Posted on October 15, 2019
According to Prof Norman Duncan, Vice-Principal: Academic, “It is University Social Responsibility Month, so this was an ideal time to launch the Random Acts of Kindness campaign. Kindness, caring, generosity and social bonding or solidarity are part of how we live THE UP WAY.”
Posted on October 15, 2019
The electronic voting process will commence on Monday, 7 October 2019, at 09:00 and will end on Monday, 21 October 2019, at 16:00.
Posted on October 15, 2019
Professor Roula Inglesi-Lotz from the Department of Economics was elected as one of the two co-chairs of the South African Young Academy of Sciences (SAYAS) at the Academy’s annual general meeting, held on 9 October 2019.
Posted on October 14, 2019
As part of the University of Pretoria’s University Social Responsibility Month, a group of UP students and lecturers last week shared information about their community engagement work in displays at UP’s Hatfield Campus.
Posted on October 14, 2019
Food security is a major issue in Africa. About 20% of the African population is undernourished, with sub-Saharan Africa being the worst hit by food insecurity. Of the 821 million people who are undernourished in the world today, about a third are in Africa. Of these, 90% are in sub-Saharan Africa.
Posted on October 14, 2019
Kyle Venter, an MSc (Agric) student in animal science in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Pretoria (UP), has been given the Best Student Nutrition Poster Award for 2019 by the Animal Feed Manufacturers Association (AFMA).
Posted on October 14, 2019
The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that the 2019 edition of the Pretoria Student Law Review (PSLR) will soon hit the shelves, and conveys its appreciation to the Editorial Board and contributors for their dedication to this journal. The Faculty also wishes to...
Posted on October 12, 2019
A film about the life and death of former University of Pretoria Professor Johan Heyns, who was assassinated in 1994, won the 2019 South African Short Documentary of the Year Award at the recent Jozi Film Festival.
Posted on October 11, 2019
Professor Rashid Hassan, Emeritus Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Pretoria (UP), has been awarded the International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE) 2020 Boulding...
Posted on October 10, 2019
The University of Pretoria’s Vice Principal for Research and Postgraduate Education, Professor Stephanie Burton, has been elected President of the Royal Society of South Africa, the first woman to hold the position in the organisation’s 111-year history.
Posted on October 10, 2019
The University of Pretoria (UP) has joined forces with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to successfully develop a vaccine against avian influenza using tobacco plants, bypassing the many biosafety risks involved with using traditional live vaccine viruses.
Posted on October 10, 2019
Congratulations go out to the University of Pretoria’s TuksNetball team for their victory over the Maties (Stellenbosch University) team in a 48-43 win in the Varsity Netball final.
Posted on October 09, 2019
In 2007 the then President of China, Hu Jintao, delivered a speech to South Africans acknowledging the benefits of a strategic partnership. He also stressed that the connection is not merely pragmatic. It must, he argued, serve to honour and deepen the countries’ long abiding friendship in...
Posted on October 09, 2019
October is Mental Awareness Month and various events have been planned at the University of Pretoria.
Posted on October 08, 2019
Tuks FM has won a 2019 Small Business Award, hosted by CV-Magazine, for Best Campus Radio Station in South Africa.
Posted on October 08, 2019
October 2019 is University Social Responsibility Month. As part of an awareness-raising process, we invite you to take a photograph that illustrates you (or your team) being socially responsible and enter the University Social Responsibility Photo Competition. This can be campus operations,...
Posted on October 08, 2019
The Whale Unit of UP's Mammal Research Institute is conducting its annual aerial survey of southern right whales to establish the health of the whale population.
Posted on October 07, 2019
Would you like to change your life by putting your skills and knowledge to good use? Do you have the ability to think creatively? Would you like to be your own boss? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you may have what it takes to become an entrepreneur.
Posted on October 07, 2019
A study by the McKinsey Global Institute reports that 50% of companies believe that automation will decrease their numbers of full-time staff by 2022, and robots will replace 800 million workers across the world by 2030.
Posted on October 07, 2019
Prof Annet Wanyana Oguttu, Professor of tax law in the Department of Taxation and the African Tax Institute, has been recognised among a group of trailblazing women who have made significant contributions to the profession. The honour was bestowed by the International Fiscal Association (IFA) at...
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