Posted on August 19, 2020
More than 300 photographs were submitted by UP staff and students from across South Africa to the #UPStaySafe competition launched by UP Archives, which required entrants to document their experience under lockdown.
Posted on August 18, 2020
The University of Pretoria (UP) and the University of Leeds are working together on a project to determine if children between eight and 12 years old can learn about COVID-19 through a storybook and/or by playing an online game.
Posted on August 18, 2020
While the challenge of maintaining a work-life balance is not a novel concept for many employees and employers alike – over the years, a rise in the usage of technology has blurred the boundary between work and family – working from home during COVID-19 has come with a new set of...
Posted on August 17, 2020
The University of Pretoria’s (UP) first-ever Virtual #ChooseUP Day was successfully held on Saturday 15 August. This exciting event saw approximately 10 000 grade 12 learners and their parents/guardians visit UP’s campuses virtually.
Posted on August 13, 2020
Online and distance education will gain greater legitimacy as enrolments are expected to grow in this area in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Posted on August 13, 2020
“South Africa’s debt situation is critical. And our rebound from lockdown is looking weak compared with other countries. As a country, we need to find a path back to fiscal sustainability and growth.”
Posted on August 12, 2020
The Department of Higher Education, Science and Innovation (DHESI) in conjunction with Higher Health – the national agency responsible for implementing programmes that address staff and student well-being in the tertiary education sector – has launched an initiative that will address...
Posted on August 12, 2020
The cultural and creative industries sector has, undoubtedly, been hit the hardest by the pandemic. In fact, UNESCO called the situation a “cultural emergency” on a global scale.
Posted on August 06, 2020
A study on the effects of COVID-19 and other respiratory infections on athletes returning to training and competition is being launched by the Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute (SEMLI) at the University of Pretoria (UP) in association with the International Olympic Committee (IOC)...
Posted on August 06, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is revealing that the leaders who are “winning” the war against the virus and the hearts and minds of followers are not the blustering, direct-now-and-think-later leaders of the pre-pocalypse. The leaders who are winning during the pandemic are the ones who are...
Posted on August 04, 2020
The University of Pretoria Law Clinic (UPLC), Faculty of Law, has continued functioning amid the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in South Africa.
Posted on August 03, 2020
Student academic success is underpinned by a range of comprehensive, holistic student support interventions that address their individual needs, leverage their strengths, and focus on professional development and personal growth.
Posted on August 03, 2020
The University of Pretoria (UP) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Healthcare Workers Care Network (HWCN) to help tackle mental health challenges that affect healthcare practitioners.
Posted on July 24, 2020
There is a TikTok video doing the rounds that sums up what many feel about remote teaching during the COVID-19 lockdown: A music teacher says she has composed a song to express what she feels about transitioning to online teaching and learning. She picks up a ukelele, strums a few chords, opens...
Posted on July 24, 2020
As human beings, we are creatures of habit, and most often we are comfortable doing things which are familiar to us. Before COVID-19, most of us were part of the rat race, industrialisation, and endless traffic.
Posted on July 23, 2020
The pandemic has already raised necessary questions around the integrity of the election and the IEC’s readiness to hold it. What is also important, however, is how political parties and, since this is a local government election, independent candidates will use this experience to shape...
Posted on July 22, 2020
The recently awarded Food Systems Research Network for Africa, a collaborative initiative between the University of Pretoria, the University of Leeds and the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network, is a good example of partnerships for building capacity that are key for...
Posted on July 21, 2020
The University of Pretoria (UP) has partnered with the United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to conceptualise and implement initiatives that will address challenges faced by young people in South Africa.
Posted on July 21, 2020
The SAPRIN call award seeks to establish a health and demographic surveillance system (HDSS) in urban areas in Gauteng and the City of Cape Town metropole. Thus far, demographic research nodes exist in South Africa only in rural areas.
Posted on July 17, 2020
The adage of making every day a Mandela Day has never rung more acutely true than during the unprecedented times we are living through. They have forced us all to think of the next person and of society as a whole.
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