The University of Cape Town (UCT) has maintained its top position in Africa for graduate employability, and is placed 18th in the world for graduate employment (in work after one year), the 2019 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Graduate Employability Rankings show. The university’s position as the leading African university in... Read more

The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Department of Computer Science is set to enjoy a major boost with the naming of Dr Melissa Densmore, senior lecturer and Information and Communications Technologies for Development (ICT4D) staff member, as a recipient of the prestigious $500 000 National Academies Keck Futures Initiative (NAKFI) Challenge grant. Densmore... Read more

The inspiring work of a postdoctoral researcher who writes and directs plays to help ignite an interest in chemistry among schoolchildren has earned him a special award from the prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). Dr John Woodland, who is a Fellow in the University of Cape Townʼs (UCT) Department of... Read more

The new Developer Student Club (DSC) at the University of Cape Town (UCT), initiated by Google Developers, is aimed at students who want to learn more about web and app development while at the same time finding tech-based solutions to issues in society. The club was launched on 16 August 2018, in... Read more

The 2018 TB Davie Memorial Lecture has focused on a renewed call to the university community to do far more to defend academic freedom. Professor Pumla Dineo Gqola, the dean of research at the University of Fort Hare, said at the event at the University of Cape Town (UCT) that... Read more

Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng has launched three substantial scholarships for women, focused on gender issues. The launch was part of a UCT National Women’s Day event, For Womxn by Womxn, on 8 August, hosted at Graça Machel Hall. Guests of honour were UCT Chancellor Graça Machel and former UCT Vice-Chancellor Dr Mamphela... Read more