Posted on February 23, 2024
Today is a special day as we celebrate the promotion of Lelanie Smith, Head of Community-based Projects and supersmart Aeronautical Engineer, to the role of Associate Professor. Professor Smith (how awesome does this sound) isn't just a colleague; she's also been an amazing boss, mentor, study...
Posted on December 12, 2023
In academia, the connection between theory and practice often materialises in community projects through service learning. From April to September 2023, second-year EBIT students undertook community engagement projects, resulting in around 350 initiatives across Gauteng and the North-West. These...
Posted on October 12, 2023
The University of Pretoria (UP) is firmly dedicated to utilising its expertise, knowledge, and research capabilities to effect positive change and elevate the communities in South Africa while actively contributing to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). To manifest this...
Posted on September 27, 2023
The Joint Community Projects (JCP) is a compulsory service learning module for the Engineering, Built Environment and IT (EBIT) Faculty. As a component of its extensive community engagement initiatives, JCP joined forces with Sifiso EdTech to organize the Robotics Holiday Bootcamp, involving the...
Posted on September 27, 2023
The official opening of the Sensory STEM garden at the University of Pretoria, Mamelodi campus took place on Friday. Prof Themba Mosia, acting vice-principal along with Prof Ntebogeng Mokgalaka-Fleischmann, MBA, Pr. Sci. Nat. planted two fruit trees during the festivities. The project is the...
Posted on October 21, 2020
JCP students videos for ELIM church on their outreach projects
Posted on June 04, 2020
Emile Asari, Yashvir Chetty, Reagan Pramraj and Sauvarn Singh, second-year civil engineering students in the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology, made face masks for people who need them due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They produced 1 000 masks, each group member...
Posted on June 04, 2020
Two students from the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology (EBIT) made sanitisers and applied 3D printing to make visors for Tsako Thabo Secondary School to use when schools reopen after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Posted on May 08, 2020
A collaboration between local schools and students at UP’s Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology is finding innovative ways to ensure that teaching and learning continue online while the country is in lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19.
Posted on April 17, 2020
Marco Matthis, a second-year Computer Engineering student who is enrolled for the compulsory undergraduate module Community-based project (code JCP), applied the 3D printing process to make face visors, and a sewing machine to produce surgical masks. The first batch was delivered to Lebogang...
Posted on April 17, 2020
Two students, David de Villiers and Kian Strydom, who are enrolled in Community-based learning (code: JCP), a compulsory course of the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology, have assisted PEN NGO shelters and communities across Tshwane by developing an app for use...
Posted on April 07, 2019
During the annual prize-giving ceremony students involved in the Community-based Project Module were acknowledged for their hard work during 2018.
Posted on April 07, 2019
Robyn Ingle-Möller from Lory Park Animal and Owl Sanctuary was specially acknowledged for being involved in the module for the past 12 years. She mentored more than 1200 students.
Posted on June 20, 2018
JCP students created a positive work environment for nurses at Weskoppies Hospital
Posted on June 12, 2018
JCP-students assisted at Echo Youth Development
Posted on April 30, 2018
JCP-student assisted at Bunny Khosa High School in Bushbuckridge Rural, Mpumalanga
Posted on April 28, 2018
MAP Competition of Keep that Gold Shining
Posted on April 28, 2018
The first group of the 2018 cohort of students enrolled in the Community-based Project Module (code: JCP) completed their project. Group 7 completed the hours at Whispers Speech and Hearing centre
Posted on April 12, 2018
Students made a difference in the lives of the cockatoos at Lory Park Zoo
Posted on April 12, 2018
Student enrolled for the compulsory undergraduate module of the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology tutors learners of Mohumi High School
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