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ART reduces prevalence of TB in people infected with HIV - UCT study
Antiretroviral Treatment an important part of SA's overall TB control strategy.
17 Dec 2013
5,560* graduates to be capped at UCT this month
Thirteen graduation ceremonies taking place from 11 to 17 December 2013 at Jameson Hall, Upper Campus, UCT
11 Dec 2013
UCT community gathers to reflect on Madiba's passing
As South Africa and the world seek meaningful ways to reflect on the passing of former President Nelson Mandela, the University of Cape Town will be holding a campus community gathering at 14:00 today (Friday, 6 December 2013) on the steps of Jameson Hall, Upper Campus.
06 Dec 2013
UCT mourns Madiba's passing
Flags at the University of Cape Town will fly at half-mast today as staff and students mourn the passing of Nelson Mandela.
06 Dec 2013
UCT to honour leading businessman, literary scholar & cardiovascular scientist from Africa
Ceremonies will take place on 13 and 16 December 2013 at Jameson Hall, Upper Campus, UCT.
03 Dec 2013
Hake and sardine under spotlight at international review of South African fisheries
Annual International Stock Assessment Review Workshop, 2-6 December 2013, Mathematics Building, Room M212, Upper Campus, UCT.
02 Dec 2013
UCT mourns death of health economics pioneer
The University of Cape Town mourns the tragic death this week of Professor Gavin Mooney, who was instrumental in developing the discipline of health economics within South Africa, and more specifically at UCT. In recognition of his international achievements he was named an honorary professor and was awarded an honorary doctorate in social sciences from the university in June 2009.
21 Dec 2012
UCT graduate explores success of emerging entrepreneurs in W Cape
Entrepreneurship is touted as among a tool needed to address the problem of unemployment in South Africa. However, despite the support programmes introduced by the government since 1994 to increase the number of start-up entrepreneurs, South Africa continues to lag behind. This is according to the University of Cape Town's Fawzy Basardien, who will receive his PhD in Business Administration for research on: The impact of action strategies on entrepreneurial success of emerging entrepreneurs in the Western Cape.
14 Dec 2012
Inflation targeting stabilises economies at expense of higher exchange-rate volatility
University of Cape Town doctoral student Seedwell Hove's PhD research, titled Monetary policy, institutions and terms of trade shocks in emerging market economies, finds that monetary, fiscal and financial institutional structures are important for the success of inflation targeting in emerging market economies(EMEs).
11 Dec 2012
UCT PhD thesis investigates social change and class formation through language
University of Cape Town doctoral student Kirsten Morreira takes an interesting look into Social change, class formation and Englishin her PhD thesis subtitled "a study of young black South Africans with 'Model C' school backgrounds".
10 Dec 2012
Global change hits African Penguin harder than Cape Gannet, find UCT study
University of Cape Town doctoral student Viviane Barquete's thesis, Using stable isotopes as a tool to understand the trophic relationships and movements of seabirds off southern Africa, assesses how African Penguins and Cape Gannets have reacted to the advent of commercial fishing and the recent spatial shifts in fish distributions.
10 Dec 2012
UCT PhD explores Olga Kirsh's works from the psychoanalytical sofa
Thomas Minnaar's Afrikaans thesis 'n Herwaardering van Olga Kirsch se oeuvre: identiteit, moederskap en ballingskap aan die hand van die psigoanalitiese teorieë van onder andere Sigmund Freud, Jacques Lacan en Julia Kristeva, investigates the works of Jewish Afrikaans poet Olga Kirsch, who was only the second published female poet in Afrikaans (1944) and one of the first to defy the National Party's racist agenda. Kirsch depicts in the poem "Die Blokhuis" (in Mure van die Hart, 1948) how the Nationalists were blocking themselves off from non-white South Africans, with their inevitable downfall looming.
10 Dec 2012
UCT to honour pioneers in arts, economics, science, law and medicine
The University of Cape Town will award honorary degrees to a selection of experts chosen not only for what each has contributed to his or her respective area of expertise, but to society as a whole. These recipients will be honoured at the graduation ceremonies taking place from Wednesday the 12th to Tuesday the 18th December 2012. All ceremonies will be streamed live online.
06 Dec 2012
Law reform needed to aid conservation and land reform, according to new UCT research
An array of broad legislative reforms can bridge the divide between South Africa's conservation and land reform imperatives, by improving the use of communally conserved areas and the management of the country's dwindling natural commons. This is according to Alexander Paterson, a PhD graduand in Public Law at the University of Cape Town.
13 Dec 2011
UCT researcher seeks to boost tourism industry
A candidate for a PhD in Commercial Law at the University of Cape Town has proposed ways to make the tourism industry in South Africa more competitive and innovative through the protection of intellectual property. Caroline Ncube's thesis, >i>Intellectual property protection for e-commerce business methods in South Africa: Envisioning an equitable model for SMEs in the tourism industry, examines how intellectual property law should protect e-commerce business methods to ensure that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in tourism, one of South Africa's immediate priority sectors, are not disadvantaged.
13 Dec 2011
UCT PhD research provides insights into mood disorders
Three doctoral graduands at the University of Cape Town will receive their degrees at December graduation for their respective research into the relationship between psychopathology and substance use - especially cannabis; mood disorders; the positive effects of feeling guilty; and the impact of early trauma on the brain's natural painkiller system.
13 Dec 2011
UCT research suggests why liver disease progresses only in some
A study by medicine doctoral student Mashiko Setshedi at the University of Cape Town addresses how and why liver disease progresses in some individuals but not in most people.
13 Dec 2011
UCT researcher develops self-regulating vacuum dressing for wounds
University of Cape Town doctoral student Dr Nicolas Kairinos' thesis, The biomechanics of negative-pressure wound therapy, finds that, contrary to common perception, negative-pressure wound dressings do not reduce tissue pressure but increase it, resulting in accelerated wound healing.
13 Dec 2011
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