UCT Sustainability and the SDGs 2022 - Magazine - Page 14
Well-educated
citizens & skills
revolution
under pinned by
science, technology &
innovation
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Despite some challenges due to funding restraints,
SDG 4
QUALITY EDUCATION
the programme achieved outstanding results in 2024:
昀椀nancial &
Education has the power to transform lives and societies.
UCT is deeply committed to advancing equitable,
inclusive and high-quality education, both on campus
and across South Africa’s wider learning landscape.
UCT’s Education Studies 昀椀eld ranked
91st in the Times Higher Education
World University Rankings by subject.
Ranked in the top 100 universities worldwide for
Education Studies in the 2024 Times Higher Education
equity, inclusion and social justice in higher education. Across
Subject Rankings, UCT continues to lead innovation in
faculties, curriculum renewal initiatives reshape how students
teaching, curriculum renewal and education research.
昀椀nancing her
engage with knowledge, embedding decolonial and indigenous
149
All learners enrolled in the programme passed
the 2024 National Senior Certi昀椀cate exams.
148
Achieved Bachelor passes –qualifying
for university.
129
The number of students who had secured
placements in tertiary institutions across
South Africa by February 2025.
47
Students enrolled at UCT, with the rest
placed nationwide.
9
Learners were honoured by the Western
Cape Education Department.
perspectives and exploring the educational potential of
Institutional initiatives
Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching
emerging technologies such as arti昀椀cial intelligence.
Community engagement
CILT is committed to building a higher education environment
The initiative is built on the principle that access to opportunity
that fosters transformative and re昀氀exive practices in teaching
Improving university access and success
must be made more equitable. It offers a holistic approach,
and learning. Their role is to respond to challenges in this space
The 100UP programme, launched in 2011 by UCT’s Schools
focusing not only on academic readiness but also on building
at UCT and the and the broader higher education environment
Development Unit (SDU), aims to address demographic under-
learners’ intellectual, social and cultural capital.
through learner-centred pedagogic practices. CILT hosts an
representation in higher education. It targets academically
The 100UP+ programme provides ongoing support to 昀椀rst-
annual teaching and learning conference which provides an
promising learners from disadvantaged backgrounds –
year students at UCT, helping them adjust both academically
opportunity for interested members of the UCT community to
primarily from Khayelitsha, a region of Cape Town marked
and personally. It includes regular check-ins, counselling,
come together to focus exclusively on this 昀椀eld.
by poverty and violence – and prepares them over three
referrals and peer mentoring. In 2024, activities included an
years for university access. Each year, 昀椀ve learners from 20
orientation session, two career workshops and expanded
Curriculum Renewal and Teaching Innovation at UCT
Khayelitsha high schools are selected and supported through
psychosocial and mentoring support.
Themed “Curriculum: New Visions and Future Directions”,
academic coaching and personal development by UCT staff
Together, 100UP and 100UP+ foster a supportive and
Growing the next tier of researchers to impact
health and education outcomes
CILT’s 2024 conference highlighted UCT’s commitment
and students. Over time, the programme expanded to include
empowering environment that improves access to and
The South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative (SATVI)
to reimagining teaching and assessment practices to advance
learners from other underserved communities.
success in higher education for disadvantaged students.
based at the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular
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