Visually impaired Tuks athlete graduates with MA degree

Posted on April 18, 2016

'Perseverance overcomes failure and turns the extraordinary achievement into great success.' These words certainly apply to Carley Lomax, a visually impaired student at the University of Pretoria (UP), who graduated with an MA degree in Recreation and Sport Management at the University's Autumn...

How liberators turn into oppressors. A study of Southern African states

Posted on April 15, 2016

A foundation essay by Prof Henning Melber, Extraordinary Professor in the Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria that was recently published on The Conversation.

Young theologians honoured with Desmond Tutu-Gerrit Brand Prize for debut work

Posted on April 14, 2016

A debut volume with contributions from theology students received the 2016 Desmond Tutu-Gerrit Brand Prize.

Geoinformatics student wins Esri Young Scholar award

Posted on April 13, 2016

Kathryn Arnold, a BScHons (Geoinformatics) student in the Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology at the University of Pretoria, won the Esri Young Scholar Award for her third-year project titled, 'A GIS-based response time and risk analysis of municipal firefighting services in...

UP students compete in finals of Global Supply Chain Student Challenge

Posted on April 13, 2016

Four students from the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology, along with their lecturer and mentor Dr Olufemi Adetunji, have been selected to represent UP and South Africa in the Netherlands during the final...

Antarctic blue whales discovered off the South African west coast

Posted on April 12, 2016

A team of researchers from UP, in collaboration with various partners, recently discovered the first evidence of Antarctic blue whales off the west coast of South Africa since they were nearly hunted to extinction in the last century.

UP joins the world in celebration of World Social Work Day

Posted on April 12, 2016

In celebration of World Social Work Day, which was celebrated on 15 March this year, the Department of Social Work and Criminology hosted a seminar at the University of Pretoria's Hatfield Campus.

Public lecture highlights the importance of human rights in marginalised settings

Posted on April 11, 2016

Distinguished visiting scholar, Prof Catherine Campbell presented a public lecture at the Hatfield Campus of the University of Pretoria on Thursday, 17 March 2016, titled, 'Against "human rights": a blunt tool for community mobilisation in highly marginalised settings?'.