Posted on April 20, 2015
The BLOODHOUND SSC Project is a global engineering adventure that uses the possibility of setting a 1 000 mph (1 600 km/h) world land speed record to inspire the next generation to become interested in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Posted on April 20, 2015
With most of the world’s population now living in cities, the sustainable management of urban areas has become one of the most important development challenges of our time.
Posted on April 20, 2015
The Faculty of Theology is glad to have a postdoctoral couple, Dr Corneliu C. Simut and his wife Dr Ramona Simut from Romania, studying in the Faculty for their two-year postdoctoral tenure from November 2014 to October 2016. The Simuts are two of ten postdoctoral fellows currently enrolled at...
Posted on April 20, 2015
The Faculty of Theology at the University of Pretoria signed a Memorandum of Cooperation for an exchange programme with a German institution.
Posted on April 20, 2015
Prof Karl E Klare from the School of Law at Northeastern University, Boston, USA, was honoured with an honorary doctorate in law (LLD honoris causa).
Posted on April 17, 2015
The Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria (UP) is appalled and deeply concerned about the recent recurrence of xenophobic violence, particularly in KwaZulu-Natal, and also about its persistence and widespread nature and severity.
Posted on April 16, 2015
Prof Jenny Hoobler of the Department Human Resource Management received the Best Paper Proceeding Award for the 75th Academy of Management conference, to be held in Vancouver, Canada in August 2015.
Posted on April 16, 2015
Prof Jan de Groof, a vocal supporter of the right to education worldwide and role-player in many aspects of education and law, has called on the South African government to account for its citizens, especially with regard to the right to education.
Posted on April 15, 2015
Researchers at the University of Pretoria (UP) are building a new prototype device for turning the sun’s energy into electrical power.
Posted on April 14, 2015
The University of Pretoria (UP), including its business school, the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), will award degrees to 10 465 graduates at this year’s Autumn Graduation Ceremonies.
Posted on April 14, 2015
The Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership (ALCRL) has been successful in securing funding from the UK High Commission through their Prosperity Fund Programme(PFP) to establish a Centre of Excellence in Integrated Reporting at the University of Pretoria.
Posted on April 14, 2015
Mopanie beat three time champions Vishuis from the University of the Free State 29-23 in a pulsating final played at Shimla Park in Bloemfontein.
Posted on April 14, 2015
A workshop on 'Pollination and Threats to Pollinators', funded by the National Research Foundation (NRF) and the Royal Society (UK), was recently hosted by the University of Pretoria (UP).
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.
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...
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.
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.
Posted on April 07, 2015
Food safety is internationally recognised as one of the most important risks to public health and food security.
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.
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’.
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