AN OASIS

OF LEARNING

a place of quality, a place to grow,

from hope to action through knowledge

CONTENTS

CHANGING THE KNOWLEDGE

LANDSCAPE

ENGAGING WITH CHANGE

A PROUD LEGACY

CHANGING PERCEPTION

INVESTING IN THE FUTURE

RESEARCH EXCELLENCE

STUDENT SUCCESS

PRIDE, ENGAGEMENT, LEGACY

WORLD KNOWLEDGE PARTNERS

CONTACT DETAILS

CHANGING THE

KNOWLEDGE LANDSCAPE The University of the Western Cape is located

in the Northern Suburbs of greater Cape

Town an area that is central to all facilities and amenities on the Peninsula.

Its campus includes a nature reserve, and the

mountains of the Cape Peninsula and

Stellenbosch afford beautiful landmarks to the

east and west.

The University is readily accessible by car,

taxi, bus or train, and even has its own

railway station, Unibell, on the southern

boundary of the campus. Regional facilities,

such as the Bellville central station and Cape

Town International Airport are a few minutes drive from campus.

Three shopping malls are five to 15 minutes

off. Most of the major cultural or recreational

facilities of Cape Town and Stellenbosch are

within half an hours drive.

These include international sports stadiums,

fine theatres and concert halls, the wonderful

beaches of False Bay and the Peninsula, and

some of the most beautiful mountain hikes in

the world.

The Western Cape region is a place of vibrant

cultural diversity. It has a rich history as a

cultural crossroads on the continent of Africa.

Those passing through or staying have

contributed to what is undoubtedly South

Africas most cosmopolitan environment.

True to its commitment to the disadvantaged, UWC

provides education of high quality, leads South Africa in

several fields of global research, and makes a major

contribution to the nations human resources needs.

UWC achieves this while keeping fees as low as

possible in response to the socio-economic

circumstances of most of its students.

The University has seven faculties: Arts, Community and

Health Sciences, Dentistry, Economic and Management

Sciences, Education, Law, Natural Sciences.

In addition to its undergraduate degrees, UWC is home

to a number of research schools, institutes and centres all carrying out cutting-edge work towards building a

better society for all.

UWC positions itself as a vibrant intellectual space

where people engage with matters of real significance at

the highest levels of competence.

Its focus is on building an Engaged University

through an embedded culture of sense-making.

ENGAGING

WITH CHANGE

A PROUD LEGACY UWC has a history of creative struggle

against oppression, discrimination and

disadvantage.

Among academic institutions it has been in

the vanguard of South Africas historic Change, playing a distinctive academic role in

helping to build an equitable and dynamic

nation.

UWCs key concerns with access, equity and quality in higher education arise from

extensive practical engagement in helping the

historically marginalised participate fully in

the life of the nation.

Alert to its African and international context, it

strives to be a place of quality, a place to

grow.

It is committed to excellence in teaching,

learning and research, to nurturing the

cultural diversity of South Africa, and to

responding in critical and creative ways to the

needs of a society in transition.

EARLY DAYS

In 1959, Parliament established the University

College of the Western Cape as a constituent

of the University of South Africa (Unisa) for

Coloured. The first group of 166 students enrolled in 1960. What they were offered was

limited training for lower to middle level

positions in schools, the civil service and

other institutions designed to serve a

separated South African community.

In 1970 the institution gained University

status and could offer degrees and diplomas.

A FREER CLIMATE

In 1975 protest action by students, academic

and support staff led to the appointment of the

first black Rector, Professor Richard E (Dick)

van der Ross.

In its mission statement of 1982 UWC

formally rejected the apartheid ideology on

which it was established, adopting a

declaration of non-racialism. In 1983, through

the University of the Western Cape Act of

1983, the University finally gained its

autonomy on the same terms as the

established white institutions.

TOWARDS DEMOCRACY

The term of Professor Jakes Gerwel, who

took office as Rector in 1987, saw an

alignment with the mass democratic movement

and a new academic project.

Under the banner of an intellectual home of the left, space was created for curriculum renewal and for innovative research and outreach

projects.

