Posted on August 02, 2016
Student society Tax@Tuks held its annual networking event on 26 July 2016, where students could network with potential future employers, personally hand in their CVs to firm representatives and learn more about career opportunities.
Posted on July 26, 2016
Mrs Hajo Morallane and Mr Oluwafemi Joshua Dele-Ijagbulu, two PhD students in the Department of Business Management, received bursaries from the South African PhD Partnering Network for Inclusive Growth through Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SASIE Network).
Posted on July 26, 2016
The top three learners of this year's Lesotho high schools debate competition visited the University of Pretoria in June 2016 to get a clear perspective on the alternative career routes on offer, as well as the facilities available at UP.
Posted on July 26, 2016
Michael Humbani, lecturer in the Department of Marketing Management, received the award for the best first journal article published during a ceremony that was held by the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences in June 2015.
Posted on July 22, 2016
Professor Stella Nkomo, Deputy Dean for Research and Postgraduate Studies in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at the University of Pretoria, has been awarded the 2016 CEO Lifetime Country Achievement Award for South Africa.
Posted on July 22, 2016
Prof Roula Inglesi-Lotz of the Department of Economics presented her research paper at the Energy Systems Conference 2016, themed ‘21st Century Challenges’, held at Westminster, London, on 14 and 15 June.
Posted on July 22, 2016
The Marketing Management honours students partnered with the Gautrain Management Agency (GMA) during the first semester for their practical marketing project. The students were challenged to create brand awareness by means of an integrated marketing communication (IMC) campaign for the Gautrain...
Posted on July 18, 2016
Two high quality, customised skills development programmes have been launched after UP and Toyota SA partnered to realise the shared dream of developing a special programme for the taxi industry. The Ses’fikile Programme on Management Principles and Practices is aimed at the executives in...
Posted on July 15, 2016
Third-year BAdmin Public Administration students were given the opportunity to make a difference in the disability sector by applying their skills to pre-identified organisations which do not receive government subsidies, lack a variety of skills and have a multitude of needs, as part of their...
Posted on July 14, 2016
Prof Alex Antonites, of the Department of Business Management in UP's Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, has been selected to participate as one of the national experts in the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) South Africa report 2016.
Posted on June 27, 2016
In the first semester of 2016 the BCom Honours (Marketing Management) group from the University of Pretoria was offered the opportunity to work with Momentum Multiply on a client challenge.
Posted on June 24, 2016
On 21 May 2016 the University of Pretoria hosted its much anticipated annual Open Day. The event was designed for learners wishing to begin their studies at UP in the near future. It is estimated that a record number of approximately 25 000 visitors comprising mainly Grade 11 and Grade 12...
Posted on June 21, 2016
Prof Jenny Hoobler, Acting Head of the Department of Human Resource Management, has been invited to join the editorial review board of the Academy of Management Journal, the top empirical journal in the field of management internationally.
Posted on June 13, 2016
Two teams from the Department of Financial Management in UP's Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences advanced to the second round of the CFO Case Study Competition.
Posted on June 08, 2016
A group of students from the Department of Auditing in UP’s Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences represented the University as exchange students at the Nanjing Audit University in China. Here is a glimpse into that experience by one of the participating students.
Posted on June 07, 2016
Dr Paul Smit of the Department of Human Resource Management in UP's Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences attended an international BRICS conference in Moscow, Russia, from 24 to 26 May 2016.
Posted on June 03, 2016
Friday the 13th is usually surrounded by superstition and bad luck. However, for the Department of Business Management, Friday the 13th of May 2016 was a day of celebration and appreciation. This year, the annual top achievers function was held at the exquisite Chez Charlene venue, which hosted...
Posted on June 02, 2016
Prof Melanie Wiese of the Department of Marketing Management attended a social media conference in Praque, Czech Republic, from 8 to 10 May 2016. Her paper, entitled ‘Perceptions, attitudes and behaviour towards advertising on Facebook’, was well suited to the conference theme,...
Posted on May 26, 2016
On Friday, 6 May 2016, the third-year Marketing Management Practical Project (BEM 356) team leaders were taken to the Bridgestone South Africa manufacturing plant in Brits to give them some insight into the Bridgestone tyre manufacturing process. The student team leaders were collected at UP by...
Posted on May 24, 2016
Opinion piece by Professor Derick de Jongh, Director of the Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership at the University of Pretoria.
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