Posted on December 02, 2016
Prof Erna Alants’ book entitled: AAC Engagement and participation, published by Plural Publishing, is a meaningful contribution to the field of AAC
Posted on December 01, 2016
On World Aids Day 2016, Geoffrey Ogwaro from the Centre for Human Rights at UP writes about leveling the plane for all vulnerable groups in South Africa in terms of disparities that fuel the discriminatory regime of HIV and Aids care.
Posted on December 01, 2016
On World Aids Day, 1 December 2016, the Centre for Sexualities, AIDS and Gender at the University of Pretoria is calling for a renewed emphasis on education as a way to prevent the spread of HIV and Aids.
Posted on November 25, 2016
Dr Chris Nshimbi, Research Fellow and Deputy Director of the Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation at the University of Pretoria and a colleague from the University of Zululand writes about why Europe's 'fortress' approach to the current migration crisis won't work, in an article that...
Posted on November 10, 2016
Prof Laurie Nathan, Director of the Centre for Mediation in Africa in the Department of Political Sciences at the University of Pretoria, has been awarded a visiting professorship at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame in the United States.
Posted on November 03, 2016
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Posted on October 28, 2016
The debut musical production 'Twee hartstale' of Willemien/Philomène Rust a French lecturer in the Department of Modern European Languages at the University of Pretoria, recently won the national Vrynge prize for best production at the 2016 Freestate Arts Festival.
Posted on October 11, 2016
Prof Christi van der Westhuizen, Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Pretoria, recently participated in a number of media discussions and also appeared in a BBC documentary.
Posted on October 07, 2016
The life of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela bears testimony to the damage of apartheid. Prof Christi van der Westhuizen writes about her life of 80 years.
Posted on October 07, 2016
On Friday, 23 September, the Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (CAAC) launched a book of poetry, text and images entitled Write to life.
Posted on October 06, 2016
Young adults with severe communication disabilities aged between 19 and 35 years recently attended a yearly training week at the University of Pretoria.
Posted on September 30, 2016
Anzil Kulsen is known mainly as a writer of juvenile literature and some of her books have been prescribed for third-year students. During her recent visit to the Department of Afrikaans, she warned prospective writers as follows: 'Writing is not easy. Don’t think you can simply sit down...
Posted on September 28, 2016
Prof Willie Burger, Head of the Department of Afrikaans at the University of Pretoria received the kykNET-Rapport-prize as book reviewer of the year on Saturday, 24 September 2016.
Posted on September 20, 2016
The University of Pretoria (UP) and Hokkaido University signed a memorandum of understanding at the office of the Vice-Chancellor and Principal of UP, Prof Cheryl de la Rey, agreeing to promote educational and academic exchange and cooperation between the two universities on 28 August 2016.
Posted on September 20, 2016
Several high-profile writers will grace an international literary conference to be held at the University of Pretoria. World-renowned Afrikaans author Breyten Breytenbach will open the conference and speak on the topic 'Imaginings, modernities and visions'.
Posted on September 15, 2016
In celebration of National Book Week, the departments of English and Library Services at the University of Pretoria hosted an event titled: 'Meet your African writers: Yewande Omotoso and Sandile Memela'.
Posted on September 14, 2016
On 14 September 2016 the Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication and their Masters in Early Childhood Intervention students donated specially adapted books to Chrysalis Preschool in Pretoria in honour of Mandela Day.
Posted on September 14, 2016
UP Audiology students are making today matter by helping to improve people's ability to hear. Seeing the look on someone's face when they hear for the first time in a long time, or for the first time ever, is one of the reasons these students are pursuing a profession in audiology.
Posted on September 13, 2016
Prof Hein Willemse of the Department of Afrikaans at the University of Pretoria delivered the annual NP van Wyk Louw memorial lecture at the University of Johannesburg on Thursday, 8 September.
Posted on September 13, 2016
The Department of English, in collaboration with the Department of Library Services, recently hosted an event titled: 'Meet your African writer: Zoë Wicomb'.
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