Research News

  • UP Professor invited to join 2015 Research Grants Call Commissioning Panel

    Posted on October 28, 2015

    Prof Liesel Ebersöhn has been invited by the Economic and Social Research Council and the UK's Department for International Development to serve as a member of the Commissioning Panel for the 2015 call under their Raising learning outcomes in education systems programme.

  • Faculty of Theology presents cross-disciplinary, inter-religious study

    Posted on October 27, 2015

    The Department of Science of Religion in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Pretoria (UP), in association with the Muslim Education Institute Trust (MEIT), recently held a conference on one of the Timbuktu Manuscripts.

  • MoU paves the way for collaboration towards malaria research and elimination

    Posted on October 26, 2015

    The University of Pretoria Centre for Sustainable Malaria Control (UP CSMC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Chinese National Institute of Parasitic Diseases (China CDC).

  • UP Derek Gray Award rewards young scientists

    Posted on October 26, 2015

    The University of Pretoria and Prof Rosemary Gray recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding as partners of the prestigious University of Pretoria (UP) Derek Gray Award.

  • Theology boasts two newly rated NRF scholars

    Posted on October 21, 2015

    The Faculty of Theology has two newly rated NRF scholars in its midst, bringing the total number of NRF-rated researchers in the Faculty to 17.

  • UP master's student wins Tax Thesis Competition

    Posted on October 20, 2015

    Innovative thinking by leaders and up-and-coming talent in the tax field was celebrated and recognised at the national Tax Thesis Competition awards function that was held at Norton Rose Fulbright's Office in Sandton on 8 October 2015. Lara Theron, a student in UP's Department of Taxation, won...

  • A major crisis looms in sport

    Posted on October 19, 2015

    Prof Steve Cornelius has conducted extensive research on the high rate of injury in professional sports and says that sport could be facing a major crisis because of this.

  • Symposium brings together experts from around the world

    Posted on October 15, 2015

    Scientists and industry leaders in plant science recently shared the latest advances in plant breeding at the Second Annual DuPont Plant Breeding Symposium Africa, held at the University of Pretoria (UP).

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