Posted on December 03, 2013
The Head of the Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Pretoria, Prof Josua Meyer, has received an award by the World Education Congress as Best Professor in Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering.
Posted on December 03, 2013
Wishing you and your family love, peace, and joy this Holiday Season and in the New Year.
Ons wens u en u gesin liefde, vrede en vreugde toe gedurende die Feestyd en in die Nuwe Jaar.
Re lakalet
Posted on November 27, 2013
Deputy Minister of Health, Dr Gwen Ramokgopa, celebrated the launch of the latest edition of The Human Skeleton in Forensic Medicine authored by Prof Maryna Steyn, a physical anthropologist and the Director of Forensic Anthropology Research Centre, based
Posted on November 27, 2013
Students of the Tourism Management Division hosted two Save the Rhino events. The first was an exhibition in the Merensky Library of the University of Pretoria in October where ceramic rhinos, painted by students and lecturers, were showcased. The second
Posted on November 25, 2013
Prof Norman Duncan, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at UP, is one of the editors of a new thought-provoking book on racism, entitled Race, Memory and the Apartheid Archive: Towards a Psychosocial Praxis. The book, co-edited by Professor Garth Stevens an
Posted on November 22, 2013
The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) has awarded Professor Robin Crewe the prestigious Gold Medal for Outstanding Meritorious Service at the launch of the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship at the University of Pretoria. It is only the se
Posted on November 21, 2013
The Faculty of Education launched seven new books on 6 November 2013. The books flowed from the pens of a number of productive staff members in the Faculty.
Posted on November 21, 2013
Posted on November 15, 2013
PhD student, Laura Danga, from the Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership at the University of Pretoria was awarded the BEST YOUNG WATER SCIENTIST 2013 in the poster category of the 14th WaterNet/WARFSA/GWP-SA Symposium. She was one of 30 young
Posted on November 15, 2013
The newly refurbished Burns Unit, managed by the University of Pretoria
Posted on November 15, 2013
The University of Pretoria has extended its cooperation with Jamaica to include the development of sport. This followed a visit to the University of Pretoria
Posted on November 12, 2013
The methodology for compiling a new global index of the
Posted on November 12, 2013
Engineering and Technology was the main focus regarding the formalising of academic ties between the University of Pretoria (UP) and Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) in Nigeria. The formal relationship of the two institutions was sealed
Posted on November 12, 2013
The 12th of November is annually celebrated throughout the continent as African University Day. This follows the decision by the Organization of African Unity (OAU), now African Union (AU) in 1994 to inaugurate this day to sensitize people on the role of
Posted on November 07, 2013
Speaking on the first day of a two-day conference on the effective implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo posed the question as to why this treaty has had so little traction in Afric
Posted on November 07, 2013
Prof Sunil Maharaj who holds the SENTECH Chair in Broadband Wireless Multimedia Communications (BWMC) in the Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering was the winner of The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) THRIP Award in their Advanced Hi-Tech Research Category for his...
Posted on November 05, 2013
Leading academic in the field of national tourism destination competitiveness, Prof Geoffrey Crouch, of La Trobe University in Australia, recently visited UP to consult on the research project awarded to the Tourism Management Division by the National Dep
Posted on November 04, 2013
Although mathematics has long been intertwined with the biological sciences, an explosive synergy between biology and mathematics is happening. For the past few decades this has contributed greatly to the enrichment and extension of both fields. As JE Coh
Posted on November 01, 2013
Prof Stephanie Burton, Vice-Principal for Research and Postgraduate Studies, recently led a UP delegation to visit universities and tertiary institutions in Romania. Included in the delegation was Prof Irma Eloff, Dean of Education, Prof Elsab
Posted on November 01, 2013
The University of Pretoria selected one dean and 11 heads of departments to partake in UP’s prestigious Programme in Academic Leadership (PAL), presented by the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS). The programme focuses on the context of academic leadership, people development and...
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