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Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Awards for Global Citizenship and Service Excellence
The Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Awards aim to recognise members of the UCT community who make an outstanding contribution to the university’s mission and objectives.
02 Dec 2020
The Lady Day Big Band perform a South African vintage pop medley at UCT
From Sipho “Hotstix” Mabuze to Yvonne Chaka-Chaka, Brenda Fassie, Mafikizolo and Malaika, the pop medley by the Lady Day Big Band and the UCT School of Dance added some fun and excitement to the 2020 UCT Annual Staff Awards, dance music that was sure to get even the those with two left feet off their couches.
02 Dec 2020
Watch the UCT Annual Awards 2020
On Wednesday, 2 December 2020, Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng hosted the UCT Annual Awards 2020, which serves to honour and celebrate exceptional individuals at UCT for their contributions through excellence and dedication in research, teaching and service. The celebration acknowledges 225 staff receiving Long Service Awards and the recipients of the Distinguished Teacher Award, the Alan Pifer Research Award and the Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence. The evening also recognises those staff members who have received ad hominem promotions this year.
02 Dec 2020
SA and Nigeria’s first woman professor in construction management
Following her ad hominem promotion, UCT’s Abimbola Windapo has become the first woman professor in construction management in both South Africa and Nigeria.
02 Dec 2020
Bernard Soules: 25 years keeping crime at bay
Safety and security on UCT’s campuses is paramount to Bernard Soules, who celebrates 25 years of service at the university this year.
02 Dec 2020
Celebrating ‘tenacious, committed’ newly qualified teachers
UCT’s 2020 Newly Qualified Teachers Project cohort were hailed for their dedication and resilience in and outside the classroom amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
02 Dec 2020
Lockdown limits safe spaces for abused women
As the international campaign 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children is being commemorated, researchers from UCT are working towards alleviating the abuse of women.
02 Dec 2020
Afrikan Futures Catalyst team wins global award
The Afrikan Futures Catalyst team has been selected as one of the five winners of the United Nations global design competition.
01 Dec 2020
Join the final Transformation, Inclusion and Diversity Think Space
The Office for Inclusivity and Change will host their final think space, on inequalities and power disparities in higher education, on Friday, 4 December 2020.
01 Dec 2020
Afton Titus: ad hom promotion four months after PhD
Just four months after graduating with her PhD, Associate Professor Afton Titus is one of several UCT academics to achieve a 2020 ad hominem promotion.
01 Dec 2020
35 years of electrifying success at UCT
Anton Johnson, from UCT’s Properties and Services department, has received a Long Service Award for his 35 years of dedication to the institution.
01 Dec 2020
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