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UCT participates in global Mission Atlantic project
UCT has joined international partners on the Mission Atlantic project to examine the effects that crises, such as climate change, have on the Atlantic Ocean.
21 Oct 2020
Interactive website tracks SA’s post-school qualifications
Siyaphambili, a project in UCTʼs Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, has launched an interactive website to help track South Africa’s post-school qualification scores.
16 Oct 2020
Why Africa needs to invest in mental health
Collaborative research from across the continent underlines the health and economic benefits of investing in mental health in Africa.
13 Oct 2020
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Social Responsiveness Award: a unique study on youth and HIV
Dr Rebecca Hodes has won UCT’s Social Responsiveness Award for a unique, collaborative study on youth vertically infected with HIV.
08 Oct 2020
TLC2020: teaching as a form of social responsiveness
A panel discussion at UCT’s Teaching and Learning Conference 2020 showcased the work of four academics who use their teaching as a form of social responsiveness.
07 Oct 2020
Human hand behind SA’s land-degrading dust storms
Research by a UCT academic pinpoints a direct human cause for Southern Africa’s dust emissions, which affect air quality and can pose serious health risks.
06 Oct 2020
Boost for electrolyser technology development towards commercialisation
New funding from Germany will help UCT advance its technology development of catalyst-coated membranes used in electrolysers for hydrogen production.
05 Oct 2020
Waste-to-fuel project an IChemE Global Awards 2020 finalist
An intercontinental research team comprising researchers from the University of Cape Town has been announced as an IChemE Global Awards 2020 finalist in the Energy category.
02 Oct 2020
Global South research: humpback whales and climate change
Two University of Cape Town researchers to join global research partnership studying the effects of climate change on humpback whales in the Southern Ocean.
29 Sep 2020
UCT GSB teaching case study wins top international award
Researchers from the UCT GSB have won a prestigious international case writing competition for a new teaching case on the challenges faced by the South African cardiac device industry.
29 Sep 2020
Videos unpack intricacies of land administration in SA
Academics at UCT and the University of the Western Cape have partnered to produce a series of videos that provide simplified explanations to land administration in South Africa.
29 Sep 2020
Battling a pandemic: an African perspective
A paper by UCT researchers describing an African perspective on global approaches to the fight against SARS-CoV 2 has recently been published in Nature Reviews Microbiology.
23 Sep 2020
UCT launches milestone Khoi and San Centre
UCT marked a historic moment on its journey of transformation when it launched the Khoi and San Centre on 21 September.
23 Sep 2020
Documenting and preserving African heritage sites
Through its repository of spatial data of African cultural heritage sites, the Zamani Project is contributing to UCT’s roots as an African university.
23 Sep 2020
Forgotten diseases hit poorest billion hardest during pandemic
A new Lancet Commission report shows that non-communicable diseases and injuries cause more death and disability at every age among the world’s poorest billion than in wealthy countries.
22 Sep 2020
Trusting local knowledge: the case of fire management in a Namibian park
Fire and humans have a long history in African savannas. Fire management has played a role in maintaining biodiversity and in the livelihoods of rural communities.
22 Sep 2020
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Preserving cultural heritage through state-of-the-art technology
UCT’s Zamani Project is hard at work producing authentic and accurate data to support heritage conservation experts and help preserve culturally sensitive sites.
22 Sep 2020
Diseased livestock: infrared system’s early warning
An early warning diagnostic tool developed by UCT’s Prof Amit Mishra holds hope for the country’s small- and medium-scale farmers, many of whom are black women.
17 Sep 2020
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