Posted on June 27, 2024
UP's Council, responsible for strategic direction, policy-making, and monitoring, now seeks to fill a vacancy for a Council member elected by donors for a four-year term starting 30 November 2024.
Posted on June 26, 2024
Professor Tivani Mashamba-Thompson, Deputy Dean of Research and Postgraduate Studies at UP, highlights the importance of scaling up point-of-care diagnostics in implementing South Africa's National Health Insurance scheme.
Posted on June 22, 2024
The UP-hosted launch of the Tshwane Higher Education Innovation Challenge highlighted the importance of collaboration between universities and industry.
Posted on June 22, 2024
UP alumnus, Stefan Enslin, is an IT Delivery Manager at BMW South Africa’s IT Hub. He believes that a degree in industrial engineering from UP’s Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology provides a wide range of career options.
Posted on June 21, 2024
Kalafong Hospital now has a reliable water supply thanks to Gift of the Givers and Bonitas Medical Fund. This borehole project ensures stable water for patient care and medical training.
Posted on June 21, 2024
“This fellowship validates the significance of my research and empowers me to drive impactful industrial applications that address critical pollution challenges in Africa and beyond,” says UP PhD candidate Ruth Kasavo about being awarded the Excellence in Africa 100 PhDs for Africa...
Posted on June 21, 2024
“Tuks FM, where young talent in the industry is identified and nurtured,” said Lwazi Mpofu, Tuks FM station manager and award-winner.
Posted on June 21, 2024
Dr Samkelo Malgas chats about his knack for natural and life sciences and his research, and offers aspiring biochemists a bit of advice.
Posted on June 21, 2024
UP’s Unit for Community Engagement recently delivered three presentations at the Community Engagement Conference hosted by Rhodes University which explored ways to strengthen community-university-society partnerships.
Posted on June 21, 2024
Chemical engineering PhD candidate Hilda Dinah Kyomuhimbo has received the Schlumberger Foundation’s Faculty for the Future fellowship for her research which seeks to reduce pollution related to industrial effluents.
Posted on June 21, 2024
Few families can boast three PhDs from UP – Dr Carolina Meyer’s family can. The UP tax law lecturer has graduated with an LLD, following in the footsteps of her parents.
Posted on June 20, 2024
"As SA’s political parties remain locked in talks to form a government of national unity, one issue that has been neglected is the battle to define the country’s foreign policy," writes Prof Adekeye Adebajo.
Posted on June 20, 2024
UP’s Dr Thabsile Thabethe used to be a nuclear physicist, gallivanting to Russia to collaborate with scientists there. Now, she’s switched her research focus to exploring materials used in hip and joint replacement surgery, working closer to home with a wealth of collaborators. And...
Posted on June 19, 2024
Recently, during a league meeting at Pilditch, the Tuks medical student, Charne Swart, won the 800 metres in a time of 2:00.34. It is the fourth time she has set a new personal best this season.
Posted on June 18, 2024
Kutlwano Mabeba is a business analyst at Lombard Insurance who graduated with a degree in industrial engineering from the University of Pretoria (UP) in 2019. She is currently enrolled for a master’s degree in innovation management with the University’s Graduate School of Technology...
Posted on June 14, 2024
“We need to relieve people of negative ideas around blood donation by appealing to their human nature,” writes Dr Deborah Vaz’s of UP’s Department of Haematology in light of World Blood Donor Day, observed annually on 14 June.
Posted on June 14, 2024
Dr Bertha Jacobs, a senior lecturer at the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Department of Consumer and Food Sciences, is among the latest cohort of UP academics who were recently allocated a National Research Foundation (NRF) rating in recognition of their contribution in their fields of study...
Posted on June 14, 2024
UP student Dimakatso Lekola was recently awarded one of 10 prestigious Raising Legends Awards by the Hope Givers Foundation, in recognition of the work he’s already done – at age 23 – to improve his community.
Posted on June 14, 2024
The University of Pretoria (UP) has entered the top 50 in the global 2024 Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings for the first time, jumping to 42nd in the world in 2024 from 69th in 2023.
Posted on June 14, 2024
This year, South Africa marks the 48th anniversary of the Soweto uprising, which began on 16 June 1976. Since 1994, Youth Day has been observed annually on this day as a tribute to those who paid a heavy price for challenging South Africa’s education system at the time.
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