UP’s Centre for Language Learning to boost English language skills of non-native speakers

Posted on August 10, 2022

UP has launched the Centre for Language Learning to offer courses in English as a foreign language to non-native speakers. “We’re proud to be able to contribute to the success of international students.” – Prof Vasu Reddy, Humanities Dean.

Antony Blinken Talks sub-Saharan Africa Strategy at Future Africa

Posted on August 10, 2022

On 8 August 2022, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivered an address detailing the Biden Administration's strategy for Sub-Saharan Africa at the University’s Future Africa Campus. Acting Vice Chancellor Prof. Sunil Maharaj welcomed Minister of International Relations and Cooperation,...

DHHS Postgraduate Reflects on the meaning of Women's Day today

Posted on August 09, 2022

As we celebrate national Women's Day, on 9 August, in a society menaced by violence against women (and children), economic hardships and political malaise and malfeasance, it is perhaps timely to remember the many, and different, sacrifices women have made in both the domestic and public sphere.

History, art and remembering: women’s experiences of incarceration at Constitution Hill Women’s Prison

Posted on August 09, 2022

As we celebrate national Women's Day, on 9 August, in a society menaced by violence against women (and children), economic hardships and political malaise and malfeasance, it is perhaps timely to remember the many, and different, sacrifices women have made in both the domestic and public sphere....

'Attached to the Soil' exhibition opens at UP's Merensky 2 Library

Posted on August 05, 2022

The 'Attached to the Soil' exhibition has opened at Merensky 2 Library - come view it today!

Dr Jason Musyoka appointed to lead the development of the 9th Human Development Report (HDR) for Kenya

Posted on July 13, 2022

Dr Jason Musyoka, a former Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Pretoria and now associate researcher at the Centre for Mediation in Africa (CMA) at UP has been appointed to lead the development of the 9th Human Development Report (HDR) for Kenya - the fourth largest economy in Sub-Saharan...

Launching Institutional Curiosity – Reimagining the University of Pretoria and Old Ways of Being to New Ways of Seeing

Posted on July 13, 2022

The University of Pretoria, in collaboration with the Emerging Scholars Initiative Press (ESI Press) launched two books last week, both edited by Ms Mary Crewe. On 5 July 2022, the Faculty of Theology and Religion hosted the book launch of Old Ways of Being to New Ways of Seeing. This was...

UP Historians feature at Southern African Historical Society’s 28th Biennial Conference

Posted on July 04, 2022

The University of Fort Hare’s Department of History and NAHECS hosted the 28th Biennial Conference of the Southern African Historical Society.