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Located on the slopes of Devil’s Peak in Cape Town, the University of Cape Town is a leading, research-intensive university in South Africa and on the continent, known for its academic excellence and pioneering scholarship. The university is home to a third of South Africa’s A-rated researchers (acknowledged by the Department of Science and Technology as international leaders in their field) and a fifth of the country’s national research chairs. UCT encourages students and staff to use their expertise to speed up social change and economic development across the country and continent, while pursuing the highest standards of excellence in academic knowledge and research: developing African solutions to African challenges that are also shared by developing nations around the world.
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Policies at universities and in research institutions can be changed in small and significant ways to boost the space for gender equity within the sciences.
The dismally slow provision of housing in South Africa is such that more than 2.2 million households live in 2700 informal settlements. Waiting is the norm and can take years, even decades.
Dealing with foetal alcohol syndrome in South Africa needs more than telling women to stop drinking during pregnancy. It must also deal with the society around them.
Simple changes to current grassland management has the potential to save many endangered birds.
A review of South Africa’s methodology to measure poverty shows that 60% of people in the country are poor. This is way higher than the figures that are usually quoted.
Using more than one language when teaching and learning science in schools can greatly enhance concept development. This in fact goes to the heart of science.
Early warning systems are available for things like tsunamis and diseases. Why not for animals as well?
When it comes to stem cells, the ways that informed consent has been obtained in the past are not sufficient and improvements are needed.
Tensions are probably inevitable in any constitutional democracy that empowers the courts to overrule the executive and legislature. But, judges are worried cabinet undermines the rule of law.
South Africa may have legislation broadly guiding stem cell research and treatment, but these laws must be updated and clarified for it to be effective.
South African police are murdered at a high rate, making funerals and memorial services all too common. What happens and gets said at these services can help us understand aspects of police culture.
Stem cell research and therapy have become buzzwords across the globe. Although some of the treatments are controversial and unsafe, there is also a great deal of excitement and promise.
Initiatives to attract and retain women in science must overcome chauvinism and other obstacles to succeed.
There’s a fierce debate underway about changing university curricula in Africa and the UK to be less Eurocentric. Three academics offer their suggestions for a decolonised reading list.
In the science world, laboratories are essential but safety precautions should be taken to prevent any incidents like the Ebola outbreak or biochemical attacks.
Data from the National Benchmark Test can be used by universities to support students who lag behind in academic literacy.
Climate and sea level changes over time have led to the disappearance of the true seals, although these mammals still exist in the Antarctic.
It’s not just the content of South Africa’s university curricula that needs to be re-examined. The country’s degree structure should be reconsidered, too.
Only a few African countries are using genetically modified organisms for their crops.
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Chief research officer: Global Risk Governance Programme, Public Law Department, Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town
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Professor at the Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Economics and Director of the Research Unit on the Economics of Excisable Products, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Economics and Director of the Development Policy Research Unit, University of Cape Town
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Senior Lecturer in Film and Television Studies, University of Cape Town
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Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Cape Town
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Senior Clinical Research Officer , University of Cape Town
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Emeritus Associate Professor in Public Law, University of Cape Town
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Research Officer, Climate System Analysis Group, University of Cape Town
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Research Officer, Research Unit on the Economics of Excisable Products, University of Cape Town
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PhD student, University of Cape Town
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Professor in Biological Anthropology, Division of Clinical Anatomy and Biological Anthropology, University of Cape Town
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Professor, University of Cape Town
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Anthropologist, University of Cape Town
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Lecturer (Political Economy), University of Cape Town
