The Street Store@UP tackles student food insecurity

Posted on December 13, 2019

Food insecurity is a rampant challenge in the South African tertiary education environment and has a huge impact on the health, well-being and academic performance of affected students. BCom (Law) student Paseka Gaola is on a mission to make a difference

UP signs up for City of Tshwane Inter-University Innovation Challenge to boost service delivery

Posted on December 02, 2019

The University of Pretoria is participating in an inter-university innovation challenge with Tshwane University of Technology and UNISA in an attempt to help the City of Tshwane with ideas for innovative and efficient service delivery.

Responsible Leadership in Rising Economies Conference in Slovenia

Posted on November 12, 2019

Prof Derick de Jongh, Director of the University of Pretoria’s Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership (ALCRL) and Dr Yolande Steenkamp, Post-Doctoral Fellow at the ALCRL, participated in the Academy of Management Specialised Conference with the theme “Responsible Leadership...

Changing your story: UP celebrates Women Entrepreneurship Week

Posted on November 11, 2019

The University of Pretoria’s Mamelodi Business Clinic hosted a very successful high tea to celebrate its first Women Entrepreneurship Week. This annual initiative was created in 2014 by the Feliciano Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Montclair State University in New Jersey.

African regional workshop: The role of leadership in partnerships

Posted on November 07, 2019

During a workshop that was held on 1 and 2 November 2019, Prof Derick de Jongh, Director of the Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership (ALCRL), participated in a high-level panel discussing the role of leadership in multi-sector partnerships.

Commercii committee closes their term with a big bang

Posted on October 15, 2019

The 2018/19 Executive Committee (EC) of Commercii, the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences’ faculty house, attended the UP Student Development Awards on 7 October 2019 at the Groenkloof Campus.

ALCRL celebrates its first PhD graduates

Posted on September 25, 2019

Drs René de Klerk and Elmé Vivier graduated alongside 14 other PhD students at the UP Faculty Economic and Management Sciences spring graduation ceremony in September 2019.

Business Management students visit Coventry University

Posted on September 12, 2019

Fourteen Business Management honours students recently attended an International Study Week at Coventry University in the United Kingdom.