March 14, 2026
Malaria by the numbers: The fight against a deadly disease
Every year on 14 March, the world celebrates the International Day of Mathematics. The day was proclaimed by UNESCO in 2019 and first celebrated in 2020. It...
March 13, 2026
UP scholar represents SA in African Futures Research Leadership Programme
Dr Assilah Agigi-Mocke, a senior lecturer in the Department of Business Management at the University of Pretoria (UP), was recently selected to represent both...
March 12, 2026
Practising Sustainable Lesson Study: Meeting between JICA, DBE and the UP Lesson Study Centre
On 10 March 2026, we were pleased to welcome representatives from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Department of Basic Education (DBE)...
March 12, 2026
From ‘Life Sucks’ to ‘Embrace Life’: UP Academic Opening Service challenges community to seize every moment
“What if the Bible’s most pessimistic book is actually its most honest and its most hopeful?” With this arresting provocation, Professor Dirk Human set a...
March 12, 2026
What an academic experience! UP students at the World Association of Lesson Studies (WALS) conference in Hiroshima, Japan
A total of eight UP MEd and PhD students attended the World Association of Lesson Studies (WALS) conference in Hiroshima, Japan, on 9-13 November 2025. The...
March 12, 2026
Energy PhD Research Lab launches with a classic in resource economics
Last week, the SARChI Chair in Just Energy Transition and the University of Pretoria’s Energy Economics Research Unit (EERU) hosted the first session of the...
March 12, 2026
Reflection by Veruska Uys, an exchange student on the Erasmus+ Programme, Howest University of Applied Sciences
Dear reader, My name is Veruska Uys, and I am a student from the University of Pretoria, South Africa. I had the extraordinary opportunity to represent my...
March 12, 2026
Tower at Javett-UP: Re-Imagined with Two New Exhibitions
The Javett Art Centre at the University of Pretoria ( Javett-UP) is excited to announce two new exhibitions opening on 24 March 2026. The exhibitions provide an...
March 11, 2026
UP celebrates 118 years in Cape Town, bringing together past and present leadership
The University of Pretoria (UP) marked its 118th anniversary in Cape Town on Tuesday, 10 February 2026, welcoming alumni, partners and friends to an Alumni &...
March 11, 2026
UP student selected for prestigious global talent programme in Singapore
The Department of Accounting at the University of Pretoria proudly celebrates Kutlwano Peta, a Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting Sciences student, who was...
March 11, 2026
Lötter bags a second hat trick of victories at the SA Open Water Champs
It's no longer a secret what Callan Lötter does on the second weekend in March; she wins gold medals. This past weekend, during the South African Open Water...
March 11, 2026
UP’s NextGen Open Day allowed learners to become heroes of the future
What will happen if Earth's resources are destroyed by a meteorite to the point that we need to rebuild life, restore hope, and stand up from the ashes? The...