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Students from UP have again taken the top position in South Africa with a stunning 99.5% cumulative pass rate for the January and June 2018 Initial Tests of Competence (ITC), the first of two national professional exams for prospective Chartered Accountants (CAs). This is the second year in a row for UP students to come out tops. Last year (2017), we achieved a cumulative pass rate of 98.5%.

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Kofi Annan (80) was an important historical figure who played a critical role in many key events of the 1990s and 2000s. His death is therefore an opportunity to both celebrate his life and to begin honestly assessing his contributions to the world.

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Soon those caps will be flying in the air and university graduates will be entering the workforce. What these new workers may not know is that employers often have an unspoken expectation that graduates arrive job-ready on day one... sounds pretty “reasonable”, right?

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The University of Pretoria (UP) has been included in the top 500 universities in this year’s Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) results. It is one of only four South African universities to be included.

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Within any university context, the publication of articles, chapters and even entire books is a common occurrence, among academics. Senior management assistant in the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Pretoria (UP), Tania Arrison, bucked this trend by writing a chapter in a recent publication, titled I Remember Nelson Mandela.

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As part of the UP Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control’s (UP ISMC), 2018 Malaria Awareness Programme, its postgraduate student forum started the “Malaria is Everyday” initiative. This initiative recognises that people in rural malaria-endemic communities struggle with the reality of malaria daily. This is in addition to other major challenges such as food security and access to clothing.

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A study by researchers into prostate cancer has revealed that black men in South Africa have a higher risk of prostate cancer because of their elevated levels of prostate-specific antigen in the blood. This protein, known as PSA, is produced by both normal and malignant cells in the prostate gland and can signify prostate cancer risk. Prof Riana Bornman, Senior Research Professor at the University of Pretoria’s School of Health Systems and Public Health (SHSPH) and Prof Vanessa Hayes, a genomicist from the Garvan Medical Institute for Medical Research in Sydney, Australia, focused their research on prostate cancer in black Southern African men of Bantu and Khoisan descent, to better understand the possible links between prostate cancer and African ancestry.

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On 9 August 2018, South Africa celebrated National Women’s Day. The day commemorates the 1956 march of approximately 20 000 women to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to petition against the country's pass laws that required South Africans defined as "black" under The Population Registration Act to carry an internal passport, known as a pass, that served to maintain population segregation, control urbanisation, and manage migrant labour during the apartheid era.

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Over the past few decades there has been a growing worldwide interest in examining the relationship between weather and various types of crime. Most research in this area has however produced inconsistent and often paradoxical results. For example, some studies have found no seasonal fluctuations in crime.

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The University of Pretoria Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control (UP ISMC) researchers scooped awards at the recent Southern African Malaria Research Conference held at the National Institute for Communicable Diseases in Johannesburg. Hosted by the South African Medical Research Council, in collaboration with the South African National Department of Health and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariat, the theme of the conference was Malaria Elimination: A Moving Target.

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“Business incubators are important in developing and promoting growth of small enterprises. In the South African context they also drive the transformation agenda and promote economic inclusion to undo the legacy of our past. Their management and operation therefore needs competent individuals capable of developing start-ups into scalable and sustainable enterprises.”

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I’ve got a bit of a reputation. Whether you know it or not, you probably have too. I’m talking, of course, about our online reputation – the image we create of ourselves on the internet. Everything we post – blogs, tweets, photos and videos, likes, links, comments and shares – contributes to our online reputation. So, too, does whatever other people post about us. And anyone who discovers this information will judge us, based on what they see – and may even use it against us.

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Prof Stella Nkomo, former deputy dean for Research and Postgraduate Studies in the University of Pretoria's (UP) Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, has earned the prestigious 2018 Award for Distinguished Service from the Academy of Management (AOM). The award was conferred on her at the organisation's annual meeting in Chicago recently. This lifetime career achievement award recognises long-term, significant contributions in one or more of the following areas: enhancing a field of study; founding or creatively editing a scholarly journal; and unusually effective service to a major professional institution.

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In 2017, the percentage of women in executive positions in Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed companies was about 19%. “At this rate of improvement, it will take 200 years to reach gender equity.” This is according to Prof Jenny Hoobler, Professor of Human Resources at the University of Pretoria (UP), who has been researching the topic of women and workplace issues for over 15 years. She indicates that women are severely under-represented in executive positions in companies in South Africa.

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Dr Vinet Coetzee’s main research objective is to create workable health solutions for Africa that can be used in both hospitals and rural areas. Because access to adequate health facilities is often limited in Africa, she knows her approach has to be different. Using her expertise in various disciplines, she set out to find innovative ways to improve the health and well-being of Africa’s people.

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University of Pretoria researchers are helping save the South African pine industry from the destructive Sirex wasp, through a form of biological control. As part of the South African Sirex Control Programme, they are distributing millions of microscopic worms called nematodes to pine plantations. The programme has drastically reduced Sirex-related pine losses by R404-million, according to Forestry South Africa.

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The South African SDG Hub, hosted by the Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership (ALCRL) at the University of Pretoria (UP), recently launched an SDG publication, aimed at strengthening partnerships between state and non-state actors that are interested in the realisation of the Sustainable Development Goals.

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Nuclear medicine is rapidly facilitating the shift from “trial and error” medicine to personalised medicine, which holds great promise for improved patient outcomes. This was said by Prof Mike Sathekge, professor and Head of the Department of Nuclear Medicine at the Faculty of Health Sciences, at the University of Pretoria and Steve Biko Academic Hospital.

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Every year on Women’s Day we celebrate the strength and tenacity of women, honouring our contribution to democracy and society in general, in commemoration of the Women’s March of 1956, and reflecting on what we still need to do to build a just society for all.

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The University of Pretoria has announced the launch of Tuksnovation, a new high-tech business incubator which will initially support postgraduate students within the Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology (EBIT) Faculty.

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