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
South Africa’s premier campus radio station wants YOU!
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.
Posted on July 23, 2019
The Department of Statistics at the University of Pretoria (UP) recently hosted its first graduate learning camp aimed at addressing the shortage of a new generation of practitioners in academic statistics.
Posted on July 23, 2019
In terms of the Institutional Rules for the Election of the President of the Convocation of the University of Pretoria, the Executive Committee of the University has decided that a further opportunity will be granted to the Convocation to nominate candidates for election as President of the...
Posted on July 22, 2019
The Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria, in conjunction with the Simon Nkoli Collective, the Faculty of Humanities, the Department of Sociology and the Centre for Sexualities, AIDS and Gender at UP, launched a photographic exhibition showcasing the political activism of the late...
Posted on July 22, 2019
Library Special Collections Book of the Week (22 July 2019) Celebrating 30 years of Johnny Clegg: Spirit is the Journey.
Posted on July 22, 2019
A UP PhD student in microbiology, Itumeleng Baloyi, was recently awarded the first prize for the best poster presentation at the Phytochemical Society of Europe and Young Scientist Meeting 2019 in Budapest, Hungary.
Posted on July 22, 2019
The Faculty of Law at UP is proud to announce that LLB alumna Ruvimbo Samanga has been appointed from March 2019 to March 2021 as the National Point of Contact for the Zimbabwean Space Generation Advisory Council in support of the UN Programme on Space Applications. Samanga is currently an LLM...
Posted on July 22, 2019
A new book, 'Bonding in Worship: A Ritual Lens on Social Capital in African Independent Churches in South Africa', co-authored by UP Professor Cas Wepener has been published by Peeters Press in Leuven, Belgium.
Posted on July 19, 2019
Michelle Oelofse took home the prestigious award which is given to selected university students and university staff of junior lecturer status.
Posted on July 18, 2019
After years of relative silence, debates about the pros and cons of tariffs in international trade have become a regular feature.
Posted on July 17, 2019
People around the world annually commemorate the memory of Nelson Mandela’s 67 years of service to humanity by encouraging each other to contribute just 67 minutes of their time to projects that have a positive impact on people’s lives.
Posted on July 17, 2019
Professor Mashudu Tshifularo, Head of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Pretoria made international news headlines when he pioneered the world’s first middle ear transplant using 3D-printed bones. We spoke to him and his patient...
Posted on July 16, 2019
Rather than seeing it as something that needs to be managed, the University of Pretoria (UP) sees the 4IR as a rare opportunity to steer society in new and better directions – and this includes reimagining and positively transforming higher education.
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