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
Posted on August 17, 2021
“It’s very important for women to uplift each other,” says UP graduate Shilpa Ranchod, a researcher in radio astronomy. She chats about what inspired her career choice and about women in science supporting one another.
Posted on August 17, 2021
UP’s new Diabetes Research Centre, the first of its kind at a public academic institution, takes a holistic approach to addressing the challenges around the disease, from prevention to care.
Posted on August 16, 2021
UP alumnae Mankhuwe Caroline Letsoalo and Zenia Pero’s paper on the decolonisation of the LLB curriculum in historically white universities has won the first prize of the Yunus Mohamed Public Interest Award for Law, Business and Ethics.
Posted on August 16, 2021
South Africans have been found to tend towards flocking instead of taking flight as a resilience response. This is according to Professor Liesel Ebersöhn, a professor in UP's Department of Educational Psychology.
Posted on August 16, 2021
South Africans have been found to tend towards flocking instead of taking flight as a resilience response. This is according to Professor Liesel Ebersöhn, a professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Pretoria (UP) and Director of the University’s Centre for...
Posted on August 13, 2021
“One of the ways to truly combat the issues faced by women is to make respect the foundation of everything.” – Gernia van Niekerk, Manager of Community Engagement at UP.
Posted on August 13, 2021
As part of a UP Transformation Office initiative, Natasha Allie, Acting CEO of the Adelaide & Oliver Tambo Foundation, and attorney Thandiwe Matthews discuss how advocates of women’s rights in SA can be more meaningfully honoured.
Posted on August 13, 2021
Research being conducted by UP’s Prof Este van Marle-Koster can help farmers selectively breed more productive animals, improving food security, while conserving the features that make breeds such as the Nguni cow special.
Posted on August 12, 2021
“There are indeed significant silver linings that have emerged that can help institutions shape a successful future.” – UP VC Prof Tawana Kupe discusses lessons learned and advances made in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Posted on August 11, 2021
University of Pretoria (UP) Fine Arts student Sinead Page is using the art of bead-making as a bonding experience for occupants of Reliable House, a safe haven for homeless men who want to escape the effects of substance abuse.
Posted on August 11, 2021
Over 700 unique works from the University of Pretoria Museums can now be enjoyed virtually from anywhere in the world.
Posted on August 11, 2021
UP’s Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital (OVAH) in the Faculty of Veterinary Science has invested in the latest device to test deafness in dogs, and is currently testing 20–30 dogs per month, most of which are puppies.
Posted on August 10, 2021
“Men who believe that women need to be under the leadership of men need to unlearn such beliefs.” – Newly appointed EMS Faculty Dean Prof Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu on championing the advancement of women in the workplace.
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