The Office for Postgraduate Studies and Researcher Development (OPGS) offers an events calendar for UCT postgraduate community support through workshops, webinars, and more. For enquiries, contact pgdevelopment@uct.ac.za.
Upcoming Events
Argue Better! Ethical reasoning for healthcare professionals | Online
(Ends 15 December 2026)
More infoHealthcare professionals face competing obligations to their patients, employers, and themselves. Resolving these dilemmas optimally requires the skill to understand and critically engage with others' - and our own - positions.
Argue Better! Ethical Reasoning for Health Professionals
(Ends 15 December 2026)
More infoThis short course aims to equip participants with the skills they need to deal with the complexities of the healthcare environment.
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Ethics & Policy in Africa
(Ends 19 May 2026)
More infoThis course examines the law, policy, and ideology around the development of AI.
Risk management using effective legal contract strategies
This six-hour course, held over two days, provides useful insights into effective contract finalisation skills and will help you understand the full extent of the associated contractual risks into which you are entering.
Sectional title schemes – Member and trustee meetings
In this two-hour course you will learn about different meetings held in the sectional title context, including the notice requirements for different types of meetings, how proxy appointments work, the items to be discussed, etc.
Clinical Ethics Forum
Join us the first Tuesday of every month as we present and discuss complex ethics cases encountered by clinicians around the province.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Ethics & Policy in Africa
Examine the law, policy, and ideology around the development of AI, interrogating not only what the ethical considerations and regulation of AI are but also what they should be in a marketplace which is mired in a history of inequality.
Corporate governance: Understanding ESG and the role of responsible investment and shareholder activism
This four-hour remote short course will give insights to shareholder activism and responsible investing, particularly ESG and sustainability, the legal rights that flow from these, plus best practices.
Divorce orders and pension interest claims
This six-hour short course will explain the requirements for a divorce order to be enforceable against a fund.
Aviation law fundamentals
Specifically developed for professionals in the aviation field, this ten-hour remote course is designed to equip aviation professionals with the requisite legal knowledge for them to navigate legal issues in the aviation industry.