UP Pre-University Academy learners take part in global knowledge-sharing initiative

Posted on June 28, 2022

28 learners from the UP-PUA took part in a global knowledge-sharing initiative that gave learners the chance to discuss university life with students from five countries around the world: South Africa, India, Morocco, USA, & Iraq.

UP’s flagship high school learner-aimed JuniorTukkie programme goes virtual

Posted on June 27, 2022

The team behind UP’s JuniorTukkie programme – which helps high school learners do better at school and prepare for university life – now supports even more learners through their free jTOnline e-learning platform.

UP’s Onderstepoort Animal Blood Bank: How donor animals are saving other animal lives

Posted on June 07, 2022

Since the 1990s the Onderstepoort Animal Blood Bank (OABB) has been the saving grace of many dogs, cats, and even prized stud sheep, horses and cattle in need of life-saving blood transfusions.

50 Mamelodi youth sponsored by UNICEF attend first course on entrepreneurial skills at Mamelodi Business Hub based at UP

Posted on June 02, 2022

Fifty aspirant youth entrepreneurs from the community are taking part in the first entrepreneurial course fully funded by UNICEF at the Mamelodi Business Hub in association with UNICEF South Africa and Price Waterhouse Coopers.

UP prof and students undertake climate change campaign with help of spekboom

Posted on June 01, 2022

A UP professor and his third-year conservation ecology students have embarked on a novel campaign to contribute to carbon dioxide reduction in the atmosphere – by growing spekboom in non-recyclable coffee cups.

House Khutso to champion edible food garden

Posted on May 31, 2022

The gardens around the women’s residence at House Khutso are set to get a new addition. Work on creating an in-house food garden started in April, after joint planning from residents and UP landscape architecture students.

UP students’ Bunnies of Hope project brings joy to 100 kids

Posted on May 23, 2022

Staying true to the spirit of giving, Occupational Therapy students at UP recently participated in an outreach initiative called the Bunnies of Hope Easter project that brought joy to more than 100 children at Happy Sabby Day-Care in Daspoort.

Improving Southern Africa’s ability to detect the next pandemic

Posted on May 15, 2022

Delegates from 12 countries recently gathered at the Future Africa Institute at UP to share knowledge that will assist in planning not only for future emerging diseases but also current neglected diseases. The workshop was hosted by the Southern Africa Bat Research Network, led by UP’s Prof...