In January 2023 Summer School returns to its normal pre-COVID format. All our courses will be offered in person only. Only the language and writing courses will be offered online. Booking will be through Webtickets. Our online brochure allows direct booking by providing a booking link next to each course description.
Upcoming Summer School topics
From the ice to the airwaves – A radio journalist's perspective of Antarctica
Cape Town Radio presenter Pippa Hudson recently had the opportunity to travel to Antarctica, flying to the ice continent as part of the 'Matrics in Antarctica' expedition.
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First known map of night sky found hidden in Medieval parchment
Scholars have discovered what seems to be part of the long-lost fabled star catalogue by ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus, which had been feared lost.
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New JWST view showcases our cosmic isolation
With its first view of a protoplanetary disk around a newly forming star, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reveals how alone individual stellar systems truly are.
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Unprecedented first wave of black middle class retirees in 20 years
The UCT Liberty Institute of Strategic Marketing’s “2022 Black Middle Class Report” was launched on 20 September, an invaluable guide to this economy-driving sector.
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The Gut Microbiome
One promising treatment for patients with blood cancers is stem cell transplantation. Doctors completely eliminate the patient’s immune system by aiming chemotherapy, radiation or both at their bone marrow before replacing it with a donor’s
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Literature, art, music
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Science
Fossil finds: footprints on South Africa’s coast offer a glimpse into our ancestors’ lives
Mention the word “fossils” and most people will probably think of bones. Of course body fossils make up a large part of the global fossil record. But humans and other species leave their mark in other ways too - their tracks
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The threat of climate change to South Africa’s agriculture
Temperatures across southern Africa are increasing. This presents a threat to many crops across the region. Rainfall projections are uncertain but the impact of climate change on agriculture is clear.
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