#UPGRADUATION2024: Four-time UP graduate adds PhD to her name

Posted on September 12, 2024

Congrats to Nina Parry, who’s just graduated from UP for an incredible fourth time! This time she received her PhD for research focused on developing rearing methods for black soldier flies in start-up bioconversion facilities

#UPGraduation2024: University of Pretoria honours higher education and internationalisation scholar Prof Jane Knight

Posted on September 11, 2024

Prof Jane Knight, a leading global scholar in the field of international higher education, research and innovation, has received an honorary doctorate from UP.

UP launches ambitious new Women in Leadership programme

Posted on September 11, 2024

The new Women in Leadership Programme (WLP), launched at the University of Pretoria (UP) on 16 August, sets out to increase the number of women in leadership positions in higher education.

#UPGraduation2024: UP’s fully online programmes celebrate record number of graduates

Posted on September 10, 2024

#UPGraduation2024: UP's fully online programmes continue to make education more accessible, with a record 400 UPOnline graduates receiving their qualifications during UP’s recent Spring Graduation ceremonies.

UP EXPERT OPINION: World Suicide Prevention Day - UP expert on suicide prevention strategies and why we should be talking about them

Posted on September 10, 2024

UP EXPERT OPINION: On World Suicide Prevention Day, we should start talking more about suicide prevention strategies, says Dr Hanlé Kirkcaldy, Clinical Psychologist and Head of the Student Counselling Unit at the University of Pretoria.

Prof Torto inducted as International Fellow of National Academy of Sciences

Posted on September 10, 2024

Prof Baldwyn Torto, an Extraordinary Professor in the Department of Zoology and Entomology at the University of Pretoria (UP), was recently inducted into the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) as an International Fellow.

#UPGraduation2024: Dr Tshinangi Kapya defies the odds and transforms adversity into achievement

Posted on September 09, 2024

Six years ago Tshinangi Fabrice Kapya was working as a car guard at a Pretoria mall. Today he’s a lecturer at the University of Pretoria, and a new PhD graduate.

#UPGraduation2024: Horse-riding training can be reduced by years, says 75-year-old UP master’s graduate

Posted on September 09, 2024

This was the observation of Karin Blignault, a passionate horse rider, author and occupational therapist from Cape Town, who is among the proud graduates at the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Spring Graduation ceremonies. Earning her master’s degree in occupational therapy at the age...