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  • New Deputy Dean: Research and Postgraduate Studies appointed in Faculty of NAS

    Posted on April 07, 2017

    The University of Pretoria (UP) is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Edward Webb as Deputy Dean: Research and Postgraduate Studies in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS), with effect from 1 April 2017.

  • UP academic's latest book reviewed in the Financial Times

    Posted on April 06, 2017

    Professor Lorenzo Fioramonti's latest book titled The world after GDP: economics, politics and international relations in the post-growth era, has been reviewed in a full-page article in the Financial Times.

  • Dancing the death drill with Fred Khumalo

    Posted on April 06, 2017

    Journalist and author, Fred Khumalo, recently shared his thoughts with an audience of staff and students at the 'Meet your Writers’ event organised by the Department of English, in collaboration with the Department of Library Services on the University of Pretoria's Hatfield Campus.

  • Sport for Development and Peace

    Posted on April 06, 2017

    Dr Engela van der Klashorst writes about the inherent power of sport to bring communities together, to provide a sense of inclusion to people living on the fringes of society and to solve a myriad of social problems.

  • Faculty of Theology presents literary exhibition of the works of Prof Jürgen Moltmann

    Posted on April 05, 2017

    The Faculty of Theology, in cooperation with the Merensky 2 Library, has begun a year-long series of literary exhibitions that highlight significant events, individuals and publications related to the Faculty’s 1917–2017 centenary celebration.

  • Master's student in Food Science wins Brian Koeppen Memorial Scholarship

    Posted on April 04, 2017

    Itumeleng Magabane, a second-year MScAgric student in Food Science and Technology at the University of Pretoria was recently awarded the Brian Koeppen Memorial scholarship of the South African Association for Food Science and Technology (SAAFoST).

  • South African Library Week celebrated by the Department of Library Services

    Posted on April 03, 2017

    The Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA) celebrated South African Library Week from 18–26 March 2017 with the theme 'My library, your library' and sub-themes 'My library, my home', 'Mind your library' and 'Tell me about your library'.

  • Leotlela equals SA Record as Tuks win the Varsity Athletics title

    Posted on April 03, 2017

    Eighteen-year-old sprint sensation Tlotliso Gift Leotlela lived up to his billing as the top junior sprinter in South Africa when he achieved a record-equalling 10,12 s win in the men's 100 m at the second and final Varsity Athletics meeting held under near perfect conditions at the University of...

  • Opening up the world of autism

    Posted on April 03, 2017

    World Autism Awareness Day is celebrated annually on 2 April and aims to raise awareness about people with autism throughout the world. Ms Ilse de Bruin, a PhD student at UP, shares some interesting facts about the condition.

  • UP tackles rabies in rural areas

    Posted on March 31, 2017

    Dr Francis Kolo, of the Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases at UP, conducted a study on the dog population of Hluvukani Village to determine the prevalence of rabies in the area and the causes of mortality in the population.

  • Op-Ed: What is colonialism (to us)? Western Cape Premier reveals a truth

    Posted on March 31, 2017

    Prof Charles Ngwena from the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria, writes about what colonialism really means to us as South Africans in light of the recent public utterance posted on twitter by Western Cape Premier, Helen Zille.

  • UP academic appointed as Chairperson of HST Board of Trustees

    Posted on March 31, 2017

    Dr Flavia Senkubuge, of the Division of Health Policy and Management in the School of Health Systems and Public Health at the University of Pretoria, has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Health Systems Trust (HST) Board of Trustees.

  • WATCH: GIBS Autumn Graduation Ceremony 2017

    Posted on March 30, 2017

    The next Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) Autum Graduation Ceremony will take place at 15:00 on Thursday, 30 March 2017. The session will be livestreamed via YouTube so that family and friends who cannot attend the event can also be a part of our students' big moment.

  • The 4th International Conference on Responsible Leadership

    Posted on March 30, 2017

    The 4th International Conference on Responsible Leadership hosted by the Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership and the Gordon Institute of Business Science in partnership with the Copenhagen Business School and the Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative, was held in Johannesburg,...

  • Statistics and data analysis in the spotlight as future career choices

    Posted on March 28, 2017

    The Department of Statistics, in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Pretoria, recently hosted a statistics awareness day for Mathematics teachers and learners to demonstrate the importance of statistics in the school curriculum and in everyday life.

  • South Africa's sugar tax: a bold move, and the right thing to do

    Posted on March 28, 2017

    South Africa's planned sugar tax will take effect on 1 April 2017. Prof Hettie Carina Schönfeldt, Beulah Pretorius and Dr Nicolette Hall from UP discuss the benefits of this decision in an article published on The Conversation.

  • WATCH: UP Expert Lecture Series by Prof De Wet Swanepoel

    Posted on March 28, 2017

    The Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria, Prof Cheryl de la Rey, cordially invites you to the 20th lecture in the UP Expert Lecture Series: 'Rise of an invisible epidemic - Fighting hearing loss with advances in technology and connectivity' at 17:00 on Tuesday, 28 March 2017.

  • New translation provides fresh insight into the reconceptualisation of sexual identities

    Posted on March 27, 2017

    The Department of Philosophy and the Centre for Sexualities, AIDS and Gender hosted the book launch of Three essays on the theory of sexuality by Sigmund Freud on 8 March 2017 on the University Pretoria's Hatfield Campus.

  • New programme aims to ensure safer rail transport in SA

    Posted on March 27, 2017

    The Railway Occurrence Investigation Programme at the University of Pretoria was developed to assist in eliminating the escalating and repetitive nature of railway incidents through proper investigation.

  • Appointment of new Deputy Dean: Research and Postgraduate Studies in EMS

    Posted on March 24, 2017

    The University of Pretoria is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Jenny Hoobler as Deputy Dean: Research and Postgraduate Studies in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, with effect from 1 April 2017.

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