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Webinar - Unpacking Research-Led Versus Research Intensive University As we are finalising our new IOP 2021-2025, understanding where we stand as an institution is important. This webinar hopes to stimulate some discussion on our understanding of ...

DVC: Research & Innovation Webinar: Research sustainability and the impact of our research. What does this mean? The NRF plans to implement an impact agenda and has started a conversation about research impact. To engage in a meaningful way with this national initiative, we bring this disc...

WORLD IP DAY 2021 “IP & SMEs: Taking your ideas to market” About World IP Day 2021: World Intellectual Property (IP) Day is celebrated annually on 26 April. The theme for 2021 is IP & SMEs: Taking your ideas to market. It is said that...

Developing the Scholar (DTS) Graduation 2021 Developing a diverse academic community is critical for the higher education sector as we prepare scholars' next generation. That’s the idea behind UWC’s Developing...

Research Awards 2020: Making Research Count In The Time Of COVID-19 The University of the Western Cape’s Research & Recognition Awards 2020, presented virtually for the first time and coming at the end of UWC Research Week 2020 ...

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Coveted A-rating for UWC Cosmology Academic Esteemed astrophysics guru and University of the Western Cape (UWC) academic, Professor Mario Santos, will receive his coveted A-rating at this year’s 2020 National Research ...

Research Week 2019: Developing The Next Generation Of Research Excellence (Published - 30 October 2019) “When you have the right person who sees the potential in you, and gives you the tools to dig within yourself for capabilities you may not ev...

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Fixing The First-Year Experience: Studying Student Success At UWC (Published - 25 January 2019) One of the greatest challenges in higher education is simply ensuring that students make it through their university careers and graduate on time -...

Research Week 2018: Co-Creating Knowledge And Fighting Substance Abuse Through Community Engagement (Published - 26 October 2018) “Knowledge is co-owned and co-created - and it’s important for researchers to understand that, especially if they want their work to ha...

Research Week 2018: Technology Transfer For Transformation And Community Change (Published - 25 October 2018) “Most researchers still measure our productivity and impact in terms of metrics like journal articles and citations - but really, you don&rsq...

Research Week 2018: Engaged Research Changes The Lives - And The World (Published - 23 October 2018) “Good research is good for all of us, as a society. When we perform the hard work needed to produce new knowledge - and the equally tough wor...

DVC: Research and Innovation - Save The Date: Research Week 2018 Dear Campus Community, As Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research and Innovation, I'm pleased to be able to invite you to UWC's Research Week 2018 Conference - a chance to cele...

Research Week 2017: Research Innovation Indaba Celebrates Excellence Research and Innovation Indaba gives Researcher direction UWC’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation, Professor José Frantz, hosted the first Research...

Research Week 2017: Samuel Olutuase on Entrepreneurship Education Research Week 2017: Samuel Olutuase - The Effect of Entrepreneurship Education on Entrepreneurial Mindset, Skills and Intentions With the ever-increasing global poverty rate and...

Research Week 2017: Tiza Ng'uni, Kraalbos And Fighting Germs Tiza Ng’uni and Kraalbos doing their bit to curb drug resistance in microorganism Science has a long history with understanding and fighting deadly microbes. In the ninete...