Meta-analyst visits the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences

Posted on July 24, 2015

Brenton Wiernik, a doctoral student in industrial and organisational psychology at the University of Minnesota, USA, visited the Department of Human Resource Management in UP’s Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences from 16 June to 3 July 2015. Brenton is working with the Department...

Tourism Management hosts conference on sustainable tourism at Kruger National Park

Posted on July 23, 2015

The 15th Building Excellence in Sustainable Tourism Education Network (BEST EN) Conference was hosted with great success by the Faculty of Economic and Management Science’s Tourism Management Division at the Protea Hotel Kruger Gate from 17 to 21 June 2015. The conference was organised by...

Shoulder to shoulder with the best: EMS staff attends the EAWOP 2015 congress

Posted on July 22, 2015

Prof Chantal Olckers and Prof Karel Stanz of the Department of Human Resource Management were part of a South African delegation attending the 17th Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP) in Oslo, Norway, in May 2015. The event is the largest and most...

Dumisani Hlophe shares his thoughts on responsible leadership in the public sector

Posted on July 22, 2015

Since the beginning of 2015, Research Tuesdays has become a permanent feature on the the Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership (ALCRL) calendar. The aim of these sessions is to gather all our PhD students to share their research progress and challenges, as well as to invite experts...

Business Management gives back on Mandela Day

Posted on July 22, 2015

Every year Child Welfare Tshwane invites the community of Pretoria to give only 67 minutes of its time on Mandela Day, 18 July, towards inspiring individuals to instil positivity within the community.

Leadership in Africa

Posted on July 20, 2015

Dr Willem Fourie from the Department of Dogmatics and Christian Ethics in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Pretoria, in collaboration with Suzanne van der Merwe and Ben van der Merwe, both from the Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership, recently published an informative and...

Three UP students attended the MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program Convening

Posted on July 20, 2015

The MasterCard Foundation recently held its third Tertiary Scholars Program Convening in June during which university level scholars from across the Program came together to meet and talk about critical issues.

Cutting-edge training courses in Marketing Research to be offered from 2016

Posted on July 16, 2015

Following a programme review and extensive industry feedback, the format of the GfK programme in Marketing Research offered by the Department of Marketing Management at the University of Pretoria (UP) will be changed in 2016.