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UP professor launches novel research into little-understood, vital branch of mycology
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SA universities show resilience in philanthropic giving
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Leading brand extends partnership with Jozi school
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SU scientist receives R14 million grant to tackle West Nile virus
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Scholarship support empowers North West local student
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Final days to apply: Shoprite Group bursary applications close 31 May
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Scholarship programme unlocks potential for North West youth
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Multi-million bursary scheme to help 5200 SA university students
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West Rand youth train for the job market in first-of-a-kind workshop
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Internationally acclaimed artists join UFS’ International Institute of the Arts
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Caption: Former deputy chief justice, Dikgang Moseneke has chosen the University of the Western Cape as a recipient of the fees he received for chairing the arbitration into the Life Esidimeni tragedy that resulted in the death of 144 mentally handicapped patients. Former deputy chief justice, Dikgang Moseneke has...
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“If you want to create a knowledge-based economy and be part of it, be a player, not an observer. There isn’t a stronger backbone than having a real understanding of what intellectual property is.” So said Mmboneni Muofhe, Department of Science & Technology (DST) Deputy Director General for Technology...
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Elna Roux, who recently retired as dental receptionist at the Dental School in Tygerberg and is soon to be a full-time artist, shared her love for art with the University of the Western Cape’s (UWC) Faculty of Dentistry the best way she could: by painting the Faculty a forest....
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Dentistry is a very hands-on subject – and in many ways, it lends itself more to training clinicians, not academic researchers. But the University of Western Cape’s current crop of fifth year BChD (Bachelor of Dental Surgery) students is bucking that trend. This year a trio of students won...
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Hard work, endurance – and the support of a good team. That is what third year University of the Western Cape (UWC) law student (Class of 2019, specializing in family law) and volleyball captain – and recently-selected vice-captain of the South African Indoor Volleyball team – Bejancke Della lives...
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“Maths and Science education is of absolute importance to our country – but we can only get the best results if we have the best teachers,” said Provincial Minister of Education, Debbie Schafer. “And for this we need better education for the educators – which is why the Western...
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A team of computer scientists from the University of the Western Cape (UWC), part of the Assistive Technologies Research Group (ATRG), is developing what it describes as a real-time intelligent translator for mobile phones. This research focuses on recognising sign language in ordinary video by locating the signer in...
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Far too many students go hungry every day. To address this issue, the Socio-Economic Rights Project (SERP) at the University of the Western Cape’s (UWC) Dullah Omar Institute hosted a roundtable on access to food for students in tertiary institutions in South Africa on 5 October 2017. The roundtable...
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UWC Ladies Football Club have been celebrating Women’s Month in style, winning most of their games to date – and they’re on course to defend and even add to the four titles they brought home last year. The team has advanced to the quarter finals of the Coke Cup...
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Thabisa Radebe, 20, from Bizana Eastern Cape, believes the University of the Western Cape’s Access to Success 2017 campaign has changed the lives of many students – and her own is definitely one of them. The Access to Success campaign, running from 7 August to 31 August 2017, focuses...
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