Alumna profile: Natasha Ashley

Posted on April 20, 2020

Despite achieving remarkable success in her career thus far, alumna Natasha Ashley has set her sights even higher, “never losing sight of who I am and what I believe in”. Read more about her achievements, passions and interests below.

Congratulations to autumn 2020 EMS graduates

Posted on April 15, 2020

The Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (EMS) wishes to congratulate all the graduates who received their qualifications in absentia during the recent virtual graduation ceremony presided over by UP Vice-Chancellor and Principal Professor Tawana Kupe.

Prof Das elected to International Statistics Institute

Posted on April 08, 2020

Prof Sonali Das, Associate Professor in the Department of Business Management, has been elected to the International Statistics Institute (ISI). The ISI was established in 1885 and provides a global network for statistics, with a mission to “lead, support and promote the understanding,...

SDGs in action on the Mamelodi Campus

Posted on April 03, 2020

The Department of Business Management in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences has decided to continue with the vegetable garden that the 2019 first-year students had started at the Mamelodi Campus. After completing their Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) lectures, this year’s...

UP MakerSpace Centre producing 3D visor frames for facial shields for healthcare workers

Posted on March 31, 2020

The University of Pretoria’s (UP) MakerSpace Centre is producing 3D-printed visor frames for facial shields for use by healthcare workers in Gauteng. There is a shortage of facial shields for use by healthcare workers, who are testing and treating members of the public for COVID-19. Isak...

ANALYSIS: Sustainable development goals need a final push with just 10 years to go

Posted on March 17, 2020

Since their adoption by 193 countries in 2015, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals have been hailed as the “most ambitious” and “transformative” agenda for fixing the world’s biggest challenges to date.

UP partners with Business Day for inaugural conference on impact of 4IR in the workplace

Posted on March 11, 2020

Job creation, collaboration and reskilling employees for the workplace were key themes that emerged from the Business Day Focus 4.0 Conference held recently at the Kyalami International Convention Centre.

South African universities and the SDGs

Posted on February 14, 2020

The South African SDG Hub hosted a seminar attended by participants from academic and research institutions, government and civil society. The purpose of the seminar was to network and to get a sense of the barriers and opportunities of research uptake by policymakers.