The University also opened its doors to all

South Africans.

Despite severe constraints, students from the

disadvantaged communities graduated in

increasing numbers, equipped to make a

professional contribution to the new South

Africa.

Former South African President Nelson

Mandela lauded UWC for having transformed

itself from an apartheid ethnic institution to a

proud national asset.

A PROUD LEGACY The University of the Western Cape has a

history of creative struggle against

oppression, discrimination and disadvantage.

Among academic institutions it has been in

the vanguard of South Africas historic Change, playing a distinctive academic role in

helping to build an equitable and dynamic

nation.

UWCs key concerns with access, equity and quality in higher education arise from

extensive practical engagement in helping the

historically marginalised participate fully in

the life of the nation.

Alert to its African and international context, it

strives to be a place of quality, a place to

grow.

It is committed to excellence in teaching,

learning and research, to nurturing the

cultural diversity of South Africa, and to

responding in critical and creative ways to the

needs of a society in transition.

EARLY DAYS

In 1959, Parliament established the University

College of the Western Cape as a constituent

of the University of South Africa (Unisa) for

NEW ROLE

In the 1990s UWC was able to play an important role in the emergence of the new

democratic order. It provided opportunities for

many people to prepare for a wide

spectrum of higher-level careers, and played a

leading part in policy research and

formulation.

UWC takes pride in the fact that so many of its

senior academics and alumni found

themselves in public office at all levels, a

number in the national cabinet.

The decade also marked an increased

concentration on teaching and learning

excellence. In the words of Professor Cecil

Abrahams, who became Vice-Chancellor

from 1995, UWC is committed to being a Place of Quality, a Place to Grow.

NOW

In 2001 Professor Brian OConnell assumed the Vice-Chancellorship amidst a plethora of

processesto restructure the higher education

in South Africa. One of the

outcomes was that UWC would

retain its status as an autonomous

institution.

Under the visionary leadership

of its new Rector, the

University is now, more than

NEW ROLE

In the 1990s UWC was able to play an important role in the emergence of the new

democratic order. It provided opportunities for

many people to prepare for a wide

spectrum of higher-level careers, and played a

leading part in policy research and

formulation.

UWC takes pride in the fact that so many of its

senior academics and alumni found

themselves in public office at all levels, a

number in the national cabinet.

The decade also marked an increased

concentration on teaching and learning

excellence. In the words of Professor Cecil

Abrahams, who became Vice-Chancellor

from 1995, UWC is committed to being a Place of Quality, a Place to Grow.

NOW

In 2001 Professor Brian OConnell assumed the Vice-Chancellorship amidst a plethora of

processesto restructure the higher education

in South Africa. One of the

outcomes was that UWC would

retain its status as an autonomous

institution.

Under the visionary leadership

of its new Rector, the

University is now, more than

NEW ROLE

In the 1990s UWC played an important role in the emergence of

the new democratic order.

UWC takes pride in the fact that so

many of its senior academics and

alumni found themselves in public

office at all levels, a number in the

national cabinet.

The decade also marked an

increased concentration on

teaching and learning excellence.

In the words of Professor Cecil

Abrahams, who became Vice-

Chancellor from 1995, UWC is

committed to being a Place of Quality, a Place to Grow.

NOW

In 2001 Professor Brian OConnell (left) assumed the Vice-

Chancellorship amidst a plethora

of processes to restructure higher

education in South Africa. One of

the outcomes was that UWC

would retain its status as an

autonomous institution.

Under OConnells visionary leadership, the University is now,

more than ever, challenged to

demonstrate that it is capable of

competing with the best and of

playing a prominent role in the

intellectual, social and economic

life of the nation.

CHANGING PERCEPTION UWC opened its doors in 1960 in an old

school building for 166 students who could

choose from a limited number of under-

graduate courses.

In the 1970s rudimentary buildings were

erected on the present campus site with

uninsulated prefabricated rooms serving as

lecture theatres.

