University of Cape Town

The Division of Intellectual Disability at the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health held its Annual Mental Health Seminar on 4 October, with a keynote address highlighting that people with…

Three University of Cape Town (UCT) students are to wow scientists and thought leaders from across the world as they share their ideas at the Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator (GESDA) Science & Diplomacy Anticipation Summit in…

The finals of the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) The Pitch were held at the UCT Graduate School of Business (UCT GSB) on Wednesday, 21 September. Eight business ideas were presented to the judges over the course of the evening, with the…

Ground-breaking research into accessing safe abortion services in South Africa has revealed that telemedicine abortion is safe and effective, and a viable alternative to the conventional medical procedure, especially for women in…

In the next 20 years, South Africa’s first major wave of black middle class retirees will hit the country – a situation with no precedent. Attitudes among this group vary between those who believe in retirement planning and those who…

There is a notion that educational technologies are a solution to the issue of access to higher education. Education can help counter inequality but it does not do away with it, says the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) former deputy…

The University of Cape Town (UCT) hosted a colloquium on the New Language Policy Framework for Public Higher Education Institutions (NLPFPHEI) in South Africa on 28 and 29 September. The hybrid event was themed “Establishing Common…

The Department of Finance and Tax at the University of Cape Town (UCT) recently hosted a celebratory event to mark its 10-year anniversary. The department came about as the result of the merger in 2012 of several other units in the…

A student-led youth development programme that discourages underage drinking and intends to keep adolescents in hard-hit communities on the Cape Flats off the streets and out of shebeens will extend its work beyond the Western Cape when…

University of Cape Town (UCT) Electrical Engineering student Humphrey Owuor Otieno has been awarded the first African Google PhD Fellowship under the Systems and Networking subcategory. The fellowship programme, which recognises…