Posted on June 20, 2019
The University of Pretoria (UP) significantly improved its standing in the QS World University Rankings 2020 released on Wednesday. UP improved its global position in two of the six indicators, thus placing it among the top 52% universities in the QS rankings and among the top five South African...
Posted on June 20, 2019
Enterprises University of Pretoria (Enterprises UP) recently held a certificate ceremony at the CSIR International Convention Centre to recognise those who have successfully completed their training programmes and short courses for the 2018/2019 season.
Posted on June 19, 2019
A group of students at the University of Pretoria (UP) has established a community project to introduce an alternative resource, coal ash, to informal brick makers in Pretoria. Project Phoenix is being run in Mamelodi and aims to reduce the amount of coal ash being dumped at landfill sites,...
Posted on June 19, 2019
Enterprises University of Pretoria (Enterprises UP) together with the University of Pretoria (UP), The National School of Government and South African National Parks (SANParks) recently held a certification ceremony at the Saint George Hotel in Sunnyside, Pretoria to honour delegates who...
Posted on June 18, 2019
Wild spaces and the animals in them are disappearing at an alarming rate, according to the recent United Nations (UN) report on the extinction of species.
Posted on June 18, 2019
Eight UP medical students has set out on a 10 000km journey through seven African countries to raise funds for medical supplies. The group left Pretoria on Friday 14 June on what is set to be a 21-day journey; they are due back in South Africa on 6 July.
Posted on June 16, 2019
A Commonwealth Games champion, a World Cup gold medallist, two junior world champions and a current World Cup football player are among the Tuks athletes who will be representing South Africa at the World Student Games in Naples, Italy, next month.
Posted on June 16, 2019
South Africa has just celebrated 25 years of democracy and ushered in its sixth administration with the inauguration of President Cyril Ramaphosa a few weeks ago. Our relatively young democracy mirrors the demographics of South Africa – approximately 37% of our population is defined as...
Posted on June 15, 2019
Botswana’s High Court has ruled that private consensual sex between adults of the same sex is no longer criminal. The decision gives hope to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in African countries that still have similar laws in place.
Posted on June 14, 2019
On 14 June 2019, the University of Pretoria (UP), South African National Parks (SANParks) and the South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA) entered into a heritage agreement regarding the Mapungubwe Collection. The agreement represents the institutions’ continued collective commitment...
Posted on June 13, 2019
As part of its centenary celebrations, the University of Pretoria’s (UP’s) Faculty of Humanities recently hosted a school arts exhibition at the Javett Art Centre at UP. The exhibition showcased young artistic talent from different feeder schools in Gauteng.
Posted on June 11, 2019
With the emergence of climate change, alternative solutions are needed to improve the availability of food. This is particularly true in Africa where most countries rely on rain to water their plants. Consequently, food becomes scarce during periods of drought.
Posted on June 11, 2019
Are you a prospective student interested in selection programmes in the Faculty of Humanities? Are you interested in following a career as an audiologist, speech and language therapist, an artist, an information designer, a musician or in the dramatic and performance arts?
Posted on June 11, 2019
Prof Fransjohan Pretorius’ dedication nets him the Jan H Marais Prize for outstanding contribution to Afrikaans as an academic language.
Posted on June 10, 2019
Professor Siphamandla Zondi, head of the Department of Political Sciences at the University of Pretoria (UP), has been appointed by former Minister of Higher Education and Training Dr Naledi Pandor as chair of the South African chapter of the BRICS Academic Forum (formerly known as the BRICS...
Posted on June 10, 2019
The University of Pretoria (UP) recently hosted the fourth South African-Japanese Conference at UP’s Future Africa campus, in association with Universities of South Africa and other stakeholders.
Posted on June 09, 2019
Vandre Prinsloo is utterly focused on keeping Chuma Msindo standing on one foot in the palm of his hand, which is positioned high above his head. As part of the University of Pretoria’s (UP) cheerleading squad, these two skilled athletes are practising the Cupie move in earnest for an...
Posted on June 07, 2019
It takes just three or four days for a lamb chop to travel from a farm in the Northern Cape, via an abattoir, a wholesaler or meat packer, to a local butcher or retailer, and ultimately on to a plate in a city.
Posted on June 07, 2019
With Tourette’s Awareness Day being commemorated worldwide on 7 June, we caught up with University of Pretoria (UP) honours student Radlyn Naidoo, a BCom graduate who has Tourette’s syndrome, for first-hand insight into his experience of living – and studying – with this...
Posted on June 07, 2019
Long-distance runner Charné Bosman (43) will focus on only one thing on Sunday when she lines up to compete in the Comrades ultra marathon for the seventh time.
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