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25 October 2024 is
UCT Inaugural Lecture: Professor Sandra Young
On Wednesday, 16 October 2024 at 18:00 SAST, Professor Sandra Young will deliver her inaugural lecture titled “Exploring the literary imagination in times of reckoning: What might Shakespeare have to do with Social Justice today?”
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UCT Inaugural Lecture: Professor Marcello Vichi
Professor Marcello Vichi from the Department of Oceanography will present his inaugural lecture titled “Fifty degrees of separation. Why Antarctica and the polar regions matter for Afrika” at 17:30 SAST on Monday, 21 October 2024.
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Postgraduate applications for 2025 are open
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UCT Semester Study Abroad Programme
The UCT Semester Study Abroad Programme offers international students academic excellence, diverse perspectives, and an unforgettable adventure. Applications for the first semester of 2025, close on 31 October 2024.
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Vice-Chancellor's Open Lecture: Claudius Senst
Professor Mosa Moshabela invites you to a Vice-Chancellor’s Open Lecture, titled “The Interplay between Media, AI, Democracy and Governance”, to be delivered by Mr Claudius Senst on Thursday, 17 October 2024 at 18:00 SAST.
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Global rankings: UCT rises in research ranking
UCT has been ranked 116th globally by the US News Best Global Universities Rankings, up nine places.
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UCT produces graduates whose qualifications are internationally recognised and locally applicable, underpinned by values of engaged citizenship and social justice.
Research & innovation news
UCT is committed to generating new knowledge in, for and from Africa. Our recent achievements include identifying a new heart-attack gene and a landmark restitution of human remains that allowed redress and social justice through science.
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UCT and the Sustainable Development Goals
UCT is committed to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and contributes meaningfully to all 17 of them. As the leading university in Africa, we have a critical role to play in addressing global challenges through research.
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Research and innovation: highlights 2020/21
Despite the global pandemic – and, in fact, driven by the increased urgency it created – the year of 2020/21 at UCT was marked by great research achievements and several seminal events informed by and feeding into our forward thinking.
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Continuing education
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Editing academic texts: the essential fundamentals – by John Linnegar
This course sets out to describe and clarify the different approaches to editing examinable and publishable texts, and the levels and extent of editing permissible in each type.
23rd Schock Foundation Prize for Singing
Now in its 23rd year. this institution can boast many illustrious singers as past prize winners. Come and witness the stars of the future!
Advanced legislative drafting
This practical and career-enhancing course, presented by specialists in the field, provides people involved in the drafting of legislation with essential theoretical and practical knowledge and skills.
The legal aspects of corporate finance
This remote four-hour short course equips you with the expertise needed to effectively navigate the legal aspects of corporate finance.
Notices
Council’s letters to individuals referenced in the panel’s report
The UCT Chair of Council, Mr Norman Arendse (SC), has written letters of apology to individuals who have been wronged as referenced in the report of the independent panel, as well as to the 37 anonymous complainants referred to in the Ombud Report.
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