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Development studies at UCT in global top 10 for a third year running
08 Mar 2017
Development Studies at UCT in Global Top 10 for a Third Year Running
08 Mar 2017
New ranking shows which SA banks contribute most to systemic risk
Two students from UCT have designed South Africa’s first systemic risk ranking – which outlines what could happen in a financial crisis and identifies who is putting the system most at risk, and why.
08 Mar 2017
Zabalaza strives for success
Loosely translated, Zabalaza Intsika eBaxter Theatre, means two things: striving towards being a pillar of the Baxter Theatre Centre and striving towards success.
08 Mar 2017
Adapting to water scarcity
07 Mar 2017
Sugar tax is not pie in the sky
07 Mar 2017
Studying development at UCT just got easier
07 Mar 2017
Penguins on the move in a warming world
No animal is more iconic of Antarctica than the penguin, but now there is evidence global warming is forcing some colonies to move.
06 Mar 2017
To maximise a child’s development, genetics provide important insight
A child’s genetic make-up can play a large, hidden role in the success of efforts to maximise his or her development, South African research suggests.
06 Mar 2017
Love turned to hate
In a context of the pervasive silencing, rape and murder of lesbian womxn, director and writer Phyllis Klotz presents the testimony of over forty South African lesbian womxn, given voice by four courageous performers.
04 Mar 2017
Appeal to Southern Suburbs homeowners for accommodation for UCT students
04 Mar 2017
Fagan’s fêted open access book
03 Mar 2017
Success for Next Generation Professoriate
Four candidates from the Next Generation Professoriate (NGP) have been promoted to professor or associate professor level in the most recent round of ad hominem promotions.
03 Mar 2017
Report back on the second IRTC Steering Committee meeting
Mr Sipho Pityana, Chair of the IRTC Steering Committee (and Chair of UCT Council), gives a report back on the second meeting of the committee.
03 Mar 2017
Acclaimed author to spend a week at UCT
Professor Jacqueline Rose, a renowned scholar of the intersection of feminism, psychoanalysis, literature and politics, will spend a week at UCT this month, culminating in her delivering the Vice-Chancellor's Open Lecture on 16 March.
03 Mar 2017
HIV centre lands huge Zimele Project
The Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation, whose HIV Centre is based at UCT, has been chosen to implement the Zimele Project, a multi-dimensional health and social intervention programme for young people aged 10–24 years.
02 Mar 2017
Child grants can help mothers get better jobs
Research shows that grants make it easier for women to look for work.
02 Mar 2017
Tutpack to connect UCT students and tutors
The search for the perfect tutor has become an easier task thanks to Tutpack, a web application that simplifies transactions between students and tutors within UCT.
01 Mar 2017
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