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A panel discussion held at the University of Pretoria earlier this year debated the $25 billion (R356 billion) turnover flowing into for-profit publishers of academic research. After a very vibrant and interactive discussion, all participants and delegates agreed that the universal open access model is preferable to the traditional subscriptions model. Combined with open data, it would make science more efficient, accessible and affordable for all.

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A delegation from China’s Nanjing Audit University met recently with representatives of the University of Pretoria to discuss extending the institutions’ exchange agreement, which has been in place for eight years.

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Prof. Cheryl de la Rey, Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria, was honoured with a Science Diplomacy Award during the Department of Science and Technology’s fourth Science Forum South Africa, held from 12 to 14 December in Pretoria.

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A delegation from the University of Exeter met recently with senior academics from the University of Pretoria (UP) to discuss areas of collaboration in inter-disciplinary and trans-disciplinary fields.

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The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) has announced that Prof. Robert Millar, Director of the Centre for Neuroendocrinology in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Pretoria, is one of two prize-winners in Medical Sciences for 2019 .

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The University of Pretoria’s Ruvimbo Samanga, a final-year LLB student and BA Law cum laude graduate, recently became a member of the Women in Aerospace Africa Committee, and that of the Austria-based Space Generation Advisory Council.

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It’s nearly time to say a big WELCOME! to all new University of Pretoria (UP) first-year students – you are about to begin one of the most memorable and significant journeys of your life! We know that the start of your time at university is exciting not only for you, but also for your parents and family.

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Two University of Pretoria (UP) academics have received prestigious A-1 ratings by the National Research Foundation (NRF) for 2018, bringing the number of UP scientists rated in the A category to 14.

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Dr Eddie Michel, a research fellow in the Department of Historical and Heritage Studies at the University of Pretoria, was recently awarded three prestigious research grants from presidential foundations in the United States. Dr Michel will use the grants – from the Gerald R Ford, Harry S Truman and Lyndon B Johnson foundations – to expand the source base for his research project entitled “The Whites are there to stay! The United States and apartheid South Africa, 1948-1994”.

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Two internationally renowned researchers from the University of Pretoria (UP), Prof Mike Wingfield and Prof Bernard Slippers, have been included on the 2018 Web of Science’s list of the world’s most highly cited researchers.

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A Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) between the University of Pretoria (UP) and the Animal Feed Manufacturers Association of South Africa (AFMA) to the value of R50 million for the establishment of a feed mill research facility was officially signed on 11 December 2018.

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In recognition of Professor Cheryl de la Rey’s contribution to the University of Pretoria, the University is proud to announce that the Tuks Scholarship Fund will henceforth be known as The Professor Cheryl de la Rey Scholarship Fund. Prof De la Rey has served UP as Vice-Chancellor and Principal since 2009 and will take up a new post as Vice-Chancellor of New Zealand’s University of Canterbury.

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The African Research Universities Alliance Centre of Excellence for Food Security was recently launched at the University of Pretoria’s Future Africa campus. The theme of the launch was ‘The future of food in Africa’.

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The University of Pretoria signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Montpellier University of Excellence (MUSE) on 12 December 2018.

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The University of Pretoria (UP) and Wageningen University & Research (WUR) in the Netherlands have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate in a number of areas over a five-year period. With this agreement both universities agreed to strengthen their mutual collaboration in exchanging students and staff, joint research programmes and other activities. The signing ceremony took place 11 December at the Netherlands Embassy in Pretoria.

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Four University of Pretoria scientists conducting research in sub-Saharan Africa are among a group of 14 women who were recently awarded fellowships by the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Regional Programme.

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Mozambique energy company Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM) attended a Leadership Programme for Directors at Enterprises University of Pretoria (Enterprises UP), led by Prof Ann de Boer, a renowned specialist in Whole Brain® thinking and management.

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Students at the University of Pretoria’s Information Design Department had the opportunity to showcase innovative apps that they developed, and which all tap into a social need, to a packed Merensky Library auditorium. The showcase was themed “Designing a Sustainable Future for Africa” and was held to create awareness about the role that technology, particularly mobile technology, plays in our everyday lives

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Former Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke was awarded an honorary doctorate at the University of Pretoria’s Centre for Human Rights Graduation Ceremony on Friday. The event, at which degrees were awarded to students in human rights, commemorated 100 years since the birth of former President Nelson Mandela, and 70 years since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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According to Amnesty International, human rights continue to deteriorate. CIVICUS – an umbrella body for a global alliance of civil society organisations – observes that the civil society space is shrinking. Human rights activists and social justice movements face an uphill battle.

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