Posted on May 17, 2016
The Banking Sector Education and Training Authority (BANKSETA) changed the lives of 75 students when it donated R9 million to the University of Pretoria (UP) for student bursaries.
Posted on May 17, 2016
The JuniorTukkie Student Society Community Engagement Sub-committee hosted a Sunflower Fund information session at the University of Pretoria's Hatfield Campus on Thursday, 12 May 2016.
Posted on May 16, 2016
In a seminar held to launch a new focus of the University's Institutional Research Theme (IRT) on Food, Nutrition and Well-being, Ms Anjanette Haller-Barker, lead researcher for this new research area, presented a theoretical framework for food law.
Posted on May 16, 2016
Two students from the University of Pretoria, Mr Erick Nzimande and Ms Tsitsi Makoni, have been awarded Vundla scholarships for 2016.
Posted on May 13, 2016
Dr Chris Weldon, of the Department of Zoology and Entomology at UP, is researching the prevalence of fruit flies and how certain species are able to tolerate certain weather conditions better than others.
Posted on May 13, 2016
As part of a drive to promote its courses among high school pupils in KwaZulu-Natal, staff from the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology at the University of Pretoria recently presented an information evening in Durban.
Posted on May 13, 2016
The Faculty of Humanities at the University of Pretoria hosted a JazzUP donor event, which celebrated the University's incorporation of Jazz Studies into its music curriculum and also launched the JazzUP Tshwane Festival, which will be held in October 2017.
Posted on May 11, 2016
Avanade's recent announcement of the local beneficiaries of its 15 for 15 Scholarship Programme sees the company partner with the University of Pretoria to support five female students in their tertiary studies.
Posted on May 11, 2016
Prof Namrita Lall of the Department of Plant Science in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at UP, is bringing science and traditional knowledge together and making it accessible to the modern market.
Posted on May 10, 2016
The 19th lecture in the UP Expert Lecture Series titled 'Sunny Places for Shady Characters'. The Making of Work Class Cultures in Southern Africa's Mining Revolution, c.1886-1914 presented by Prof Charles van Onselen, took place on the University of Pretoria's Hatfield Campus on Wednesday, 20...
Posted on May 09, 2016
For his PhD research, Dr Emmanuel Nkambule sought to improve the living conditions in informal settlements by visually studying the structure of the settlement and its many physical and social layers.
Posted on May 09, 2016
As the challenges we face in the world, and especially in Africa, become more complex, a different style of science leadership is required. The Africa Science Leadership Programme (ASLP) was launched in June 2015 to address this, and recently concluded its second round of interactions with...
Posted on May 06, 2016
Five academics from the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Pretoria have been nominated for awards in various categories of the 2015/2016 National Science and Technology Forum Awards.
Posted on May 05, 2016
To mark the 400th anniversary of the deaths of Shakespeare and Cervantes, the Merensky Library, the Languages Cluster and the Drama Department organised a week of celebrations from 18 to 22 April 2016.
Posted on May 04, 2016
Ms Sedzani Siaga, a senior lecturer in the Department of Accounting at the University of Pretoria, was awarded a Silver Angel Award at the annual G200 Youth Forum, which was held in Germany in April this year.
Posted on May 04, 2016
Members of the University of Pretoria’s (UP) JuniorTukkie Ambassadors Programme* hosted a Career Expo for learners coming from remote areas at the Rabboni Christian Church in Ga-Rankuwa on Saturday 24 April 2016. Learners who attended the Expo were given information about the programmes the...
Posted on May 03, 2016
The Sea Search group is calling on members of the public who would like to actively contribute to science and research to help map the distribution of whales and dolphins in the western Cape.
Posted on April 28, 2016
After a rigorous selection procedure, Dr Bianca Verlinden, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Biochemistry, was chosen by the National Research Foundation as one of two excellent young researchers to represent South Africa at the 8th HOPE meeting with Nobel Laureates held in Tsukuba,...
Posted on April 28, 2016
Life can thrive in the most extreme climates - from the very hot to the very cold. Something that not long ago was believed to belong in science fiction has now been brought into the realm of reality by a researcher at UP.
Posted on April 25, 2016
In 2005, the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology implemented a compulsory community-based project module (JCP) for all its undergraduate students. This year 1 820 students enrolled for the module.
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