Posted on August 21, 2019
Prof Berendien Lubbe as lead researcher on a project has been awarded substantial EU-funding on the Erasmus Plus Capacity Building in Higher Education programme for a three-year period commencing in 2020.
Posted on August 21, 2019
In the seventh interview of our #WomenofUP series this August we speak to trailblazer Khathochelo Mbanda who is Team and Operations Manager of the University of Pretoria (UP) Football Club.
Posted on August 21, 2019
Faculty vets, Dr Katja Koeppel and Dr Dorianne Elliott once again provided the Faculty with a success story when they rescued a female black-footed cat and her kittens with a cesarean section
Posted on August 21, 2019
Until mid-2015 German governments had simply denied the genocide in Namibia. After acknowledging the historical realities, bilateral negotiations between the German and Namibian governments resumed at the end of 2015. So far no official results have been announced.
Posted on August 20, 2019
Final-year Hospitality Management students cooked up a storm for a special dinner hosted by the Department of Consumer and Food Sciences at the Future Africa restaurant, using indigenous ingredients foraged from the Future Africa Campus.
Posted on August 20, 2019
The Motsepe Foundation, in partnership with the University of Pretoria (UP), will launch the inaugural Universities in Dialogue series at the Future Africa Campus on Tuesday, 20 August.
Posted on August 19, 2019
Dr Jandeli Niemand from the Malaria Parasite Molecular Laboratory in the Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology at the University of Pretoria (UP) has won a prize for her poster entitled: “The use of phenomics to generate mode of action fingerprints of antiplasmodial...
Posted on August 19, 2019
In the sixth interview of our #WomenofUP series for Women’s Month we profile Linda-Louise Meyer, Manager of the University’s Security Services control room. Her role is to take care of the safety of staff and students on UP campuses.
Posted on August 19, 2019
Excitement was the order of the day as about 14 000 prospective students (grade 12 learners), their families and friends from across the country attended the University of Pretoria’s #ChooseUP Day on Saturday, 17 August.
Posted on August 16, 2019
University of Pretoria doctoral candidates, Analike Blom van Staden and Bianca Fibrich won big at the 2019 South African Women in Science Awards.
Posted on August 16, 2019
The answer is simple: because your success matters. We’re one of the world’s top universities, so you’ll be one of the world’s top graduates. This means you will always be able to achieve the best for yourself.
Posted on August 16, 2019
Primarashni Gower spoke to Vice-President of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics Professor Nithaya Chetty about the state of science.
Posted on August 15, 2019
Professor Shose Kessi, Acting Dean in the Humanities Faculty at UCT, highlighted the link between art, representation and everyday consciousness at a recent lecture, titled “Towards a Decolonial Psychology: Defining and Confining Symbols of the Past”.
Posted on August 15, 2019
In the fifth interview of our #WomenofUP series for Women’s Month we profile Professor Ana Naidoo, Deputy Director: Academic Development of Students in the Department for Education Innovation.
Posted on August 15, 2019
In accordance with the provisions of the Statute and the approved Institutional Rules of the University of Pretoria, Convocation members are invited to nominate suitable candidates to fill the vacant position of President of the Convocation for a five-year term.
Posted on August 15, 2019
Prof Zander Myburg, Director of the Forest Molecular Genetics Programme in the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute at the University of Pretoria, recently received the prestigious Biotechnologist of the Year Award from the Institute of Forest Biosciences.
Posted on August 15, 2019
The Journal of Decolonising Disciplines was launched at a recent conference, titled “Unsettling Paradigms – The Decolonial Turn in the Humanities Curriculum at Universities in South Africa”.
Posted on August 14, 2019
With a career spanning 35 years, Professor Saloshna Vandeyar is still at the top of her game and her nomination for Standard Bank’s Top Women Awards is testament to this.
Posted on August 14, 2019
The University of Pretoria is now home to a spectacular 13-metre sculptural public artwork – the RMB THINK Bench, a contemporary functional piece designed to celebrate and encourage innovative and collaborative thinking.
Posted on August 13, 2019
A project that connects informal brick makers with companies that produce ash as a by-product has won Enactus University of Pretoria second place at a national competition where 15 other universities competed.
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