Staff member elected as President

Posted on September 20, 2012

Prof Karel Stanz, Head of the Department of Human Resource Management, is the new President of the Society for Industrial and Organisational Psychology in South Africa (SIOPSA) for the term 2012/2013.

New inter- and trans-disciplinary MA programme in African-European Cultural Relations

Posted on September 20, 2012

An exciting new inter- and trans-disciplinary MA programme in African-European Cultural Relations is being launched by the Faculty of Humanities under the leadership of the Department of Modern European Languages at the beginning of 2013.

Law Clinic represents UP at Carnegie 3

Posted on September 20, 2012

Two attorneys from the Law Clinic, Soretha Venter and Patricia Erasmus, attended the "Carnegie 3 - Strategies to Overcome Poverty and Inequality" Conference in Cape Town from 3 to 7 September 2012.

Unique training for urology health professionals developed at the University of Pretoria

Posted on September 20, 2012

The Department of Nursing Science at the University of Pretoria and the Urology Hospital, Pretoria, concluded an agreement on 17 September 2012 to develop and present unique training courses to healthcare professionals responsible for patients requiring u

Prof Bob Millar receives an A2 rating at the NRF Awards

Posted on September 19, 2012

The Director of the Mammal Research Institute at the University of Pretoria, Prof Robert Millar was among 22 leading South African researchers who received A-ratings which are at the apex of the ratings awarded by the National Research Foundation (NRF). T

Launch of University of Pretoria's new Energy Research Initiative

Posted on September 14, 2012

The University of Pretoria launched its new Institutional Research Theme on Energy (IRT on Energy) on Thursday, 13 September 2012. This exciting new research initiative will coordinate research conducted in the faculties of Engineering, Built Environment

Women honoured at institute

Posted on September 13, 2012

Women were in the spotlight at the Gordon Institute of Business Science with a debate on the plight of women in South Africa and globally featuring some highly respected figures. Jay Naidoo, a founding member of Cosatu and the chairperson of the Global Al

GIBS DBA degree gets full international accreditation

Posted on September 13, 2012

The University of Pretoria's Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) degree has been accorded full international accreditation by the London-based Association of MBAs (AMBA) for a five-year renewable term