Posted on July 28, 2016
Prof Robert Pattinson, Director of the South African Medical Research Council's Maternal and Infant Health Care Strategies Unit in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Pretoria, has been awarded the Havenga Prize for Medicine by the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir...
Posted on July 28, 2016
The University is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Nthabiseng Audrey Ogude as Dean of the Mamelodi Campus with effect from 4 August 2016.
Posted on July 28, 2016
On Monday, 18 July 2016, the Department of Music at the University of Pretoria celebrated the legacy of former President Nelson Mandela and observed International Mandela Day by donating a piano to Funanani Christian School in Mamelodi West.
Posted on July 27, 2016
An international Workshop and Summer School on 5G and Cognitive Radio Networks is being hosted by the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology (EBIT) at the University of Pretoria from 25 to 27 July.
Posted on July 27, 2016
In an article published on The Conversation Africa, Dr Nokuthula Vilakati from the Institute of Food, Nutrition and Well-being at UP, explained why the African food basket should be full of beans and other pulses.
Posted on July 27, 2016
As part of an outreach programme to create awareness about the plight of the bee, the Social Insect Research Group (SIRG) from the Department of Zoology and Entomology aka 'The Bee Group' visited the Grade 7 learners of Cornwall Hill College during their Natural Science lessons earlier this year.
Posted on July 26, 2016
Mrs Hajo Morallane and Mr Oluwafemi Joshua Dele-Ijagbulu, two PhD students in the Department of Business Management, received bursaries from the South African PhD Partnering Network for Inclusive Growth through Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SASIE Network).
Posted on July 26, 2016
The Centre for Contextual Ministry recently hosted its annual certificate ceremony in celebration of delegates who have successfully completed various courses during 2015 in collaboration with Enterprises UP at the Doxa Deo Brooklyn Campus.
Posted on July 26, 2016
A high-level conference held at the University of Pretoria earlier this month, brought together more than 150 delegates from an estimated 25 countries and international organisations to discuss measures that could be adopted by African countries to more effectively counter money laundering, tax...
Posted on July 26, 2016
The 24th working meeting of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) CSG that was held in Skukuza earlier this year, was described as a huge success for the University of Pretoria and the Faculty of Veterinary Science and judged as one of the best working meetings of the...
Posted on July 25, 2016
Enterprises UP together with Toyota South Africa and the Department of Marketing Management recently launched two premier management training programmes geared towards upskilling the local taxi industry at Faircity Roodevallei Conference Centre outside Pretoria.
Posted on July 25, 2016
Ms Imke Oosthuizen, a master's student at the Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication at UP, recently conducted a study on message banking, a relatively new early intervention strategy for persons with MND.
Posted on July 22, 2016
The University of Pretoria is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Alta van der Merwe as Deputy Dean: Teaching and Learning in the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology with effect from 1 August 2016.
Posted on July 21, 2016
The University recently launched Research Matters, an exciting new website that showcases and highlights some of its research and innovation output and emphasises the impact of this work in South Africa, Africa and globally.
Posted on July 21, 2016
The University of Pretoria's Department of Historical and Heritage Studies was very well represented by staff, postgraduate students and alumni at the Historical Association of South Africa (HASA)'s recent international conference. No less than a dozen research papers emanated from this cohort.
Posted on July 21, 2016
Vet Books for Africa is a unique, student-run initiative that was established in 1993. The project's main aim is to distribute veterinary text books, journals and other educational tools to veterinary faculties in countries in southern and central Africa.
Posted on July 19, 2016
Ms Sikho Siyotula, who obtained her MA in African European Cultural Relations earlier this year and is currently acting as co-ordinator of the Museum Studies programme at UP, has been offered one of 12 positions in the Minor Cosmopolitanisms Doctoral Research Training Group at the University of...
Posted on July 19, 2016
The newly established Mining Resilience Research Centre at UP will focus on multi-disciplinary research activities in the mining industry and developing lasting partnerships with leading international role players.
Posted on July 19, 2016
Thokozani Sikhosana, an MSc Biochemistry student at the University of Pretoria (UP) was recently selected as the Southern Africa Network for Biosciences (SANBio) student ambassador for Southern Africa.
Posted on July 18, 2016
Well known philanthropist and entrepreneur, Bill Gates, delivered the 2016 Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture at the University of Pretoria's Mamelodi Campus on Sunday, 17 July 2016.
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