UWC became autonomous by Law in 1983

and since then the campus has slowly and

steadily been transformed from a barren and

isolated site into an Oasis of Learning a green lung in an industrial area which

breathes new knowledge into society

through cutting edge research and highly

regarded undergraduate programmes

within an emerging world class

infrastructure.

However, despite the quantum leaps, the

institution continues to campaign against

marginalisation in the media and within

the regional and national psyche with

Regards to the real transformation that

has taken place over the decades.

A UWC

VILLAGE

Lying centrally in the greater Bellville precinct

between two highways, and close to Cape

Town International Airport, UWC is set to be a

focal point in the development of the West

Coast Corridor.

Plans include expanding campus to a space

that is urban in scale and density and is

marked by facilities for innovation, learning,

engaged living and working.

In 2008 and 2009 UWC invested R600m on

new buildings and the upgrade of existing

facilities, including the Public Health and Life

Sciences buldings and sport fields.

Future developments include refurbishing

the old JS Marais Hospital for the Department

of Nursing.

Discussions continue to transform the existing

shunting yard opposite campus into a

University Village that will link the campus, the new Department of Nursing and

Tygerberg Hospital that is home to the UWC

Faculty of Dentistry.

NEW CHEMICAL SCIENCE

BUILDING The newest addition to the burgeoning

Science precinct is the R220 million, New

Chemical Sciences Building (NCSB).

This development lies parallel to the UWC

Life Sciences Building and comprises

8 600 sq m of research, teaching and

learning space for Applied Geology,

the Department of Earth and Water

Sciences, and the Department

of Chemistry.

Construction should be completed by the

end of 2013.

SPORTS

PRECINCT UWC is in the process of upgrading the Sports

precinct. This will Include a revitalisation of the

5 000 seat stadium, that has played host to Iraq in

a pre Soccer World Cup friendly football match;

served players in the Junior Rugby World Cup;

and which is home base to the UWC Rugby 15

which has been competing in Varsity Shield since

2011.

UWC Sport comprises of 22

university sports clubs and hosts

League games, tournaments and

other major sporting events.

UWC also engages with

Provincial and national

federations (Centre of Excellence

for Swimming South Africa and

Learn to-Swim programmes),

and with schools and community

organisations for development

programmes through Western

Cape Sport School Sport.

A major renovation of the floodlit

stadium is planned to upgrade the

sports precinct that currently includes

a tartan athletics track; a cricket oval;

netball, squash and tennis courts;

hockey, rugby and soccer fields; a fully

equipped gymnasium; and indoor

and outdoor swimming pools.`

In 2011 the University topped up its

new outdoor diving and water polo

swimming pool to add to the

Olympic sized heated indoor pool.;

The Science precinct was bolstered in 2012

with the addition of the PetroSA

Synthetic Fuels Innovation Centre

(PFSIC) - South Africas first academic facility offering research on

improving the quality of diesel.

The Centre, which forms part of UWCs South African Institute for Advanced

Materials Chemistry (SAIAMC), houses a

pilot plant size reactor for the study of the

conversion of olefins to distillate (COD),

which has proved to be an essential part of

the intricate Gas-To-Liquids (GTL) process.

PetroSA, South Africas National Oil Company and a world leader in the

development of GTL technology, has funded

R36-m to establish and operate the PSFIC

for an initial five-year period.

The PSFIC team totals 27 staff members,

including PhD-level researchers, technicians,

research assistants and students.

PETROSA SYNTHETIC FUELS

INNOVATION CENTRE

UWC has been designated by the

Department of Science and

Technology as a hub for the

Development of the Hydrogen

Economy, and has a track record

of world class research and

development to support the energy

sector.

UWC is host to the Hydrogen

Systems Integration and the

Technology Validation Centre

of Competence (HySA Systems),

headed by world expert in

this field, Prof Bruno G Pollet.

To date the HySA team has

produced a hydrogen powered

tricycle and golf cart.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

HYRDOGEN SYSTEMS

The HIVE (Highly Immersive Visualization Environment) is a state-of-

the-art 3D visualisation facility within the Earth Science Department.

