Posted on June 22, 2023
UP’s second annual Giving Campaign kicks off on 24 July! The campaign seeks to raise funds to provide financial assistance to undergraduate & postgraduate students at the University throughout their studies.
Posted on June 01, 2023
UP Vice-Chancellor and Principal Professor Tawana Kupe congratulated the UP community on achieving remarkable milestones. “Once again UP has proved to be one of the leading universities not only in Africa but also in the world for impact towards the SDGs,” he said.
Posted on May 16, 2023
The South African portion of the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study 2021 conducted by UP has found that 81% of South African Grade 4 learners are struggling to read for comprehension at age 10.
Posted on May 12, 2023
With a view to academia's ‘publish or perish’ culture, the Department of Humanities Education set aside time at the beginning of the academic year to encourage scholars to focus on their research, writing and planning for the year. The three-day retreat led by the HOD Prof Johan...
Posted on May 10, 2023
The Centre for Evaluation and Assessment (CEA) would like to congratulate Dr. Karen Roux
Posted on May 10, 2023
The (IEA) held its 9th and final PIRLS2021 (NRC) meeting in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Posted on May 10, 2023
The Director of the Centre for Evaluation and Assessment (CEA), Prof Funke Omidire.
Posted on May 10, 2023
The capacity to be okay and do okay when exposed to significant stress
Posted on May 10, 2023
14 February, Department of Early Childhood Education (ECE) celebrated love with an informal picnic.
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.
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