Posted on April 03, 2019
Scholars of art, culture and heritage met at the University of Pretoria’s Future Africa Campus, next to its Experimental Farm, in Hillcrest, Pretoria, recently to discuss the role and relevance of culture to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the African Union 2063 Agenda and...
Posted on March 30, 2019
Kidney disease is a global health problem with a growing disease burden in both developed and undeveloped countries. The magnitude and the impact of kidney disease are unknown and will remain so if a concerted effort is not made to develop a national data collection system to acquire data on...
Posted on March 28, 2019
Playwright and president of the African Cultural Policy Network Mike van Graan recently led a public debate at the University of Pretoria (UP) on whether South Africa needs a national theatre and national museum.
Posted on March 28, 2019
The Department of Consumer and Food Sciences at the University of Pretoria recently partnered with the French embassy and well-known celebrity chef, Nataniël, to prepare a meal for invited guests to celebrate Goût de France on the Hatfield campus.
Posted on March 27, 2019
World Theatre Day was established in 1961 by the International Theatre Institute (ITI) and is celebrated annually on 27 March across the globe. The day has at its core the vision of theatre as an actant of peace. Each year, the ITI invites a prominent figure in the broad domain of theatre to...
Posted on March 26, 2019
University of Pretoria (UP) veterinary ophthalmologist, Dr Izak Venter, accompanied by Dr Keri-Lee Dobbie, a veterinary surgeon and resident in ophthalmology, recently travelled to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to examine a chimpanzee at the JACK Sanctuary for chimpanzees.
Posted on March 26, 2019
Dr Eshchar Mizrachi, Research Fellow at the University of Pretoria’s (UP’s) soon-to-be-launched Future Africa campus – a meeting place for discussions on trans-disciplinary research adjacent to UP’s Experimental Farm in Hillcrest – says Africa has and faces...
Posted on March 25, 2019
As the University of Pretoria (UP) moves ahead in its transformation agenda, it will focus on providing access to its high-quality education to as many South Africans and Africans as possible. This is because high-quality education contributes to the improvement of African futures.
Posted on March 22, 2019
Professor Tawana Kupe, the newly appointed Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria (UP), was officially inaugurated into his position at a function on Saturday, 23 March.
Posted on March 22, 2019
Two researchers from the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS) at the University of Pretoria, Dr Thulani Makhalanyane and Dr Christel Hansen, have been elected to the South African National Committee (SANC) of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), an...
Posted on March 21, 2019
Thirteen University of Pretoria (UP) students and alumni, in conjunction with the Elim Full Gospel Church in Hatfield, Pretoria, will be walking from Cape Town to Pretoria from 21 March to 10 April to over raise funds for needy students.
Posted on March 20, 2019
Unlimited Wi-Fi, good infrastructure, food options and a safe environment are factors that contribute to student wellbeing at the University of Pretoria (UP), a survey has revealed.
Posted on March 18, 2019
The University of Pretoria’s Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute (SEMLI) has been at the forefront of developing global standards for recording and reporting on medical encounters (interactions between a healthcare provider and a patient) that occur at mass community-based...
Posted on March 07, 2019
Huawei Technologies South Africa awarded nine students from the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology with bursaries to the value of R1,2 million in total at an awards ceremony on Friday.
Posted on March 06, 2019
Dr Christel Hansen, a lecturer in the Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology at the University of Pretoria, and a professional geographic information science practitioner, was recently awarded the prestigious Society of South African Geographers (SSAG) Centenary Award for 2019.
Posted on March 06, 2019
The University of Pretoria’s (UP) Veterinary Science course has been ranked 43rd globally in the QS World University Rankings for 2019. Furthermore, UP is among seven South African universities which have courses in the top 500 in the world, in this ranking system.
Posted on February 28, 2019
The University of Pretoria has launched a new website, after analysing three years of user trends and other market research to identify what visitors want most from the site.
Posted on February 25, 2019
Are you an aspiring rapper, a skilled MC, a slam poet, and a UP student? If so, UP wants to hear from you! You could win cool UP branded gear from the UP Shop by sending us a 15- to 20-second video or audio clip of you showing off your rapping skills or doing a slam poetry performance celebrating...
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