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  • National Hearing Test promotes 'Action for hearing loss' this World Hearing Day

    Posted on March 03, 2017

    The theme for this year’s World Hearing Day, on 3 March 2017, is 'Action for hearing loss'. Called a silent epidemic, hearing loss affects 1 in 7 persons annually.

  • Enterprises UP supports SMMEs

    Posted on March 03, 2017

    Enterprises UP's 2016 Enterprise Development Programme assisted three small, medium and micro-sized enterprises (SMMEs) selected from a list of finalists in the Tshwane Economic Development Agency's Youth Entrepreneurship Drive.

  • Prof Bonnin delivers inaugural address

    Posted on March 02, 2017

    Prof Debby Bonnin, Head of the Department of Sociology at the University of Pretoria, delivered her inaugural address entitled 'Transformations of work' at the University's Hatfield Campus on Tuesday, 21 February 2017.

  • Alumni access to campus

    Posted on March 02, 2017

    The University wishes to inform all UP alumni about the stricter campus access control measures that have been put in place to ensure a safer environment for all.

  • Prof Valentin Goranko visits UP

    Posted on March 02, 2017

    Prof Valentin Goranko, a professor of logic at Stockholm University in Sweden, was co-hosted by the Department of Computer Science and the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics at the University of Pretoria under the Visiting Professor Programme.

  • Launch of the Hatfield Campus Village

    Posted on March 01, 2017

    The Board of Directors of the Hatfield City Improvement District (CID) launched the Hatfield Campus Village on Tuesday, 28 February 2017.

  • Justice Albie Sachs remembers OR Tambo's crucial role in South Africa's constitutional democracy

    Posted on March 01, 2017

    In celebration of the legacy of Oliver Tambo, the Centre for Human Rights in the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria and the Oliver and Adelaide Tambo Foundation hosted the first in a series of Oliver Tambo Centenary Lectures on Wednesday, 22 February 2017.

  • Danone delegation visits Enterprises UP

    Posted on February 28, 2017

    Representatives from Danone Nutricia Research visited Enterprises University of Pretoria (Pty) Ltd to investigate possible areas of research collaboration with the Sensory Research Unit led by Professor Riette de Kock.

  • Kobus van der Walt retires as Director of TuksSport

    Posted on February 27, 2017

    The University of Pretoria formally bade farewell to Mr Kobus van der Walt, former director of TuksSport, at an event hosted by Prof Cheryl de la Rey, the Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria.

  • Spreading the joy of reading on World Read Aloud Day

    Posted on February 24, 2017

    Staff from the Department of Library Services at the University of Pretoria visited Pretoria East Primary School on Thursday, 16 February 2017 in celebration of World Read Aloud Day. While at the school, they read to 107 children and donated books and Easter eggs.

  • Professor Jim Walsh promotes engaged scholarship at UP

    Posted on February 22, 2017

    Prof Jim Walsh, a recently appointed Extraordinary Professor in the Department of Business Management of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, specifically affiliated with the Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership at UP, has been lecturing in a new Faculty programme for...

  • International Mother Language Day

    Posted on February 21, 2017

    Today we celebrate International Mother Language Day. The theme for 2017 is mother tongue and multilingual education with a focus on celebrating and respecting cultural diversity and multilingualism.

  • UP graduate taking audiology to the community

    Posted on February 15, 2017

    We caught up with Sakhile Nkosi, an audiology graduate, to hear about life after UP.

  • Getting ready for the career you love

    Posted on February 13, 2017

    Prof Kobus Maree, from the Department of Educational Psychology in the Faculty of Education at the University of Pretoria, has some advice for students on choosing a fulfilling career.

  • UP researcher receives African Union's Kwame Nkrumah Regional Award

    Posted on February 09, 2017

    Dr Celia Abolnik, Associate Professor and Research Chair for Poultry Health and Production in the Department of Production Animal Studies at the University of Pretoria, was named one of Africa's top five female scientists during the African Union Kwame Nkrumah Scientific Awards at the AU...

  • Fostering the future through enterprise development

    Posted on February 08, 2017

    The Enterprise Development (ED) initiatives run by Enterprises University of Pretoria (Enterprises UP) have seen successful outcomes. They have empowered and capacitated small business beneficiaries to achieve substantial growth within their operations.

  • Fourteen year old joins UP

    Posted on February 01, 2017

    At just 14, when most teenagers are still at high school, top achiever Hjalmar Rall is getting ready to join other 18 year olds in undergraduate studies, and he has chosen the University of Pretoria.

  • UP welcomes the first-year students of 2017

    Posted on February 01, 2017

    Welcome Day, one of the most important days on the University’s calendar, took place at the University of Pretoria Sports Campus (LC de Villiers) on Saturday, 28 January 2017.

  • UPSpace ranked the top repository in Africa

    Posted on January 31, 2017

    Webometrics recently released the first edition of its repository rankings for 2017, in which it ranked UPSpace as the best in Africa and within the top 100 worldwide.

  • New app offers a wealth of information for new UP students

    Posted on January 31, 2017

    A new app has been released that puts all the information students need to successfully navigate their time at the University at their fingertips.

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