Posted on May 04, 2016
Ms Sedzani Siaga, a senior lecturer in the Department of Accounting at the University of Pretoria, was awarded a Silver Angel Award at the annual G200 Youth Forum, which was held in Germany in April this year.
Posted on May 04, 2016
The Faculty of Theology at the University of Pretoria conferred an honorary doctorate on Prof Theo Sundermeier during its recent autumn graduation ceremony.
Posted on May 03, 2016
The Sea Search group is calling on members of the public who would like to actively contribute to science and research to help map the distribution of whales and dolphins in the western Cape.
Posted on April 28, 2016
After a rigorous selection procedure, Dr Bianca Verlinden, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Biochemistry, was chosen by the National Research Foundation as one of two excellent young researchers to represent South Africa at the 8th HOPE meeting with Nobel Laureates held in Tsukuba,...
Posted on April 28, 2016
Life can thrive in the most extreme climates - from the very hot to the very cold. Something that not long ago was believed to belong in science fiction has now been brought into the realm of reality by a researcher at UP.
Posted on April 28, 2016
The Austrian Embassy recently donated German language books to the Department of Library Services at the University of Pretoria.
Posted on April 25, 2016
In 2005, the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology implemented a compulsory community-based project module (JCP) for all its undergraduate students. This year 1 820 students enrolled for the module.
Posted on April 25, 2016
The Junior Tukkie (JT) Student Society of the University of Pretoria (UP) hosted its annual Enrichment Camp for first- to final-year students from 8 to 10 April 2016.
Posted on April 22, 2016
This week the Department of Social Development brought home a three-year-old boy who had been living in a Mozambican prison with his mother, who was convicted of drug trafficking.
Posted on April 22, 2016
Azile Nkabinde, an academic trainee and until recently a student in the Chartered Accountant Programme at the University of Pretoria, is the first ever Thuthuka student who had completed the programme to subsequently pass SAICA’s Initial Test of Competence with honours and end among the top...
Posted on April 22, 2016
In an attempt to promote and increase the use of medicinal maggots for wound cleaning in South Africa, the Department of Surgery at UP signed a collaboration agreement with Inqaba Biotech earlier this month.
Posted on April 21, 2016
The JuniorTukkie Office, which forms part of the Department of Enrolment and Student Administration at the University of Pretoria, hosted an information session for Gauteng schools' Grade 9 learners, their life orientation teachers and their parents on Saturday, 16 April 2016.
Posted on April 21, 2016
The MRC/UP CSMC and the Goodbye Malaria Foundation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the aim of collaborating on research towards the elimination of malaria in southern Mozambique and South Africa.
Posted on April 21, 2016
Prof Mageshen Naidoo was appointed as an Associate Professor and Director for Jazz Studies in the Department of Music at the University of Pretoria in November last year.
Posted on April 20, 2016
The Department of Library Services has officially launched its new library management system, OCLC WorldShare Management Services.
Posted on April 19, 2016
For her PhD research, Dr Nokuthula Vilakazi chose to investigate the possibility of using locally produced grains to develop a nutritious, ready-to-eat meal comparable to some of the so-called superfoods sold in shops.
Posted on April 19, 2016
An article by Prof Christi van der Westhuizen, Associate Professor in Sociology at the University of Pretoria, in which she discusses the re-imagining of Afrikaner identity in a post-apartheid world, appeared in The Conversation in March this year.
Posted on April 18, 2016
Two former University of Pretoria (UP) students, Tyler Hoffman and Unathi Chonco, have launched an app for public transport navigation which they believe will change public transport in South Africa.
Posted on April 18, 2016
'Perseverance overcomes failure and turns the extraordinary achievement into great success.' These words certainly apply to Carley Lomax, a visually impaired student at the University of Pretoria (UP), who graduated with an MA degree in Recreation and Sport Management at the University's Autumn...
Posted on April 15, 2016
A foundation essay by Prof Henning Melber, Extraordinary Professor in the Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria that was recently published on The Conversation.
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