Business Management celebrates its top achievers

Posted on June 03, 2016

Friday the 13th is usually surrounded by superstition and bad luck. However, for the Department of Business Management, Friday the 13th of May 2016 was a day of celebration and appreciation. This year, the annual top achievers function was held at the exquisite Chez Charlene venue, which hosted...

Let’s talk social media

Posted on June 02, 2016

Prof Melanie Wiese of the Department of Marketing Management attended a social media conference in Praque, Czech Republic, from 8 to 10 May 2016. Her paper, entitled ‘Perceptions, attitudes and behaviour towards advertising on Facebook’, was well suited to the conference theme,...

Marketing students go on an exclusive Bridgestone plant tour

Posted on May 26, 2016

On Friday, 6 May 2016, the third-year Marketing Management Practical Project (BEM 356) team leaders were taken to the Bridgestone South Africa manufacturing plant in Brits to give them some insight into the Bridgestone tyre manufacturing process. The student team leaders were collected at UP by...

UP Financial Science student benefits from Avanade's 15 for 15 Scholarship Programme

Posted on May 25, 2016

Ms Lerato Tlokane is a second-year BCom (Financial Science) student at the University of Pretoria and one of the University's five recipients of Avanade's 15 for 15 Scholarship.

Leadership at the Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership

Posted on May 24, 2016

Opinion piece by Professor Derick de Jongh, Director of the Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership at the University of Pretoria.

Research on water tax featured as Editor's Pick on UNESCO forum

Posted on May 24, 2016

An article written by three staff members of UP's Department of Economics was featured as the Editor's Pick on the Global Water Forum, an online resource publishing concise, open-access articles from leading researchers on water governance, policy and science.

Debate on the national minimum wage hosted at UP

Posted on May 19, 2016

A debate on the national minimum wage was recently hosted by the Gauteng chapter of the South African Society for Labour Law (SASLAW) and the Department of Mercantile Law on the Hatfield Campus of the University of Pretoria.

BANKSETA grant changes the lives of UP students

Posted on May 17, 2016

The Banking Sector Education and Training Authority (BANKSETA) changed the lives of 75 students when it donated R9 million to the University of Pretoria (UP) for student bursaries.