This facility has been established through an investment by BP and is

aimed at creating a modernised virtual environment for advanced

research in academia, especially in Earth Sciences.

The HIVE has been equipped with a

variety of seismic, reservoir, mining and

structural modelling software (including

Petrel, Midland ValleyMove, Kingdom

Suite, Surpac and Geovisionary).

With advanced projection and computing

facilities, the HIVE is a unique tool

suitable for data modelling, management

and analysis.

The stereoscopic 3D capabilities of the

HIVE allows for data visualisation in an

exceptional manner, providing methods

for data interpretation through various

disciplines.

HIVE VIRTUAL

TEACHING LAB

TEACHING & TECHNOLOGY

HIGH-TECH DENTISTRY LABS

The Dentistry Faculty Africas largest dentistry school uses state-of-the-art technical laboratories in its Mitchells Plain facility for virtual patient-training technology that includes

a simulator with a set of acrylic teeth.

ELECTRON MICROSCOPE

UNIT

The Electron Microscope Unit

(EMU) has added an Auriga

High Resolution Field Emission

Gun Scanning Electron

Microscope (FEG SEM) to its

array of equipment.

Supplied by Carl Zeiss and

worth R9 million, the instrument

one of only two of its kind in the

country, and is equipped with a

range of state-of-the-art

detectors and special

components.

This instrument

allows biologists, chemists,

materials scientists and

nanoscientists to observe

objects and conduct research at

extremely small scales.

The pre-clinic

laboratory is

used to train

third year

students for

nine months

before they set

to work in the

clinic that sees

120 000

patients a

year.

LIBRARY & MAYIBUYE

ARCHIVES The Library has a collection of over 389 000 volumes of

books with subscription to 1 200 electronic and printed

journals with more than100 electronic databases that

contain more than 100 000 articles in various academic

disciplines.

In addition to the open stack collections 2 special

collection sections, which houses South African and UWC

publications, including UWC theses (and the electronic

format) is maintained.

It also provides the Multimedia Collection, an interactive

online area designed to provide students with access to

faculty-selected resources in various media formats.

The collection is constantly updated to meet the specific

needs and objectives of the UWC community.

The Library provides 300 computerised workstations, with

108 PCs with four interactive printers in the information

retrieval hub (Knowledge Commons).

MAYIBUYE ARCHIVES

The UWC-Mayibuye Archives tell the inside history of the

struggle against Apartheid in South Africa and comprises

more than 100 000 photographs, 10 000 film and video

recordings, 5 000 artefacts from Robben Island and

elsewhere, 2 000 oral history tapes, 2 000 posters as well

as 10 000 political cartoons.

The art collection includes the UN-sponsored International

Artists Against Apartheid Exhibition, and small collections.

The papers collection consists of more than 300 items.

UWC NATURE

RESERVE The UWC Nature Reserve is located within the

Faculty of Natural Sciences of the University of the

Western Cape and functions as an independent Unit

in the Faculty.

It is fast establishing itself in the fields of

environmental education, indigenous greening and

nature conservation.

Focus of the Reserve is on developing a successful

environmental education programme, a chief

component of which, has been the development of

resources.

The comprehensive resource collection on topical

issues is updated regularly, so that staff can stay

informed. This collection also provides students and

educators with

relevant materials for research.

A major aim is to create an awareness and

understanding of the fundamental importance of

ecological processes and how they relate to the

individual and community; and the conservation and

promotion of natural lowland systems

BLUE, GOLD AND GREEN! UWC is officially Africas greenest campus and has the African Green Initiative conference Green Campus of the Year award to prove it UWC is on an exciting journey to manage its every day activities with the lightest

footprint on the environment. As one of the universities that signed the Talloires

Declaration, the Campus has a long standing commitment to sustainability.

This declaration was made in 1990 in Talloires, France at an international

conference and has been signed by over 350 universities in 40 countries.

Reducing waste, water and energy use are part of our commitment to achieve

more efficient management of resources on campus. With over 2 300 staff and

19 000 students, the potential for positive change is huge.

