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UWC Champions Inclusion with Launch of Staff-Led LGBTIAQ+ Forum
UWC is entering a new chapter in its ongoing journey towards equity and inclusion. The University has begun discussions to establish a staff-led Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Asexual, and Queer/Questioning+ (LGBTIAQ+) Forum - an initiative that reflects a deepened commitment to diversity and social justice. |
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UWC’s Cape Flats Nature Reserve Hosts its First Nature Photography Competition to Raise Biodiversity Awareness
The University of the Western Cape’s (UWC) Cape Flats Nature Reserve is one of the last few places where the highly threatened Cape Flats Sand Fynbos and Cape Flats Dune Strandveld vegetation types and wetland ecosystems are protected. |
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UWC’s Anthony Timoteus Runs with Heart, Hope and History
“I started running to escape poverty.” Anthony Timoteus opens a story far bigger than just sport. It is a story of survival, of hope, of heartbreak, and of finding light through pain. |
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Wild Dagga Shows Promise as Natural Mood Booster
A team of researchers at the University of the Western Cape (UWC), in collaboration with the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), has developed a natural extract from the indigenous Wild Dagga plant that could offer a new way to manage anxiety and depression. |
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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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