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  • Project Day: Department of Informatics

    Posted on December 13, 2012

    On 19 October 2012 the Department of Informatics hosted another Project Day for its final year BCom (Informatics) students. Fifteen groups formed part of the exhibition, held in the Sanlam Auditorium.

  • New young and dynamic Head for the Department of Marketing Management

    Posted on December 12, 2012

    Prof Yolanda Jordaan has been appointed as Head of the Department of Marketing Management with effect from 1 January 2013. Prof Jordaan was previously a full professor and C2-rated researcher in the Department of Marketing Management. Apart from her l

  • Conference gathers global thought leaders

    Posted on December 12, 2012

    The 2nd International Conference on Responsible Leadership took place in November 2012 and gathered global thought leaders on responsible leadership nationally as well as internationally. The four-day Africa Leads summit was hosted by the University of

  • Cooperation between students and township entrepreneurs celebrated

    Posted on December 12, 2012

    The Mamelodi Business Clinic in the Department of Business Management hosted a farewell function to celebrate and conclude the very successful Ngezandla Zethu / Tshwane Arts & Crafts Hub mentorship programme at the Ditsong Museum on 30 October 2012.

  • International conference focuses on ending mass atrocities in Africa

    Posted on December 12, 2012

    The Centre for Human Rights, in collaboration with the Department of Political Sciences at the University of Pretoria, convened an international conference from 6 to 7 December 2012, under the overarching theme, Article 4(h) @ 10: How to End Mass Atrociti

  • World Human Rights Moot Court promotes global collaboration and exchange

    Posted on December 12, 2012

    The fourth World Human Rights Moot Court Competition was held from 7 to 10 December at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. The objective of the World Human Rights Moot Court Competition is to promote cooperation and collaboration between law faculti

  • Another honorary doctorate for Prof Mike Wingfield

    Posted on December 12, 2012

    Prof Mike Wingfield, Director of the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI) at the University of Pretoria was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University of British Colombia (UBC) during a graduation ceremony held on

  • Fourth World Human Rights Moot Court Competition held at UP

    Posted on December 10, 2012

    On 7 December 2012 the fourth World Moot Court Competition began with an exciting and eventful opening ceremony, in which participants expressed their diversity by dressing in their respective countries

  • TuksLaw student recipient of prestigious Rhodes Scholarship

    Posted on December 07, 2012

    The Faculty of Law is proud to announce that final year LLB student, Khomotso Moshikaro, has been awarded the prestigious Rhodes South Africa-at-Large Scholarship. This scholarship will enable him to read for an MSc in Law and Finance, and later a Bachel

  • Publication awards for new book from CERU

    Posted on December 07, 2012

    Prof Rudi van Aarde and Dr Robert Guldemond from UP

  • Call for Applications for the Global Economic Governance Capacity Building Workshop for Government Officials and Researchers

    Posted on December 06, 2012

    The International Development Law Unit, Centre for Human Rights, a key advocacy organisation for human rights in Africa, together with the South African Institute for International Affairs, leading foreign policy research institute on the African continen

  • Deputy Judge President of the North Gauteng High Court, Judge Willem van der Merwe, receives Laureate Award

    Posted on December 05, 2012

    Judge Willem van der Merwe was among the six University alumni to be presented with Laureate Awards during November 2012. The Laureate Award is the highest award that alumni or friends of the University can receive from fellow alumni.

  • International Conference on How to End Mass Atrocities in Africa

    Posted on December 05, 2012

    The Centre for Human Rights in collaboration with the Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria, will convene an international conference, 6-7 December 2012, under the over

  • Miss SA did welfare work

    Posted on December 05, 2012

    Miss SA visited the Mohau Children

  • BASF and UP collaborate to create interest in chemistry

    Posted on December 04, 2012

    Around 600 schoolchildren from the surrounding communities experienced the magic of science during the national science week, many for the first time, when leading chemical company BASF held the Kids’ Lab at the University of Pretoria. The programme

  • Professor Emeritus still performs

    Posted on December 03, 2012

    Prof Chris Thornhill, NRF-rated emeritus professor in the School of Public Management and Administration (SPMA), is still very active on international level, although he retired 12 years ago.

  • Tribute to the late Jakes Gerwel by Hein Willemse of the Department of Afrikaans, UP

    Posted on November 29, 2012

    Professor G.J. (Jakes) Gerwel (66) passed away on Wednesday, 28 November 2012. He was a professor in Afrikaans literature, erstwhile rector of the University of the Western-Cape and the first post-1994 director-general in the office of President Nelson Ma

  • Faculty of Humanities: Appointments

    Posted on November 29, 2012

    It is with pleasure and an enormous sense of pride that we announce the following appointments in the Faculty of Humanities: Professor Sakhela Buhlungu as Deputy Dean: Postgraduate Studies and Ethics Professor Hennie Stander as Deputy Dean: Teaching

  • FABI hosts Annual Directors

    Posted on November 27, 2012

    The Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI) at the University of Pretoria is not only home to the Centre for Tree Health Biotechnology (CTHB), but also played host to the Annual Directors

  • SCITAL Forum launched in Faculty of Natural & Agricultural Sciences

    Posted on November 27, 2012

    A new initiative, the Science Teaching and Learning (SCITAL) Forum, was recently launched in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences. The aim of the SCITAL Forum is to bring together staff with a common and particular interest in teaching and lea

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