Since UWC started its recycling programme in April 2010, approximately

1386,83 tons of materials have been recovered for recycling.

Facilities Management has commissioned an audit of hot water and energy

usage. Another aim is to replace electricity used to heat water with heat pump

technology

RESEARCH EXCELLENCE UWC is a research-rich environment with 50 percent of the academic staff holding doctorates

and 20 percent of all students at UWC registered as postgraduates.

Most departments have graduate programmes, some with the largest intake in the country.

There are many institutes and centres with a strong research emphasis.

Research at UWC has an international dimension. UWCs major network of international partners ensures a flow of students and eminent scholars from other countries to enrich the

environment.

Some major projects are undertaken jointly with partners abroad.

There is a strong relationship with institutions in Africa, Europe and North America, leading to

research partnerships, joint capacity building, and a flow of postgraduate students to UWC.

OF SOUTH AFRICAS 23 UNIVERSITIES, UWC IS

6th in the proportion of NRF rated researchers on the fulltime

academic staff.

5th in the proportion of academic staff with PhDs.

7th in percentage of income from research contracts and other

forms of third stream income.

Research output at UWC in the

form of books, chapters in books

and journal articles has increased

by 70% since 2005

UWCS SARCHI RESEARCH CHAIRS (AWARDED 2012)

Nano-Electrochemistry and Sensor Technology (NEST)

Microbial Genomics Earth Observation Applications for Water Resources Assessment and

Management

Multi-level Government, Law and Development

Nuclear Science Health Systems Complexity and Change

Cosmology & Multi-Wavelength Data.

UWCS EXISTING NRF-FUNDED

CHAIRS ARE IN

Bioinformatics and Human Health

Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies

Astronomy and Astrophysics FirstRand Foundation Chair in Maths

Education.

RESEARCH FOCUS UWCs SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH is a WHO Collaborating Centre for

Research and Training in Human

Resources for Health, and was recently

awarded a SARChI Research Chair in

Health Systems Complexity and Change.

The INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL

DEVELOPMENT at UWC offers Honours

and Masters Degree courses in

Development Studies, as well a Ph.D

programme by thesis.

Designed for those planning a career in

socio-economic development as decision-

makers, activists, researchers or

practitioners, these courses attract

international and South African students.

UWC is the hub of the NATIONAL

NANOSCIENCE POSTGRADUATE

TEA-CHING PLATFORM.

In 2012 a new Masters degree in

nanoscience and nanotechnology.

The SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL

BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE

(SANBI) hosts a SARChI Chair in

Bioinformatics and Human Health,

and is the leading research facility

on the African continent.

RESEARCH FOCUS The FACULTY OF DENTISTRY

IS A WHO COLLABORATING

CENTRE FOR ORAL HEALTH,

trains Oral Health personnel in Africa

and undertakes research

on infectious diseases in Dentistry

like, Hepatitis, HIV and TB. UWCs Faculty of Dentistry one of 5 dental

schools in South Africa, produces

47% of the countrys Dentists. The WHO Collaborating Centre for Oral

Health in the Faculty of Dentistry

was first designated as a WHO

Collaborating Centre in 1994.

The INSTITUTE FOR POVERTY,

LAND AND AGRARIAN STUDIES

(PLAAS) hosts a SARChI Research

Chair in Poverty, Land and Agrarian

Studies and undertakes in-depth

research on rural and urban poverty

and inequality, land and agrarian

reform, agro-food value chain

restructuring and natural resource

management in South Africa and

the southern African region.

RESEARCH FOCUS SENSORLAB at UWC has grown

to be the top national laboratory

researching smart sensing devices,

and in 2012 UWC was awarded a

SARChI Chair in Nanoelectrochemistry

and Sensor Technology.

The SOUTH AFRICAN HERBAL

SCIENCE AND MEDICINE INSTITUTE

(SAHSMI) is the only institute

in SA accredited to offer research

degrees in Herbal Sciences, on

drug discovery and development

of plant medicines for HIV/AIDS,

TB, Malaria, Cancer and Diabetes. The UWC HIV AND AIDS RESEARCH CENTRE

conducts multi-disciplinary research in HIV and AIDS

prevention and care, focussing on health policies and

systems, education and gender-based violence.

