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  • Eskom

    Posted on March 18, 2013

    Pretoria, 18 March 2013. With state-owned electricity provider Eskom scrambling to resolve the problems besetting its Medupi Power Station and running a multi-million rand campaign urging South Africans to save energy, the question being asked is whether

  • TUKS reacts to Varsity Cup dispute

    Posted on March 17, 2013

    The University of Pretoria (UP) wishes to state its position regarding the dispute declared by Varsity Cup and provide further clarification in response to press reports over the past few days, including a press statement from Varsity Cup itself. Dispu

  • Tourism research knows no boundaries

    Posted on March 15, 2013

    Representatives from the Department of Historical and Heritage Studies and the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology were invited to present their research findings of a study at a Research Colloquium of the National Department of Tourism (NDT) on 12

  • The world marks Glaucoma Week

    Posted on March 12, 2013

    World Glaucoma Week takes place from 10 to 16 March 2013 and it is a time that we, as eye healthcare workers globally, commit to raise awareness and demystify this condition, often referred to as a

  • TuksRugby: UP-Tuks 1 significant step closer to play-offs

    Posted on March 12, 2013

    UP-Tuks 1 are a significant step closer to the 2013 Varsity Cup semi-finals after beating UJ on Monday in a true 80-minute Johannesburg thriller. Fortune changed hands twice in the last four minutes after UJ first took the lead for the very first time

  • Health and well-being of UP students in the spotlight

    Posted on March 07, 2013

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  • Tourism Management takes students

    Posted on March 05, 2013

    The Tourism Management Division has a North-South-South Student Mobility Programme and Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Oulu in Finland. The MoU was signed in 2005 and focuses on collaboration in the fields of tourism managemen

  • National Department of Tourism makes bursaries available for postgraduate studies in Tourism Management

    Posted on March 05, 2013

    The Memorandum of Understanding signed between the National Department of Tourism (NDT) and the University of Pretoria in 2012, establish a formal basis of cooperation in support of tourism research and skills development activities between the NDT and UP

  • Professor Juan Bornman delivered her inaugural address

    Posted on March 05, 2013

    The Faculty of Humanities would like to congratulate Professor Juan Bornman, who delivered her inaugural address on 21 February 2013.

  • SARChl Chair in Sustainable Malaria Control awarded to UP

    Posted on March 04, 2013

    UP is one of the leading institutions in malaria research in South Africa, recognised for its focus on malaria parasite biology, functional genomics, structure-based drug discovery efforts, innovative vector control strategies and public health and commun

  • University of Pretoria conducts lifestyle research for diabetic patients

    Posted on March 01, 2013

    The University of Pretoria

  • UP receives SARChl Chair in Mathematical Models and Methods in Bioengineering and Biosciences

    Posted on March 01, 2013

    The University is proud to be the recipient of the SARChl Chair in Mathematical Models and Methods in Bioengineering and Biosciences. Prof Jean M-S Lubuma, a renowned mathematician who is currently the Head of the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mat

  • Promoting academic growth in Accounting in emerging economies

    Posted on February 27, 2013

    Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (Deloitte) and the International Association for Accounting Education and Research (IAAER) announced the Deloitte IAAER Scholarship Program on 13 February 2013 naming five Associate Professors from Brazil, Indonesia, Polan

  • Paediatric UPdate 2013 a highlight on the calendar

    Posted on February 25, 2013

    Over the coming weekend, from 1 to 3 March 2013, the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health at the University of Pretoria will be hosting the highlight on the Department

  • Debate on drug control and the realisation of the right to health

    Posted on February 22, 2013

    It was a gentle clash of ideas at the Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, when two distinguished personalities, Mr Stephen Lewis, codirector of AIDS-Free World, and Mr Mandiaye Niang, Regional Representative for the United Nations Office on Drugs and

  • UP Water Institute receives four research chairs from Rand Water

    Posted on February 22, 2013

    Water is second only to air in importance to life. The University of Pretoria (UP) subscribes to this view and is therefore proud to announce that the UP Water Institute, which is recognised internationally for quality education and research in water, was

  • Prestigious AU award for Prof Mike Wingfield

    Posted on February 22, 2013

    Prof Mike Wingfield, Director of the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI) in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, has been awarded the prestigious African Union (AU) Continental Scientific Award in the Life and Earth Scien

  • INSiAVA shines at Photonics West, California

    Posted on February 22, 2013

    INSiAVA was a first time exhibitor at the SPIE Photonics West exhibition, held 5-7 February 2013 in San Francisco, California, USA. The official number of attendees exceeded 20,000.

  • International Mother Language Day - Why do we celebrate mother language?

    Posted on February 21, 2013

    The 21st of February is a significant day for the languages of the world. This day is celebrated throughout the world as International Mother Language Day. The day dates back to 1999, when UNESCO

  • Attitudes to African languages biggest hindrance to growth

    Posted on February 20, 2013

    African languages will continue to decline unless they are seen to be important in providing access to economic opportunities. This is the view of Professor Emeritus Vic Webb, head of Linguistics at the University of Pretoria (UP), speaking on Internation

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