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  • South Africa's first Library MakerSpace opens at the University of Pretoria

    Posted on April 13, 2015

    The Department of Library Services at the University of Pretoria (UP) became the first library in South Africa to open a Library MakerSpace – a creative laboratory where people with ideas can get together with people who have the technical ability to make these ideas become a reality.

  • UP presents research results to national Department of Tourism

    Posted on April 10, 2015

    The Tourism Management Division presented the final results of a two-year research study, entitled A Model to Measure South Africa’s Tourism Competitiveness at the National Department of Tourism’s annual Tourism Research Seminar. The event is hosted to showcase funded research...

  • Equality around sexual orientation and gender identity in South Africa – still a pipe dream?

    Posted on April 09, 2015

    When he opened the 13th Out in Africa Gay and Lesbian Film Festival in March 2007, the Deputy Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court, Dikgang Moseneke, said three important things.

  • UP’s research conserves valuable museum collection

    Posted on April 07, 2015

    Priceless Iron Age artefacts from the Unesco World Heritage Sites of Mapungubwe and K2 have been conserved and are being exhibited by an expert team of specialists and researchers from the University of Pretoria.

  • 2015 World Health Day focuses on Food Safety

    Posted on April 07, 2015

    Food safety is internationally recognised as one of the most important risks to public health and food security.

  • Prof Mashudu Tshifularo lauded at international conference

    Posted on April 02, 2015

    Prof Mashudu Tshifularo, Head of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology (ear, nose and throat studies, ENT) at the University of Pretoria (UP), is widely recognised as one of the best ENT specialists in the country.

  • UP-Tuks 1 lose out on Varsity Cup final

    Posted on March 31, 2015

    The biggest irony of UP-Tuks’ nail-biting defeat against NWU-Pukke on Monday in the 2015 Varsity Cup semi-finals is ‘that we were not beaten by a better team. We simply lost to ourselves, making it so much harder to fathom’.

  • Thinking out of the dam: pipeline power

    Posted on March 31, 2015

    ‘People think that because South Africa is a dry country, there is not a lot of opportunity for hydropower,’ says water engineer Marco van Dijk, ‘but it is actually low-hanging fruit.’

  • Prof Stella Anyangwe elected to Board of Directors of WADEM

    Posted on March 31, 2015

    Prof Stella Anyangwe has been elected as Director for the Africa Region on the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM) Board.

  • TuksJudo dominates USSA championships

    Posted on March 31, 2015

    Fifty-three judokas from eight universities converged at the University of Pretoria Sports Campus to participate in the 2015 University Sports South Africa (USSA) National Institutional Judo Championships.

  • Antimicrobial resistance – a global concern

    Posted on March 31, 2015

    Harmful microbes have become increasingly resistant to antimicrobial agents during recent years, with the result that common bacterial infections are no longer effectively treated.

  • Hosting Prof Brenda Louw – what a privilege!

    Posted on March 30, 2015

    The Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (CAAC) had the honour of hosting Prof Brenda Louw from 8–21 March 2015.

  • TuksRowing records strongest USSA rowing sprints performance

    Posted on March 27, 2015

    TuksRowing participated in the University Sports South Africa (USSA) Rowing Sprints regatta in Misverstand, Cape Town this past weekend, 20- 22 March 2015.

  • TuksAthletics continues unbeaten streak

    Posted on March 27, 2015

    TuksAthletics arrived in Potchefstroom on 24 March 2015 hoping to defend their unbroken streak as winners of the Varsity Athletics Series since the inception of the competition.

  • UP excels in the SAICA January 2015 ITC

    Posted on March 27, 2015

    The Chartered Accountancy students of the University of Pretoria have once again delivered an exceptional performance in the January 2015 Initial Test of Competence (ITC) of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA).

  • Department of Nuclear Medicine lauded by the International Atomic Energy Agency

    Posted on March 26, 2015

    The Department of Nuclear Medicine at the University of Pretoria received accolades from the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency who recognised the Department for its extensive research into improving the lives of cancer patients and the training offered to medical nuclear...

  • UP-Tuks 1 to face NWU-Pukke in the semi-final

    Posted on March 24, 2015

    It could be a blessing in disguise that UP-Tuks take on NWU-Pukke, and not Maties, in the Varsity Cup semi-finals at the Tuks Stadium on Monday night.

  • World Social Work Day

    Posted on March 24, 2015

    The Department of Social Work and Criminology recently commemorated World Social Work Day and highlighted their discipline’s contribution to society by organising a seminar on the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Hatfield Campus.

  • Discovering the hidden history in pottery shards

    Posted on March 24, 2015

    A new faculty research theme in the Faculty of Humanities will aim to rebuild the history and gain a better understanding of the peoples of southern Africa by analysing elements of UP's extensive pottery collection.

  • “Melodiously uplifting winds”

    Posted on March 24, 2015

    The University of Pretoria Wind Band, known as the Symphonic Winds, was formed in 2012 to take the place of the esteemed Concert Ensemble.

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