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Student safety and well-being on campus and beyond are major concerns at UWC

UWC’s retiring Rector and Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Academic hosted their last Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Programme dinner at the University on Friday, 26 September 2014

The University of the Western Cape’s new course on sexual diversity equips teachers with the necessary skills to deal with LGBTI issues in the classroom in a sensitive and respectful manner

A new chapter has been opened in the quest to make commercial air transport more environmentally and economically sustainable, thanks to UWC’s HySA Systems, Airbus UK and the National Aerospace...

Academic administration training at UWC was, prior to 2013, provided on an ad hoc basis. In 2013 dedicated resources were allocated to this function, which was identified as a key objective linked to...

The Allan Gray Orbis Foundation held an information session for first-year students at the University of the Western Cape in July, explaining how economics could help them achieve their dreams

Academic literacy practitioners may have a lot to offer scholars from other disciplines when it comes to transparency in teaching–but only if they’re engaged in a serious process of collaboration...

How does a university say goodbye to one of its most accomplished academics and leaders? When that academic is retiring Rector, Prof Brian O’Connel, UWC’s answer was simple: a Farewell Festival held...

“You’re fired.” Words made famous by a certain television show - and words that UWC’s second-year Entrepreneurship and Marketing Strategy Honours students are unlikely to hear in their future...