Posted on June 19, 2017
Just five years ago, the annual Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) Youth Survey highlighted a society that was upbeat about the future and their career prospects. Back then, 74% of learners felt SA was a good place to have a successful career. In 2017, just 53% of respondents said they...
Posted on June 14, 2017
It is with great regret that the University of Pretoria (UP) learned of the death of formidable wordsmith and UP alumnus, Dr PG du Plessis on Wednesday, 7 June 2017. Du Plessis was an Afrikaans writer, dramatist and academic, who enriched the South African literary scene through a wide variety of...
Posted on June 13, 2017
Prof Christi van der Westhuizen, an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Pretoria, explains why Helen Zille is wrong about colonialism.
Posted on June 13, 2017
Novelist, short story writer and playwright Siphiwo Mahala's professional journey would not have happened had it not been for his love of reading, he said at the 'Meet your writers' event that was recently held on the Hatfield Campus of the University of Pretoria.
Posted on June 12, 2017
The Centre for Japanese Studies at the University of Pretoria (UP), in collaboration with Universities South Africa and the South African Technology Network, is proud to be the principal South African coordinator for the upcoming South Africa-Japan University (SAJU) Forum.
Posted on June 12, 2017
The Department of UP Arts recently welcomed Mr Ma Weidu, a renowned art collector from China. Mr Ma visited the University of Pretoria Museums on 5 June 2017 while on a brief tour to South Africa to create awareness against rhino poaching.
Posted on June 09, 2017
The Head of the Department of UP Arts, Prof Theo van Wyk, has been re-elected as the National Secretary of the Southern African Organists' Society (SAKOV).
Posted on June 09, 2017
Dr Jason Musyoka, a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Pretoria (UP)'s Human Economy Programme, and a member of the Advisory Board of the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship at UP, discusses the path towards a 'human economy' in article that recently appeared on The Conversation.
Posted on June 07, 2017
John Butler-Adam, Editor-in-Chief of the South African Journal of Science and Consultant to the Vice-Principal for Research and Postgraduate Education at the University of Pretoria, writes about Africa's contribution to world research in an article that recently appeared on The Conversation.
Posted on June 06, 2017
In an article that was recently published on The Conversation, Prof Lorenzo Fioramonti writes that it is high time to ask whether conventional approaches to sustainable development are enough to deal with the multiple crises facing the world.
Posted on June 05, 2017
On Tuesday, 23 May 2017, the Centre for Japanese Studies at the University of Pretoria, in collaboration with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), hosted an event entitled 'Living and studying in Japan: by recipients of the African Business Education for Youth (ABE) Initiative...
Posted on June 02, 2017
Prince Mashele, Senior Research Fellow with the Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation (GovInn) at the University of Pretoria, discusses the issues faced by Constitutional Court judges in the Zuma case, in an article that recently appeared on The Conversation.
Posted on June 01, 2017
UP Drama and the Embassy of Spain present "Bloodwedding" at the Market Theatre.
Posted on May 31, 2017
Prof Erna Alant, founder of the Centre of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (CAAC) at the University of Pretoria, received the Neville Cohen Award on 24 May 2017.
Posted on May 31, 2017
Prof Lorenzo Fioramonti writes about how growth is dying as the silver bullet for success and why this may be a good thing in an article that recently appeared on The Conversation.
Posted on May 25, 2017
Prof Henning Melber, an Extraordinary Professor in the Department of Political Sciences at the University of Pretoria, writes about why it is time to lift the ideological haze in debates about Africa's middle class in an article that recently appeared on The Conversation.
Posted on May 24, 2017
The Department of English, in collaboration with the Department of Library Services, at the University of Pretoria continues to engage actively with what is happening on the literary scene in South Africa by inviting local poets and writers to their frequent Meet Your Writers events.
Posted on May 23, 2017
Welcome Msomi's "uMabatha" is in the Masker from 23-27 May 2017.
Posted on May 22, 2017
From 22 May to 14 June 2017, the Department of African Languages is host to a group of students from Michigan State University (MSU), accompanied by Dr Joy Coates, Director of African American and African Studies at MSU.
Posted on May 19, 2017
Prof David Maree, Head of the Department of Psychology at the University of Pretoria, recently received his third doctoral degree (DPhil) at the University's Autumn Graduation ceremonies. What was even more special was that this time he was joined by his daughter, Maryke Maree, who received her...
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