Research students and scholars of education from the four Western Cape universities converged at UCT for the 8th Regional Education Students' Research Conference on 3 and 4 October.

About 35 postgraduate students and postdoctoral research fellows from UCT, the University of the Western Cape, Cape Peninsula University of Technology and the University of Stellenbosch shared their research through presentations. Leadus Madzima, a UCT student who chaired this year's event, said the conference provided opportunities for inter-institutional collaboration, networking and information-sharing among students. It was a supportive, sympathetic, and encouraging environment for education students to present sections of their research investigations.