The new UWC HIV and AIDS Research Centre is a

world-class hub for sharing, developing and

implementing engaged policy and practice-related

research that tackles HIV and AIDS prevention,

treatment and care within a comprehensive, systemic,

inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary perspective.

RESEARCH FOCUS The DST/MINTEK NANOTECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION CENTRE:

BIOLABELS UNIT works on the

identification of molecular biomarkers

for diseases such as cancer, diabetes and

HIV. The DST/MinTek Nano-Technology

Innovation Centre Biolabels Unit includes

technology from the Proteomics Unit, the

Genome Analyser Unit, the Medical

Research Council Diabetes and Obesity Unit

and the Apoptosis Group.

The SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE

FOR ADVANCED MATERIALS

CHEMISTRY (SAIAMC) has been

designated by DST as a (HySA)

Competence Centre in Systems

Analysis, Integration and

Technology Validation for Hydrogen

and Fuel Cell Technologies. An

industry and technology oriented

institute at UWC, SAIAMCs research is mainly focused on novel

energy generation technologies.

The INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTRE OF

EXCELLENCE FOR SPORT SCIENCE AND

DEVELOPMENT (ICESSD) is a leading

interdisciplinary centre of excellence

promoting sport as a powerful tool for

development, health, well-being and social

change. Launched in 2009, and endorsed by

the United Nations Office on Sport for

Development, the ICESS aims to be Africas leading interdisciplinary Centre.

RESEARCH FOCUS

The UNESCO CENTRE FOR

GROUNDWATER STUDIES engages in

research and advocacy on sustainable

groundwater utilisation and management in

Africa. It is a major advisor to the African

Council of Ministers and trains water

scientists in the SADC region. Lead

by the UNESCO Chair in Hydrogeology the

centre is mainly involved in research and

advocacy on sustainable groundwater

utilisation and management in Africa.

The INSTITUTE FOR WATER

STUDIES hosts a SARCHi

Chair in Earth Observation

Applications for Water

Resources Assessment

and Management.

MANUS/MATSCI PROGRAMME

is a Masters in Accelerator and Nuclear Science and the

Masters in Materials Science enable graduates to enter

industry and government with appropriate skills or to progress

to a PhD.

The INSTITUTE FOR MICROBIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY AND

METAGENOMICS (IMBM) conducts research on the

exploitation of microbial genome diversity, cloning and

expression and researches biofuels technology and was

awarded a SARChI Research Chair in Microbial Genomics in

2012.

RESEARCH FOCUS THE DST/NRF RESEARCH CHAIR IN ASTROPHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY

Conducts research using the data from the SALT optical telescope at Sutherland and the MeerKAT

array of radio tele scopes near Carnarvon to answer key questions about the Universe.

A second SARChI Research Chair in Cosmology and Multi-Wavelength Data. UWC is in the

forefront of the international SQUARE KILOMETRE ARRAY (SKA) radio telescope project that,

when completed, will help to answer questions, such as: How did the universe originate? What is its

destiny? And is there any other life out there?

The SKA will map the distribution of millions of galaxies and probe further than any other apparatus

previously created. The SKA radio telescope will be located in the Karoo and 70 percent of the

project will be managed by South Africans.

UWC holds the SKA/Department of Science and Technology Chair in Astrophysics and has six SKA

research fellows and several SKA-funded postgraduate students focused on what has been

described as the most ambitious and extensive scientific research endeavours.

RESEARCH FOCUS For the past six years the CENTRE FOR HUMANITIES RSEARCH (CHR), an Arts Faculty

project, has held seminars, public events, conferences and symposia on a wide range of subjects

that intersect with and have grown out of the Centres core research on questions of race, subjectivity, war and violence, aesthetics and politics.

The Centre offers fellowships for researchers in the humanities and is a space of lively debate

and critique, and host to important thinkers.

The Centre has persistently raised the question of what it means to pursue research in the

humanities in the post-apartheid context.

