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Cape Town universities and colleges joined the Nelson Mandela centenary celebrations at the first Madiba Centenary Inter-University and Colleges Colloquium at UWC on 6 February 2018

It’s not always important to be first - but it does help, and sometimes, the early bird really does get the worm. Here are a few times UWC was ahead of the curve

UWC alumna - and Artscape CEO - Marlene le Roux Le Roux has dedicated her life to community empowerment and disability rights - one reason she was honoured by Queen Elizabeth with the 2018...

After almost four decades as a lecturer at UWC, Eslyn Isaacs is most proud of one thing: that he could contribute to education on both a local and a global level, even when South Africa was isolated...

For the first time in almost forty years, UWC’s academic year will be starting without Prof Linda De Vries as a permanent staff member - but she’ll still be lecturing on a part-time basis, not to...

Paediatric dentist - and UWC lecturer and alum Riaan Mulder - recently earned a prestigious 3M ESPE Talent Awards for his work on Ion movement adjacent to the inter-diffusion zone of GICs

GradStar received over a thousand applications in 2017 and narrowed them down to the Top 100 candidates who went through a rigorous four-phase judging process. Grad Star Lungelwa Mambesi: One of...

Prof Stanley Ridge served UWC with distinction for nearly forty years, inspiring and changing lives as he did so. He will be sorely missed

“Being at university can be one of the most exciting times of your lives. It’s a time to grow and learn"