Posted on March 11, 2022
The establishment of the African Centre for the Study of the United States-UP as a premier African knowledge-creation hub and think-tank will contribute to bridging the knowledge deficit for Africa in its relations and engagements with the US.
Posted on March 07, 2022
The WHO Collaborating Centre for the Prevention of Deafness and Hearing Loss at UP recently observed World Hearing Day.
Posted on March 04, 2022
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Posted on February 18, 2022
On 14 February 2022 (Valentine’s Day), the Department of Historical and Heritage Studies (DHHS) in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Pretoria (UP) co-hosted the Association for Tourism and Leisure Education and Research’s (ATLAS) Africa Conference.
Posted on February 18, 2022
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Posted on February 07, 2022
In early February UP Academics and Career Services participated in a four-day Erasmus SUCSESS Project workshop focusing on university education and students’ employability. They also competed in a Hackathon.
Posted on February 04, 2022
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Posted on January 24, 2022
Literacy in SA is a challenge that requires us to acknowledge that matters concerning the education system are complex and require solutions showing an awareness of that, says the UP Dept of Political Sciences’ Yanga Malotana.
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.
Posted on December 15, 2021
Lindiwe Mazibuko, co-founder and CEO of the Apolitical Academy Southern Africa, said the relationship between the Academy and UP is an important part of making a sustainable difference in the region’s political landscape.
Posted on December 15, 2021
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Posted on December 09, 2021
Professor Tinyiko Maluleke will be leaving his position as Senior Research Fellow and Deputy Director at the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship.
Posted on December 04, 2021
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Posted on November 29, 2021
ESI Press launched its latest publication, EarthSongs by Paul Weinberg, earlier this month at the Melrose Gallery. EarthSongs is a poetic coffee table book that celebrates the spiritual attachment South Africans have with the land. Through his camera lens, Paul Weinberg offers a new perspective...
Posted on November 19, 2021
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Posted on November 10, 2021
‘Political struggles in South Africa were frequently articulated in cultural terms, and forms of political critique often took shape as arguments about literature and the reading of texts’, Prof. Corinne Sandwith said during her inaugural lecture on 26 October 2021. ‘What this...
Posted on November 05, 2021
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Posted on October 31, 2021
Employment rates of persons with disabilities in South Africa are shockingly low. Although unemployment rates are generally high for youth aged 15 to 35 years (currently, 64.4%) https://tradingeconomics.com/south-africa/youth-unemployment-rate, unemployment rates for persons with disabilities are...
Posted on October 31, 2021
October is AAC awareness month. Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems, strategies, tools, and techniques have assisted countless persons with severe communication disabilities in communicating and connecting with others. However, there has been little consideration for persons...
Posted on October 26, 2021
Persons with severe communication disabilities belong to the excluded group mentioned by Flynn. These individuals often face violations of their basic human rights, such as exclusion from the justice system. Yet, access to justice is vital as it could act as protection against the many forms of...
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