Posted on January 10, 2019
The University of Pretoria was proud to host 2016 Chemistry Nobel laureate Sir Fraser Stoddart recently, when he spoke at UP’s Future Africa campus. In his lecture, Sir Fraser said that, to be successful as academics, teachers should prioritise their students’ needs and put them ahead...
Posted on January 09, 2019
“For as long as I can remember, when growing up I was the kid in the playground that would organise everyone together to make sure no one was left out. I was a class rep in high school, the youngest-ever Head Boy in that school. I was Head Boy in Grade 8 because they used a system where you...
Posted on January 08, 2019
Zanele Mahlangu (23), a Chemical Engineering graduate from the University of Pretoria, is the only South African chosen as a Schwarzman Scholar to pursue a one-year master’s degree in China in 2020.
Posted on January 07, 2019
Learning isn’t a spectator sport. Students need to make what they learn a part of their everyday lives, and tutorials are an excellent way to achieve this at tertiary level. When properly designed, tutorials can be spaces where students, who are grouped in smaller numbers, can be guided to...
Posted on January 07, 2019
With the rapid advances in genetics and genomics technology, and the many benefits that come with it, South Africa needs to develop policies, regulations and guidelines to address the implications of genetics and genomics work.
Posted on December 20, 2018
After nine years at the helm, University of Pretoria Vice-Chancellor and Principal Professor Cheryl de la Rey will be leaving the university at the end of December 2018. Often described as a visionary, she helped steer UP to greater heights during her tenure. Ahead of her departure for New...
Posted on December 19, 2018
Agricultural sectors across Africa need their own green revolution building on local knowledge and culture, as well as a green disruption building on new digital and other technology. This was the call made by Professor Louise Fresco, President of the Netherlands’ Wageningen University...
Posted on December 19, 2018
A delegation from China’s Nanjing Audit University met recently with representatives of the University of Pretoria to discuss extending the institutions’ exchange agreement, which has been in place for eight years.
Posted on December 19, 2018
A panel discussion held at the University of Pretoria earlier this year debated the $25 billion (R356 billion) turnover flowing into for-profit publishers of academic research. After a very vibrant and interactive discussion, all participants and delegates agreed that the universal open...
Posted on December 18, 2018
Prof. Cheryl de la Rey, Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria, was honoured with a Science Diplomacy Award during the Department of Science and Technology’s fourth Science Forum South Africa, held from 12 to 14 December in Pretoria.
Posted on December 18, 2018
A delegation from the University of Exeter met recently with senior academics from the University of Pretoria (UP) to discuss areas of collaboration in inter-disciplinary and trans-disciplinary fields.
Posted on December 17, 2018
The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) has announced that Prof. Robert Millar, Director of the Centre for Neuroendocrinology in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Pretoria, is one of two prize-winners in Medical Sciences for 2019 .
Posted on December 17, 2018
The University of Pretoria’s Ruvimbo Samanga, a final-year LLB student and BA Law cum laude graduate, recently became a member of the Women in Aerospace Africa Committee, and that of the Austria-based Space Generation Advisory Council.
Posted on December 14, 2018
It’s nearly time to say a big WELCOME! to all new University of Pretoria (UP) first-year students – you are about to begin one of the most memorable and significant journeys of your life! We know that the start of your time at university is exciting not only for you, but also for your...
Posted on December 14, 2018
Two University of Pretoria (UP) academics have received prestigious A-1 ratings by the National Research Foundation (NRF) for 2018, bringing the number of UP scientists rated in the A category to 14.
Posted on December 14, 2018
Dr Eddie Michel, a research fellow in the Department of Historical and Heritage Studies at the University of Pretoria, was recently awarded three prestigious research grants from presidential foundations in the United States. Dr Michel will use the grants – from the Gerald R Ford, Harry S...
Posted on December 14, 2018
Two internationally renowned researchers from the University of Pretoria (UP), Prof Mike Wingfield and Prof Bernard Slippers, have been included on the 2018 Web of Science’s list of the world’s most highly cited researchers.
Posted on December 13, 2018
A Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) between the University of Pretoria (UP) and the Animal Feed Manufacturers Association of South Africa (AFMA) to the value of R50 million for the establishment of a feed mill research facility was officially signed on 11 December 2018.
Posted on December 13, 2018
In recognition of Professor Cheryl de la Rey’s contribution to the University of Pretoria, the University is proud to announce that the Tuks Scholarship Fund will henceforth be known as The Professor Cheryl de la Rey Scholarship Fund. Prof De la Rey has served UP as Vice-Chancellor and...
Posted on December 13, 2018
The African Research Universities Alliance Centre of Excellence for Food Security was recently launched at the University of Pretoria’s Future Africa campus. The theme of the launch was ‘The future of food in Africa’.
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