Creating an innovative perspective on research leadership at UP

Posted on October 27, 2016

The second round of the Tuks Young Research Leader Programme was held at the University of Pretoria earlier this month, involving 20 new fellows from seven faculties.

Partners of change in South Africa's education system

Posted on October 27, 2016

Prof Ronél Ferreira, Head of the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Pretoria, uses intervention research to facilitate positive change in resource-constrained school settings and vulnerable communities.

Young UP scientists win in Einstein Language Competition

Posted on October 21, 2016

Two students from the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences recently walked away with prizes in the LitNet Akademies Einstein Competition.

PhD student in Genetics receives STVM's Norval-Young Award

Posted on October 11, 2016

An academically brilliant student, whose master's degree was of such a high standard that it was upgraded to a PhD, was recently awarded the 2016 Society of Tropical Veterinary Medicine Norval-Young Award.

Opinion: South Africa's research output will be the biggest victim of student protests

Posted on October 07, 2016

In a recent article published on The Conversation Africa, Prof Brenda Wingfield says that the student protests across South Africa could lead to universities losing the ability to do their core work: to teach and to conduct research.

The threat to the world's largest wild animals is much greater than we thought

Posted on October 05, 2016

Peter Lindsey, Policy Coordinator of the Lion Programme at UP spoke to Samantha Spooner from The Conversation Africa about the findings of a new report that warns of an extinction crisis facing the world's largest wildlife.

Prof Bob Millar receives Platinum Scientific Achievement Award

Posted on September 28, 2016

Prof Bob Millar, Director of the Centre for Reproductive Neuroendocrinology in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Pretoria, has been awarded the Platinum Scientific Achievement Award by the South African Medical Research Council.

Could the humble chicken be the solution to sustainable food security in Africa?

Posted on September 28, 2016

The Poultry Nutrition and Management Research Facility on the University's Experimental Farm was recently upgraded to the amount of R2 million, with a major part of the cost being covered through collaboration with generous sponsors from the poultry industry.