Top Marketing Management students rewarded by Potatoes South Africa

Posted on November 06, 2015

The year has come to an end for the third-year BCom Marketing Management students who have worked on a practical integrated marketing project for Potatoes South Africa (PSA). A prize-giving function was held on 29 October 2015, where the top three groups were rewarded for their PSA projects. PSA...

British High Commissioner speaks on the importance of integrated reporting

Posted on November 04, 2015

The Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership (ALCRL), in association with the British High Commission (Pretoria), PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Old Mutual plc and the Institute for Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), recently hosted a roundtable event at PwC's Business...

UP master's student wins Tax Thesis Competition

Posted on October 20, 2015

Innovative thinking by leaders and up-and-coming talent in the tax field was celebrated and recognised at the national Tax Thesis Competition awards function that was held at Norton Rose Fulbright's Office in Sandton on 8 October 2015. Lara Theron, a student in UP's Department of Taxation, won...

Destination marketing expert visits UP

Posted on October 20, 2015

The Tourism Management Division hosted Prof Dimitris Koutoulas from the University of Patras in Greece during September 2015.

Economics energy team attends International Renewable Energy Conference

Posted on October 20, 2015

Prof Roula Inglesi-Lotz, accompanied by her two PhD students Mrs Jessika Bohlmann and Mrs Amandine Nakumuryango, as well as Dr Heinrich Bohlmann, all from the Department of Economics in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, attended the South African International Renewable Conference...

Prestigious journal invites UP professor to serve as consulting editor

Posted on October 15, 2015

Prof Jenny Hoobler of the Department of Human Resource Management in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences was recently invited to serve as a consulting editor (CE) on the editorial board of the Journal of Applied Psychology (JAP).

Research shows that corporate lying can mutilate reputations

Posted on October 13, 2015

Current research investigating whether and why communication management professionals are on occasion lying to the media to protect their organisations, clients or CEO’s, is causing a stir in the public relations and corporate communication environments.

Announcement of the 2015 Nobel Prize Laureate in Economic Sciences

Posted on October 12, 2015

The announcement of the 2015 Nobel Prize Laureate in Economic Sciences today (12 October) will be celebrated in the Musaion on the UP campus with the hosting of the annual Nobel Lecture Series by National Research Foundation (NRF) and the Swedish Embassy.