UP alumna reaches for the stars

Posted on June 29, 2017

University of Pretoria (UP) alumna, Ms Annelie Vermeulen, is one of 14 exceptional young people - and the only South African - who has been selected to participate in the International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide, Australia as part of the Emerging Space Leaders Grant Programme for 2017.

Vice-Chancellor nominated for Businesswoman of the Year Award

Posted on June 28, 2017

Prof Cheryl de la Rey, Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria, has been named as one of 13 finalists competing for the Businesswomen's Association of South Africa's prestigious Businesswoman of the Year Award.

Official opening of the newly upgraded Basic Medical Sciences and Dentistry Library

Posted on June 28, 2017

The newly refurbished and upgraded library in the Basic Medical Sciences Building on the University of Pretoria's Prinshof Campus was officially opened by the Faculty Library Manager of the Health Sciences, Kabelo Nzima, in a brief ceremony on Friday, 23 June 2017.

Seven UP researchers nominated for prestigious NTSF Awards

Posted on June 28, 2017

Seven researchers at the University of Pretoria (UP) have been nominated in eight categories of the 19th NSTF-South32 Awards for their outstanding contributions to science, engineering, technology and innovation in South Africa.

Research and teaching excellence celebrated at EMS Awards

Posted on June 28, 2017

The Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences celebrated the excellent research and teaching and learning achievements of academic staff members at the prestigious annual EMS Awards Function, which was held on 21 June 2017.

Samsung Electronics and Enterprises UP partner to promote e-learning

Posted on June 27, 2017

The first Samsung e-Learning for the 21st-century Educator training session was launched in Pretoria on Monday, 5 June 2017.

UP biochemistry graduate earns Fulbright Scholarship

Posted on June 27, 2017

Lungelo Mandyoli, who completed his MSc degree in Biochemistry at the University of Pretoria's Department of Biochemistry in 2016, has been selected as a fellow of the Fulbright Scholarship - the flagship foreign exchange programme for the US - to complete his PhD in biochemistry at Texas A&M...

Opinion: How to create jobs in the age of robots and low growth

Posted on June 26, 2017

Prof Lorenzo Fioramonti, a full professor of Political Economy and founding director of the Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation (GovInn) at the University of Pretoria, discusses how jobs can be created in the age of robots and low growth in an article that recently appeared on The...