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Olympism in Research, Teaching and Community Engagement: First in Africa - UWC and Olympic World Library Partnership UNESCO Chair Professor Marion Keim of the Faculty of Community and Health Sciences has secured the International Network of Olympic Studies and Research Centres database, acclai...

UNESCO Chair SDP and Olympic Education Hosts Intercultural Competence Seminar with NASA GLOBE The shared vision of NASA Globe and the University of the Western Cape (UWC) Chair in Sport, Development, Peace, and Olympic Education (SDP) came to fruition, empowering educato...

UWC trains 100 teachers to champion Olympic Education in South Africa Sport is not just about physical activity. It has been shown to be a remarkable tool to affect social development, holistic education and peace. Such outcomes are desperately ne...

An Olympic Start to the Olympic Year Saturday, 27 January 2024, saw the start of a truly Olympic initiative, namely the launch of the Olympic Values Education Training Programme (OVEP) for the first group of ...

UWC’s UNESCO Chair Launch: Championing Sport, Development and Peace globally The University of the Western Cape (UWC) hosted an intimate event this week to celebrate the appointment of Professor Marion Keim by UNESCO as its Chair in Sport, Development, P...

Pathways to Impact: Celebrating Co-curricular and Alumni Achievements The 12th UWC Annual Student Development and Support (SDS) Student Achievement Awards was a momentous occasion where students received recognition in a variety of categories desi...

UWC Student Uses Sport to Bridge the Divide With South Africa ranked the most unequal country in the world by the 2022 World Bank's global poverty database, it's pertinent for University of the Western Cape (UWC) ...

UWC Community Members Pledge to be Peace Agents The University of the Western Cape (UWC) staff and students celebrated International Day of Living Together in Peace last week with an inaugural Peace Walk to the Cape Flats Nat...

UWC Gets First UNESCO Chair in Sport in Africa University of the Western Cape (UWC) Professor Marion Keim’s global advocacy for sport, peace, transformation and development has earned her the appointment by UNESCO as i...

The Case for Sport in the Western Cape (Published - 29 July 2019) The Case for Sport in the Western Cape study was launched at the University of Western Cape (UWC). This extensive study - the only of its kind in the ...