Posted on March 18, 2020
The 2020 autumn graduation ceremonies of the University of Pretoria, which were scheduled to take place from 7 April to 8 May 2020, have been cancelled due to the global pandemic caused by COVID-19 (the Coronavirus) and the announcement by the President on Sunday, 15 March 2020, that all events...
Posted on March 17, 2020
Since their adoption by 193 countries in 2015, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals have been hailed as the “most ambitious” and “transformative” agenda for fixing the world’s biggest challenges to date.
Posted on March 16, 2020
Two crashed planes, 109 flying hours and 45 days. This is what it took Lieutenant Colonel Pierre van Ryneveld and Captain Quentin Brand to write history by completing the first flight from London to Cape Town on 19 March 1920.
Posted on March 16, 2020
The University Executive has decided to postpone all tests and assessments for today and is finalising plans on contact activities, taking into account the measures announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa as consultation with the Minister of Higher Education begins.
Posted on March 16, 2020
As South Africa faces the locally expanding coronavirus epidemic, the University of Pretoria’s (UP) executive management team is committed to making decisions that safeguard health and reduce the risk of infection among staff and students.
Posted on March 13, 2020
Whilst we are busy finalising our preparation to take learning online should this be required, as things stand as of 13 March 2020, all our programmes and events are continuing as scheduled.
Posted on March 13, 2020
The current COVID-19 outbreak is driven by a novel coronavirus (SARS CoV-2) that is spreading between people. The first human infections were reported at the end of December 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei province in China when a cluster of 41 pneumonia cases was identified. Deeper analysis showed that it...
Posted on March 12, 2020
UP BCom Honours Investment Management student Matifadza Bingudza, the undergraduate winner of the 2019 Nedbank and Old Mutual Budget Speech Competition, is “a symbol of the high-quality graduates” that the University produces, says Vice-Chancellor and Principal Professor Tawana Kupe.
Posted on March 11, 2020
Two highly respected University of Pretoria academics, Professor Jean M-S Lubuma and Professor James Ogude have been awarded A-2 ratings by the National Research Foundation (NRF), bringing UP’s total number of scientists in this category to 16.
Posted on March 11, 2020
Job creation, collaboration and reskilling employees for the workplace were key themes that emerged from the Business Day Focus 4.0 Conference held recently at the Kyalami International Convention Centre.
Posted on March 10, 2020
The University of Pretoria, as host of SADiLaR's digitisation node, is helping bring technological development for African languages on par with the best that exists for major languages of the world.
Posted on March 10, 2020
Women smallholder farmers in Nigeria are involved in all aspects of agriculture. This ranges from producing food on farms to putting it on plates. They’re involved in planting crops, livestock production, harvesting, marketing and processing of farm produce as well as food preparation and...
Posted on March 09, 2020
The fourth industrial revolution (4IR) is more than a buzzword. It is the rapid rate at which the world is evolving towards an interconnected, automated system of being. As a society, our dependency on technology has reached unprecedented levels – whether it’s the need to post a...
Posted on March 09, 2020
The University of Pretoria has improved its overall ranking in three of the four broad subject areas that the institution was ranked in, according to the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2020.
Posted on March 06, 2020
UP's Faculty of Veterinary Science opened a dedicated wildlife clinic at its Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital (OVAH) on Friday, 6 March.
Posted on March 06, 2020
In light of the first reported case of the coronavirus COVID-19 in KwaZulu-Natal on Thursday, 5 March 2020, and on advice from medical experts, we have started a process to temporarily disable the biometric access systems on all campuses, as a precautionary measure and to minimise the possible...
Posted on March 05, 2020
If at any stage any member of the University suspects that they may have been exposed and feels ill, they are advised to isolate themselves and to contact a medical doctor or the 24-hour UP Operational Management and Crisis Centre on 0800-0064-28 or 012-420-2310 or the National Institute for...
Posted on March 05, 2020
On Thursday, 5 March, we received news that the first case of the coronavirus has been reported in South Africa, in KwaZulu-Natal. Students and staff are reminded that while there is no vaccine to prevent COVID-19, there are preventative steps that can be taken to avoid contracting the virus.
Posted on March 05, 2020
The Faculty of Veterinary Science at UP is one of the leading partners in the Erasmus+ ELEPHANT project which will boost the capacity of the participating partner institutions in solving complex issues relating to the health of humans and animals.
Posted on March 04, 2020
Earlier this week family members, friends and colleagues of the late Stephan Welz gathered at the Javett Art Centre at the University of Pretoria (Javett-UP) to honour his contribution to the development of the centre.
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