Posted on May 10, 2023
The National Research Foundation (NRF) recently hosted an event to celebrate.
Posted on May 09, 2023
During the International Symposium on Autoethnography and Narrative that was held from 3– 5 January
Posted on May 09, 2023
A social, support and networking event was held at Groenkloof Campus on 16 February 2023.
Posted on May 09, 2023
While growing up as a child on the autism spectrum, education continually changed my life.
Posted on May 08, 2023
On 22 March 2023, the Wednesday after Human Rights Day, Groenkloof Campus played host to the FLY@UP activation, which sought to reinforce the message that every student should hear and take to heart: Make your mark!
Posted on May 08, 2023
Prof Wassermann is the editor-inchief of Yesterday & Today, a scholarly, peer-reviewed and educationally focused history education journal, which is indexed by the South African Department of Higher Education and Training.
Posted on May 08, 2023
On Wednesday, 15 February 2023, the Department of Early Childhood Development received the new cohort of first-year students on our beautiful Groenkloof Campus.
Posted on May 08, 2023
The Austrian delegation of the international Teach4Reach research team visited Pretoria in early February 2023. Dr Ann-Kathrin Dittrich (senior scientist) and Sunet Grobler (doctoral scholar) represented the University of Innsbruck and were accompanied by Joseph Sebastien Steinlechner, a doctoral...
Posted on May 08, 2023
The 2023 academic year got off to a grand start; with us able to welcome our students in-person, on campus, after three years of not being able to do so. It is a great feeling and sight to observe students decorating the corridors of our buildings, lawns and gardens together with the inside...
Posted on May 08, 2023
On 9 November 2022, the Department of Basic Education (DBE), in collaboration with a range of stakeholders, funders and international benchmarking specialists, launched the Reading Benchmark for the Sesotho languages, Afrikaans and English as First Additional Language.
Posted on April 19, 2023
UP will be awarding 11 908 qualifications during its Autumn Graduation season, which starts today,19 April 2023. Of the qualifications to be awarded at the 28 Autumn Graduation ceremonies, 201 are doctorates, 1 384 master’s degrees and 2 021 are honours degrees.
Posted on March 29, 2023
UP representatives meet with Ghent University delegation to discuss strengthening collaborations through transdisciplinary research, staff and student exchange, and forging new partnerships.
Posted on March 22, 2023
21 subjects offered at UP have been ranked in the 2023 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World Rankings by Subject. Of the 21 disciplines in which UP was ranked this year, eight are rated first in South Africa.
Posted on March 10, 2023
The DLS is celebrating South African Library Week (SALW) with the theme “Libraries: telling powerful stories” from 20-26 March 2023
Posted on February 22, 2023
UP faculties took stock of lessons learnt and what still needs to be done to recognise and embrace different forms of knowledge at the University’s Senate Conference on Curriculum Transformation.
Posted on January 18, 2023
Two staff members from the Centre for Evaluation and Assessment (CEA), Mr Mishack Tshele and Mr Gabriel Mokoena, joined delegates at the national workshop on Improving the Quality of Assessment at School Level, organised by the Department of Basic Education at its offices in Pretoria. The purpose...
Posted on January 18, 2023
Prof. Funke Omidire attended the fifth RESEP Quantitative Education Research Conference at the STIAS Conference Centre in Stellenbosch on 12 and 13 September, 2022. There were a number of interesting and informative presentations.
Posted on January 18, 2023
The team of four colleagues, Prof. Rinelle Evans, Mr Hendrick De Kock, Mr Gabriel Mokoena and Ms Taslima Ahmed from the Centre for Evaluation and Assessment (CEA) met with the Directorate of Research, Western Cape Education Department (WCED), The School Development Unit (SDU) of the University of...
Posted on November 24, 2022
Professor Adeyemo was appointed as a visiting professor and research fellow in the Centre for the Studies of Religion and Society (CSRS) at the University of Victoria in Canada from January to July 2022. The aim of his visit was to conduct interdisciplinary research on decoloniality and new...
Posted on November 24, 2022
Dr Linette van der Merwe was invited to sing the trouser role of the young teenage boy, Cherubino (translated as ‘little angel’).
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