University of Cape Town

In recognition of their stellar scholarly work, which epitomises excellence and transformation and places them in pole position in their respective fields, the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) College of Fellows has extended a warm welcome…

It was a nail-biting regional round of the annual Entrepreneurship Intervarsity competition. And University of Cape Town (UCT) student entrepreneur Jordan Smith pulled out all the stops – topping his category and heading straight to the…

For his innovative teaching methodology with preparing future engineers for industry, the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Gundo Maswime received the 2024 Academic Staff Award during the South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL) and South…

The African Climate & Development Initiative (ACDI), based at the University of Cape Town (UCT), has launched the People in Nature & Climate (PiNC) Lab, a new nature-based, solutions-focused research group. This innovative lab aims…

The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine (IDM) gears towards 20 years of remarkable contributions from IDM researchers dedicated to tackling diseases prevalent in Africa. The transformative…

Almost eight million young children in South Africa are too poor to access enough nutritious food to aid their development. This worrying statistic is not good news for the future of the country’s rainbow nation and cannot go unnoticed,…

This year, the University of Cape Town (UCT) Careers Service will be hosting over 90 companies ready to recruit UCT students at their flagship recruitment event: the Epic Job Expo. Close to 4 000 opportunities will be on offer, including…

As the mediation practice at the University of Cape Town (UCT) gears for a move from the Office for Inclusivity & Change (OIC) to employee relations, mediators gathered earlier in July to take stock of their work through their first…

Five global science and technology projects have been selected to join the Ocean Biogeochemistry Virtual Institute (OBVI) to address gaps in ocean data and modelling efforts by improving the breadth of research in the field and expanding…

A University of Cape Town (UCT) project has been awarded the prestigious Trinity Challenge prize worth £500 000 to fast-track their pioneering research on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in small-scale farming communities. AMRoots – a…