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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

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

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

UWC Social Work student Onke Mangxola has always been a naturally active person - he even works at the campus gym as a personal trainer

The University of the Western Cape hosted an Interdisciplinary Colloquium on the Cultures of Memory - an intellectual comparison on memory cultures in South Africa and Rwanda supported by the German...

September is Albinism Awareness Month - a chance for the wider community to become better-informed about the needs and challenges of the hundreds of thousands of people living with albinism. UWC...

To become an NRF A-rated scientist, you have to do top-quality internationally-recognized and field-transforming work. But Prof Cedric earned his rating by going a step further – and transforming...

The annual National Research Foundation Awards honour those South Africans who create and share knowledge, and empower new generations of knowledge workers - and at the 2017 Awards, the highest...

Multi-drug resistance in antibiotics is an increasingly important issue worldwide, and the quest for new antimicrobial agents is ever more urgent. That’s why Tiza Ng’uni’s work on the antimicrobial...