COMMENT: Why PhDs are good – for individuals, and for a country

Posted on December 06, 2019

The Department of Science and Innovation has suggested that universities need to increase their output of PhD graduates to 100 graduates per million people. At the moment South Africa has 46 doctoral graduates per million people.

Consensus studies as a vehicle to ensure ethical evidence-based policy guidance

Posted on December 04, 2019

Scientific enquiry and the communication of science are essential to achieving universal goals related to development. The issue of the ethical conduct of science is sharply under focus concerning the contemporary demand for evidence-based policy.

COMMENT: ‘Many people with disabilities are limited by society rather than by their particular condition’

Posted on December 03, 2019

The International Day for Persons with Disabilities (on 3 December) aims to increase public awareness, understanding and acceptance of people with disabilities, and celebrate their achievements and contributions.

COMMENT: Ending HIV in South Africa: Queer community by queer community

Posted on December 03, 2019

As South Africa commemorated World Aids Day on December 1, the country pledged to renew, rejuvenate and recommit itself to the fight to end HIV.

UP signs up for City of Tshwane Inter-University Innovation Challenge to boost service delivery

Posted on December 02, 2019

The University of Pretoria is participating in an inter-university innovation challenge with Tshwane University of Technology and UNISA in an attempt to help the City of Tshwane with ideas for innovative and efficient service delivery.

WORLD AIDS DAY: ‘Women who have experienced violence are up to three times more likely to contract HIV than those who have not,’ University of Pretoria professor says

Posted on December 01, 2019

World Aids Day is observed annually to bring attention to the pandemic and recognise global efforts to prevent new infections. South Africa has made significant progress in the management of HIV – new infections are down by 36% since 2010 – but there is still much to be done. Along...

COMMENT: There’s been a spike in fake African art. What’s being done to fight it?

Posted on November 29, 2019

The art world has been dealing with fakes for more than 2 000 years, with perhaps the most notorious case being the forgeries of Dutch master Johannes Vermeer’s paintings by artist Han van Meegeren during the Second World War.

UP lecturer, student win SAIIE award for Best Industrial Engineering Paper

Posted on November 29, 2019

“Localising manufacturing related to new technologies brings a host of benefits for the local economy, such as development of skills and increased economic activity, thereby elevating the quality of life,” says Dr George Thopil of the University of Pretoria’s Graduate School of...