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The Centre for Alternative and Augmentative Communication (Centre for AAC) at the University of Pretoria held its 13th Fofa Communication Empowerment Programme week for young people with severe communication disabilities who use alternative forms of communication, such as speech-generating devices that use text-to-speech technology.

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For the first time in its history, the Faculty of Education awarded 28 PhDs, of which five went to UP staff members.

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Ms Ina Wilken (72), a consumer specialist and advisor, received a master’s degree in Consumer Sciences from the University of Pretoria this week. Ms Wilken is committed to uplifting consumers and advocating for their rights and dedicates many hours to this noble cause. She has been closely involved with the South African National Consumer Union since 1996.

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During its Spring graduation ceremonies, the University of Pretoria conferred honorary doctorates on three internationally recognised professors in honour of their contributions to their respective fields of expertise.

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The Smile Foundation is excited to have hosted its first-ever Smile Week in Pretoria at the Steve Biko Academic Hospital. The foundation, of which former President Nelson Mandela was the Chief Patron, assists children across South Africa in need of facial and other reconstructive surgery. With the generous support of donor LG – the Smile Foundation will give 11 children a new reason to smile.

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It’s a proud moment in any academic’s life when their students graduate, but it’s an even bigger one when their students graduate from their doctoral studies. During this year’s Spring Graduation, Prof David Medalie had the rare honour (particularly in the Faculty of Humanities) of having four of his students receive their doctoral degrees. Three of the degrees were awarded in English literature and one was awarded in Creative Writing.

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Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Maite Nkoana Mashabane, received her master’s degree in Diplomatic Studies this week at the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Humanities graduation.

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Tumisang Loate taught herself higher grade maths when she was in grade 12. This week, she became Dr Loate when she was awarded her PhD in Economics at the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences graduation ceremony.

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South Africa’s “king of farce”, Tobie Cronjé was awarded the Chancellor’s Medal at the University of Pretoria’s (UP’s) Faculty of Humanities graduation ceremony yesterday (5 September), for his contribution to the arts.

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After receiving thousands of entries from across the country and putting entrants through a rigorous four-phase judging process, South Africa’s top 100 university students have been named. With 30 entries, students from the University of Pretoria dominate the list.

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Human remains kept by German institutions as part of their colonial loot were repatriated to Namibia at the end of August 2018 – the third time this has been done. And once again, the process was marred by serious friction, a clear illustration that both the German and Namibian governments have not come to terms with the problems involved

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The University of Pretoria (UP) will confer 1 615 degrees, diplomas and certificates to graduates during its Spring graduation ceremonies to be held from 4 – 7 September 2018.

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A lioness at the Ukutula Conservation Center (UCC) and Biobank, in the North West Province, South Africa, has given birth to two cubs conceived via non-surgical artificial insemination (AI), using fresh semen collected from an adult male lion at the same facility. These are the first ever lion cubs to be born by means of artificial insemination – a world first achievement.

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The national commemoration of Women’s Month offers an opportunity to not only pay homage to the women who took to the streets in 1956 to march against the unjust pass laws of the day, but also to celebrate a new generation of women who have taken the baton forward and are making a significant contribution in their respective fields.

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For the 2018 Women’s month, the Centre for Sexualities, AIDS and Gender (CSA&G) in collaboration with the UP Department of Student Affairs; the Centre for Human Rights and the #SpeakOut UP initiative, hosted a series of seminars that covered issues related to gender-based violence within the institutions of higher learning. Below is a summary of the discussion. Mamelodi seminar on gender- based violence

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Prof Christi van der Westhuizen is a leading woman researcher, whose recent book, Sitting Pretty – White Afrikaans Women in Postapartheid South Africa and other academic and popular writing has made her a household name. She says that, “living in South Africa as a white person I cannot but engage critically with racism and its effects, including how I have benefited from apartheid and colonialism due to false values attached to the accident of skin pigmentation.

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The loss of both her parents to cardiovascular disease ignited Dr Alisa Phulukdaree’s interest in this area of research: she wanted to gain a better understanding of the underlying risk factors of heart disease. While at university, Dr Phulukdaree found a great passion in asking the intricate research questions that the field of health science demanded.

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Prof Armanda Bastos has always cared for animal welfare, but it was probably her first field trip to the Kruger National Park as a veterinary researcher that inspired her most to dedicate her professional life to animal disease control research. As part of a research team, Prof Bastos was involved in the encephalomyocarditis (EMC) virus vaccine trial in African elephants in the Kruger National park. While this virus has one of the smallest genomes, it can cause mortalities in elephants in a matter of days. The virus results in sex-biased mortalities, affecting adult elephant bulls that are in their prime and are dominating breeding and should be ensuring the viability of the population by passing on their “good” genes.

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Emeritus Prof Ernie Heath, together with Prof Melville Saayman from North-West University, were the first-ever recipients of the Tourism Educators South Africa (TESA) Lifetime Award at the 7th Biennial International Tourism Studies Association (ITSA) & 2nd Tourism Educators South Africa Conference, hosted in Pretoria recently.

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Three years ago 193 member states of the United Nations adopted the world’s most ambitious set of development goals yet. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) cover everything from eradicating poverty to protecting biodiversity, building resilient infrastructure and fostering responsive institutions.

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