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University of South Africa co-hosts “BRICS and Africa: Partnership for mutual accelerated…
BRICS, an acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, is a powerful grouping of the world's leading emerging market economies. This dialogue aimed to bring much anticipated discourse on global peace and security, and!-->…
University of South Africa’s Online Accelerated PG Program Commences with its fourth year
The School of Transdisciplinary Research and Graduate Studies, in the College of Graduate Studies (CGS), recently launched the fourth cycle of the CGS Online Accelerated Postgraduate Support Programme. Its objective is to accelerate the!-->…
University Of The Western Cape Experts Read The Sighting Of Giant Radio Wave Rings From Telescope…
An unexplained astronomical object has been observed by a team of South African, US and Australian scientists, with the help of machine learning.Led by Michelle Lochner, who holds a joint position at the University of the Western Cape!-->…
University of the Western Cape placed in best in Sub-Saharan Africa Rankings
The University of the Western Cape (UWC) has ranked fourth among South African universities in the inaugural Times Higher Education Sub-Saharan Africa University Rankings 2023. Throughout the entire Sub-Saharan Africa region, UWC has…
Māori health researcher receives first grant
Doctoral candidate Ashlea Gillon of Ngāti Awa, Ngāpuhi and Ngāiterangi whakapapa, has been awarded a Māori Health Emerging Researcher First Grant from the Health Research Council (HRC) of New Zealand, the government’s principal funder…
Student life and learning celebrated in 150th exhibition
Whiria te tangata: Weaving the People together – 150 years of College and Community opens at Pūmanawa Gallery, the Christchurch Arts Centre on July 20. The free exhibition features heritage objects, photos and other treasures, and traces…
UK in top 10 ‘dangerously unprepared’ for heat, if global 1.5ºC target is missed: Oxford report
The UK, Switzerland and Norway top the list of countries heading for dramatic increases in uncomfortably hot days - if temperatures break the international 1.5ºC target, according to new research from Oxford. But, the researchers…
University of the Western Cape Globally Praised for Student Retention Efforts
Bill Moses, the Managing Director of the Kresge Foundation’s Education Programme, visited the University recently to celebrate the three-year partnership between the two institutions.“One of the reasons we supported the University of the!-->…
University of the Western Cape’s Health Professional Education Gets A Boost With VR
For a few years now, the university's Faculty of Community Health Sciences (CHS) has been tapping into Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) technologies to look at ways to improve student success by converting anatomy lectures!-->…
University of the Western Cape’s doctoral research proves impactful on the health of Cape Town…
Sekgala has now completed his Doctor of Philosophy (Public Health) at the School of Public Health, Faculty of Community and Health Sciences.In his research, he focused on Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) which is a variety of health conditions!-->…