Miriam Hoosain
Miriam Hoosain was appointed as executive director of human resources (HR) from 1 January 2011.
Hoosain has many years of experience in management and human resources at UCT. She started in the university’s HR Department in 1999, when she was employed as an employment equity officer. She rose steadily up the ranks over the years and served as senior HR advisor to the Faculty of Health Sciences after June 2004. In August 2010 she took over as acting executive director of HR.
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Trailblazing decent work, decent pay research
She almost left. Feeling a tension between her values and being in the Faculty of Commerce at the University of Cape Town (UCT) almost drove Professor Ines Meyer to give up her job at the institution at one point.
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Registration: UCT Africa month 2022 Public Lecture with Dr Naledi Pandor
The University of Cape Town (UCT) in collaboration with the Department of International Relations & Cooperation (DIRCO), invites you to celebrate Africa Month 2022.
Registration: UCT Africa month 2022: Language and music as agents of liberation and continental integration
The University of Cape Town (UCT) in collaboration with the International Jazz Committee (IJDSA), invites you to celebrate Africa Month 2022.
UCT VC dedicates honorary doctorate to African women who paved the way
VC Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng has dedicated her honorary doctorate granted by the University of Ottawa in Canada to “three of the many African women who chose to challenge the status quo and fight for a world where women are equal”.
UCT among the top 200 universities for impact
The University of Cape Town has been ranked in the 101–200 band overall by the 2022 Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings, which measures the success of universities in delivering the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
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