Posted on November 27, 2017
Prof Charles Ngwena from the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria discusses the recent events in Zimbabwe and what the future might hold for the country.
Posted on November 27, 2017
A retirement function held to acknowledge Prof Annél van Aswegen’s contribution to the University of Pretoria (UP) was hosted by Prof Cheryl de la Rey at the Pure Café on the Hatfield Campus on Wednesday, 22 November.
Posted on November 24, 2017
The Department of Business Management at the University of Pretoria is the first South African university department to obtain European Logistics Association accreditation in recognition of the quality and standard of the BCom Supply Chain Management degree programme offered by this department in...
Posted on November 23, 2017
The University of Pretoria (UP) is ranked among the top 40 universities in the BRICS region, according to the QS BRICS University Rankings published last night. UP has improved its overall position in South Africa by moving from fourth place last year to third this year.
Posted on November 23, 2017
Prof Derick de Jongh, Director of the Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership at the University of Pretoria, participated in the Transcultural Leadership Summit that was hosted by the Zeppelin University Leadership Excellence Institute, on 16 and 17 November 2017.
Posted on November 22, 2017
The production of the annual Research Review is always a highlight in the research calendar of the University of Pretoria, and the Research Review 2016 was no exception.
Posted on November 22, 2017
Ms Nthabiseng Ramosoeu from the Department of Information Science in the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology, has been selected to participate in the MOBILE+2 project, Mobility for International Learning Experiences, which is being administered by the Department...
Posted on November 21, 2017
Melissa van der Merwe from the University of Pretoria's Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development not only represented the University at the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association (IFAMA) Conference in Miami, Florida, but was also part of the case...
Posted on November 21, 2017
The University of Pretoria's Dr Pieter Olivier is part of an international collaboration whose work was recently published in Nature. The study highlights how biodiversity is changing as a result of deforestation.
Posted on November 20, 2017
Prof Bernard Slippers has officially been appointed as Professor and Director of the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI) in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Pretoria from 1 January 2018.
Posted on November 20, 2017
Earlier this year, the Centre for Geoinformation Science (CGIS) at the University of Pretoria hosted the 2017 Winter School on Participatory Sensing as part of the Geomatics and Participation project between UP and the Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences in Germany.
Posted on November 17, 2017
The University of Pretoria's Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) recently hosted the 2017 European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) Middle East and Africa Conference.
Posted on November 17, 2017
On 22 November 2017, the Social Life of Waste/Art project will host a one-day symposium on waste, art and food at the University of Pretoria.
Posted on November 16, 2017
TuksLaw Jurisprudence lecturer and critical race scholar, Mr Joel Modiri, has been selected as a member of the first group of Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity, a programme that seeks to overcome racism and white supremacy in the United States and South Africa.
Posted on November 16, 2017
Around the world, many teachers are choosing to leave their home countries once they've qualified. It's a global phenomenon, and one that impacts both developed and developing nations.
Posted on November 15, 2017
The Faculty of Education at the University of Pretoria recently held a Teaching and Learning Day in the Postgraduate Research Commons on the Groenkloof Campus. The event focused on methodologies in teaching and learning.
Posted on November 14, 2017
Not only did the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Pretoria (UP) celebrate a hundred years of agriculture at a prestigious event earlier this month, but it also recognised Dr Johan van Zyl, former Vice-Chancellor and Principal of UP and current CEO of African...
Posted on November 13, 2017
According to Prof Frans Swanepoel, one of the major reasons that the agricultural sector is currently unable to realise its full potential is the fact that education and training practices is in need of a very serious overhaul.
Posted on November 13, 2017
The Centre for Human Rights in the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria, in collaboration with UNESCO, developed a massive open online course (MOOC) on the international and African legal framework on freedom of expression, access to information and the safety of journalists.
Posted on November 10, 2017
In preparation for the media release of the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study 2016 results, the Centre for Evaluation and Assessment (CEA) in the Faculty of Education at the University of Pretoria hosted the final National Steering Committee meeting for the year at the Ivory Manor...
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