UCT remains top in Africa

UCT VC hosted a talented young learner on campus to witness the graduation walk and get a taste of the university as a Future UCT Graduate.

On the eve of receiving her PhD, Sherlyn Gabriel was determined to show that a career in mechanical engineering is as fitting for women as it is for men.

The Hasso Plattner d-school Afrika at UCT hosted the prestigious d.confestival, the first design thinking event of its kind in Africa.

UCT researchers were honoured for their research at the NRF awards, while others were added to the NRF’s list of A-rated scholars.

UCT is one of the best places in the world for development studies, according to the subject rankings from Quacquarelli Symonds.

Student leader, volunteer and geology honours student Sinongo “Nkazimulo” Zuma was hooded for a triple-major bachelor’s degree at the end of March.

UCT was ranked 237th in the world by the Quacquarelli Symonds university rankings.

UCT’s Faculty of Science graduation walk of celebration.

UCT’s Faculty of Humanities graduation walk of celebration.

Trans women must be included in women’s spaces to advance diverse women collectively, said gender activist Liberty Matthyse. She was the keynote speaker at a UCT Women’s Day lunch.

The release of an evidence review summary on preventing violence against children in schools highlighted the urgency of developing multicomponent strategies.

Research published in ‘Science Translational Medicine’ showed that a cancer drug currently in clinical trials could potentially protect from, cure and prevent transmission of malaria.

UCT was been ranked among the top 100 universities in five subject areas by ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2022.

UCT doctoral student Mweete Debra Nglazi’s research showed that obesity in SA women of childbearing age is due to a lack of physical activity and increased consumption of unhealthy food.

Master’s graduate Dr Joshua Fieggen was one of four UCT alumni to receive a 2023 Rhodes Scholarship.

UCT researcher Dr Katherine Antel has received two international awards for work in HIV-associated lymphoma.

Hamieda Parker is one of three new women professors in the Commerce faculty. As a woman of colour, it’s taken hard work and resolve.

Recognised for her ongoing commitment to uplifting and supporting her community, Cwenga Koyana was one of UCT’s 2022 inspirational graduates.

UCT Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng said design thinking and interdisciplinary research foster habits of collaboration, creative confidence and a trial-and-error mindset.

Research by UCT PhD student Siyanai Zhou revealed that intimate partner violence and other forms of violence affect ARV treatment adherence among adolescents and young adults.

UCT’s Forest Hill Residence launched the innovative “You Have the Drive” programme to help students acquire their driver’s licences.

The 2020 and 2021 Student Leadership Awards recognised the outstanding contributions made by student leaders and organisations in an online ceremony.

Dr Moagabo Ragoasha’s callings both involve the ocean; as an academic studying ocean currents, and in the ancestral traditions of a sangoma.

Zané Dlamini who graduated with a postgraduate diploma in accounting at UCT shares her struggles with mental health.

UCT remained the top university on the continent according to ShanghaiRanking’s 2022 Academic Ranking of World Universities.

Futurologist and scenario planner Clem Sunter delivered a Summer School lecture on several essential flags the world should look out for in 2022.

UCT held a graduation walk of celebration for the March 2022 graduands outside the Sarah Baartman Hall.

Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng lauded VC Excellence Award winners at a COVID-19-delayed event held at Glenara.

UCT leadership and staff gathered at the Table Bay Hotel on 25 October for a celebration dinner in honour of the 2022 UCT retirees.

The UCT Liberty Institute of Strategic Marketing’s “2022 Black Middle Class Report” was launched on 20 September, an invaluable guide to this economy-driving sector.

UCT is among the top 60 most international universities in the world, according to the 2022 list released by Times Higher Education.

UCT’s Associate Professor Amshuda Sonday’s promotion to the professoriate took effect on 1 January 2022.

The annual College of Fellows dinner was an opportunity to celebrate UCT’s achievements and the triumphs of its revered researchers.

Associate Professor Shannon Morreira’s promotion to the professoriate marked a full-circle moment for her academic career at UCT.

Employees owe a duty of care to safeguard their colleagues from COVID-19 harm, wrote UCT’s Pierre de Vos.

UCT’s Kialan Pillay broke some records on his academic journey, with postgraduate study offers from the UK’s top universities. Oxford was the one he chose.

UCT researchers excelled among the University of Stanford’s Top 2% Scientists in the World.

UCT Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng wished the matric class of 2022 well as they wrote their final exams.

Inspirational graduate Yuri Behari-Leak, who completed the third of his three majors, spoke to UCT News about the rewards of taking the road less travelled.

In April, UCT was ranked the best university on the African continent and 270th worldwide, according to the Center for World University Rankings.

The three-day First-Year Campus Reception programme took place in the Sports Centre on upper campus.

Sarah Nzeka graduated with a BSc in Chemical Engineering on 29 March 2022. The journey to graduation day was not easy.

UCT soars 23 places to land at 160th globally in the latest international university rankings published by Times Higher Education.

UCT’s executive said farewell to the SRC at a dinner hosted by VC Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng on 16 November.

UCT Mining Law in Africa graduand Rebecca-Lee Pein submitted an LLM thesis manuscript while completing her articles at a top law firm and starting a running website with her sister.