Sustaining Futures: UWC Honoured Donors Shaping The Landscape Of Higher Education
At a time when universities across South Africa face increasing financial pressures, the role of philanthropic giving in higher education has never been more crucial. The University of the Western Cape (UWC) honoured the donors whose commitment helped the institution weather these challenges, strengthen its academic mission, and provide life-changing opportunities for thousands of students. |
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From HIV Awareness To Health Promotion And Wellness: UWC’s Peer Education Programme Transforms Lives
When final-year University of the Western Cape (UWC) nursing and midwifery student Phaphamani Zoneleni is not educating patients at community clinics about safe sex, or helping residents manage chronic conditions such as diabetes, HIV and tuberculosis, she is making just as much impact on campus.
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UWC Takes Leading Role in International Participedia Research Partnership on Democracy
We are in the midst of a transformation of democracy, one possibly as revolutionary as the development of the representative, party-based form of democracy that evolved out of the universal franchise. This transformation involves hundreds of thousands of new channels of citizen involvement in government, often outside the more visible politics of electoral representation.
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Premature Babies Face Rising Risk Of Blinding Eye Disease, New Study Finds
South Africa has made significant progress in improving the survival rates of newborns, with its neonatal mortality now in line with the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2030 target of 12 per 1 000 births.
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UWC’s SANBI Plays Leading Role In New African Disease Data Archiving Platform
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), with input from a leading University of the Western Cape (UWC) institute, has launched an online platform that will allow countries across the continent to share vital genomic data on disease-causing pathogens of concern to Africa. |
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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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