UP’s Tshwane Insulin Project brings quality diabetes treatment to underserved communities

Posted on December 06, 2018

Tshwane Insulin Project (TIP), a collaborative project between various University of Pretoria (UP) departments, will lead an exciting five-year research programme that will explore the use of remote prescribing to help primary care physicians and/or nurses better serve the needs of people living...

UP postdoctoral fellow wins British Ecological Society photography competition

Posted on December 06, 2018

Dr Chris Oosthuizen of the University of Pretoria’s Department of Zoology and Entomology recently won the British Ecological Society’s annual photography competition, Capturing Ecology, which celebrates the diversity of ecology around the world. The independent judging panel...

Assupol TuksCricket gets up close and personal with rhinos

Posted on August 26, 2018

23 August 2018 This year, Assupol TuksCricket widened its community outreach spectrum and started a conservation project to help raise funds for the Black Rhino Reserve Wildlife Trust. Part of the Trust’s function is to assist with rhino anti-poaching activities in the Pilanesberg...

Health, well-being and sustainable development, intrinsically connected

Posted on August 26, 2018

To achieve Sustainable Development Goal 3 which entails ‘ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages,’ involves strengthening of the implementation of the framework convention on tobacco control and providing access to medicines and vaccines. It also involves...

Corruption and state capture: Research gives 'voice' to ordinary South Africans

Posted on December 07, 2017

The Centre for Communication and Reputation Management at the University of Pretoria recently commissioned a study to explore the views of ordinary South Africans regarding corruption and state capture.

DESA wins top MACE 2017 awards

Posted on December 06, 2017

We are extremely proud to announce that the UP School Leaders Conference and the JuniorTukkie App, projects of the Student Recruitment Division of the Department of Enrolment and Student Administration (DESA), received top awards at the prestigious annual Marketing, Advancement and Communication...

8 out of 10 learners still cannot read at appropriate level

Posted on December 05, 2017

The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2016 report paints a disturbing picture of primary school reading literacy in South Africa, with no significant progress nationally since the last report in 2011.

UP joins the fight against maternal and neonatal sepsis

Posted on November 28, 2017

The University of Pretoria (UP)'s Centre for Maternal, Fetal, Newborn and Child Health Care will participate in the first ever global data collection effort to assess the burden and current management of maternal and neonatal sepsis.