CGIS hosted Winter School focusing on participatory sensing

Posted on November 20, 2017

Earlier this year, the Centre for Geoinformation Science (CGIS) at the University of Pretoria hosted the 2017 Winter School on Participatory Sensing as part of the Geomatics and Participation project between UP and the Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences in Germany.

Prof Bernard Slippers appointed as Director of FABI

Posted on November 17, 2017

Prof Bernard Slippers has officially been appointed as Professor and Director of the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI) in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Pretoria from 1 January 2018.

UP ready to address challenges in agriculture for next hundred years

Posted on November 14, 2017

Not only did the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Pretoria (UP) celebrate a hundred years of agriculture at a prestigious event earlier this month, but it also recognised Dr Johan van Zyl, former Vice-Chancellor and Principal of UP and current CEO of African...

Agriculture training in South Africa badly needs an overhaul. Here are some ideas

Posted on November 13, 2017

According to Prof Frans Swanepoel, one of the major reasons that the agricultural sector is currently unable to realise its full potential is the fact that education and training practices is in need of a very serious overhaul.

Unravelling the mysteries of meerkat behaviour

Posted on November 08, 2017

Researchers at the University of Pretoria form part of the Kalahari Meerkat Project in the Northern Cape's Kuruman River Reserve, which has studied groups of wild meerkats for over 20 years.

CMEG student wins best oral presentation at Genetics Postgraduate Symposium

Posted on November 07, 2017

Storme de Scally, a student at the Centre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics, won the best oral presentation at the 2017 Annual Genetics Postgraduate Student Symposium. Storme is currently in the final stages of her Master's degree in Genetics, and works on microbial communities in the Southern...

Message for exam period from Prof Cheryl de la Rey

Posted on November 06, 2017

Dear students, We are almost at the end of the year and for most of you, the year-end exam period started on Saturday, 4 November. All the best for the next few weeks, and enjoy the summer vacation period that follows.

Opinion: South Africa on the brink of 'real' junk status downgrade

Posted on November 06, 2017

The negative outlook of credit rating agency Moody's regarding the South African government's ability to repay its debt is a clear signal that a downgrade of the country's domestic debt to sub-investment grade (junk status) is imminent.