University of Cape Town

In an effort to build safer student communities, the web app Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) has been piloted in a bid to spot early risk factors in substance abuse which perpetuate crime and…

Addressing the gaps for long-term care of older people in southern Africa is critical for their well-being and that of their caregivers. And it requires mobilisation from government, civil society and academia to lead policy development…

The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Office for Inclusivity and Change in partnership with the Students With Disabilities Forum hosted a disability inclusive walk around the Rondebosch Common on Saturday, 22 April 2023.The walk was…

The director of the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI), Mark New, along with researchers Petra Holden, Piotr Wolski, Romaric C Odoulami, Joyce Kimutai, Tiro Nkemelang, Kamoru A Lawal and and…

A 3D-printed, modular greywater filter, GreyCycle, has won the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) NextGen Engineers team top honours in the RS International Innovators Championship 2023 for young innovators.The winning trio of Kai Goodall,…

The Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa (CIDRI-Africa) at the University of Cape Town (UCT) is pleased to have been chosen to host one of eight new Wellcome-funded Discovery Research Platforms. The Discovery Research…

The University of Cape Town (UCT) has welcomed a group of postdoctoral research fellows in the field of humanities and social sciences (HSS), through a partnership with the National Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS).…

On 3 May, the University of Cape Town (UCT) hosted a welcome reception for the new cohort of awardees in the Accelerated Transformation of the Academic Programme (ATAP). The event, which took place at the Ben Beinart Room in the Otto Beit…

The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Professor Valerie Mizrahi is among the 80 outstanding researchers, innovators and communicators from around the world who have been elected as the newest Fellows of the Royal Society, the United…

On Wednesday, 15 March, the University of Cape Town (UCT) will join thousands of citizens around the world working to mitigate climate change when the Climate Campaigners app is launched to its community.The app is a global climate action…