Shifting knowledge to insight - empowering enterprises and suppliers in 2016

Posted on November 16, 2016

Enterprises UP collaborated with the Local Government Sector Education and Training Authority in identifying four service providers as partners for its 2016 Supplier Development Programme.

Op-Ed: Trump's victory is bad - for Africa and for global stability

Posted on November 14, 2016

Prof Danny Bradlow, SARChI Professor of International Development Law at the University of Pretoria, writes about the recent Trump victory in the United States and what this could mean for Africa in an article published on The Conversation.

Engineering student ranked among top ten in SA at Gradstar awards

Posted on November 14, 2016

Paul Ssali, a Mechanical Engineering student in the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology at the University of Pretoria, was ranked among the top ten students in South Africa during the Gradstar awards ceremony.

Prof Birgit Kuschke a member of Principles Drafting Committee of Transnational Insurance Law

Posted on November 11, 2016

Prof Birgit Kuschke, from the Department of Private Law in the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria, was invited to serve as one of only 15 principle members of the International Drafting Committee of the universal Principles of Reinsurance Contract Law, under the auspices of the...

International expert lectures at UP on deep structures of business processes

Posted on November 11, 2016

Prof Jan Dietz, a visiting academic who is internationally renowned for his development of the Design and Engineering Methodology for Organisations (DEMO) and his work on enterprise ontology, presented a public lecture to staff, students and industry partners of the Department of Industrial and...

Prof Frans Swanepoel recognised during the 5th African Higher Education Week

Posted on November 11, 2016

Prof Frans Swanepoel, recently appointed as Professor: Future Africa at the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, was recognised for his significant contributions to capacity development in support of agricultural transformation and development in Africa during the 5th African Higher...

Prof Laurie Nathan awarded a visiting professorship in the US

Posted on November 10, 2016

Prof Laurie Nathan, Director of the Centre for Mediation in Africa in the Department of Political Sciences at the University of Pretoria, has been awarded a visiting professorship at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame in the United States.

UP hosts workshop on Big Data and Data Science research opportunities

Posted on November 10, 2016

The Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology hosted a workshop titled 'SKA: IDIA - Big Data and Data Science research opportunities at the University of Pretoria' in October 2016.