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  • 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.

  • Academic citizenship at work on the Mamelodi Campus

    Posted on September 12, 2019

    In an effort to raise awareness and improve participation in the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals, the Mamelodi Business Clinic (MBC) collaborated with MasterCard to host an event at the UP Mamelodi Campus on 30 August 2019.

  • The African Network of Social Entrepreneurship Scholars meets to form Research Collaborations

    Posted on September 04, 2019

    A social entrepreneurship research workshop on forming research collaboration in Africa, organised by the Unit for Social Entrepreneurship at the University of Pretoria, KU Leuven and the African Network of Social Entrepreneurship Scholars (ANSES), was held at the University of Pretoria from 14...

  • Prospective EMS students win big on ChooseUP Day

    Posted on August 23, 2019

    Staff and students at the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (EMS) welcomed thousands of prospective students who visited the University of Pretoria’s Hatfield Campus to attend #ChooseUP Day on 17 August 2019.

  • Academic excellence celebrated at the EMS Dean’s List Awards

    Posted on August 01, 2019

    The Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (EMS) hosted the annual Dean’s List Awards function on 23 July 2019, where top performers in the Faculty were celebrated for their outstanding academic achievements.

  • South Africa’s first SDG report card: how to move beyond ticking boxes

    Posted on July 04, 2019

    South Africa will present its first progress report on the Sustainable Development Goals at the United Nations on July 17. This report will provide a rather extensive snapshot of the country’s progress towards the 169 ambitious targets.

  • Business Management participates in Tshwane’s Youth Entrepreneurship Summit

    Posted on July 02, 2019

    In celebration of Youth Day 2019, the City of Tshwane invited the University of Pretoria’s Department of Business Management to present at the Mayor’s Youth Entrepreneurship Summit, held on 14 June 2019 at the Tshwane House Council Chambers.

  • Business Management enters into MoU with African Women in Supply Chain Association

    Posted on July 02, 2019

    Industry and academia faces a severe shortage of supply chain management talent at a time when the demands on the profession have never been greater. In a bid to address this shortage, the Department of Business Management at the University of Pretoria (UP) signed a memorandum of understanding...

  • EMS Faculty Awards function honours top-performing academic staff

    Posted on June 07, 2019

    The Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences hosted its annual awards function on 5 June 2019 in celebration of the achievements of academic staff during 2018.

  • Business Management class crosses international borders for social transformation

    Posted on March 20, 2019

    The Department of Business Management’s Entrepreneurship Creativity and Innovation Management second-year class was visited by ten international students and two lecturers from the Karel de Grote (KdG) University in Antwerp, Belgium, from 17 to 22 February 2019.

  • McGraw-Hill broadens support for SA learners through collaboration with UP Dept of Business Management

    Posted on March 13, 2019

    McGraw-Hill this week announced its expanded support for university students in South Africa through a new collaboration with the University of Pretoria’s Department of Business Management, making high-quality digital learning resources available to thousands of students.

  • Eminent experts deliver public lectures on SDG 16

    Posted on March 01, 2019

    Prof Christof Heyns and Prof Rachel Jewkes recently delivered public lectures on themes covered by Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16, which focuses on promoting just, peaceful and inclusive societies. [PF1] The public lectures were organised by the South African SDG Hub, which is hosted by...

  • UP providing support for South Africa's SDG reporting

    Posted on March 01, 2019

    An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Pretoria is supporting the South African government in their reporting on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs are a universal call to form partnerships to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people...

  • EMS students get ‘Ready for Work’

    Posted on November 19, 2018

    Five students in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (EMS) have been selected as winners in the inaugural EMS Ready for Work Competition.

  • Top students recognised at the EMS Dean’s List Awards

    Posted on November 14, 2018

    Top performing students in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences were recently recognised during the annual EMS Dean’s List Awards function. The prestigious awards night is a highlight on the faculty calendar, as it honours both undergraduate and postgraduate students who have...

  • UP makes Business and Economics debut on THE subject ranking

    Posted on October 18, 2018

    The University of Pretoria has made its debut on the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings by subject for Business and Economics, which incorporates the subject areas of business and management, accounting and finance as well as economics and econometrics. The recently released...

  • EMS top achievers honoured at Allan Gray awards function

    Posted on October 17, 2018

    Allan Gray, Africa's largest privately-owned investment management company, annually hosts an awards function to honour the top achievers in UP’s Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences.

  • UP Business Incubator – Your path to entrepreneurial success

    Posted on October 11, 2018

    If you have already signed up for the free online entrepreneurship course, congratulations! You have taken the first step towards determining your success, potentially building a business empire and being your own boss. If you have not yet joined the course, simply click here to register on...

  • Ambassador of the Republic of Korea visits UP for a guest lecture

    Posted on September 12, 2018

    His Excellency Dr Jong-Dae Park, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea, recently delivered a guest lecture on ‘Korea`s Economic Transformation: Evolution, Essence and Implications’ to the third-year International Management students in the Department of Business Management.

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