Posted on January 09, 2023
UP aims to future-proof its graduates through work-integrated learning, curriculum transformation, transdisciplinary education, career development initiatives, lifelong learning opportunities and entrepreneurship development.
Posted on December 19, 2022
UP recently co-hosted the Global Engineering Deans Council Conference where delegates from universities all around the globe gathered to discuss the importance of the accreditation of micro-credential engineering courses, among other topics.
Posted on December 15, 2022
UP’s Future Africa Institute and the International Science Council (ISC) have signed an agreement to co-design the ISC’s presence in Africa to enhance the presence of African science in global science systems.
Posted on December 14, 2022
The participants were nominated from the 13 African Research Universities Alliance Centres of Excellence- and the Carnegie Corporation of New York-funded postdoctoral programmes across the continent for the meeting.
Posted on December 13, 2022
The project involves 33 major European research infrastructures for radio astronomy, as well as industry and academia partners from 10 European countries, Japan, the Republic of Korea and South Africa.
Posted on December 12, 2022
Professor Lindiwe Majele Sibanda is currently Director and Chair of the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Food Systems at UP.
Posted on December 06, 2022
Themed ‘Taking the Conversation Forward’; the dialogue was aimed at unlocking the resources required to fully implement multilingualism in higher education, in keeping with the spirit and intent of the revised Language Policy Framework for Public Higher Education Institutions.
Posted on December 06, 2022
Professor Adekeye Adebajo reflects on the Nigerian film "Elesin Oba" (The King’s Horseman), which was released on Netflix in October 2022 to widespread acclaim.
Posted on December 05, 2022
Power companies KEPCO KPS and Eskom Rotek Industries have jointly awarded bursaries to the value of R1 035 000 to UP engineering students.
Posted on December 05, 2022
Two University of Pretoria scientists have contributed to the first-ever global field assessment of the ecological impacts of grazing in drylands.
Posted on December 02, 2022
“Much like homelessness and poverty, the HIV epidemic is intertwined in existing systems – economic, political, social, cultural, legal, etc – and this interconnectedness defies simplistic solutions,” writes UP’s Prof Theresa Rossouw.
Posted on November 30, 2022
Internationally renowned leaders and experts in diagnostics, medicine and public health convened at the Future Africa Institute at the University of Pretoria to reflect on the lessons learned during COVID-19.
Posted on November 30, 2022
UP taxonomist and leading expert in dung beetles occurring in southern Africa Christian Deschodt was contacted by researchers to help describe a dung beetle they suspected was a new species.
Posted on November 28, 2022
“While the media must continue reporting on instances of GBVF, this reporting has to go beyond the headlines, sensationalism and alarmist reportage,” writes UP master’s student Lisa McDermid.
Posted on November 28, 2022
The University of Pretoria's Albert Luthuli Leadership Institute (ALLI) has appointed well-known and respected scholar Prof Dan Banik from the University of Oslo as extraordinary professor.
Posted on November 25, 2022
The engineering education conference as well as the Global Engineering Deans Council meeting co-hosted by UP will focus on what and how engineering university students worldwide should be taught, in line with the global digital disruption.
Posted on November 22, 2022
The students will support BMW Group South Africa in growing and maintaining software within its IT business, and ultimately, these new technologies, techniques, and unique perspectives will benefit South Africa.
Posted on November 21, 2022
If the issue of language is not addressed successfully, and if multilingualism is not viewed as a core skill that students should acquire, there is a risk of reproducing inequalities through the hegemony of English, says Vice-Chancellor Prof Tawana Kupe.
Posted on November 21, 2022
The visiting delegation, which included @iaeaorg Director of Division Africa Professor Shaukat Abdulrazak, was led by NuMeRI CEO and Head of the Nuclear Medicine Department at UP and Steve Biko Academic Hospital Prof Mike Sathekge.
Posted on November 18, 2022
The Policy Support Initiative (PSI) is a partnership between the South African and German governments that links academic expertise in South Africa’s public universities with policymakers to support evidence-based policymaking.
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