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Showing 1 to 20 of 910 for “"University of Cape Town"”.
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Spinal compression in childhood : the University of Cape Town experience
Aim: A retrospective study of cases of childhood spinal compression over a 30-year period (1963-1992) was undertaken in order to determine the trend in incidence, aetiology, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis. Patients and Methods: The study includes children less than 15 years of age who were …
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The development of information literacy at the University of Cape Town
The origins and development of information literacy education at the University of Cape Town are explored. The focal research question is based on investigations into the extent in which the academic staff, librarians and students of the University of Cape Town (UCT) are prepared for or engaged in …
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Paediatric brain tumours: The University of Cape Town experience from 1996 - 2017
… with other childhood cancers. Optimal treatment of children with brain tumours is challenging and expertise and resources are not widely available in South Africa. This is important because the outcomes of children with brain tumours depend critically on the expertise and resources of a …
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Curriculum Decolonization in the University of Cape Town: Research, Policy and Practice
… seeking a ‘transformation' agenda since the end of apartheid, the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) and South African universities are still unable to displace Western hegemony in higher education. Hence, knowledges and the curriculum are structured along Western epistemological …
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Campus policing : an ethnography of the University of Cape Town Campus Control Unit
The aim of undertaking the project was to investigate the activities of the University of Cape Town Campus Control unit. The study is based on the premise that there is an underestimation of Campus Control work. A number of basic questions were examined in the field. The researcher sought to …
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Internationalisation in higher education : implications and challenges for the University of Cape Town
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 136-143).
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Bullying in the workplace: a case study of the University of Cape Town
… the Industrial Revolution, with the development of formal workplaces like factories and offices, and has increasingly become a problem in workplaces, particularly for victims on whom the impact can be lifelong and debilitating. This minor dissertation explores global and South African prevalence …
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Characteristics of students receiving mental health services at the university of Cape Town
The objective of the study is to describe students presenting at the UCT-SHS-MHS; (li) to compare students presenting at the UCT-SHS-MHS with students presenting at the UCT-SHS who do NOT present at the UCT-SHS-MHS (controls); (iii) to compare students presenting at the UCT-SHS-MHS with all other …
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The administration of a university with particular reference to the University of Cape Town
[pg 168 missing] There have been schools of learning in many parts of the world dating back to ancient times: in the fifth century before the birth of Christ the first University that we have knowledge of flourished as Nisibis in Asia Minor; in Ancient Greece Plato also instructed his little group …
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Reducing the carbon footprint of the University of Cape Town: an energy systems approach
… pathways to a sustainable future. As many of society's challenges are reflected in university systems, these can serve as useful testing grounds to inform interventions, such as emissions reduction strategies. As the University of Cape Town (UCT) has committed to several environmental …
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Examination timetabling at the University of Cape Town: a tabu search approach to automation
With the rise of schedules and scheduling problems, solutions proposed in literature have expanded yet the disconnect between research and reality remains. The University of Cape Town's (UCT) Examinations Office currently produces their schedules manually with software relegated to error-checking …
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Towards a health promoting University: an exploratory study of the University of Cape Town
… field, this exploratory study applies the ideas of Health Promotion (HP) to the University of Cape Town (UCT). It defines UCT as a setting within which HP can and should take place. Following the World Health Organisation (WHO), health is seen as encompassing physical, mental, social, and other …
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Anticipated work-family conflict amongst Commerce students at the University of Cape Town (UCT)
Students who do not yet experience the demands of balancing the dual roles or work and family anticipate the conflict that the multiple role combination may entail. Anticipated work-family conflict (AWFC) was studied amongst a sample of 962 students from the Commerce Faculty at the University of …
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Risk Assessment tool for water reuse - University of Cape Town as a case study
The 2015 – 2018 Cape Town drought led to investigations into alternative water sources such as greywater, rainwater, and stormwater. To implement these alternative sources effectively, the associated risks must be understood. The World Health Organisation's Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment …
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Solid waste management: developing a waste minimisation programme for the University of Cape Town
A team of 2nd Year MPhil (Environmental Managment) students from the Department of Environmental and Geographical Science were commissioned by Properties & Services (P&S) to undertake a waste management review, with the purpose of developing a waste minimisation programme for UCT and investigating …
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Conceptualising differentiated forms of knowledge : the Medical (MBChB) curriculum of the University of Cape Town
… the change to the Medical curriculum at the University of Cape Town, which occurred in 2002, namely: a traditional didactic approach to teaching was replaced by a problem-based learning programme, and the traditional biomedical model was replaced by a bio-psychosocial model, unofficially …
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Final Year Medical Students' Experience of Bullying: A Study at the University of Cape Town
… remain unanswered, including a) the prevalence of experienced bullying within our local, socioeconomic and ethnically diverse population, b) which population groups are most likely to bully medical students, c) significant demographic data which may impact on severity, frequency and type of …
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Social networks : encouraging collaboration among first year undergraduate students at the University of Cape Town
… seeks to gain a rich and in-depth understanding of the nature of students learning, mediated by their participation insocial networks in three learning locations at the University of Cape Town (UCT), namely, (i) formal learning locations, such as scheduled classes and laboratory sessions; (ii) …
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Residence students' perceptions of institutional support for interracial contact at the University of Cape Town
While inter-racial contact in university settings has been researched previously, the important concept of institutional support has not. This construct was listed by Allport as a necessary condition under which contact will yield positive results i.e. reduced prejudice towards outgroup members. …
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