#VCFirst100Days In September, UCT VC Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng visited community clinics on the Cape Flats to signal the institution’s commitment to cultivating inclusivity both on and off campus. Read more: bit.ly/2D2D9k1
#VCFirst100Days UCT six online courses have been singled out as world class by global Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) monitoring website Class Central. Read more: bit.ly/2PEvw5P
#VCFirst100Days UCT's top scientific minds dominated at this year’s National Research Foundation (NRF) Awards ceremony, accounting for 11 of the 37 academics honoured at the prestigious annual event. Read more: bit.ly/2DEp1xK
#VCFirst100Days UCT Hasso Plattner School of Design Thinking was among eight global institutions to earn themselves a spot on the Pioneers 2018 list, which celebrates creative education and lauds schools that do things differently. Read more: bit.ly/2y2xMfX
#VCFirst100Days UCT residences achieved a 55% reduction in water usage based on a comparison of the university’s municipal records for January to July 2018 and 2015 water-use patterns for the same period.
#VCFirst100Days UCT remains as South Africa’s top higher education institution – and leads the continent – with a jump from 171st to 156th position in the world on the 2019 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings results. Read more: bit.ly/2y26y8z
#VCFirst100Days In August, UCT’s ground-breaking new “Inclusivity Policy for Sexual Orientation” was launched to tackle discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Read more: bit.ly/2NvGx7P
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#VCFirst100Days UCT maintained its top position in Africa for graduate employability & is placed 18th in the world for graduate employment (in work after one year), according to the 2019 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Graduate Employability Rankings. Read more: bit.ly/2QtxOF2
#VCFirst100Days On 28 August, Professor Phakeng announced the “Futures Think Tank” initiative.
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#VCFirst100Days As part of celebrating national Women’s Month, VC Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng launched three new substantial research awards focusing on gender issues. The three awards are each worth up to R1.5 million annually for five years. Read more: bit.ly/2OXYzAV
Here at the VC's lecture on the 4th Industrial Revolution with Belinda, @rapolakiRs and @GeorgeJSekonya. Prof Tshilidzi Marwala, the VC of the University of Cape Town on the podium. #VCFirst100Days#UniversityOfCapeTown
#VCFirst100Days On 5 July 2018, UCT VC, Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, launched the Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance to support excellence in leadership in Africa. Read more: bit.ly/2J5JVTY
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#VCFirst100Days UCT Vice-Chancellor, Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng has led the university through a period of just over three months, but UCT has recorded some key milestones in this short period. Read more: bit.ly/2IMqeSI
#VCFirst100Days On 1 July 2018, the University of Cape Town community welcomed Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng as the new VC after serving as DVC: Research and Internationalisation since January 2017. Read more: bit.ly/2tY53Gf