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  • The science of kindness

    Posted on October 15, 2019

    According to Prof Norman Duncan, Vice-Principal: Academic, “It is University Social Responsibility Month, so this was an ideal time to launch the Random Acts of Kindness campaign. Kindness, caring, generosity and social bonding or solidarity are part of how we live THE UP WAY.”

  • Beating food insecurity with African grains

    Posted on October 14, 2019

    Food security is a major issue in Africa. About 20% of the African population is undernourished, with sub-Saharan Africa being the worst hit by food insecurity. Of the 821 million people who are undernourished in the world today, about a third are in Africa. Of these, 90% are in sub-Saharan Africa.

  • Pretoria Student Law Review 2019 out soon, as PSLR bids farewell to first black Editor-in-Chief

    Posted on October 14, 2019

    The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that the 2019 edition of the Pretoria Student Law Review (PSLR) will soon hit the shelves, and conveys its appreciation to the Editorial Board and contributors for their dedication to this journal. The Faculty also wishes to...

  • UP Vice-Principal becomes first female president of the Royal Society of South Africa

    Posted on October 10, 2019

    The University of Pretoria’s Vice Principal for Research and Postgraduate Education, Professor Stephanie Burton, has been elected President of the Royal Society of South Africa, the first woman to hold the position in the organisation’s 111-year history.

  • UP and CSIR study reveals plant vaccines could save poultry industry

    Posted on October 10, 2019

    The University of Pretoria (UP) has joined forces with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to successfully develop a vaccine against avian influenza using tobacco plants, bypassing the many biosafety risks involved with using traditional live vaccine viruses.

  • UP’s TuksNetball team wins Varsity Netball Tournament in historic unbeaten run

    Posted on October 10, 2019

    Congratulations go out to the University of Pretoria’s TuksNetball team for their victory over the Maties (Stellenbosch University) team in a 48-43 win in the Varsity Netball final.

  • Science fiction offers a useful way to explore China-Africa relations

    Posted on October 09, 2019

    In 2007 the then President of China, Hu Jintao, delivered a speech to South Africans acknowledging the benefits of a strategic partnership. He also stressed that the connection is not merely pragmatic. It must, he argued, serve to honour and deepen the countries’ long abiding friendship in...

  • Tuks FM wins international Small Business Award

    Posted on October 08, 2019

    Tuks FM has won a 2019 Small Business Award, hosted by CV-Magazine, for Best Campus Radio Station in South Africa.

  • Enter UP's University Social Responsibility Month photographic competition

    Posted on October 08, 2019

    October 2019 is University Social Responsibility Month. As part of an awareness-raising process, we invite you to take a photograph that illustrates you (or your team) being socially responsible and enter the University Social Responsibility Photo Competition. This can be campus operations,...

  • UP assesses the health of southern right whales in aerial survey as study marks 50 years

    Posted on October 08, 2019

    The Whale Unit of UP's Mammal Research Institute is conducting its annual aerial survey of southern right whales to establish the health of the whale population.

  • Can robots replace teachers?

    Posted on October 05, 2019

    A study by the McKinsey Global Institute reports that 50% of companies believe that automation will decrease their numbers of full-time staff by 2022, and robots will replace 800 million workers across the world by 2030.

  • Why knowing what black mamba venom does to the human body is crucial

    Posted on October 04, 2019

    Black mambas are extremely dangerous reptiles – in fact, many consider the species to be one of the world’s deadliest snakes. They won’t seek out human interaction. But if cornered or confronted, they will strike. And their venom is lethal.

  • Smartphone technology based on UP research helps young children with hearing and vision problems

    Posted on October 03, 2019

    A two-minute smartphone test can identify hearing and vision problems before children even start school according to new research published in the prestigious Bulletin of the World Health Organisation.

  • UP TIPS study helps make rugby players healthier to perform in tournaments

    Posted on October 03, 2019

    The largest prospective study on illness in rugby union players has revealed that 70% of the players studied in just one season’s Super Rugby Tournament reported illness at some time during the tournament.

  • Central banks are waking up to climate change dangers. It’s about time

    Posted on October 02, 2019

    The impact of climate change on the stability of individual financial institutions and the financial system in general is growing. It influences the types of activities that financial institutions will fund and the cost of finance.

  • UP signs collaboration agreement with University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Unimore)

    Posted on October 02, 2019

    A mutual agreement of understanding has been signed between the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and UP to collaborate in learning and research support within the car manufacturing and transport industries in South Africa.

  • University Social Responsibility Month

    Posted on October 01, 2019

    This October, the University Social Responsibility campaign will be launched. The campaign aims to raise awareness on the University of Pretoria’s (UP) impact on communities through our social responsiveness and social responsibility initiatives.

  • Towards a prosperous Africa – Partnerships for impact

    Posted on October 01, 2019

    Africa is a continent on the rise, a place where economic performance has proved resilient despite turbulent international events. But Africa is also a continent of contradictions and complexity.

  • Mental Health Awareness Month

    Posted on October 01, 2019

    The University of Pretoria’s Student Counselling Unit (SCU) will roll out mental health and wellness campaigns throughout the month of October. These campaigns are aimed at reaching a wider population and educating them about their well-being and how they can make themselves resilient and...

  • UP looks at tourism sector to help create jobs

    Posted on September 30, 2019

    Research has revealed that young people aged 15-24 are the most vulnerable in the South African labour market, with unemployment figures for this group sitting at 55.2% in the first quarter of 2019.

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