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.
Competition law basics for labour lawyers
This introductory twelve-hour course focuses specifically on the areas where competition law intersects with labour law.
Negotiating for better results
Learn how to plan, strategise and successfully conclude a negotiation, whether at work, in commercial negotiations, or in any other contexts where different interests stand in the way of agreement, in this 15-hour remote course.
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.
Fundamentals of Behaviour Change
This short course introduces professionals to the foundational principles of behaviour change and behavioural science.
Psychological First Aid
Psychological first aid is a simple, yet powerful way of helping someone in distress.
Ubuntu in Sound
Celebrate Africa Month with “Ubuntu in Sound”, a vibrant music-and-movement concert taking place on Friday, 22 May at 19:00 in the Baxter Concert Hall.
Excellence in Deceased Donation and End-of-Life Care Course
Organ donation in South Africa
Section 37C – death benefits
This six-hour course will explain the process to be followed in terms of section 37C. The cases discussed will provide guidance to trustees.
Negotiating global markets master agreements: An introduction
This nine-hour course will provide an introduction to global market master agreements.