UP EXPERT OPINION: Analyst’s article devoid of analytical thinking he accuses his critics of lacking

Posted on February 27, 2023

In his Business Day column on 27 February 2023, Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship's (CAS) Research Fellow Professor Adekeye Adebajo reflects on the political analysis environment in South Africa.

UP EXPERT OPINION: #BudgetSpeech2023 – Yes, indeed, but....

Posted on February 27, 2023

UP researchers in the Energy Economics Unit write that the proposed incentives for renewable energy and rooftop solar mentioned in the 2023 Budget Speech, could deepen the South African economy’s inequalities.

UP Senate Conference: How the tide must turn for curriculum transformation

Posted on February 22, 2023

UP faculties took stock of lessons learnt and what still needs to be done to recognise and embrace different forms of knowledge at the University’s Senate Conference on Curriculum Transformation.

UP and Aviro Health launch app for diabetes management

Posted on February 21, 2023

UP’s Diabetes Research Centre, in partnership with Aviro Health, has launched the Aviro Pocket Clinic app to assist community healthcare workers to work digitally with patient information.

UP EXPERT OPINION: When two elephants fight: how the global south uses non-alignment to avoid great power rivalries

Posted on February 20, 2023

Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship Senior Research Fellow Professor Adekeye Adebajo writes on the renewed trend of non-alignment by the 'global south' in response to conflict between the major global economic powers.

UP Senate Conference: ‘Tinkering at the edges of change’ will not deliver curriculum transformation

Posted on February 17, 2023

"We can be known as the African university capable of having the most difficult of conversations, of not tinkering with the edges of change, and of looking at the past with compassion,” said Professor Siona O’Connell of UP’s School of the Arts.

NSFAS decision regarding cap on accommodation

Posted on February 17, 2023

UP is disappointed in NSFAS’ decision to place a R45 000 cap on accommodation funding as this will place the financial burden on students and the University. We're monitoring the situation and will deal with the issues within our available resources.

Top matriculants honoured at UP Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Merit Awards

Posted on February 17, 2023

SA’s top matric achievers touched base with like-minded students at this year’s Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Merit Awards. The award grants recipients funding for their undergraduate studies.