Prof Kate Reynolds on campus

Posted on August 13, 2018

Prof Kate Reynolds visited the University of Pretoria, Faculty of Education on 8 August to do a presentation on ‘Curriculum issues in the English educational system’.

Lecture on Croatian Music Fascinating

Posted on July 16, 2018

The Department of Humanities Education invited Professor Berislav Jerković, Associate Professor, PhD, working at the Academy of Arts in Osijek, as well as Professor Antoaneta Radocaj-Jerkovic, PhD, Associate Professor at Osijek. They gave a lecture in June to discuss ‘The Influence of...

Humanities Staff in Bergen

Posted on July 16, 2018

Doctor Raita Steyn and Ms Delene Human from the Department of Humanities Education, and Professor Lize Kriel from the Department of Visual Arts at the University of Pretoria recently went to the University of Bergen (UiB) in Norway to present their papers at a ‘Michaelological’...

Linette in the Marvelous Carmen

Posted on June 28, 2018

The very well-known opera, Carmen, will be fully-staged and will feature the Pretoria Symphony Orchestra and the Armonia Theatre Chorus, under the baton of Schalk van der Merwe. Mezzo-soprano, Linette van der Merwe, from our Department of Humanities Education, stars as the strong-willed and...

Cherese Jones – 60-Metre Champion

Posted on June 28, 2018

Ms Cherese Jones, Lecturer in the Department of Humanities Education in Sport Management and Human Movement Studies, represents TuksAthletics Club internationally in the 60-metre event and has recently been crowned the provincial champion in the 100 metre event.

Gauteng Women Excellent Award for Prof Saloshna Vandeyar

Posted on March 12, 2018

Professor Saloshna Vandeyar from the Department of Humanities Education won the Gauteng Women in Excellence Award in the category "Trail Blazer" at the Inaugural Gauteng Women in Excellence Awards ceremony that was held at the Women's Living Heritage Monument on the 8 March 2018.

A glorious discovery of logical linguistics

Posted on February 11, 2018

Dr Alta Engelbrecht from the Department of Humanities Education has set sail on a fascinating and exciting journey of linguistic discovery for school learners. She has written six textbooks destined for instruction in Afrikaans, but with English subtexts, making it easier for the learner to...

Internationally acclaimed opera singer in Humanities Education

Posted on February 11, 2018

Ms Linette van der Merwe from the Department of Humanities Education is a well-known opera singer. A lecturer in Afrikaans but outside the Faculty, her focus is on singing. She was born in Pietersburg (now Polokwane). Her earliest recollections of music were associated with her mother regularly...