UP tackles low literacy skills at schools

Posted on August 19, 2022

The Fostering Life-Long team at the University of Pretoria recently launched a project to encourage a love of reading and to improve literacy skills among learners at Gauteng schools. Unlocking the world of literacy is unlocking the world.

‘The COVID-19 pandemic helped create a stronger hybrid approach to community engagement’, USRN webinar hears

Posted on April 04, 2022

A recent University Social Responsibility Network (USRN) webinar, hosted by Prof Norman Duncan, UP Vice-Principal: Academic, focused on how community engagement changed during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the hybrid approach that’s been created.

UP Drama: Exploring gender-based violence through performance

Posted on December 22, 2021

Academics from the UP School of the Arts used performance art as part of research involving two participant groups in Saulsville and Tembisa to find out what their perceptions on the drivers of GBV in their communities were.

UPCT celebrates International Museum Day “virtually”

Posted on May 31, 2021

The University of Pretoria Campus Tours (UPCT) proudly presented International Museum Day (IMD) on 18 May 2021. Although Museum Day is a regular annual event on the University of Pretoria (UP) calendar, this was the first time the event was held on a virtual platform.

Dr Sithembile Mbete from the Department of Political Sciences and her team receive a prestigious Swedish Research Council grant

Posted on December 11, 2020

Angela Muvumba-Sellström (Uppsala University/Nordic Africa Institute), Sithembile Mbete (University of Pretoria), and Louise Olsson (PRIO) have received funding from the Swedish Research Council to deepen the understanding of African countries' opportunities to make the UN Security Council more...

NewsClips (04/12/2020)

Posted on December 05, 2020

Here are the NewsClips for the week:

NewsClips (27/11/2020)

Posted on November 28, 2020

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Students from Social Work and Criminology rise to the Jerusalema dance challenge

Posted on November 27, 2020

This year, first-year students from the Department of Social Work and Criminology heeded President Ramaphosa’s call to participate in the Jerusalema challenge. They were encouraged to do so by their Criminology lecturer, Professor Booyens, who felt that it would be effective to keep the...