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  • Supply Chain Management Career Day 2017

    Posted on August 18, 2017

    The Department of Business Management successfully hosted its annual Supply Chain Management Career Day on 21 July 2017 at the UP Conference Centre.

  • Dr Nasima Carrim wins best paper award

    Posted on August 15, 2017

    Dr Nasima Carrim from the Department of Human Resource Management at the University of Pretoria received the best paper award in the management/talent and knowledge management track the Eighth Academic Research Conference on Global Business, Economics, Finance and Social Sciences, which took...

  • Marketing Honours student attends European Summer Institute in Germany

    Posted on July 27, 2017

    Cassandra Mayer, a Marketing Management honours student, attended the European Bachelor Summer Institute from 28 May to 9 June 2017 in Vallendar, Germany, together with two other students from the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences. The two-week programme was held and conducted by WHU -...

  • Financial Sciences Annual Awards Function

    Posted on July 05, 2017

    The Financial Sciences Annual Awards Function was held on 17 May 2017 in the Conference Hall of the University of Pretoria.

  • Research and teaching excellence celebrated at EMS Awards

    Posted on June 28, 2017

    The Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences celebrated the excellent research and teaching and learning achievements of academic staff members at the prestigious annual EMS Awards Function, which was held on 21 June 2017.

  • Zambian delegation visits UP’s Centre for Internal Auditing Excellence

    Posted on June 22, 2017

    A delegation from the Institute of Internal Auditors Zambia (IIA-Zambia) visited the University of Pretoria’s Centre for Internal Auditing Excellence in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences’ Department of Auditing from 17 to 20 May 2017.

  • Tax@Tuks successfully hosts annual networking event

    Posted on June 15, 2017

    The Department of Taxation’s Tax@Tuks student society hosted its third annual networking event on 2 May 2017. This event aims to provide both students and prospective employers with the ideal platform to engage one another regarding vacation work, articles and other graduate programmes...

  • Marketing scholars meet to discuss customer value

    Posted on June 15, 2017

    Prof Gené van Heerden, Associate Professor in the Department of Marketing Management, attended the Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) conference from 24 to 26 May 2017 in San Diego, California. The theme for the conference was ‘Back to the future: Using marketing basics to provide customer...

  • “UP4Marketing”: BCom Marketing Management attracts prospective students at UP’s 2017 open day

    Posted on June 14, 2017

    It was with much excitement that the University of Pretoria opened its gates to prospective students on 20 May 2017. Shortly after 8:00 the walkways of UP’s Hatfield Campus were buzzing with scholars, parents and teachers, all eager to enquire about possible degree choices.

  • Taxation honours students go on a farm field trip

    Posted on June 14, 2017

    The 2017 Taxation honours class went to the Du Plooy Dairy Farm in Kaalfontein, east of Pretoria, on 25 May 2017 as part of their farming operations learning area. The purpose of the trip was to provide the students with practical experience of how a farm works on a day-to-day basis and how this...

  • UP students win team challenge at SAIT Student Conference

    Posted on June 14, 2017

    On 5 May 2017, Ms Juanita Venter, the subject-responsible lecturer for the BCom Taxation Honours group, and the academic trainees in the Department of Taxation Mses Noma Bafana, Thelma Mudluli, Corlia Faurie, Jade Els and the 2017 Taxation honours students attended the South African Institute of...

  • Ties with Russia strengthened further

    Posted on June 14, 2017

    Dr Paul Smit from the Department of Human Resource Management was invited by the embassy of the Russian Federation in South Africa to attend the celebration of Russian Day in Pretoria on 8 June 2017.

  • Rudrik du Bruyn appointed chairman of global internal audit academic committee

    Posted on June 12, 2017

    Mr Rudrik du Bruyn, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Auditing, has been appointed as the new chairman of the Global Institute of Internal Auditor's (IIA) Academic Relations Committee, effective from 1 May 2017.

  • UP graduate named face of the 'Next generation of internal audit'

    Posted on June 07, 2017

    The Global Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) has selected Mr PietFrik Liebenberg as its face of the 'Next generation of internal audit'. The feature puts the spotlight on recently qualified internal auditors who are part of the IIA’s Internal Auditing Education Partnership Programme.

  • EMS Autumn 2017 Graduations

    Posted on June 06, 2017

    The Autumn 2017 Graduation Ceremonies of UP’s Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences were recently held at the Rembrandt Hall at the LC de Villiers Sports Campus.

  • UP represented at conference on interdisciplinary business research

    Posted on May 25, 2017

    Prof Anské Grobler recently attended the Society of Interdisciplinary Business Research (SIBR) 2017 Conference on Interdisciplinary Business and Economic Research, hosted in Sydney on 15 and 16 April 2017.

  • Marketing Professor receives NRF rating

    Posted on May 23, 2017

    Prof Pierre Mostert of the Department of Marketing Management was honoured at the University of Pretoria's Academic Achievers Awards, held on 9 May 2017, for his National Research Foundation (NRF) rating.

  • Changing the lives of Marketing Management students – one bursary at a time

    Posted on April 12, 2017

    The lives of 40 Marketing Management students were changed on Wednesday, 29 March 2017, when they were informed that they were recipients of the 2017 Banking Sector Education and Training Authority (BANKSETA) bursaries. For these bursaries, 40 of the best performing BCom (Marketing Management)...

  • Marketing Management honours students learn how to turn data into insight

    Posted on April 10, 2017

    On 22 March 2017, the BCom Honours (Marketing Management) class was privileged to receive the opportunity to work on their first client challenge given to them by the research company, Consulta.

  • Consumers and branding: “market yourself as a brand”

    Posted on April 05, 2017

    The Marketing Management students in the Consumer Behaviour module had the privilege of hosting Prof Ernest North as a guest lecturer on 27 March 2017.

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