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  • Informal settlements: looking at the bigger picture

    Posted on May 09, 2016

    For his PhD research, Dr Emmanuel Nkambule sought to improve the living conditions in informal settlements by visually studying the structure of the settlement and its many physical and social layers.

  • Africa Science Leadership Programme: second round of success

    Posted on May 09, 2016

    As the challenges we face in the world, and especially in Africa, become more complex, a different style of science leadership is required. The Africa Science Leadership Programme (ASLP) was launched in June 2015 to address this, and recently concluded its second round of interactions with...

  • Six NSTF Award nominations for UP's Faculty of Health Sciences

    Posted on May 06, 2016

    Five academics from the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Pretoria have been nominated for awards in various categories of the 2015/2016 National Science and Technology Forum Awards.

  • How social media can encourage energy efficiency

    Posted on May 05, 2016

    Ms Uduakobong Ekpenyong wants to encourage people to adopt energy efficiency as a way of reducing demand on the power sector and increasing usage of renewable energy.

  • Launch of landmark publication by Dr Thula Simpson

    Posted on May 05, 2016

    A landmark book titled Umkhonto we Sizwe: the ANC's armed struggle, written by Dr Thula Simpson, a lecturer in Historical Studies at the University of Pretoria, was recently launched at the Merensky 2 Library on the Hatfield Campus.

  • Shaking UP Shakespeare

    Posted on May 05, 2016

    To mark the 400th anniversary of the deaths of Shakespeare and Cervantes, the Merensky Library, the Languages Cluster and the Drama Department organised a week of celebrations from 18 to 22 April 2016.

  • UP lecturer receives G200 Silver Angel Award

    Posted on May 04, 2016

    Ms Sedzani Siaga, a senior lecturer in the Department of Accounting at the University of Pretoria, was awarded a Silver Angel Award at the annual G200 Youth Forum, which was held in Germany in April this year.

  • Honorary doctorate conferred on renowned missiologist

    Posted on May 04, 2016

    The Faculty of Theology at the University of Pretoria conferred an honorary doctorate on Prof Theo Sundermeier during its recent autumn graduation ceremony.

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