Posted on May 05, 2022
“Despite the Nobel laureate’s poetic prose and powerful polemic, this controversy is far from over.” – UP’s Prof Adekeye Adebajo on writer Wole Soyinka’s attempts to rebut claims made in a book that he was co-opted by the CIA.
Posted on May 04, 2022
The Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology celebrated their PhD graduates in a small celebration that they hope will become a yearly tradition.
Posted on May 03, 2022
UP is proud to have been named SA’s second-best and Africa’s third-best university in the 2022 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings! UP’s overall score marks the greatest improvement among all SA universities.
Posted on April 29, 2022
"It seems fitting that the Freedom Day celebrations in SA will be followed by International Jazz Day celebrations,” writes Giné Gebhardt of UP’s Faculty of Humanities as she highlights some of the events being held to mark the day.
Posted on April 29, 2022
These are the NewsClips for the week:
Posted on April 26, 2022
Innovation is the next step forward. The innovations highlighted in this edition show us that the knowledge we create today is a step forward to future.
Posted on April 22, 2022
The support provided by industrialised/post-industrialised countries is critical for the Global South to undergo a transition that is both environmentally sustainable and economically viable, writes UP's Tyesha Pillay.
Posted on April 20, 2022
“Speech-language pathology requires one to be compassionate,” says PhD candidate Karabo Maleka, whose ongoing work in the field is driven by her desire to improve the quality of life of her patients.
Posted on April 12, 2022
A report recently released by the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) shows a year-on-year improvement in overall 2020 research publications output units accrued by the University of Pretoria.
Posted on April 11, 2022
The University of Pretoria is proud to add a hat trick of three new National Research Foundation A-rated researchers to its rapidly growing list of NRF-rated researchers, now at 595, which is the highest nationally.
Posted on April 08, 2022
The Department of Historical and Heritage Studies is exceptionally proud to announce that Professor Thula Simpson’s book entitled History of South Africa: From 1902 to the Present published in August 2021 won the prestigious National Institute for the Humanities and Social Science (NIHSS)...
Posted on April 05, 2022
International Children’s Book Day is celebrated annually on 2 April, which is the birthday of the renowned children’s author Hans Christian Anderson. Each year, a different host country is chosen and one of its prominent authors is invited to write a message motivating children to...
Posted on April 05, 2022
The signing of the MoU with the South African Guide-Dogs Association for the Blind “pools expertise and resources and fosters learning with the goal of serving others”, said UP Vice-Chancellor and Principal Professor Tawana Kupe.
Posted on April 04, 2022
Seven members of the Department of Historical and Heritage Studies departed for Helsinki, Finland.
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.
Posted on April 04, 2022
Professor Adekeye Adebajo, senior research fellow at the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, reflects on the legacy of United States diplomat Madeline Albright following her passing in late March 2022.
Posted on March 23, 2022
School feeding programmes in SA were the subject of discussion during a recent UP-hosted webinar. “The National School Nutrition Programme is successful, but it could drive change,” said Dr Marc Wegerif, senior lecturer in Development Studies at UP.
Posted on March 18, 2022
Here are the NewsClips for the week:
Posted on March 17, 2022
#FoodTalks seminar on a new publication, School Food, Equity and Social Justice with a focus on the South African perspective shared in one of the chapters.
Posted on March 16, 2022
The celebration of World Social Work Day (WSWD) on 15 March 2022, with the theme ‘Co-building a new eco-social world: Leaving no one behind’, is a historical event as the theme forms part of the upcoming Global People’s Summit to be held online from 29 June to 2 July 2022.
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