Posted on February 15, 2016
Mr Jaco Weidemann was awarded the Economic Society of South Africa (ESSA) Founders' Medal for his master's thesis, completed in 2014.
Posted on February 15, 2016
A very successful 2nd Annual Southern Africa Women in Tourism Conference with the theme ‘Creating opportunities for inclusive development and social transformation’ was held in Lilongwe, Malawi. During the conference, which was hosted by the Regional Tourism Organisation of Southern...
Posted on February 04, 2016
The Director of the Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership, Prof Derick de Jongh was invited by the South Africa Reserve Bank (SARB) to give a presentation on the topic 'Wicked problems and responsible leadership'.
Posted on January 26, 2016
Prof Shirley Zinn, Extraordinary Professor in the Department of Human resource Management and a member of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences’ Advisory Board, launched her biography, entitled Swimming upstream: A story of grit and determination to succeed, at the end of 2015.
Posted on December 15, 2015
The Mandela Rhodes Foundation recently announced the names of the 12th cohort of Mandela Rhodes scholars, who will make up the ‘Class of 2016’. Three students from the University of Pretoria are among those selected to be part of this elite group of students.
Posted on December 08, 2015
The Tourism Management Division in UP’s Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences hosted a Tourism Field Research Training Course early in November 2015.
Posted on December 07, 2015
In her current research, Prof Ronél Rensburg, from UP's Communication Management Division, examines the contentious issues associated with the contemporary communication management profession.
Posted on December 03, 2015
Prof Theuns Steyn of the Department of Taxation distinguished himself as an author of note by recently adding his name to three publications.
Posted on December 02, 2015
Three BCom Internal Auditing honours students and their lecturer Mr Rudrik du Bruyn, who is also IAEP coordinator for the Centre of Excellence in Internal Auditing, attended the 9th Annual Internal Audit Educational Partnership (IAEP) Program Networking Retreat and Educator Forum in Florida, USA...
Posted on December 01, 2015
Dr Joël Houdet Senior Research Fellow at the Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership, co-facilitated a Natural Capital Protocol workshop with the Natural Capital Coalition and Conservation International on 8 November 2015.
Posted on November 30, 2015
The Department of Environmental Affairs, in collaboration with the National Biodiversity and Business Network (NBBN), conducted a preliminary baseline assessment with the aim of assessing current approaches and practices of South African businesses to mainstream biodiversity. As an expert on the...
Posted on November 30, 2015
Ms Natasha Ashley, a BCom Business Management student, has been awarded a Mandela Rhodes Scholarship for 2016 to complete her master’s degree in business management. She completed her honours degree with distinction this year.
Posted on November 30, 2015
The final-year students in Supply Chain Management partnered with Lefa Cooperative during the second semester of 2015 for a practical consulting project. Lefa Co-op is a primary cooperative focused on empowering communities with online and mobile application services that enable smarter learning,...
Posted on November 27, 2015
The Faculty of Economic Management Sciences at the University of Pretoria is responding to the country’s need to transform the finance and accountancy sector.
Posted on November 26, 2015
How can Marketing students make a difference? This was the challenge given to the Marketing Management honours students, who were tasked with developing a fundraising strategy in support of Phyllis Robertson Home (PRH) in Pretoria as part of the curriculum of one of their practical modules.
Posted on November 20, 2015
The honours students in Strategic Marketing Management partnered with the Unlimited Titans cricket franchise during 2015 for a practical exam project. The students were challenged to increase in-stadia support at SuperSport Park in Centurion, and to create brand awareness for the Unlimited Titans.
Posted on November 20, 2015
Dr Joël Houdet, Senior Research Fellow at the Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership, lead the session on natural capital accounting and co-hosted the extractive industries session at the first Pan-African Business and Biodiversity Forum that took place in Ghana in October 2015.
Posted on November 16, 2015
The events of the past few weeks in the area of tertiary education caused considerable upheaval, but according to Prof Jurie van Vuuren, Coordinator of the Chair in Entrepreneurship in the Department of Business Management at the University of Pretoria (UP), a few of the fundamental assumptions...
Posted on November 11, 2015
Prof Karel Stanz, Head of the Department of Human Resource Management, was elected as board member of the South African Board for People Practice (SABPP) for the period 2016 to 2018.
Posted on November 10, 2015
Tax@Tuks, the official society for Taxation students at the University of Pretoria, received four prestigious awards at the Commercii year-end function in.
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