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The special Open Day Event for Life Orientation Teachers organized by SEMU and the seven UWC faculties strove to inform schools about what UWC has to offer in terms of life and learning

The UWC Gender Equity Unit had its annual Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Queer (LGBTIQ) march in October 2017, celebrating gay rights with this year’s theme: “I am who I am”

Hard work, endurance, and pushing through when the going gets tough. That’s what University of the Western Cape volleyball captain - and recently-selected vice-captain of the South African Indoor...

A team of UWC computer scientists is developing what it describes as a real-time intelligent translator for mobile phones

Minimum sentences have not only proven ineffective, but have also had pernicious effects on the correctional system, on offenders, and on society in general - according to Justice Edwin Cameron...

UWC’s Science Learning Centre for Africa and Faculty of Education, together with Standard Bank, launched a Maths and Science Teacher Development programme today to empower teachers in the Cape...

Banyana Banyana star striker Thembi Kgatlana and rising cricket sensation Zubayr Hamza received top honours at the UWC Annual Sports Awards 2017 when they were named Sportswoman and Sportsman of the...

For a long time, South African sports were shut off from the world, and certainly from the Olympic Games. But  that does not mean that South Africans were not involved,or passionate about sport

To celebrate Transport Month this October, the University of the Western Cape’s School of Business and Finance has produced research assessing the financial management skills of taxi operators in...

What are University of the Western Cape academics most excited about? Academic Week 2017 gave them the chance to showcase their work and pedagogies with the entire campus community

“Many SMMEs fail within the first five years due to the lack of training, and we need to find solutions to these problems at conferences such as these.”

Globally-recognized conflict management expert Advocate Vasu Gounden spoke about the lack of leadership and the dangers facing South Africa, at the 7th Annual Desmond Tutu International Peace Lecture...

Moulding professional chartered accountants is not just about teaching students to balance debits and credits

Far too many students go hungry every day. To address this issue, the Socio-Economic Rights Project at UWC’s Dullah Omar Institute hosted a roundtable on 5 October 2017 on access to food for students...

Chrisleen Rayner, Kuils River resident and lecturer in oral health at UWC’s Faculty of Dentistry, encourages the public to take special care of the oral health of the older person, especially if they...

Respect for human dignity is an obligation and condition of being human - as speaker Graça Machel noted at the University of the Western Cape’s 11th Dullah Omar Public Lecture on 3 October 2017

The University of the Western Cape School of Business and Finance helped find solutions to Africa’s SMME problems through research at the 5th Entrepreneurship International conference

Updating the detector equipment at iThemba LABS will put local students and professors at the cutting edge of nuclear science research

UWC’s Faculty of Dentistry is responsible for more healthy smiles than any other dentistry school on the African continent - and that’s not even the most amazing thing about it

The Rotary Club of Newlands has honoured Prof Barrie, of the Faculty of Dentistry, as a Paul Harris Fellow, in recognition of his service to the community

The 2017 UWC Gauteng Golf Day fundraiser was the most successful one yet, with revenue of just over R200 000 being received in support of providing deserving students with access to success

Dr Edna Rich firmly believes the fight against drug abuse, especially in children, begins at the family level - the most powerful setting in any child’s life

UWC’s Inaugural Research Indaba and Showcase Week 2017 was a chance to celebrate the wide diversity of ideas and collaborations happening at the University of the Western Cape

Fourth year students at UWC’s School of Nursing have started a fundraising campaign to help create awareness and raise funds for various projects to combat gender-based violence