UP professor nominated to participate in national ECD Working Group meeting

Posted on November 19, 2015

Prof Ina Joubert from the Department of Early Childhood Education in the Faculty of Education at the University of Pretoria (UP) was nominated to participate in the national Early Childhood Development (ECD) Working Group meeting.

Life Orientation teachers and career counsellors visit Tuks

Posted on November 18, 2015

There was a buzz of energy when Life Orientation teachers and career counsellors representing schools in Gauteng, Ekurhuleni, Mpumalanga and Limpopo visited the University of Pretoria (UP) on Thursday, 5 November 2015. The JuniorTukkie* Office of the Department of Enrolment and Student...

Empowering communities to beat malaria

Posted on November 17, 2015

Dr Taneshka Kruger, from the UP CSMC is very passionate about eliminating malaria in South Africa, and eventually in Africa as a whole and has been involved in research on the subject for a number of years.

Help for pets suffering from noise phobia

Posted on November 04, 2015

Dr Quixie Sonntag, veterinarian and animal behaviourist at UP's Faculty of Veterinary Science, advises pet owners to pay attention to signs that their pet may suffer from noise phobia.

Fighting breast cancer in the laboratory

Posted on November 02, 2015

Prof Annie Joubert and her team at UP are committed to finding novel treatments that target cancer cells specifically, while causing the least possible amount of discomfort to the patient.

Water therapy makes dogs more mobile

Posted on October 27, 2015

The Faculty of Veterinary Science at the University of Pretoria offers a rehabilitation service that helps animals immobilised by injury, disease or post-operative restrictions to regain as much mobility as possible.

Data Science is the way of the future

Posted on October 14, 2015

Prof Russ Taylor, a leader in the field of radio astronomy who is closely involved with the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project, visited the University of Pretoria on Monday and delivered a lecture on the SKA project and the data challenges it poses.

JuniorTukkie prepares learners for Tukkie life

Posted on October 12, 2015

On Saturday, 3 October 2015, 185 excited Grade 12 learners arrived at the Hatfield Campus to register for the Junior Tukkie Office's seventh Grade 12 Preparation Conference.