Posted on May 13, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic – and the resulting lockdowns – have had a major impact on research at institutions across the world, and universities in particular.
Posted on May 12, 2020
The University of Pretoria’s Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) has again been ranked as the top South African and African business school for executive education by the Financial Times in their Executive Education 2020 Ranking.
Posted on May 12, 2020
As the world battles the COVID-19 pandemic, it seems prescient that, in early 2019, the World Health Organization declared 2020 the Year of the Nurse and Midwife.
Posted on May 12, 2020
My friend (I’ll call him Jon) shared with me an incident that happened to him last week. He was on a video call at home when his daughter ran in (on screen), howling, with a bloodied elbow. While tears from a seven-year-old aren’t remarkable, what is remarkable is how Jon’s team...
Posted on May 11, 2020
The University of Pretoria’s (UP) Professor Sonali Das, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences’ Department of Business Management, has been elected into the International Statistical Institute (ISI).
Posted on May 11, 2020
The University of Pretoria (UP) has received 14 nominations in the 2019/2020 National Science and Technology Forum’s (NSTF) prestigious NSTF-South32 Awards.
Posted on May 10, 2020
When South African president Cyril Ramaphosa announced a nationwide lockdown on 23 March, academic institutions were faced with a new reality and concerns about how to resume the academic year.
Posted on May 08, 2020
A collaboration between local schools and students at UP’s Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology is finding innovative ways to ensure that teaching and learning continue online while the country is in lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19.
Posted on May 08, 2020
The University of Pretoria resumed classes online on Monday 4 May, with thousands of students logging on from across South Africa and more than 20 countries globally. This semester is set to continue online until the end of June 2020.
Posted on May 08, 2020
A data analysis conducted by four University of Pretoria (UP) academics has found a correlation between lower temperatures and the faster spread of the COVID-19 virus.
Posted on May 07, 2020
An academic from the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Pretoria (UP) has developed a series of animated videos that aim to educate the public about COVID-19, which has infected more than 3,5 million people globally and claimed the lives of more than 247 000.
Posted on May 07, 2020
A team of astronomers from South Africa and the USA has used the MeerKAT telescope to solve a longstanding puzzle in ‘X’-shaped radio galaxies by observing a galaxy called PKS 2014-55 that’s situated 800 million light years away from Earth. Previous studies of these unusual...
Posted on May 07, 2020
The ability to think outside the box is going to be crucial for every administrator who hopes to help revive the sporting industry in South Africa after the coronavirus pandemic, says TuksSport Acting Director Toby Sutcliffe.
Posted on May 06, 2020
The University of Pretoria’s (UP) Professor Christiaan Bezuidenhout from the Faculty of Humanities has been selected as a principal candidate for the Fulbright South African Research Scholar Program (SARSP) for the 2020-2021 academic year.
Posted on May 06, 2020
The University of Pretoria’s (UP) Faculty of Health Sciences received a donation of 600 tablet devices valued at R2.4 million from Aspen Pharmacare to facilitate access to online resources for needy students. The donation will ensure that students will have access to their course material,...
Posted on May 05, 2020
Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria (UP) Professor Tawana Kupe has encouraged students to stay in touch with their faculties in the event that they need additional support, as classes go online this week.
Posted on May 05, 2020
A report recently released by the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) reveals that the University of Pretoria (UP) had the highest number of per capita research publication outputs among the 25 South African public universities in 2018.
Posted on May 04, 2020
UP academic Dr Marc Wegerif is calling on the government to provide emergency relief for informal food traders and the establishment of a “social safety net” to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 lockdown.
Posted on May 04, 2020
The University of Pretoria Museums (UP Museums) is set to launch its first online newsletter in celebration of International Museum Day (IMD) on 18 May.
Posted on May 04, 2020
University of Pretoria (UP) dentistry lecturer Dr Samantha Arnold is one of 11 000 students who were recently awarded their qualifications in absentia during a virtual ceremony necessitated by the global COVID-19 pandemic.
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