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Valuing our Stories

The Faculty of Health Sciences is embarking on a project called Valuing Our Stories. Part of this journey is to locate stories in the broader story of the University of Cape Town, and especially in the Faculty of Health Sciences.
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Campus Life 2024

Campus Life 2024

Welcome to the University of Cape Town! We’ve made a wide range of services available to you, whether it’s mental health or physical wellness, or information about study resources. Find out more in Campus Life 2024.
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Announcing latest A and P-rated NRF ratings

The National Research Foundation (NRF) has awarded two new A-ratings and one new P-rating to researchers in the Faculty of Health Sciences, while three researchers maintained their A-ratings in the most recent cycle.
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Fun Day 24

FHS Fun Day

Bringing together student mentors and first-year students from various academic programs to relax and connect with their peers in a fun and casual setting.

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Essentials of Nursing Sick Children 

(Ends 17 November 2024)
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To equip nurses, who work regularly or occasionally with sick children, with essential knowledge and skills to confidently provide the most appropriate nursing care to sick children and their families.

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  • How multilingual are we? A survey of African Languages used in the Faculty of Health Sciences

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    The Centring African Languages to Decolonize Curricula (CALDC) project invites you to participate in a voluntary research study about the linguistic proficiency in African languages among staff and students in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Cape Town.

    The purpose of this study is to collect useful demographic information from and of people in the Faculty of Health Sciences that speak and use African home languages. This demographic information will help in developing clear strategies to strengthen the development and use of African languages in for teaching and learning. Participation in this study will involve completing a 27-item online language history questionnaire. Duration to complete the survey is approximately 20 minutes. Participation in this study is free and voluntary with no monetary compensation. Participants are free to withdraw from the study at anytime.

    Who is eligible?
    - Academic staff and students. For this study academic staff refers to all members of the faculty employed in an educator capacity by the University of Cape Town, therefore have UCT email addresses.

    - Students refer to all those who are registered as students in the Faculty of Health Sciences.

    Complete this survey and stand a chance to win 1 of 4 pairs of crocs! Entry into the draw
    is only through successful completion of the survey! Don’t miss out!

    Please find the survey here.

  • Funding Opportunity Announcement:  Wellcome Trust Awards 

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    The Wellcome Trust seeks to fund researchers addressing important questions relating to life, health, and wellbeing, with creative approaches that push boundaries. Applications are requested from researchers through innovative projects, that will deliver shifts in understanding that could improve human life, health, and wellbeing.  

    Two grant schemes are available: 

    • Early-Career Awards scheme, for researchers ready to develop their research identity 
    • Career Development Awards scheme, for researchers with the potential to be international research leaders 

    Research proposals may be in any discipline - including science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), experimental medicine, humanities and social science, clinical/allied health sciences, and public health - as long as it has the potential to improve human life, health and wellbeing, and aligns with the Wellcome Trust’s funding remit.   

    Award details:   

    • Early-Career Awards scheme:  
      • Grants are available for up to five years and applicants may request salary and up to £400,000 for research expenses. 
    • Career Development Awards scheme:  
      • Grants are available for up to eight years and applicants may request salary (if required) and the resources required for their research programme. 

    Funder deadlines (3 deadlines per year): 

    • Early-Career Award: 15 February, 21 May & 01 October 2024 
    • Career Development Award: 11 April, 25 July & 26 November 2024 

    Please find the full call for the Early-Career Award opportunity here, and for the Career Development Award opportunity here. 

  • Funding Opportunity Announcement:  Wellcome Trust Discovery Awards  

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    The Wellcome Trust Discovery Awards scheme is soliciting applications from established researchers and teams from any discipline who want to pursue bold and creative research ideas to deliver significant shifts in understanding that could improve human life, health and wellbeing.  
     
    Research proposals may be in any discipline ‐ including science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), experimental medicine, humanities and social science, clinical/allied health sciences, and public health ‐ as long as it has the potential to improve human life, health and wellbeing, and aligns with the Wellcome Trust’sfunding merit. An award can be held by an established researcher, or a team of researchers led by an established researcher.  
      
    Eligibility:  

    • This call is open to established researchers or the lead applicant of a research team who have  
      • International standing as a research leader in their field  
      • Experience of leading innovative and creative research  
      • A track record of managing and training others  
    • The project should aim to make a major contribution to the research field by
      • ​Generating significant shifts in understanding; and/or  
      • Developing methodologies, conceptual frameworks, tools or techniques that could benefit health‐related research  
    • Successful applicants will be expected to actively promote a diverse, inclusive and supportive research environment within their team and across their organisation  

      
    Award details:  

    • Grants are available for up to eight years and applicants may request the resources required for their research programme.   

    Funder Deadlines:   15 July 2024


    Please read the full announcement here.