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,...

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.

South African scholars from the University of Pretoria visit the Leadership Excellence Institute Zeppelin

Posted on February 04, 2020

The Leadership Excellence Institute Zeppelin at Zeppelin University has been collaborating with the Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership (ALCRL) at the University of Pretoria since 2017/2018. Numerous mutual visits have marked the excellent academic cooperation between the two...

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...