The University of Pretoria (UP) bid goodbye to its Vice Chancellor and Principal, Prof Calie Pistorius and his wife, Prof Michele Olivier, who will in September this year join the University of Hull in the United Kingdom as Vice Chancellor.
The Council of the University of Pretoria, the Senate and the Institutional Forum recently bade farewell to the Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria, Prof Calie Pistorius. He will be taking up the Vice-Chancellor position at Hull Un
Prof Sibusiso Vil-Nkomo, Executive Director at the University of Pretoria, was recently inaugurated as Honorary Colonel at Regiment Northern Transvaal.
Renowned photographer, Roger Ballen, will be delivering a public lecture on his latest book, Boarding House, on Tuesday, September 22.
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Don't miss the Mexican Concert, possibly the last of the Ibero Music Festivals for the year, on 18 September.
The Annual Principal
Wednesday 21 October is international Open Access Day when the world will be celebrating the advantages of open access to knowledge in general and to scholarly communication in particular.
One of the greatest discoveries of gold treasures on the African continent, the thousand year old Mapungubwe archaeological gold collection goes on public display at the Mapungubwe Museum in Pretoria from 29 October 2009.
The banking group Investec has announced that they will contribute a large amount to certain Junior Tukkie projects of the Client Service Centre.
The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria was honoured to host a prestige lecture on which occasion the outgoing Justices of the Constitutional Court, Chief Justice Pius Langa and Justices Yvonne Mokgoro, Kate O
The University of Pretoria honoured six of its Alumni at the prestigious Laureate Awards Ball on Saturday, November 14.
Approximately 8600 first year students have been admitted to the University of Pretoria for the 2010 academic year in line with admission targets already reached in September 2009 and no late admissions will be accepted. An existing waiting list will be u
This year the University of Pretoria will focus the attention on plagiarism. The aim will, however, be to provide as much information as possible to students rather than purely enforcing the rules.
The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) is hosting the sixth African Science Academy Development Initiative (ASADI) conference which will focus on improving access to energy this year. The conference will be held in Somerset West, Western Cape from
The Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria Prof Cheryl de la Rey, addressed the audience at the Homecoming Revolution event held in London on 20 March 2010.
The South African Journal of Science, which has been fully open access since last year, has taken its next major step
The popular science magazine Quest is launching an interactive website to make science more accessible and exciting for learners.
The University of Pretoria (UP) honoured its academic achievers and researchers to recognise their commitment to quality education and research.
Academic freedom has been debated in South Africa for many decades, mostly as a result of violations by apartheid-era policies. After almost 16 years as a democratic nation, the academic freedom debate remains as relevant as ever, with several much-public
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