Posted on March 24, 2022
“It’s time to regain the momentum lost in our fight towards the eradication of TB.” – UP’s Prof Veronica Ueckermann on renewing research efforts to end TB, which have largely been sidelined by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Posted on March 24, 2022
Prof Elsabé Loots explores how the sanctions against Russia following its invasion of the Ukraine could be the new impetus for the Chinese yuan to move up the reserve currency ladder.
Posted on March 23, 2022
The aim of the bursary is to continue the legacy of the retired Deputy Chief Justice Moseneke by supporting the studies of a new generation of African law students to advance the vision of a liberated, non-racist and non-sexist South Africa and Africa.
Posted on March 23, 2022
School feeding programmes in SA were the subject of discussion during a recent UP-hosted webinar. “The National School Nutrition Programme is successful, but it could drive change,” said Dr Marc Wegerif, senior lecturer in Development Studies at UP.
Posted on March 22, 2022
“The publication is not only an opportunity for other tertiary institutions to learn from UP’s successes, but also for critical engagement with peers at UP and elsewhere so that the quality of instruction at UP can be continuously improved.”
Posted on March 22, 2022
Speaking at the launch, UP Vice-Chancellor and Principal Professor Tawana Kupe thanked the Oppenheimer family for supporting research in under-resourced fields.
Posted on March 22, 2022
A study led by researchers at the University of Pretoria (UP) has found that people who believe that others are complying with COVID-19 regulations are more likely to comply as well.
Posted on March 21, 2022
We are proud to be part of building the South Africa envisioned in our Constitution, in ways reflected in our outlook, culture, policy, vision and mission.
Posted on March 19, 2022
At UP we are fortunate to have 11 highly functional libraries serving all our faculties and we are constantly innovating ways to encourage our students to become enthusiastic readers.
Posted on March 18, 2022
Mzuvukile Skwatsha, a PhD student in the Department of Economics, was elated when he was named second runner-up in the postgraduate category of the Nedbank and Old Mutual Budget Speech Competition.
Posted on March 15, 2022
UP recently hosted a panel discussion to mark the release of the World Bank inequality report, which found that South Africa is the most unequal country in the world.
Posted on March 15, 2022
“Sustainable development is integrated and hardwired into the University strategy” – Dr Brian Chicksen, Advisor to the Executive at UP, during a recent virtual capacity-building workshop centred on the Sustainable Development Goals.
Posted on March 11, 2022
The establishment of the African Centre for the Study of the United States-UP as a premier African knowledge-creation hub and think-tank will contribute to bridging the knowledge deficit for Africa in its relations and engagements with the US.
Posted on March 11, 2022
Scientists have studied wild carnivores roaming protected areas for a long time, but predator numbers in unprotected areas remained unclear until recently. In Platjan, Limpopo, where farmers share the land with leopards and other predators, researchers led by Philip Faure have now tracked these...
Posted on March 10, 2022
UP has launched SDSN South Africa, a national network for the UN’s Sustainable Development Solutions Network, which mobilises global scientific and technological expertise to promote practical solutions for sustainable development.
Posted on March 10, 2022
Dr Marion Leiberich, veterinarian and postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Veterinary Wildlife Research of the Faculty works in the field of wildlife research & conservation and she also loves running. What then is better than to combine her two passions and to run for conservation?
Posted on March 10, 2022
Two early-career scientists, Drs Jarishma Gokul and Khumbuzile Bophela from the University of Pretoria (UP)’s Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, were selected as InspiringFifty South Africa winners for 2021.
Posted on March 09, 2022
Some of Africa’s brightest stars who are part of this year’s MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program were recently welcomed to UP at a launch event on Hatfield campus.
Posted on March 09, 2022
The University of Pretoria Pre-University Academy (UP-PUA) recently held two Excellence Pivot Orientation sessions at UP’s Mamelodi and Groenkloof campuses to begin preparing school-goers for the transition to tertiary education.
Posted on March 09, 2022
UP is set to host the SA Mining Extraction, Research, Development and Innovation Research Centre for Mechanised Mining Systems, which will conduct research to modernise the mining sector.
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