Posted on July 01, 2024
Integrating research, teaching, and community engagement is a cornerstone of Prof. Raita Steyn’s work in the Department of Humanities Education. A notable aspect of her community engagement project is exploring social awareness through the arts, particularly visual arts and live theatre...
Posted on July 01, 2024
The mission and purpose of Thandanani Drop Inn Centre is to support the vulnerable members of the community by facilitating their reintegration into the community and restoring their dignity. For the past 13 years, the organisation has been serving the community by providing essential services,...
Posted on July 01, 2024
Prof Mia le Roux, Prof Salomé Geertsema, and Dr Carmen Milton from the Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology launched a literacy enhancement project in primary schools in Gauteng. Currently, the project has been rolled out at a primary school in the Pretoria Central Business...
Posted on May 01, 2024
Second-year Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology (EBIT) students at the University of Pretoria (UP) dedicated themselves to community engagement projects that have left a lasting impact on the provinces of Gauteng and the North West. These initiatives, totalling around 350
Posted on May 01, 2024
The University of Pretoria (UP) Department of Human Nutrition and Department of Nursing, the Unit for Community Engagement, and the International Baby Food Action Network Africa (IBFAN), have for the first time collaborated in offering the 20 hours three-day Breastfeeding Training Course from 19...
Posted on May 01, 2024
The Department of Plant and Soil Sciences offers an Honours elective module called “Plant, People and Planet” (BOT 789). Prof. Nigel Barker leads this module, and its aim is to involve students in projects that increase awareness about plants and the environment. In 2023, these...
Posted on March 01, 2024
On 3 September 2023, 14 tourism management honours students and two academic staff members from the Department of Marketing Management set out on a week-long field trip to Etosha National Park and King Nehale Conservancy in Namibia. The excursion, under the supervision of Dr Felix Bello and Prof...
Posted on March 01, 2024
In a world where sustainability and community engagement are gaining increasing attention, Melvyn Quan, Lecturer in the Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases at the University of Pretoria, had an idea. He had a cupboard full of conference bags that were not being used and decided to start an...
Posted on March 01, 2024
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), commonly referred to as lifestyle diseases, significantly impact global mortality rates and diminish individuals’ quality of life. To combat this growing health concern, it is essential to equip the public with knowledge on effectively managing NCDs through...
Posted on February 01, 2024
August is the most exciting part of the FIN702 Strategic Management Accounting module year for students in the BCom Honours in Financial Management Sciences program! This is when they present their Practical Case Study projects to fellow students and interested staff from the Department of...
Posted on February 01, 2024
The Joint Community Projects (JCP) is a compulsory service-learning module for the Engineering, Built Environment and IT (EBIT) Faculty. As a component of its extensive community engagement initiatives, JCP joined forces with Sifiso EdTech to organise the Robotics Holiday Bootcamp, involving 14...
Posted on December 14, 2023
Situated in the heart of South Africa's educational hub, UP is setting a shining example of how community engagement can create meaningful connections and enhance the educational experience. Recently, the university organised a unique event that brought together seven teachers from different...
Posted on November 01, 2023
Nestled in the centre of bustling Hatfield, Moja Gabedi and Reliable House are two University of Pretoria (UP) community engagement sites that are making a world of difference. Moja Gabedi was previously an illegal dumping site and Reliable House was a run-down space teeming with criminal...
Posted on November 01, 2023
From March to June 2022, fourth-year B Consumer Science Clothing Retail Management students in the Department of Consumer and Food Science at the University of Pretoria participated in the Clothes to Good (CTG) community project to gain insight into the intricacies of dealing with post-consumer...
Posted on November 01, 2023
We are part of a group of final-year Occupational Therapy students who were placed in Daspoort and surrounding areas for their community block. During our time in the community, we had to implement a community project. We identified Happy Sabby Day Care Centre as a site for our community project.
Posted on October 01, 2023
I was enrolled in my undergraduate degree, Bachelor of Laws (LLB), from 2015 to 2018 and graduated in April 2019. After completing my Law School and passing the attorney’s board exams, I pursued my postgraduate studies in Master of Laws (LLM), specialising in International Trade and...
Posted on October 01, 2023
As part of our final-year Family Medicine block, we attended Daspoort Clinic for three and a half weeks to get exposure to the primary healthcare system. The clinic has a wonderful multidisciplinary team, including the receptionist: Tanja Smith, Pharmacy Assistant: Charlene Meyer, sisters...
Posted on October 01, 2023
The participation of youth in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) space has been emphasised in assisting South Africa and the rest of Africa to tackle challenges in food security, information and communication technology (ICT), energy production, and trade.
Posted on September 01, 2023
On a cold morning at 06:20 on Tuesday 25 April 2023, just over 100 Faculty of Veterinary Science students and three academic staff members set out on an excursion to conduct an outreach in Rust de Winter. This was a resuscitation of the COVID-19-hampered, annual Rust de Winter vaccination...
Posted on September 01, 2023
I enrolled at the University of Pretoria in 2016 to pursue a Bachelor of Social Work. I completed my bachelor's degree in 2019, and the following year, in 2020, I registered for a master’s degree in social work research. In June 2021, I completed my master's and graduated later that year in...
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