Top 100 women bursary event

Posted on August 23, 2017

The Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology presented its first bursary event for women on Saturday, 12 August 2017 to honour the top 100 Grade 12 women who applied to study engineering at the University of Pretoria and were admitted to EBIT programmes for 2018.

Applying health research in South African schools for learners' well-being

Posted on August 23, 2017

A collaborative study involving local and international researchers has created an intervention strategy to help improve the diet and lifestyle of schoolchildren in South Africa.

UP scores a hat trick in the June 2017 ITC of SAICA

Posted on August 23, 2017

The Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences' departments specialising in Financial Sciences (Accounting, Auditing, Financial Management and Taxation) are extremely proud of their students and staff and heartily congratulate them on their results in the June 2017 ITC of the South African...

WATCH: UP Expert lecture enlightens and informs about Non-communicable diseases

Posted on August 22, 2017

Earlier in August, Prof Martin Schwellnus, Director of the Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute at the University of Pretoria and specialist sports and exercise medicine physician, presented a lecture titled 'The drug everyone should take! Why, how, and what?' as part of the...

Youth and leaders in mining and metallurgy meet to shape the future

Posted on August 22, 2017

'Leadership in the mineral sciences industry' was the main topic at the 3rd Career and Leadership Conference of the Young Professionals Council (YPC), organised by the student societies of the University of Pretoria's departments of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering and Mining...

Prof Inglesi-Lotz honoured at DST Women in Science Awards

Posted on August 21, 2017

Prof Roula Inglesi-Lotz, an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Pretoria, was named the Distinguished Young Woman Researcher in the Humanities and Social Sciences category at the Department of Science and Technology (DST)'s annual Women in Science Awards on 17...

Southern Africa Association for the Advancement of Science Medal awarded to Ms Shruti Lall

Posted on August 21, 2017

Ms Shruti Lall received the Bronze Medal of the Southern Africa Association for the Advancement of Science at Kya Rosa on the University of Pretoria's Hatfield Campus on Monday, 14 August 2017.

Gaining confidence for job interviews

Posted on August 21, 2017

Employers are looking for qualities in their new hires that are seldom listed in the job advert. In a nutshell, they want to meet people who are self-directed and responsible. How will you demonstrate these skills during the interview?