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Upcoming UCT event and interview opportunities
27 Nov 2013
UCT Vice-Chancellor reports to Senate on development of new admissions policy
Please cite Gerda Kruger, Executive Director: Communication and Marketing, University of Cape Town.
22 Nov 2013
UCT's admissions policy review process timeline: 2009 to date
Please cite Gerda Kruger, Executive Director: Communication and Marketing, University of Cape Town
21 Nov 2013
Upcoming UCT event and interview opportunity
21 Nov 2013
Experts to unpack climate change adaptation at UCT colloquium
Pro Vice-Chancellor's Open Lecture by Dr Mark Stafford Smith on Monday, 25 November 2013, at 18h00, Old Mutual Conference Centre, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens.
20 Nov 2013
Matrix of UCT talent unbundles connectivity problems
Professor Dlodlo and Emeritus Professor De Jager - from UCT's Communications Research Group and Image Processing Group respectively - walked away with the 2012/13 NSTF-BHP Billiton Award for An Individual or a Team who delivered an Outstanding Contribution to SETI through Research Leading to Innovation.
20 Nov 2013
South Africa and European Union celebrate successful Science and Technology partnership
The Deputy Minister of Science and Technology, Michael Masutha, will address an event at the University of Cape Town on Thursday, 21 November 2013, to showcase projects funded through a science and technology (S&T) partnership between South Africa and the European Union (EU).
19 Nov 2013
Upcoming UCT event and interview opportunity
14 Nov 2013
UCT expert highlights health risks of the chiskop haircut
Professor Nonhlanhla Khumalo, Head of Dermatology at the University of Cape Town, says public education on adequate sterilisation of barber equipment between haircuts should not be delayed.
13 Nov 2013
UCT interview opportunities
07 Nov 2013
Patch-clamping apparatus helps UCT researchers 'listen in' on brain's communication
A patch-clamping apparatus, donated to the University of Cape Town by UCT alumnus and leading neuroscientist Professor Henry Markram, will enable researchers to 'listen in' on the brain's electrical communications.
04 Nov 2013
Horticulture in a changing supermarket landscape
Global fresh fruit, vegetable and flower production is expanding rapidly to meet international demand for produce all year round. Meeting supermarket demands for fresh fruit and vegetables requires more skilled and empowered workers. Production and packing are becoming more complex because of rising standards and diverse market requirements. Commercial pressures are contributing to the casualisation of workers and the exclusion of smaller producers.
27 Nov 2012
UCT to co-host 'Capturing the Gains' Global Summit
Researchers from the University of Cape Town, the Brooks World Poverty Institute at the University of Manchester, and the Centre on Globalisation, Governance and Competitiveness at Duke University will present their findings on how resources, materials, workers and producers are deployed in 3 discrete sectors of global industry - mobile phones, clothing, and food - at the Capturing the Gains Global Summit on 3-5 December 2012 at the Clock Tower at the V&A Waterfront.
20 Nov 2012
UCT heart researcher and collaborators receive R25 million Australian grant
Professor Karen Sliwa, director of UCT's Hatter Institute for Cardiology Research in Africa, together with several Australian collaborators, have been awarded a R25 million research grant by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia. The grant will go towards building research capacity in reducing inequality in heart disease in South Africa and Australia.
02 Nov 2012
UCT Zoology and Botany departments in line with global trends
The University of Cape Town's Zoology and Botany departments have merged to form a new Department of Biological Sciences.
01 Nov 2012
UCT's new residence helps supply jobs as well as living space
One of the innovations of the new University of Cape Town residence, Obz Square, is en suite shower and toilet facilities in each of the 880 rooms. Each toilet/shower "pod" was assembled off-site, transported to the site on the corner of Main Road and Penzance in Observatory, and then installed fully fitted, tiled and plumbed, ready to be lifted and plastered into rooms like Lego blocks.
30 Nov 2011
UCT student dies in fall
The University of Cape Town regretfully confirms that a third-year Commerce student died tragically on Thursday, 24 November 2011.
25 Nov 2011
UCT experts on aspects of climate change for COP-17 journalists
23 Nov 2011
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