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RAG Fashion Week, 16-18 March
Postgraduate degree funding: deadline dates for 2010

Events

Putting a Price on Carbon (conference)
23 Mar - 24 Mar

Putting a price on carbon
23 Mar - 24 Mar

50 years of human rights activism & the legacy of Sharpeville
23 Mar

Vula tests & quizzes
24 Mar

The Strange Alchemy of Life & Law, by Justice Albie Sachs
25 Mar

2010 Intervarsity road relay & reunion
27 Mar

Music Mix
29 Mar

The 10th SA Association for Jazz Education (SAJE) Conference
29 Mar - 31 Mar

Hybrid Knowledge, by Prof Helen Verran
29 Mar

Multi-Media Mash-Up
30 Mar

Leadership - an important aspect of successful businesses
30 Mar

Mathematics & (a)symmetries across knowledges of land, time & space in Australia, by Prof Helen Verran
30 Mar

Science & an African Logic, by Prof Verran (book discussion)
30 Mar

Business Turnaround course
30 Mar - 31 Mar

Jam Session / Soundscape
31 Mar

News and highlights


Friday, 19 March 2010
Be sure not to miss our byte-sized news stories and pictures!

UCT and Maties go at it again - on the road

Prof Eric Bateman The Intervarsity Road Relay, which has seen rivalry between the Cape Town and Stellenbosch Universities for almost a century - well, most certainly from the time of the Great War - is back on the calendar, and will this year take place as a special alumni event a week prior to the Two Oceans Marathon, on Saturday, 27 March. Read more...


Ikeys make third Varsity Cup semi

Gerhardus Smith & Douglas Mallett The Ikey Tigers' convincing 38-24 win over the University of Pretoria's Tukkies in their FNB Varsity Cup clash at UCT on 15 March - earning the Tigers their third successive semi-final berth - was palled only by the frightening-looking head injury to substitute scrumhalf Jean-Paul Robert, who had to be stretchered off midway into the second half. (Good news is that Robert's fully recovered, but will be sidelined for a few weeks.) Read more...


School of Dance goes on tour along the Garden Route

dance performers UCT's School of Dance takes to the road with Dance Dreams and Moyo Men, a mixed bill of dance to be performed in Knysna, George and Mossel Bay from 26 to 31 March. The production features classical ballet, Afro contemporary, Spanish and Indian dance to showcase the variety of styles on offer at the school. Read more...


Soccer storm hits RAG

RAG floats FIFA Soccer World Cup fever took centre stage as spectators thronged Cape Town's Adderley Street on 13 March to join the fun at this year's UCT RAG and Pick 'n Pay Floats Parade. Not only because this year's theme was cirque du 'ole (the celebration of soccer) and that Zakumi, the FIFA 2010 World Cup Mascot, took part, but also because FIFA was among the event sponsors, joining longstanding supporter, Pick 'n Pay and sponsor FNB. Read more...


New course will create savvy, super cyber surfers

Head of IS, Prof Jean-Paul van Belle, and alumnus Sam PaddockWhen Sam Paddock was a UCT information systems (IS) honours student he envisioned a "virtual campus" where prospective students could complete short courses without needing to set foot in the classroom. Read more...


High schoolers learn to build and programme robots

Uxolo High School learners developing robotsThe Robotics and Agents Research laboratory in the Department of Mechanical Engineering was abuzz this week with Grade 9 high-school learners attending a robotics workshop, teaching them about technology and how to build and programme robots. Read more...


Malawian physiotherapist visits UCT

Sylvia Kambalametore & Prof Jennifer Jelsma UCT's high-quality learning and teaching standards, coupled with its world-class equipment and academics, are expected to play an important supportive role in the development of the new Department of Physiotherapy at the University of Malawi's College of Medicine. So says Sylvia Kambalametore, head of that department, after a week-long visit to UCT recently. Read more...


Vice-chancellors debate leadership

Prof Jonathan Jansen, Prof Kader Asmal, Dr Max Price & Lynne du Toit What does it mean to lead on divided campuses? This was the theme of the evening as vice-chancellor, Dr Max Price, shared the stage with the outspoken vice-chancellor of the University of the Free State, Professor Jonathan Jansen, on 9 March. Read more...



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