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  • Gaining confidence for job interviews

    Posted on September 15, 2017

    As part of the UP Careers Campaign, Ms Suzanne Gericke, a part-time lecturer in the Department of Human Resource Management was interviewed on Tuks FM.

  • Now what? Problems graduates encounter in the workplace

    Posted on September 13, 2017

    Graduating from university and getting your first job are great achievements. However, the transition from student life to the life of a working professional should not be underestimated.

  • SPMA academics present at EduLearn Conference in Spain

    Posted on September 13, 2017

    Ms Brenda Vivian and Prof Lianne Malan from the School of Public Management and Administration delivered a paper at the EduLearn Conference in Barcelona, Spain, during July 2017, entitled ‘Discipline embedded academic literacy interventions: evaluating an instructional scaffolding and...

  • Paraplegic man graduates with master's degree thanks to wife's support

    Posted on September 12, 2017

    Thabang Malapela graduated with a Master of Public Administration degree on Thursday, 7 September 2017.

  • UP scores highest pass rate in recent SAICA exams

    Posted on September 12, 2017

    Students from the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences achieved the highest cumulative pass rate in South Africa in the two most recent Initial Tests of Competence administered by the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA).

  • University of Pretoria graduates more likely to be employed

    Posted on September 12, 2017

    According to the QS Graduate Employability Survey published today, the University of Pretoria is ranked among the top one hundred universities in the world for its alumni outcomes, with a position in 97th place.

  • UP Vice-Chancellor is Businesswoman of the Year winner for Education

    Posted on September 11, 2017

    University of Pretoria (UP) Vice-Chancellor Professor Cheryl de la Rey was named the winner in the education category of the Businesswoman of the Year Awards for 2017 by the Businesswomen's Association of South Africa at a ceremony in Sandton last week.

  • UP track champion graduates with Information Science degree

    Posted on September 11, 2017

    Akani Simbine, 2016 Rio Olympics finalist in the 100 metres, South African record holder in the 100 metres sprint, and Diamond League gold medallist, graduated at the University of Pretoria (UP) with a Bachelor of Information Science on Friday, 8 September.

  • Students use soft skills to improve small businesses within their community

    Posted on September 07, 2017

    First-year BCom Extended Programme students, based at the University of Pretoria’s Mamelodi Campus, have decided to lend a helping hand to the local community in collaboration with the Mamelodi Business Clinic.

  • Prof Thornhill to serve as African co-editor of Local Economy journal

    Posted on September 07, 2017

    The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit of the London South Bank University, published by Sage, has appointed Prof Chris Thornhill as its co-editor for Africa, effective from August 2017. Prof Thornhill, professor emeritus in the School of Public Management and Administration (SPMA), brings...

  • ATI students soared during September

    Posted on September 07, 2017

    A student of Prof Riël Franzsen, SARChI Chair in Tax Policy and Governance and Director of the African Tax Institute in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, Dr Carika Fritz, obtained a doctorate degree in law (LLD) at the September 2017 graduation ceremony.

  • University of Pretoria Spring Graduation Ceremony

    Posted on September 06, 2017

    The University will confer 1 807 degrees, diplomas and certificates during this year's Spring Graduation Ceremony. These include 142 doctorates, 427 master's degrees and 746 honours degrees, which will be awarded over three days.

  • Marketing students ‘discover’ how it feels to win with Discovery

    Posted on August 29, 2017

    The exam for the Marketing of Services module in the BCom Marketing Management honours degree took place on Thursday, 15 June 2017. The exam entailed a project conducted in partnership with Discovery, where students had to develop ideas for a new product aimed at millennials.

  • A memorable evening with Marketing Alumni

    Posted on August 25, 2017

    It is halfway into the year, and the BCom Honours (Marketing Management) students are anxious to secure a job for next year. The Department of Marketing Management wants to assist its students on their career journeys, and as such, the idea of a guest panel of alumni was born.

  • Women in Science Awards 2017 honours three UP scientists

    Posted on August 24, 2017

    University of Pretoria scientists were honoured at last Thursday's Women in Science Awards (WISA 2017), hosted by Minister of Science and Technology Naledi Pandor.

  • UP scores a hat trick in the June 2017 ITC of SAICA

    Posted on August 21, 2017

    The Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences' departments specialising in Financial Sciences (Accounting, Auditing, Financial Management and Taxation) are extremely proud of their students and staff and heartily congratulate them on their results in the June 2017 ITC of the South African...

  • Gaining confidence for job interviews

    Posted on August 21, 2017

    Employers are looking for qualities in their new hires that are seldom listed in the job advert. In a nutshell, they want to meet people who are self-directed and responsible. How will you demonstrate these skills during the interview?

  • Prof Inglesi-Lotz honoured at DST Women in Science Awards

    Posted on August 18, 2017

    Prof Roula Inglesi-Lotz, an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Pretoria, was named the Distinguished Young Woman Researcher in the Humanities and Social Sciences category at the Department of Science and Technology (DST)'s annual Women in Science Awards on 17...

  • Supply Chain Management Career Day 2017

    Posted on August 18, 2017

    The Department of Business Management successfully hosted its annual Supply Chain Management Career Day on 21 July 2017 at the UP Conference Centre.

  • ATI celebrates 10 years and launch of the book, Property Tax in Africa

    Posted on August 17, 2017

    The African Tax Institute (ATI) at the University of Pretoria recently celebrated its tenth anniversary with a dinner for representatives of the university's management, the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, as well as the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, based in Cambridge,...

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