Posted on September 06, 2022
Prof Gerda van Dijk writes that gender equality should not be a numbers game, but about representation and the voice given to understanding the intersections that contribute to and continue to perpetuate inequality.
Posted on September 05, 2022
The Academic Ranking of World Universities has ranked UP first in South Africa and Africa in veterinary science, mechanical engineering, finance and economics.
Posted on September 05, 2022
On 4 September 2022, the Business Day published Professor Adekeye Adebajo's regular column on the global South's incoherent approach to condemning the Ukraine war.
Posted on September 01, 2022
Residents of Mamelodi have since 2011 been able to have their pets checked, vaccinated & sterilised at the Mamelodi Animal Health Clinic. This low-cost clinic is on UP’s Mamelodi Campus and is managed by UP's Faculty of Veterinary Science.
Posted on September 01, 2022
UP VC Prof Tawana Kupe thanks everyone who supported UP Giving Day and encourages the UP community and friends of UP to continue making contributions. As part of Heritage Month, he also urges people to visit the UP Museums and Javett Art Centre.
Posted on August 31, 2022
Two pioneering studies published simultaneously today in Nature and Genome Medicine have identified genetic signatures explaining ethnic differences in the severity of prostate cancer, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.
Posted on August 29, 2022
“There is a big difference between the UP I left in 2009 and the UP I see today; it has changed a lot in terms of innovation and transformation,” says Vice-Principal: Academic Prof Loretta Feris.
Posted on August 29, 2022
Professor Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu and her colleagues write that the oil price hike in South Africa increases poverty, and subsidising the oil price widens inequality as the poorest households suffer the worst effects.
Posted on August 26, 2022
While concerned about the poor management of the continent’s water resources, UP’s Prof Lindiwe Sibanda has confidence in the capacity of science and scientists, particularly African women scientists, to improve access to safe drinking water.
Posted on August 26, 2022
"To achieve success and enduring contentment as a professional and business leader, your life has to be anchored on the correct principles and values,” said Prof Wiseman Nkuhlu to first-year accounting students during a talk.
Posted on August 25, 2022
#WomenofUP: ‘Women need more support to rise to the top’ – UP alumna Nozipho Dlamini, first woman president of SA Colliery Managers’ Association
Posted on August 25, 2022
During the dialogue, participants will discuss collective action on the transition towards sustainable and climate-resilient agri-food systems for enhanced food security, ending hunger, and achieving climate objectives in the region.
Posted on August 25, 2022
UP’s Department of Library Services hopes to cultivate a culture of reading through social media with the use of InstaNovels, short stories published on UP Library’s Instagram page.
Posted on August 25, 2022
“Remember to celebrate each goal – it does not matter how small,” says University of Pretoria (UP) student Adel Cato.
Posted on August 24, 2022
Dr Lerato Mokoena, Lecturer in the Department of Old Testament and Hebrew Scriptures at UP’s Faculty of Theology and Religion, embodies the Bible’s Matthew 5:13, which reads, “You are the salt of the Earth”.
Posted on August 23, 2022
Next year, the first payment of tuition fees for undergraduate students will increase from R5 000 to R7 500 and for post-graduate students from R7 500 to R10 000.
Posted on August 22, 2022
Professor Adekeye Adebajo writes about recent high-level visits to Africa by the foreign ministers of Russia and the US, Sergei Lavrov and Antony Blinken.
Posted on August 22, 2022
The UP SRC recently hosted a three-day workshop aimed at empowering young women to enter the tech industry.
Posted on August 19, 2022
The Fostering Life-Long team at the University of Pretoria recently launched a project to encourage a love of reading and to improve literacy skills among learners at Gauteng schools. Unlocking the world of literacy is unlocking the world.
Posted on August 19, 2022
"It's not necessary for women to reinvent the wheel, but they should capitalise on the gains made and take their rightful place in society.” – Prof Elsabe Schoeman, Dean of the UP Law Faculty.
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