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
UCT Career Guide 2025 Launch: Tap Into Our Digital Pulse
(Ends 31 May 2026)
More infoWelcome to the 2025 edition of our Careers Service Guide, centred around the theme of “Our Digital Pulse” in the face of advancing technology.
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.
Pension fund law
This nine-hour remote course aims to equip participants with sufficient knowledge of the main laws and legal principles applicable to retirement funds in South Africa, and the rights and obligations of those responsible for them.
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.
Forensic Photography
This comprehensive course provides theory and practical training in forensic photography.
Introduction to Death Scene Investigations & Fingerprinting
This comprehensive course provides theory and practical training in death scene investigation.
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.
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.