Postgraduate Health Sciences Student Council (PG HSSC)

Our mission | The 2017/2018 Committee | What we do | Facilities available

The Postgraduate Health Sciences Student Council (PG HSSC) represents postgraduate students at the faculty level in the form of postgraduate councils and at the university level as an executive committee. These structures participate actively in various faculty and university decision-making bodies.

Our mission

Simply put, our mission as active members of the PG HSSC is to ensure that all the postgraduates that we represent have the most fulfilling time possible for the duration of their studies at the University of Cape Town. This means creating an environment in which collective concerns can be addressed, enabling us to have a say in the decisions made regarding our academic development, as well as creating a strong postgraduate community.

The 2017/2018 Committee

 

Prisca Osiki	Moses Isiagi	Keolebogile Selebano
Chairperson	Vice chair (Executive)	Secretary
Siddiqah George	Beatrice Zhou	Chandra Longden-Thurgood
Treasurer	Health & Safety Portfolio	MAC & Social and Marketing Portfolios
Chukwudi Nnaji -	Danica Sims	Don Maisels
International Students Portfolio	Teaching & Learning Portfolio	Marketing Portfolio
Max Spies	Melissa Murphy	Michelle Barboure
Executive and Marketing Portfolio.	Melissa Murphy - Social Responsiveness Portfolio	Task Team
Nadine Kocerhan	Nondumiso Shongwe	Petrus Kosmas
Marketing Portfolio	International Students Portfolio	Human Ethics Portfolio
Philip Dambisya	Sasha Tinelli	Sephekana Mohapi
Teaching & Learning Portfolio	Task Team	Social Responsiveness Portfolio
Sinalo Gqunu	Temwani Chalwa	Vitaris Kodogo
Teaching & Learning Portfolio	MAC & Social Portfolio	Animal Ethics
Zandelee Clifford
Social Responsiveness Portfolio

What we do

The PG HSSC continues to be the most active of the faculty councils within the university. Our activities include:

• The Annual Postgraduate Welcome Function
• Academic Networking Opportunities
• Social Functions: MAC Pub Quiz
• Interdepartmental Soccer Tournaments
• Kareoke Evenings
• Wine Tasting Evenings
• Academic Workshops: Writing, referencing and funding workshops
• Representation on Faculty and University committees such as: Faculty Board Animal Ethics Committee Human Research Ethics Committee The Teaching and Learning Committee
• Addressing student issues by accessing the appropriate channels

Facilities available for Postgraduate Students

• Medical Alumni Club (MAC): The PSC has taken over the running of this club, with the help of sponsorship from Old Mutual, which offers bar, braai and seminar facilities to postgraduate students, postdoctoral fellows and staff. This venue is available for private functions.
  Opening Times: Friday, 4pm-8pm.
• Postgraduate Computer Centre: sponsored by MSD, this centre has 24 computers for use by postgraduate students at all times - swipe card access is provided for all postgraduate students registered within the faculty. 
• Postgraduate Suite: Adjoined to the MAC, used for seminars and functions.
• Wolfson Pavilion: Postgraduate and staff cafeteria.
• Squash Courts: ideal for a quick game to de-stress during the day
• Swimming Pool: just down the road at UCT Middle Campus
• Satellite Postgrad Centre at GSH: for students based at the hospital
• UCT Jammie Shuttles: for UCT students to the various residences and UCT campuses 
• Postgraduate Funding Office: catch a Jammie Shuttle to upper campus, (the PGFO is located on level 3 of the Otto Beit Building), where many helpful officers are available to assist you with the acquisition of funding.