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  • DisOlympics on campus: Transforming how we walk and talk

    Posted on May 18, 2017

    The Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication and the Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, in collaboration with the Transformation Committee of the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Pretoria (UP), hosted an event titled, 'DisOlympics on campus: Transforming...

  • International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia

    Posted on May 17, 2017

    17 May is the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, celebrated in more than 130 countries around the world.

  • The contribution of social workers to sustainable development

    Posted on May 16, 2017

    In celebration of World Social Work Day, the Department of Social Work and Criminology at the University of Pretoria hosted a seminar at the University's Hatfield Campus.

  • How to secure funding for research

    Posted on May 12, 2017

    We can imagine research as a massive conversation about a myriad of ideas between people across the world and over hundreds of years. But if we want to join the conversation we need money. We need funding to collect our data. We need funding to free up our time and write. We need funding to...

  • Reaching the finish line against all odds

    Posted on May 11, 2017

    The Department of Historical and Heritage Studies recently held its Annual Awards Ceremony at the Merensky 2 Library Auditorium. The theme for the event was 'Reaching the finish line against all odds'. Ms Mashooda Sedibeng, recipient of the Special Award on the day, exemplified the theme of the...

  • UP Museums mark International Museum Day

    Posted on May 11, 2017

    Join the UP Museums and the world in celebrating International Museum Day! The museums are open free of charge, Monday to Friday from 08:00–16:00.

  • Contemporary Challenges in Securing Africa

    Posted on May 10, 2017

    Public seminar to be presented by Ambassador Monica Juma is the Principal Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

  • African history is a discipline on the rise - and one that raises many questions

    Posted on May 10, 2017

    Dr Glen Ncube, a lecturer in the Department of Historical and Heritage studies, discusses the rise of African history as a discipline and the questions that this raises, in an article that was recently published on The Conversation.

  • Honours Class on African History Makes News

    Posted on May 09, 2017

    The Department of Historical and Heritage Studies has recently made news through its engagement with debates surrounding African history and the discipline’s status given the recent calls for the decolonisation of education in its 2016 postgraduate seminars.

  • Open Day 2017

    Posted on May 05, 2017

    On Saturday, 20 May 2017, the University of Pretoria will hold an open day for high school learners from Grades 9 to 12, and their families.

  • Tribute to Karel Schoeman

    Posted on May 04, 2017

    Like every single work in his oeuvre, Karel Schoeman's death earlier this week compels us to reflect on death and life.

  • Enterprises UP supports UP ambassadors and future entrepreneurs

    Posted on May 03, 2017

    UP Campus Tours (UPCT) will soon be sporting newly branded gear when conducting their professional tours of the Hatfield Campus, thanks to a sponsorship by Enterprises University of Pretoria (Enterprises UP).

  • More than an oppressor's language: reclaiming the hidden history of Afrikaans

    Posted on April 28, 2017

    Professor Hein Willemse from the Department of Afrikaans at the University of Pretoria, reclaims the hidden history of this language in an article that was recently published on The Conversation.

  • Working together is the key to securing the rights of all South Africans

    Posted on April 26, 2017

    While revelling in our glorious past on a day like Freedom Day, we should also reflect on and attend to South Africa's present and future.

  • Depression among men: hidden and misunderstood

    Posted on April 11, 2017

    Men do become depressed. This is a seemingly obvious statement. What is less known to men, health care professions and the public is that more men are depressed than we actually realise

  • Depression among men: Hidden and misunderstood

    Posted on April 10, 2017

    Men do become depressed. This is a seemingly obvious statement. What is less well known to men, health care professionals and the public however, is that many more men are depressed than we realise.

  • University of Pretoria celebrates student achievements at 2017 Autumn Graduation

    Posted on April 07, 2017

    More than 13 000 students will receive their degrees at the University of Pretoria's 2017 Autumn Graduation Ceremonies.

  • UP academic's latest book reviewed in the Financial Times

    Posted on April 06, 2017

    Professor Lorenzo Fioramonti's latest book titled The world after GDP: economics, politics and international relations in the post-growth era, has been reviewed in a full-page article in the Financial Times.

  • Dancing the death drill with Fred Khumalo

    Posted on April 06, 2017

    Journalist and author, Fred Khumalo, recently shared his thoughts with an audience of staff and students at the 'Meet your Writers’ event organised by the Department of English, in collaboration with the Department of Library Services on the University of Pretoria's Hatfield Campus.

  • Professor from an Australian Research Centre presents lecture

    Posted on April 06, 2017

    Prof Gary Dowsett, the Deputy Director and Chair of the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society at the La Trobe University in Australia, presented a lecture at the Faculty of Education, mainly to postgraduate students.

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