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  • GIBS climbs 13 places in UK Financial Times Executive MBA Ranking

    Posted on November 07, 2016

    The UK Financial Times has again placed the University of Pretoria's Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) in pole position.

  • Luvuyo recognised as the IIA Global student of the month

    Posted on November 03, 2016

    Luvuyo Hlatshaneni, an Academic Trainee in the Department of Auditing at the University of Pretoria, has been selected as the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) Global's student of the month for October.

  • UP flag flown high at the 10TH IAEP Leadership and Networking Conference

    Posted on October 26, 2016

    The Department of Auditing at the University of Pretoria was once again represented at the annual Internal Auditing Education Partnership (IAEP) Leadership and Networking conference in Orlando, Florida in the USA from 16 to 18 September 2016.

  • Dr Marius van Oordt wins Tax Thesis Competition

    Posted on October 20, 2016

    Dr Marius van Oordt, a Senior Lecturer with the African Tax Institute (ATI) at the University of Pretoria, has been announced as the 2016 winner in the doctoral category of the national Tax Thesis Competition.

  • Anti-apartheid struggle icon Ahmed Kathrada hosts ALCRL staff and an Associate

    Posted on September 27, 2016

    The Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership (ALCRL) staff and an associate is privileged to have been afforded the opportunity of being hosted by the struggle stalwart Dr Ahmed Kathrada.

  • Outgoing Commercii committee passes on the baton to new leadership

    Posted on September 20, 2016

    The Economic and Management Sciences Faculty House Commercii welcomed its incoming Executive Committee (EC) on 16 September 2016. The inauguration ceremony was symbolic of the passing on of the baton from the previous EC, overseen by the Dean of the Faculty, Prof Elsabé Loots, who commended all...

  • EMS spring graduation ceremony

    Posted on September 19, 2016

    The beginning of spring marked a time of celebration when the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences held its graduation ceremony in the Rembrandt Hall at the LC de Villiers Sports Campus on 2 September 2016.

  • CCMA and bargaining council enlighten Labour Relations class

    Posted on September 19, 2016

    On 12 September 2016 the BCom Hons (Human Resource Management) students had the opportunity to engage with a Commissioner from the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) and the CEO of a bargaining council. These guest speakers were invited to enlighten the students about...

  • UP hosts symposium to celebrate Tourism Month

    Posted on September 15, 2016

    The Tourism Management Division of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences hosted a Tourism Symposium on 9 September 2016, with Minister of Tourism, Mr Derek Hanekom, as guest speaker.

  • The changing role of central banks and what South Africans should look out for

    Posted on September 14, 2016

    Prof Danny Bradlow, SARCHI Professor of International Development Law and African Economic Relations at UP, recently spoke to The Conversation Africa about the changing role of central banks and what South Africans should look out for.

  • ALCRL appoints Extraordinary Professor

    Posted on September 07, 2016

    The Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership (ALCRL) is proud to announce the appointment of Prof Carol Adams as Extraordinary Professor in the Department of Accounting, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, for the period 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2019.

  • Visiting researcher discusses women's career paths to executive leadership

    Posted on September 07, 2016

    Dr Bobbi Thomason from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School shared her research findings on women's career paths to executive leadership during a visit to the University of Pretoria on Thursday, 1 September 2016.

  • Traditional integrated marketing communication lives on

    Posted on September 05, 2016

    Third-year Marketing Management students at the University of Pretoria enjoyed a guest lecture by Mr Johan Kleynhans in July 2016. The lecture focused on corporate strategy and some of the traditional integrated marketing communication (IMC) elements.

  • Dream it. Plan it. Produce it. Repeat.

    Posted on September 01, 2016

    Mr Mark Schefermann, Co-founder and Strategic Director at Lucky Beard, a transactional interface design agency, recently presented a guest lecture to the third-year Marketing Management students.

  • UP academic considers cost of hosting Olympics on African soil

    Posted on August 31, 2016

    Dr Heinrich Bohlmann, a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics at the University of Pretoria, was recently interviewed on BBC's 'Focus on Africa' segment regarding the possibility of Africa hosting the Olympic Games and what the associated costs would be.

  • Opinion: A chaotic Gordhan exit will make junk status downgrade a 'no-brainer'

    Posted on August 26, 2016

    According to Dr Conrad Beyers from the Department of Actuarial Science at the University of Pretoria, it is clear that credit rating agencies regard politically related risks as the single major factor that may influence their rating decisions for South Africa.

  • Dr Kato Plant wins Educator of the Year award

    Posted on August 22, 2016

    The Institute of Internal Auditors South Africa (IIA SA) has named Dr Kato Plant, a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences' Department of Auditing, as the Educator of the Year during an award function held on 16 August 2016.

  • Marketing student participates in the Obama Young African Leaders Initiative

    Posted on August 19, 2016

    Ms Mahlodi Kgatle, a BCom Honours in Marketing Management student, is participating in an initiative launched by President Barack Obama of the USA as a signature effort to invest in the next generation of African leaders.

  • Department of Auditing shines globally

    Posted on August 19, 2016

    Mr Drikus Oberholster, an internal auditing honours student in the Department of Auditing at the University of Pretoria, performed exceptionally well in the annual Esther R Sawyer Research Award competition.

  • Department of Economics hosts Econometric Society

    Posted on August 12, 2016

    The Department of Economics in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences organised and hosted the Econometric Society Africa Region Meetings at the Protea Hotel Kruger Gate in the Kruger National Park from 25 to 29 July 2016.

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