UP actively boosts women professors and researchers

Posted on August 08, 2019

South African universities are actively pursuing gender equality and academic advancement opportunities to substantially increase the number of women professors and leading researchers.

UP's Dr Rakgadi Phatlane is fighting adversity with love and empathy

Posted on August 08, 2019

In our #WomenofUP series this August, we speak to Dr Rakgadi Phatlane who assists the Office of the Dean of the Faculty of Education with its transformation initiatives as well as the monitoring of vulnerable students.

South Africa’s carbon tax matters – for the economy and tackling climate change

Posted on July 29, 2019

Carbon tax is likely to be an effective way of mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, which lead to climate change and have negative consequences for human life. But the carbon tax that’s been introduced in South Africa could cost jobs, unless people acquire skills that can be used in sectors...

UP celebrates successful pilot of Career Mentorship Programme

Posted on July 23, 2019

University of Pretoria (UP) Vice-Principal: Academic, Professor Noman Duncan, and the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology recently celebrated the completion of a pilot run for a new UP Career Mentorship Programme.

UP’s Department of Statistics hosts a graduate learning camp to address shortage of academics in the field

Posted on July 23, 2019

The Department of Statistics at the University of Pretoria (UP) recently hosted its first graduate learning camp aimed at addressing the shortage of a new generation of practitioners in academic statistics.

UP Microbiology PhD student wins international prize

Posted on July 22, 2019

A UP PhD student in microbiology, Itumeleng Baloyi, was recently awarded the first prize for the best poster presentation at the Phytochemical Society of Europe and Young Scientist Meeting 2019 in Budapest, Hungary.

UP to host conference on the“Decolonial turn and the humanities curriculum"

Posted on July 08, 2019

The University of Pretoria, in partnership with seven other universities, will host a conference titled Unsettling Paradigms, the Decolonial Turn in the Humanities Curriculum from 10-12 July 2019 at its Future Africa Campus.

Ten years on and beyond: How UP's Mamelodi Campus is leading the way

Posted on July 01, 2019

UP's Mamelodi Campus is celebrating 10 years of extended curriculum programmes. However, there is much more afoot at the campus than the University’s flagship programmes.