UWC–University of Missouri Partnership: Day 1 Highlights from St Louis
A University of the Western Cape (UWC) delegation, led by Rector and Vice-Chancellor, Prof Robert Balfour, has begun a visit to the University of Missouri System to deepen institutional collaboration and identify practical opportunities in research, innovation, entrepreneurship, health sciences and food security. |
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Citizens’ Assembly Tackles Transport, Apartheid Spatial Planning And Climate Change
Expert panellists at South Africa’s first Citizens’ Assembly shared their insights into the link between transport and climate change with a diverse group of Cape Town residents on Saturday, 12 September 2026. Unlike public meetings, the Assembly places ordinary Capetonians at the centre of the policymaking process. Experts provide information and different perspectives, but it is the participants who deliberate, draw on their own experiences and collectively develop recommendations for the City of Cape Town. |
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Universities Urged To Take Responsibility For Student Safety Beyond Campus
Higher Education and Training Deputy Minister Yusuf Cassim has called on universities to broaden their approach to student safety beyond campus gates, arguing that safe campuses must be complemented by safe student precincts, transport routes and accommodation.
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Multidisciplinary Forensic Excavation Exercise Brings Forensic Practice To Life
The investigation of human skeletal remains is a complex process requiring collaboration between forensic specialists and law enforcement. From securing a scene to recovering, documenting, and examining remains, each stage demands careful coordination and established forensic procedures. This multidisciplinary approach was brought to life on 3 September 2026, when postgraduate students from the Forensic Odontology Unit at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) participated in a forensic search and excavation exercise in collaboration with Stellenbosch University (SU) and the South African Police Service (SAPS). |
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Communications & Marketing Office
Do you have any important UWC stories to share? Do you know of an event that you’d like to see featured? Have you heard of UWC students, staff or alumni who’ve done amazing things, which you think the world should know about? Or maybe you have a few suggestions, comments or questions about something in this newsletter? Whatever the case may be, the Communications & Marketing Office would really like to hear from you. Just email us on ia@uwc.ac.za, call us on 021 959 4229, or drop by our offices. |
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