Posted on March 18, 2016
Azile Nkabinde an academic trainee and recent student on the Chartered Accountant Programme at the University of Pretoria, is the first Thuthuka student in the programme to ever to pass SAICA's ITC exam (first professional exam for the CA qualification) with honours and to come in the Top 10.
Posted on March 17, 2016
The University is pleased to announce the appointment of Prof MME (Maxi) Schoeman as Deputy Dean: Postgraduate Studies and Ethics in the Faculty of Humanities, with effect from 1 March 2016.
Posted on March 17, 2016
A top-level academic delegation from Sweden, consisting of vice-chancellors from various Swedish universities and representatives of Swedish funding agencies, are currently visiting Southern Africa. They began their tour of Southern Africa at the University of Pretoria (UP) on Monday, 14 March.
Posted on March 17, 2016
Health experts recently submitted an open letter to the UK government, calling for tackling in schools rugby to be outlawed. UP's Prof Steve Cornelius has entered this controversial debate with a recently published article.
Posted on March 16, 2016
On Saturday, 12 March 2016 pioneers of the former Faculty of Engineering and current stakeholders of the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology came together to celebrate a legacy of hope, innovation and change.
Posted on March 15, 2016
For over a decade it has been known that some drugs are toxic to vultures and that they are exposed to these drugs by consuming contaminated carcasses. A new study shows that the threat to these magnificent birds are far from over.
Posted on March 15, 2016
Mathew Banda, an MSc student in Horticulture in the Department of Integrated Plant and Soil Sciences recently received two prizes from the South African Society for Horticultural Sciences.
Posted on March 14, 2016
The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that TuksLaw again walked away with the national laurels at the 57th Philip C Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, that was recently hosted by the Faculty.
Posted on March 14, 2016
Dr Jacomine Grobler, a Senior Lecturer of Supply Chain in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Pretoria, has developed multi-objective algorithms for complex, real-world production scheduling problems, which has earned her the 2015 JD Roberts Award for...
Posted on March 11, 2016
Ms Whelna Crous, a University of Pretoria alumna who completed her honours degree in Internal Auditing at the end of last year, has been chosen as The Next Generation of Internal Audit's face for March.
Posted on March 11, 2016
Dr Eyob H Tesfamariam, a senior lecturer in the Department of Integrated Plant and Soil Sciences at the University of Pretoria, was recently awarded the Presidential Award from the Soil Science Society of South Africa.
Posted on March 10, 2016
The Department of Library Services recently hosted the Efficient Group economist Francois Stoffberg, who gave a lecture titled 'The South African economy - time to face the music'.
Posted on March 10, 2016
The Student Representative Council (SRC) of the University of Pretoria (UP) has launched a campaign to raise R10 million during 2016.
Posted on March 08, 2016
According to Prof Charles Ngwena from UP's Centre for Human Rights, the news report titled 'Bail hearing for deaf pupils postponed', which appeared in Dispatch Live on 7 January 2016, tells us about much more than the tragic death of the deputy principal of the Efata School for the Blind and Deaf...
Posted on March 07, 2016
This year we will be celebrating World Glaucoma Week from 6 to 11 March, and local and international eye healthcare professionals will commit their time and share their knowledge to raise awareness of and demystify this condition.
Posted on March 07, 2016
Two students from the University of Pretoria (UP) recently received recognition and praise from UP and the British High Commission for their bravery, compassion and exemplary conduct during the #FeesMustFall student march through the streets of Pretoria to the Union Buildings on 23 October 2015.
Posted on March 04, 2016
A group of veterinary science students from the University of Pretoria recently went to Makapanstad village in the North West province, where they had the opportunity to gain first-hand experience handling farm animals without the aid of standard animal-handling facilities.
Posted on March 03, 2016
As the rhino poaching crisis escalates, this year's theme for World Wildlife Day, 'The future of wildlife is in our hands' is a chilling reminder of the situation in South Africa.
Posted on March 03, 2016
An app that lets users test their hearing using their smart device has been developed and validated by researchers at UP and was officially launched on 2 March 2016 ahead of World Hearing Day on 3 March.
Posted on March 03, 2016
On 3 March 2016, the UN celebrates World Wildlife Day with the theme 'The future of wildlife is in our hands'.
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