Posted on July 16, 2015
Following a programme review and extensive industry feedback, the format of the GfK programme in Marketing Research offered by the Department of Marketing Management at the University of Pretoria (UP) will be changed in 2016.
Posted on July 15, 2015
Prof Theo van Wyk was appointed Director of the Department UP Arts in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Pretoria earlier this year.
Posted on July 15, 2015
The Parent-Child Programme focusses on exploring caregiver–child relationships, behavioural techniques and working with children and adolescents with special needs related to mental health.
Posted on July 14, 2015
With the increasing resistance of parasites and micro-organisms to commercially available anti-parasitic and antimicrobial drugs, the need to find treatments that improve animal and human health is fast becoming a necessity.
Posted on July 14, 2015
A new law protecting adolescents from being arrested and tried for consensual sexual activity was signed by President Jacob Zuma on 3 July 2015.
Posted on July 13, 2015
University of Pretoria (UP) Profs Zander Myburg, Nigel Bennett and Dr Thulani Makhalanyane were winners of National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF)-BHP Billiton Awards.
Posted on July 10, 2015
Prof Willie Burger and Irene Raath discuss 'Onderwêreld', the Afrikaans book prescribed for Grade 12 learners, on the program Prontuit on KykNet.
Posted on July 10, 2015
Prof Johann Kirsten, Head of the Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development was recently appointed as the Editor of Agrekon, published by Taylor and Francis and indexed by Scopus and Web of Science. He succeeds Prof André Jooste who was Agrekon editor since 2010.
Posted on July 09, 2015
The University of Pretoria’s Centre for Sustainable Malaria Control (UP CSMC) and the French Embassy in Pretoria co-hosted a workshop to explore the potential of a joint research programme using remote sensing.
Posted on July 09, 2015
Akani Simbine won the 100 m at the World Student Games in a time of 9,97 seconds!
Posted on July 08, 2015
They are called extremophiles - microorganisms that can survive under extreme conditions such as in the Namib Desert or the Antarctic Dry Valleys.
Posted on July 08, 2015
Friday 3 July saw the end of a very busy and action-packed week for TuksSport as 9 different sports codes were competing in their respective USSA tournaments across the country.
Posted on July 07, 2015
The Street Medicine in Tshwane Inner City project recently initiated by the Department of Family Medicine will provide basic medical care to those living and sleeping on the streets.
Posted on July 03, 2015
What does stress really do to our bodies? While we all understand the symptoms of the stress response, few of us know what the underlying physiological mechanisms are.
Posted on July 02, 2015
A panel at a recent forum held at the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), in collaboration with Dimension Data, discussed the characteristics of disruptive businesses and what sets them apart in a competitive business world.
Posted on July 01, 2015
Dr Christine Steyn, of the Department of Anatomy and Physiology in the Faculty of Veterinary Science, is one of only a few people doing research on the anatomy of this shy animal.
Posted on July 01, 2015
The University is pleased to announce the appointment of Prof Vinasan (Vinny) Naidoo as Deputy Dean: Research and Postgraduate Studies in the Faculty of Veterinary Science with effect from 1 August 2015.
Posted on July 01, 2015
The Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria welcomes the Swaziland Supreme Court’s order to immediately release human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko and magazine editor Bheki Makhubu.
Posted on June 30, 2015
The Centre for Human Rights is pleased to announce the recent election of two alumni of its LLM/MPhil programme in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa to two institutions of the African Union (AU).
Posted on June 29, 2015
The evolution of information has brought its own set of challenges and ethical questions, such as questions about ownership, privacy, the ‘digital divide’ and e-waste.
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