Posted on March 27, 2017
The Railway Occurrence Investigation Programme at the University of Pretoria was developed to assist in eliminating the escalating and repetitive nature of railway incidents through proper investigation.
Posted on March 16, 2017
International travel is an unavoidable part of elite athletes' competitive careers. Prof Christa Janse van Rensburg, from the Section Sports Medicine at UP, offers her view on some of the challenges that need to be considered.
Posted on March 15, 2017
World Consumer Rights Day is an opportune time to consider the extent to which SA consumers are afforded redress in respect of defective, hazardous or unsafe goods. Profs Corlia van Heerden and Jacolien Barnard from UP explain.
Posted on March 13, 2017
Dr Jana Slippers from the Communication Management Division at the University of Pretoria has some advice on how to present yourself in the best possible way during a job interview.
Posted on March 10, 2017
The South African Council for Natural Scientific Professionals (SACNASP) recently visited Enterprises University of Pretoria (Pty) Ltd (Enterprises UP) to formalise and strengthen relations between the two entities and open up possibilities for future collaboration.
Posted on March 10, 2017
Each year, news reports of malaria cases and deaths in Gauteng result in panic. The UP Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control is working towards malaria control and eventual elimination, focusing on innovations for prevention.
Posted on March 09, 2017
The Department of Library Services' MakerSpace recently played host to an international delegation of innovation researchers.
Posted on March 09, 2017
A medical screening questionnaire and targeted educational intervention programme originally developed by Prof Martin Schwellnus from UP, will help medical staff prepare for medical emergencies that may occur on Race Day.
Posted on March 09, 2017
Long jump star Luvo Manyonga, teenage sprinter Gift Leotlela and hurdler Ruan de Vries stole the show on Wednesday, 8 March 2017, delivering spectacular performances at the second leg of the Athletics South Africa Speed Series Meeting in Bloemfontein.
Posted on March 08, 2017
The Faculty of Law is proud to announce that our TuksLaw team beat the team from the University of the Witwatersrand in the final round of the South African leg of the 58th Philip C Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.
Posted on March 07, 2017
Drs Miemsie Steyn and Melanie Moen from the Faculty of Education at UP recently undertook an Early Childhood Education study to identify predominant themes prevailing in the early school-going phase.
Posted on March 03, 2017
The theme for this year’s World Hearing Day, on 3 March 2017, is 'Action for hearing loss'. Called a silent epidemic, hearing loss affects 1 in 7 persons annually.
Posted on February 21, 2017
Today we celebrate International Mother Language Day. The theme for 2017 is mother tongue and multilingual education with a focus on celebrating and respecting cultural diversity and multilingualism.
Posted on February 15, 2017
We caught up with Sakhile Nkosi, an audiology graduate, to hear about life after UP.
Posted on February 13, 2017
Prof Kobus Maree, from the Department of Educational Psychology in the Faculty of Education at the University of Pretoria, has some advice for students on choosing a fulfilling career.
Posted on February 01, 2017
At just 14, when most teenagers are still at high school, top achiever Hjalmar Rall is getting ready to join other 18 year olds in undergraduate studies, and he has chosen the University of Pretoria.
Posted on January 31, 2017
Webometrics recently released the first edition of its repository rankings for 2017, in which it ranked UPSpace as the best in Africa and within the top 100 worldwide.
Posted on January 31, 2017
A new app has been released that puts all the information students need to successfully navigate their time at the University at their fingertips.
Posted on January 24, 2017
Mr Moses Kebalepile, a PhD student in the School of Health Systems and Public Health of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Pretoria, has walked away with top prizes in both the prestigious Gauteng Accelerator Programme (GAP) Innovation Competitions for 2016 and the International...
Posted on January 23, 2017
A group of twenty-six students and two professors from the University of Delaware were welcomed at the University of Pretoria by Professor Alois Mlambo, Head of the Department of Historical and Heritage Studies, on Monday, 16 January 2017.
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