Posted on September 01, 2021
“We must look at how we can achieve inclusive growth and shared prosperity.” – Advisor in the Presidency Dr Gwen Ramokgopa, one of 13 female dignitaries who participated in a UP-hosted dialogue held in honour of Charlotte Mannya-Maxeke.
Posted on August 31, 2021
“We’ve received so much gratitude from our patients, their families and communities; that’s what has kept us going.” – UP’s Prof Veronica Ueckermann, critical care specialist and physician, on her experience of COVID-19 in the wards.
Posted on August 31, 2021
“I strongly believe I was elected because of the stature of the University of Pretoria as a leading African university that is locally, continentally and globally engaged and connected.” – UP Vice-Chancellor Prof Tawana Kupe on his election.
Posted on August 30, 2021
UP recently hosted its recent third annual Women in Science Symposium, which highlighted the efforts of women in shaping a more equal future and recovery from the global pandemic.
Posted on August 30, 2021
"Vaccinate, let us try and heal the nation. Wait, but there’s a debate. People are wondering why we should vaccinate." These are the lyrics of a catchy rap song by UP medical student Rostum Ogbuehi that aims to promote vaccination.
Posted on August 30, 2021
UP is the first higher education institution in Africa to adopt edtech company Blackboard’s Ally software to make its digital courses more accessible to students.
Posted on August 27, 2021
Integration technology “must enhance the actual learning outcomes to facilitate and improve deeper understanding of the content...it must spark creativity in the educator to improve a transformed teaching practice”. – UP lecturer Lizelle le Roux.
Posted on August 26, 2021
“A supportive institutional culture can go a long way to creating conditions for women to be the best they can be in their careers.” – Prof Sandy Africa, Deputy Dean of UP's Humanities Faculty, on gender diversity in the workplace.
Posted on August 26, 2021
Faculty of Health and the Faculty of Veterinary Science hosted experts from various faculties to discuss ways in which they are revaluating and transforming curricula and coming up with sustainable teaching and learning platforms that are aligned with evolving societal needs.
Posted on August 25, 2021
The SALRC hopes to engage young legal minds in generating innovative ideas on issues of law reform through the Legal Writing Competition, which is dedicated to the memory of the late Chief Justice Pius Nkonzo Langa.
Posted on August 25, 2021
“The latest ARWU ranking results are an indication that UP is on track with its pursuit of becoming a research-intensive university,” said the University's Dr Mxolisi Masango.
Posted on August 24, 2021
The University of Pretoria's Hatfield Digital Twin City is a novel initiative that aims to boost service delivery with the help of smart technology.
Posted on August 23, 2021
Meet Prof Ntombizozuko Dyani-Mhango, newly appointed Head of the Department of Public Law in the Faculty of Law – and the faculty’s first black woman professor and head of department.
Posted on August 20, 2021
“Setting up policies isn’t enough: the environment where those policies exist needs to transform. This must be interrogated for change.” – Ntsikie Loteni, UP Transformation Office Director, on effective transformation.
Posted on August 20, 2021
UP Vice-Chancellor and Principal Professor Tawana Kupe presented his virtual Inaugural Lecture in which he interrogated the role of the media in a disrupted society.
Posted on August 20, 2021
Prof Thulani Makhalanyane and Prof Emma Archer say that life found only in Africa, from invisibly tiny microbes to huge mammal herds and our kaleidoscope of plants can give us medicines, technologies and ways to manage climate change.
Posted on August 20, 2021
Researchers in the University of Pretoria’s Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering have surprisingly needed to use the moon to help in their goals of improving solar energy.
Posted on August 19, 2021
Dr Rakeshnie Ramoutar-Prieschl, Head: Research and Development at UP discusses her journey as a female scientist and the challenges she has faced.
Posted on August 18, 2021
Eskom Group Chief Executive André de Ruyter recently presented the 57th Hendrik van der Bijl Memorial Lecture, co-hosted virtually by UP, and spoke about a restructured electricity supply for SA.
Posted on August 18, 2021
Congratulations to UP Vice-Chancellor and Principal Professor Tawana Kupe on being appointed to the governing board of the Association for African Universities, which promotes cooperation among higher education institutions on the continent, and between them and the international academic community
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