Posted on November 30, 2020
On Monday 30, November, the University of Pretoria (UP) officially opened its state-of-the-art Engineering 4.0 facility, which focuses on research on smart transport, cities and infrastructure.
Posted on November 30, 2020
The University of Pretoria’s (UP) 2019 Integrated Sustainable Development Report represents a step towards improving collaboration and forming partnerships, and is the first document of this nature produced by UP after extensive engagement and co-design with leaders at the University.
Posted on November 30, 2020
The transition from student to employee can be daunting, and frequently there’s a lack of work-readiness and guidance, which can place young graduates at a disadvantage as they enter the world of work.
Posted on November 27, 2020
Organisations, interest groups and individuals are hereby invited to nominate three (3) candidates to serve on the Council of the University of Pretoria.
Posted on November 27, 2020
Gender-based violence is a term that constitutes various forms of abuse, and which could occur in teaching and learning spaces, workspaces, residences and public spaces, including at UP.
Posted on November 27, 2020
The Committee consists of 18 independent experts, who are nominated by their countries, and are voted in by a majority of the 196 states that have ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Posted on November 26, 2020
For the first time in the institution’s history, the University of Pretoria (UP) held its annual Academic Achievers’ Awards virtually. By no means, however, was the significance of this prestigious event dampened by what Vice-Chancellor and Principal Professor Tawana Kupe deems to...
Posted on November 26, 2020
University of Pretoria (UP) Vice-Chancellor and Principal Professor Tawana Kupe encourages staff and students to break the silence around gender-based violence through the #SpeakOutUP campaign.
Posted on November 26, 2020
Research by Dr Clarity Ropafadzo Mapengo, who recently graduated from UP has found that infrared energy can be used to make starch in foods like maize meal less digestible, thereby promoting satiety and potentially decreasing the risk and incidence of diabetes and obesity.
Posted on November 26, 2020
Concepts such as Engineering 4.0 can be realised with projects that seek to improve the crop of civil engineers available in South Africa. One such effort is the national road materials reference and training laboratory under construction at the University of Pretoria.
Posted on November 26, 2020
Concepts such as Engineering 4.0 can be realised with projects that seek to improve the crop of civil engineers available in South Africa. One such effort is the national road materials reference and training laboratory under construction at the University of Pretoria.
Posted on November 25, 2020
UP student Tanya Šafrová is calling on the UP community to heed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s call to mourn the individuals who have lost their lives to COVID-19 and gender-based violence.
Posted on November 25, 2020
World’s Children Day on 20 November and Disability Awareness Month in November presented an opportune time to reflect on how the experience of COVID-19 has brought into greater light the urgent need to affirm, protect and realise the rights and well-being of children with disabilities.
Posted on November 24, 2020
Dr Chris Oosthuizen, an alumnus of UP’s Department of Zoology and Entomology and a research associate with UP’s Marion Island Marine Mammal Programme, was recently awarded the Population Ecology Young Author Award.
Posted on November 23, 2020
“The multidisciplinary Centre for Transport Development is providing evidence-based research to make smart a reality.”
Posted on November 23, 2020
University of Pretoria student Bianca Gevers has won the Young Persons’ Lecture Competition in South Africa, while also placing second in the Young Persons’ World Lecture Competition.
Posted on November 20, 2020
What does your leader identity look like? To answer this question, UP's Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences hosted a webinar on the topic under the theme ‘The Importance of Trying on a Leader Identity’.
Posted on November 20, 2020
A number of countries have successfully harnessed the digital revolution to enable broader socio-economic development. But South Africa has fallen behind.
Posted on November 19, 2020
The University of Pretoria (UP) in conjunction with New York University (NYU) recently hosted a panel discussion on the ‘Future of Higher Education’ and further discussed the role of global cross-institutional and cross-sector partnerships in leading opportunities for the future of...
Posted on November 17, 2020
The Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology at UP has been formally designated as a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for the prevention of deafness and hearing loss.
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