University of Cape Town

As the world observes International Day of Sport for Development and Peace on 6 April, the Sports Science Institute of South Africa (SSISA) and the University of Cape Town (UCT) lend a contribution through their relationship of research,…

The University of Cape Town’s Sarah Baartman Hall was a hive of activity over the past week, with cheerful family members and friends bursting into ululations, cheers and applause as the March 2023 cohort of graduates was capped over a…

University of Cape Town (UCT) Vice-Chancellor (VC) Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng once again rolled out the blue carpet as she welcomed the country’s top performing matriculants to Glenara for a Blue Carpet Scholarship awardee luncheon on…

The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Vice-Chancellor Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng hosted a luncheon at Glenara on Saturday, 18 February 2023, to welcome the new cohort of the Vice-Chancellor’s Blue Carpet Scholarship recipients.The…

The manager of corporate funding at the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Development and Alumni Department (DAD), Khaya Jack, placed first in his division in the 2023 Presidential Golf Challenge. In addition to raising funds for a worthy…

The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Professor Petrus de Vries has received two prestigious international awards for his relentless research and capacity-building efforts in the field of child and adolescent psychiatry and mental…

The importance of collaboration – between faculties, African nations and government – to design and lead evidence-based projects that will improve surgical outcomes and influence healthcare on a large scale was one of the overarching…

The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Knowledge Co-op recently hosted a networking event on campus to allow community partners and academics to explore possibilities for collaboration and pinpoint some of the improvements they can make to…

The conclusion of the Research Project on Employment, Income Distribution and Inclusive Growth (REDI3X3) – a large-scale, multi-year research undertaking led by the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Southern Africa Labour and Development…

UCT’s Vice-Chancellor (VC), Professor Mamogkethi Phakeng, speaking at the launch of the anthology on 1 February at the Hasso Plattner School of Design Thinking (d-school), called the book a timely disrupter in addressing the many…