In addition, the CHR produced a total of 15 articles, 14 of which were accredited, two

monographs published through international presses, and two non-accredited edited publications.

Beyond these achievements, the CHR diligently pursues its core research project on the

postcolonial critique of apartheid by exploring the intersections of knowledge and power as these

impinge on the debate on the humanities in Africa.

RESEARCH FOCUS UWCs COMMUNITY LAW CENTRE hosts a SARChI Research Chair in Multi-level Government, Law and Development and played a key role in drafting the South African Childrens Act and the 2008 Child Justice Bill and currently enjoys observer status with the African Commission on

Human and Peoples Rights. The Centre works to realise the democratic values and human rights enshrined in South Africas Constitution.

THE AFRICAN CENTRE FOR CITIZENSHIP AND DEMOCRACY (ACCEDE) engages in

research and policy advocacy in the broad areas of citizenship, democracy and development.

The UWC SCIENCE LEARNING CENTRE FOR AFRICA (UWCSLCA) of the Faculty of

Education supports teachers and learners in mathematics and science education at both primary

and secondary level. It reaches out to disadvantaged peri-urban schools on the Cape Flats and

rural schools from Western, Northern and Eastern Cape through various developmental-

driven programmes.

In 2011 UWC-SLCA added an infrastructure support programme to its outreach support and, with

the assistance of various corporate partners, constructed 12 science learning centres

(laboratories) at schools across the Western Cape. An additional 11 science learning centres are

planned for 2013.

RESEARCH FOCUS

UWC hosts the UNESCO CHAIR IN SCIENCE

AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION, which

engages in research in the areas of scientific and

technological literacy and instructional issues in

science education.

The School is the only UNESCO/UNITWIN Centre

of Excellence in Science and Mathematics

Education in Africa.

THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND

NANOSCIENCES GROUP (ENS)

has a number of industrial projects in

the areas of nanoscience,

environmental remediation and water

related research.

The BRUKER ULTRAFLEXTREMETM MS is a state-

of-the-art Mass Spectrometer (MS) instrument, which

serves as the core of the PROTEOMICS UNIT within

the Science Faculty.

This facility high throughput, high resolution,

ultrasensitive next generation protein de novo

sequencing; accurate intact protein and peptide mass

measurements; accurate prediction and measure of

post-translational modification in proteins; HPLC (non

gel)- based protein expression level quantification (via

label-free, iTRAQ, ICAT and SILAC); digital MALDI

Histoproteome imaging for in situ profiling of intact proteins in plant, animal tissues and microbial biofilms;

microbe biotyping - an ultrafast and sensitive microbe

identification facility; and metabolite identification

(metabolomics).

The UWC FIRSTRAND FOUNDATION

SOUTH AFRICAN CHAIR IN

MATHEMATICS EDUCATION is located in

the School of Science and Mathematics

Education aimed at improving the quality of

mathematics teaching and learning in

schools, with the intention of addressing

the crisis in Mathematics Education in South

Africa.

RESEARCH FOCUS

The BRUKER ULTRAFLEXTREMETM MS is a state-of-the-art Mass Spectrometer (MS)

instrument, which serves as the core of the PROTEOMICS UNIT within the Science Faculty. This

facility high throughput, high resolution, ultrasensitive next generation protein de novo

sequencing; accurate intact protein and peptide mass measurements; accurate prediction

and measure of post-translational modification in proteins; HPLC (non gel)- based protein

expression level quantification (via label-free, iTRAQ, ICAT and SILAC); digital MALDI

Histoproteome imaging for in situ profiling of intact proteins in plant, animal tissues and microbial biofilms; microbe biotyping - an ultrafast and sensitive microbe identification facility; and

metabolite identification (metabolomics).

DIVISION FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDIES

The vision of the Division for Postgraduate

Studies is to create a one stop shop for postgraduate students that will serve as a first port of call. Central to

this approach is a focus on strengthening the

universitys research niche areas as important domains for postgraduate education.

