Posted on November 08, 2021
Keynote speaker Professor Norman Duncan, UP Vice-Principal: Academic, explored innovation in the teaching and learning space in his address titled ‘The future of online education: perspectives of an academic administrator’.
Posted on November 08, 2021
UP arts graduate Kagiso Masinda danced her way into the top spot at the recent JOMBA! dance festival with the help of UP Drama student Carrick Keating, who directed the dance piece, ‘Fenya’.
Posted on November 04, 2021
EMS graduate Roger Wyllie, completed his BCom Accounting Sciences degree with distinction, has won the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) 2021 Trainee Trailblazer competition.
Posted on November 04, 2021
“I wish to join in on congratulating all these hardworking individuals for their achievement, but also for using their research to contributions for the betterment of all,” said UP Vice-Chancellor Prof Tawana Kupe
Posted on November 04, 2021
“I see my role as amplifying the voices of persons with albinism. My role is not to replace those voices.” – UN Independent Expert on the Enjoyment of Rights by Persons with Albinism Muluka Anne Miti-Drummond at a recent UP Centre for Human Rights discussion.
Posted on November 04, 2021
The University of Pretoria Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control has been awarded a R13m Bill & Melinda Gates foundation grant to develop and deliver a leadership and management training course to drive malaria eradication.
Posted on November 03, 2021
Register to attend the inaugural South African Diabetes Summit on 10 November 2021, co-hosted by UP’s Diabetes Research Centre and the Diabetes Alliance.
Posted on October 29, 2021
You may not know it, but we're all engaging with statistics every day. “We're daily data detectives, spying for data that will inform our next move or major life decision.” – UP stats lecturer Dr Johan Ferreira.
Posted on October 29, 2021
UP’s Career Mentorship Programme has been a resounding success, say mentors and mentees.
Posted on October 27, 2021
The African Human Rights Moot Court Competition, hosted by UP’s Centre for Human Rights, has been renamed the Christof Heyns African Human Rights Moot Court Competition in honour of the late, world-renowned human rights law icon.
Posted on October 27, 2021
Research by UP’s Natural Hazard Centre has helped settle an old debate about the seismicity of West Africa, with the results showing that the region should expect strong earthquakes from time to time.
Posted on October 27, 2021
Many people get prosthetic titanium limbs as a result of illness or injury. Now, thanks to a University of Pretoria (UP) team led by Professor Gerhard Steenkamp, a veterinary specialist in dentistry and maxillofacial surgery at the Faculty of Veterinary Science, a macaw has been given a new lease...
Posted on October 25, 2021
UP and the Entrepreneurship Development in Higher Education programme recently co-hosted the EDHE’s fifth national lekgotla to discuss business and start-up development in higher education.
Posted on October 25, 2021
“We aim to create an environment in which transphobic behaviour is not tolerated.” – Deputy Dean of UP Law Prof Charles Maimela during a webinar on advancing trans and gender-diverse inclusivity at universities.
Posted on October 20, 2021
Financial reporting scandals and the associated failures of the audit profession in South Africa present chartered accountants with an immense opportunity to steer the country in the right direction, writes UP lecturer Kwena Maseko.
Posted on October 19, 2021
Through her Miss SA campaign #BeReady, UP Law graduate Lalela Mswane plans to put the spotlight on youth employment.
Posted on October 18, 2021
UP’s Law programme has been ranked number 1 in Africa and 60th in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Ranking by Subject. The ranking tallied over 1600 universities across 99 countries and territories.
Posted on October 15, 2021
"Sport is growing in popularity in both spectators and participants,” said Prof Christa Janse van Rensburg, Head of Section Sports Medicine in UP’s Faculty of Health Sciences, during her inaugural lecture on sports and exercise medicine.
Posted on October 15, 2021
UP and Uganda’s Makerere University recently signed a memorandum of understanding to formalise an institutional partnership. The agreement builds on existing long-standing collaboration between the two institutions.
Posted on October 13, 2021
UP thanks Tiger Brands’ University food and nutrition programme, Plates4Days, for donating food to support the daily nutritional needs of 500 students enrolled at the University for the next year.
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