Posted on November 01, 2013
The critical shortage of engineers in South Africa cannot be solved only by increasing the intake of students into engineering programmes, but also by supporting their success. The University of Pretoria
Posted on November 01, 2013
UP athletes, including the London 2012 Olympic medallists, ventured into another competition beyond the sports field by participating in a cooking competition. The athletes set the University of Pretoria
Posted on October 30, 2013
A winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry started his academic career at the age of 15 at the University of Pretoria in Afrikaans. Much has been said about Prof Michael Levitt in the past three weeks since he was named joint winner of the prestigious
Posted on October 30, 2013
If marketing can be compared to the adhesive between an organisation and its customers, the work done by the public relations team of a prestigious company like Porsche SA is quick-drying superglue. Last week, second-year marketing students had the oppo
Posted on October 29, 2013
Of the more than 1 400 pathogens (micro-organisms that can cause disease) that affect humans, about 60% are zoonotic, indicating that the disease can be transmitted from wild and domestic animals to humans. On average, the emergence of new diseases occurs
Posted on October 28, 2013
GRULAC (the acronym for Group of Embassies of Latin America and the Caribbean) attended a two-day conference at the University of Pretoria between 24 and 25 October 2013 with the objective of strengthening cooperation between the GRULAC diplomatic communi
Posted on October 25, 2013
Sharon Smulders, a PhD graduate from the Department of Taxation, has built on UP
Posted on October 25, 2013
Third year students in the Department of Informatics were involved in the successful exhibition of their third year projects to fellow students, staff members and interested industry partners. Students are expected to complete a business system with a ful
Posted on October 25, 2013
At the recent International Society for Plant Pathology (ISPP) meeting in Beijing it was announced that two South Africans (both from the University of Pretoria
Posted on October 24, 2013
A delegation representing four universities in Belgium (Catholic University of Louvain, Universit
Posted on October 24, 2013
The Conversation Groups for individuals living with aphasia and cognitive-communication disorders in the Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, University of Pretoria held their annual Open Evening on 16 October. The Groups comprise indivi
Posted on October 22, 2013
By thinking out of the box and exploring the idea to place business and community development in a box, an international student at UP studying industrial engineering has made it to a list of young movers and shakers on the continent. Hasan Darwis, a f
Posted on October 17, 2013
The Head of the University of Pretoria
Posted on October 17, 2013
Professor Sarah Howie, Director of the Centre for Evaluation and Assessment at the University of Pretoria, has been appointed by the Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga, to serve on the Ministerial Committee of Education to investigate the curren
Posted on October 16, 2013
Prof Sandra Waddock recently arrived in South Africa for a month-long visit at the invitation of Prof Derick de Jongh, Director of the Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership. Sandra is currently the Galligan Chair of Strategy, the Carroll School
Posted on October 16, 2013
A study on how managers in information technology (IT) companies in South Africa perceive and manage virtual workers, awarded Dr Karen Luyt the prestigious Emerald Best International Dissertation Award. Dr Karen Luyt received a PhD in Organisation Behavio
Posted on October 15, 2013
The Department of Nursing Science partnered with various stakeholders, including the Department of Health and the University of Limpopo, to take a massive HIV/Aids awareness screening campaign to the Kopanong taxi rank in Hammanskraal. The main purpose wa
Posted on October 14, 2013
Prof Sheryl Hendriks, Director of the Institute for Food, Nutrition and Well-being and associate professor of Food Security in the Department of Agricultural Economics, Rural Development and Agricultural Extension at the University of Pretoria is one of o
Posted on October 14, 2013
The Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) at the University of Pretoria, hosted the annual FOFA event from 9 to 13 September. The FOFA project began in 2005 with the objective of empowering people in South Africa with severe commun
Posted on October 11, 2013
A study about the competencies required by business rescue practitioners, earned Prof Marius Pretorius of the Department of Business Management the best qualitative paper award at the annual Southern Africa Institute for Management Scientists (SAIMS) Conf
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