Posted on August 05, 2019
In the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, universities are expected to be central actors of scientific, social and technological change in the drive for innovation and economic growth. It is against this background that countries are enhancing their competitiveness by strengthening...
Posted on August 05, 2019
The new UP Mobile App has been launched with great features for staff, students, alumni and visitors. These features are available to users via different profiles, which can be changed by the users.
Posted on August 05, 2019
Adverse Childhood Experiences and child abuse do not receive the necessary attention and assessment they require from society. This was the collective view of experts from the USA and South Africa at a recent colloquium hosted by UP's Department of Early Childhood Education in collaboration with...
Posted on August 04, 2019
The University of Pretoria’s Jazz Ensemble and the DiTeboho Quartet blew some heat into the Hatfield Precinct at the first instalment of Jazzed UP Thursday evenings at News Café recently.
Posted on August 02, 2019
Universities in South Africa need to rediscover their higher purpose For over two decades South African higher education has been dominated by three successive and contending waves of thinking and organisation. They are: neo-liberal managerialism the decolonialisation of knowledge and, most...
Posted on August 01, 2019
Walking into a local clinic in Malawi you will be faced with images calling for men to take a more active role in the health of children and mothers. Some of the messages boldly challenge what we consider to be normal, explicitly stating: “Exclusive breastfeeding is a husband’s...
Posted on August 01, 2019
The University of Pretoria Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control (UP ISMC) co-hosted the 5th Southern African Malaria Research Conference with the South African Medical Research Council (MRC) at the University’s Future Africa Campus last week.
Posted on July 31, 2019
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, is pleased to announce that Prof Michelo Hansungule has been re-elected as Commissioner under the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ). This will be the third term Prof Hansungule will serve as a ICJ Commissioner. Election is done by...
Posted on July 30, 2019
While the rest of the world is experiencing the so-called golden age of statistics, it has been declared a discipline in crisis by the South African Department of Science and Technology and the National Research Foundation, said Professor Andriëtte Bekker, Head of the Department of Statistics at...
Posted on July 30, 2019
The University of Pretoria has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with China’s Liaoning Technical University. This comes after bilateral institutional agreements existing between the universities for nearly 20 years.
Posted on July 30, 2019
Two researchers from the Malaria Parasite Molecular Laboratory in the Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology at the University of Pretoria (UP), Dr Jandeli Niemand and Dr Dina Coertzen, received travel scholarships to attend the Setting our Sights on Infectious Diseases Conference...
Posted on July 29, 2019
Carbon tax is likely to be an effective way of mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, which lead to climate change and have negative consequences for human life. But the carbon tax that’s been introduced in South Africa could cost jobs, unless people acquire skills that can be used in sectors...
Posted on July 29, 2019
The TuksRes Festival will be hosted by the University of Pretoria’s Department of Residence Affairs and Accommodation on 3 August, at the Hillcrest Sport Campus and Uitspan.
Posted on July 29, 2019
Prof Terry Aveling from the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences at the University of Pretoria recently won the award for the best paper presentation at the 32nd International Seed Testing Association Congress in Hyderabad, India.
Posted on July 25, 2019
Knowledge production by universities requires the participation of all, said UCT's Professor Francis Nyamnjoh during a panel discussion at the 'Unsettling Paradigms – The Decolonial Turn in the Humanities Curriculum at Universities in South Africa' conference held recently at UP's Future...
Posted on July 25, 2019
Professor Josef Wieland, Vice-President for Research at Zeppelin University, Germany, visited the Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership (ALCRL) from 15 to 18 July 2019.
Posted on July 24, 2019
Many central banks are rethinking their approach to the environmental and social impact of their operations. This is because their decisions can affect people’s access to housing, healthcare, education, work, adequate food and water and the security of their pensions.
Posted on July 24, 2019
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Posted on July 24, 2019
Professor Tawana Kupe, Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria, was unanimously elected Chairperson for Africa at the Annual General Meeting of the Australia-Africa Universities Network. The meeting was hosted by the University of Mauritius recently.
Posted on July 23, 2019
University of Pretoria (UP) Vice-Principal: Academic, Professor Noman Duncan, and the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology recently celebrated the completion of a pilot run for a new UP Career Mentorship Programme.
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