To achieve this vision, the role of the Division includes

the establishment of developmental programmes for

students and supervisors; development of a monitoring

scheme for the study programme of each student in

order to expedite time for completion of the degree;

reviewing and making accessible all relevant policies to

promote quality and working with other stakeholders in

streamlining administrative processes

TOWARDS

STUDENT SUCCESS

Students- and their successes

are the reason for UWCs existence and the focus of a

number of programmes and

activities across University

departments.

The key division geared towards

retaining and enabling the

development of students is the

Centre for Student Support

Services that features a staff of

29 and five units, each dedicated

towards a specific service to the

student body.

These are:

Student development Academic Support Leadership & Social Responsibility

Therapeutic Services Disability Unit

CHARTER OF UWC GRADUATE ATTRIBUTES

SCHOLARSHIP

- A CRITICAL ATTITUDE TOWARDS KNOWLEDGE:

UWC graduates should be able to demonstrate a scholarly attitude to

knowledge and understanding within the context of a rapidly changing

environment. UWC graduates should have the ability to actively

engage in the generation of innovative and relevant knowledge and

understanding through inquiry, critique and synthesis.

Graduates should be able to apply their knowledge to solve diverse

problems and to communicate their knowledge confidently and

effectively.

CRITICAL CITIZENSHIP AND THE SOCIAL GOOD

A RELATIONSHIP AND INTERACTION WITH LOCAL AND GLOBAL COMMUNITIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT:

UWC graduates should be engaged, committed and accountable

agents of social good. They must aspire to contribute to social justice

and care, appreciative of the complexity of historical contexts and

societal conditions through their roles as professionals and members

of local and global communities. Graduates should demonstrate

leadership and responsibility with regard to a environmental

sustainability.

LIFELONG LEARNING

AN ATTITUDE OR STANCE TOWARDS THEMSELVES:

UWC graduates should be confident lifelong learners, committed and

capable of continuous collaborative and individual learning and critical

reflection for the purpose of furthering their understanding of the world

and their place in it.

THE DIRECTORATE: TEACHING & LEARNING was

established in 2008 and its focus is on professionalising

and enhancing the status of teaching and learning;

promoting and developing the scholarship of teaching

and learning; infusing technology and embedding

graduate attributes into the curriculum; developing a

more responsive teaching and learning environment and

enhancing epistemological access.

A further focus is on authentic and inquiry-based learning

and the development of online resources for lecturers.

The activities of the Directorate of Teaching and Learning

are designed to support Faculty Deputy Deans of Teaching

and Learning and Teaching and Learning specialists to

take forward the priorities of the institutions Strategic Plan

for Teaching & Learning and its associated Charter of

Graduate Attributes developed as one of the tactical

rolling plans at the end of 2009 to guide the implementation

of the IOP (2010 -2014).

TEACHING & LEARNING

The OFFICE FOR INTERNATIONAL

RELATIONS creates an environment

that allows for successful educational

and personal experiences through

orientation, advising, programmes and

outreach.

PARTNERSHIPS INCLUDE:

SANORD-Southern African Nordic Network

DBBS-Dynamics for Building a Better Society (Belgium)

DAAD (Germany)

Missouri System (Columbia, Rolla, St Louis and Kansas City); Howard

University; Kentucky University;

Marquette University; Pennsylvania

State University; Wisconsin-Madison

University.

HAN Arnheim en Nijmegen University of Applied Sciences, Vrije Universiteit

Humbolt University; Ruhr Bochum; Neu-Ulm; German Sport University

Cologne

Ahfad University Sudan; University of Dar Es Salaam Tanzania; Namibia

Polytechnic

Johannes Kepler University

KU Leuven; Ghent

Sciences Po;

Oslo University; Bergen University; Bodo University; Tromso University

Technical University of Madrid; Universitat Rovira 1 Virgili

Karlstad University; Linkopings University

Shanghai University of Traditional Medicine

There are also networks and

consortiums in which UWC participates.

Not all of the UWC partnerships are

coordinated in the IRO. Many are

managed and championed from the

individual departments/faculties.

KNOWLEDGE PARTNERS

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