact on South Africa", on Friday, 2 September 2011, at 13:00 in Kramer Lecture Theatre 1 on Middle Campus. The lecture is open to the public and seating will be on a first come, first served basis.
01 Sep 2011
UCT conference to bring together international experts on safety and violence
Seven experts with international expertise in fields related to preventing violence and promoting safety will bring their experiences to bear on SA's struggles in this important area, at the first conference of the University of Cape Town's Safety & Violence Initiative (SaVI) beginning on 8 September, 2011, in the Barnard Fuller Building, of the UCT Health Science Campus.
01 Sep 2011
Key to baboon management is people, says UCT researcher
It may be called "baboon management", but PhD researcher Bentley Kaplan of UCT's Department of Zoology says that people management is the most problematic component of the job. "Baboons are relatively easy to manage," he said. "People are far more difficult."
28 Sep 2010
UCT students recruit local soccer hero to inspire Lavender Hill learners
Fourth-year occupational therapy (OT) students from the University of Cape Town's School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences will run a holiday programme in Lavender Hill on 28 and 29 September, to help Grade 7 learners see how the positive choices they make today can help them lead successful lives.
27 Sep 2010
Alice Walker to deliver 11th Steve Biko Memorial Lecture at UCT
The 11th annual Steve Biko Memorial Lecture will be delivered at the University of Cape Town on Thursday, 9 September 2010, by Pulitzer Prize winner author, professor and activist Professor Alice Walker. Established in 2000, the lecture is the flagship programme of the Steve Biko Foundation and is the principal avenue through which the Foundation pursues a core element of its mission: to foster the intangible but essential community building blocks: history, identity, culture and values, as the foundation for leadership and agency at the level of the individual and the community.
07 Sep 2010
Mbeki to address African Student Leaders Summit
Former president Thabo Mbeki will address delegates from 23 different universities in 10 African countries, as well as the University of Cape Town community, at the inaugural African Student Leaders Summit, hosted by UCT.
06 Sep 2010
UCT Faculty of Health Sciences leads drug-resistant TB workshop
Drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) is in the spotlight at a workshop entitled "Current Practices, Controversies and Clinical Challenges", taking place in the Faculty of Health Sciences at UCT from 3 to 5 September 2010.
03 Sep 2010
Distinguished women in science awards
The Department of Science and Technology, through the South African Women in Science Awards, recognises women whose distinguished achievements in science, technology, innovation and research are an inspiration to the nation. The University of Cape Town was very well represented in all categories and scooped a first prize and a second prize in the two main categories.
04 Sep 2009
UCT researchers set new benchmark in NRF ratings
Eleven researchers from UCT had their A ratings confirmed by the National Research Foundation at a ceremony on 1 September 2009 - an unprecedented number from a single South African university in one year and more than half of all the A ratings awarded.
02 Sep 2009
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