Gratitude linked to better academic performance – new UCT study and pilot

UCT law lecturer Gaopalelwe Mathiba will become the youngest person to be conferred a PhD in law in the past 11 years.

Just a year after registering for his LLM at UCT, Dr Thapelo Teele’s dissertation was upgraded to a PhD.

Moses Malebana, an MBChB student at UCT, has been awarded an elective abroad and will spend two months at the Medical University of Graz in Austria.

Zintle Mtsheke joins the strong contingent of successful students who have graduated during UCT’s March ceremonies.

PhD graduand and mom to three young children, Faith February learnt to spin more than a few plates during her doctoral studies.

Hlamulo Khorommbi plans to lead from the front and effect positive change in students’ lives.

Liziwe Futuse will graduate with her PhD in African Languages and Literature on 14 December.

The City of Cape Town’s inhabitants are using too much water, contrary to warnings to implement water-saving measures.

UCT takes top position on the continent in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 and in three other major international rankings released earlier this year.

Assoc Prof Tasleem Ras is one of three recipients of UCT’s 2022 Distinguished Teacher Award.

On 21 July, Zayd Minty will receive his PhD posthumously – after a collective, cross-country effort to see him across the finish line before he died.

One of this year’s inspirational graduates Dr Michael Hlabathe reached for the stars to overcome adversity and obtain his PhD in astrophysics.

UCT’s first indigenous healthcare advisor talks about her journey to understanding her ancestral calling and the importance of an integrated wellness service for students.

The NSTF hosted a webinar as part of its Motivational Talks Programme in which UCT’s head of Global Surgery, Prof Salome Maswime, delivered an inspirational address.

Caitlin Courtney’s PhD on a novel human urine treatment to make liquid fertiliser earned rave reviews. And puppy love helped her across the line.

Caitlin Courtney’s PhD on a novel human urine treatment to make liquid fertiliser earned rave reviews. And puppy love helped her across the line.

More than 400 medical doctors graduated through the Nelson Mandela Fidel Castro (NMFC) Medical Collaboration Programme this year.

For the eighth consecutive year, the Newly Qualified Teachers Project has steered early-career teachers through their inaugural year in the classroom.

As the lead facilitator for the Siyaphumelela Western Cape Regional Network, UCT hosted a workshop focused on determining how integration can drive student success.

VC Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng welcomed the country’s top performing matriculants to Glenara for the annual Blue Carpet Scholarship awardee luncheon.

Celebration, ululation, fashion and joy were the themes during the UCT’s autumn graduation.

UCT academics’ recognition at the NRF Awards is testament to South Africa’s research prowess and a science apparatus that is globally competitive.

Sarah Whitehead’s PhD is an important academic contribution to teaching and learning; a proposal outlining how disability can be included in the medical undergraduate curriculum.

UCT has been named the top university in Africa in the Center for World University Rankings.

UCT remains the top university on the continent, according to ShanghaiRanking’s Academic Ranking of World Universities 2023.

Uyinene Mrwetyana’s brother, Esona, remembers his sister as the family’s special torch bearer.

UCT opera star and alumnus Pretty Yende, who shook up the Eurocentric, elitist world of opera, will sing at the royal coronation on 6 May.

Student-centered curriculum co-creation in orthopaedic surgery has generated more engagement from scholars, Prof Michael Held said during his inaugural lecture.

Dr Linda Mtwisha said it’s imperative to develop a national research impact assessment system where information on research outputs can be collected so that universities that don’t have adequate resources and research capacity are not disadvantaged.

As Professor Maano Ramutsindela steps down from his position as dean of the Faculty of Science, he does so leaving leadership lessons behind.

New research has dug deeper into and revealed insights into the lives of the Sutherland Nine, who were donated unethically to UCT in the 1920s.

UCT’s Assoc Prof Deshen Moodley was recently awarded the SARChI Research Chair in Artificial Intelligence Systems.

Launched on 15 August, the UCT Leadership Academy offers a human-centred model of student leadership development, said VC interim Emeritus Professor Daya Reddy.

In recognition of her contribution to language studies in South Africa, UCT awarded Her Excellency ǂXuu Katrina Esau the degree of Doctor of Literature this week.

Kylie Marais, a PhD candidate in UCT’s Department of Anthropology, was awarded the international Pleasure Fellowship for her research on sex, sexuality, and sexual pleasure.

UCT proudly adds another six South African Research Chairs to this prestigious community.

UCT is in the top 200 universities worldwide in the 2023 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, with four areas ranked in the top 100.

The key to Nosipho Ntseke’s promotion from campus cleaner to secretary and administration assistant was doing a bit more than what her job description required.

UCT will launch a pilot intervention programme for students on the psychology of gratitude after a new study linked gratitude to academic performance.