Posted on November 24, 2022
Professor Human-Vogel delivered her inaugural address in the Groenkloof Campus Auditorium on 3 August 2022.
Posted on November 24, 2022
On 5 and 6 August 2022, the Unit for Distance Education in the Faculty of Education, in collaboration with Siyafunda CTC, held a two-day digital literacy campaign for the first cohort of Advanced Diploma School Leadership and Management students from the Northern Cape Department of Education at...
Posted on November 24, 2022
The Department of Early Childhood Education hosted a three-part reading series, titled Teaching Reading the UP Way.
Posted on November 24, 2022
During two weeks in September, Dr West and other international experts served on an academic review panel for the Namibian National Council of Higher Education (NCHE) to review three programmes offered by the University of Namibia (UNAM).
Posted on November 24, 2022
Thinking Schools South Africa (TSSA) was privileged to present the TSSA Spring Roadshow in collaboration with Leslee Udwin, founder of Think Equal.
Posted on November 24, 2022
It was an honour to present the preliminary findings of my study at the 2022 WALS conference, which was held in Malaysia from 19 to 23 September 2022. This would not have happened if my supervisor, Dr Sekao, had not encouraged me to submit a paper. The conference was attended by approximately 800...
Posted on November 24, 2022
This article pays tribute to the role of played by teachers who sacrificed their time and lives during the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure that teaching and learning continued.
Posted on November 24, 2022
After four years of collaboration with the Department of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education (SMTE), the interactive session on coding and robotics has become a much- anticipated annual event. This year Early Childhood Education (ECE) students were treated to coding and robotics with a...
Posted on November 24, 2022
The University of Pretoria and the Zenex Foundation have taken hands in a groundbreaking project called ‘Ulwazi Lwethu’.
Posted on November 24, 2022
The Southern African Geography Teachers’ Association (SAGTA), in partnership and collaboration with the Independent Examinations Board (IEB), Kartoza (an open-source GIS service provider) and the University of Pretoria, has launched the online Geospatial Data Science Certificate (GDSC) for...
Posted on November 24, 2022
The Society of South African Geographers (SSAG) Gold Medal is awarded in recognition of meritorious contributions to Geography in Southern Africa. Recipients of the medal are granted honorary lifelong membership of the Society. This year, the SSAG awarded gold medals to Dr Clinton van der Merwe...
Posted on November 24, 2022
The University of Pretoria branch of the National Education Health Allied Workers Union (NEHAWU) took a conscious decision when it was decided to elect Dr Xolani Khohliso, an academic staff member from the Groenkloof Constituency, Faculty of Education, as its Branch Deputy Secretary.
Posted on November 24, 2022
The Dean of the Faculty of Education acted as host for 26 early career academics who were invited to attend a writing retreat at Kievitz Kroon from 19–22 July 2022. The event was planned to demonstrate the Faculty’s commitment to the career development of staff by assisting academics...
Posted on November 24, 2022
From 19 to 20 July 2022, the University of Pretoria hosted a delegation from New York University (NYU) as part of the broader UP-NYU collaborative partnership led by the Vice-Chancellor Prof Kupe. The focus was on themes related to inclusive leadership, female leadership, transformational...
Posted on November 24, 2022
On Wednesday, 21 September, the Work-integrated Learning office hosted a stakeholder debriefing session on the Groenkloof Campus.
Posted on November 24, 2022
The Faculty of Education celebrated its 85th anniversary with several events that took place between Monday, 3 October and Friday, 7 October 2022. The week-long celebration, which started with Faculty Research Day showcasing different research projects that academics are engaged in or that were...
Posted on November 24, 2022
Prof Lizette de Jager presented a keynote address titled ‘Building bridges: adapting to the changing landscape of teacher development’ at a high-level event of the South African-Finnish Partnership in Early Childhood Development and Teacher Training, which was hosted by the Finnish...
Posted on November 24, 2022
Prof Marien Graham from the Department of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education was invited to present workshops at two international conferences during October 2022.
Posted on November 24, 2022
A lecture room was transformed into a figure-drawing workspace with easels angled towards a semi-nude model to enable the third-year art education students to capture a straight image with minimal head movement required.
Posted on November 24, 2022
In preparation for an exhibition at the UP Student Gallery, third-year art education students were expected to critically and creatively create a body of work in which they identified a challenge or issue dealt with in their daily lives.
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