article  // 23 Oct 2018

Carl Jacobs: PhD

After beginning his academic career in civil engineering, Carl Jacobs decided to move across to Information Systems, as he became more interested in how technology and social systems interact.
article  // 23 Oct 2018

Godwin Dzvapatsva: PhD

With a background in both information technology and education, Godwin Dzvapatsva is interested in how technology can be used to help students.
article  // 23 Oct 2018

Lehlohonolo Kganakga: honour’s

Lehlohonolo Kganakga is on his second honour’s degree: studying on a part-time basis, while working full-time.
article  // 15 Oct 2018

School of IT’s first showcase

The first showcase event of the School of IT brought together the faculties of Science and Commerce to celebrate their students' achievements and hard work.
article  // 02 Oct 2018

Michael Graaf: masters

Community Informatics Practitioner Michael Graaf is very clear about why he decided to pursue a master’s in information technology: IT can transform the work civil society does for the greater good.
article  // 25 Sep 2018

Ryan Tripod: honours

The IS honour’s programme has given Ryan Tripod a much wider range of skills than he expected. After graduating from CTI with a BSc in Information Technology, where he received a solid technical training, his year at UCT has taught Ryan that IT i
article  // 25 Sep 2018

Wiebke Toussaint: masters

An unusual and convoluted route led Wiebke Toussaint to study information technology. As an engineering graduate, she discovered she needed to code in order to do the work that interested her, so she decided to pursue a research master’s degree i