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Research published on challenges in South Africa’s rural education
An article about research partnerships in the South African rural education community, co-authored by four staff members in the Faculty of Education of at UP, will appear in the January 2015 edition of the acclaimed journal, Teaching and Teacher Education.
Department of Informatics focusing on Mobile Empowerment
The Department of Informatics secured a partnership in MOSAIC2B – an EU FP7 Fire Project – in 2014.
Sound scientific research to inform asset management decisions
The recently established Chair in Maintenance Engineering in the Centre for Asset Integrity Management (C-AIM) in the Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at UP, has received strong funding support from Weir Minerals Africa.
UP’s Exceptional Young Researcher of 2014 delivers findings to an international audience
Prof Darryn Knobel is providing great insight into the control and foreseeable elimination of rabies.
The power of ‘like’ – social networks analysis
International researcher Prof Holger Lütters, a professor from the Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft in Berlin, Germany, presented an insightful guest lecture to the Marketing Management honours class on ‘The power of “like” – social networks analysis’.
Breast cancer is not a death sentence
In South Africa, one in 29 women is diagnosed with breast cancer each year.
Bumper Year for the Southern Right Whale calves
The Mammal Research Institute of UP recently conducted the annual survey of the Southern Cape’s Right whale population
Limpopo’s tomato growers have to face up to climate change
Limpopo Province produces 66% of the total annual tonnage of tomatoes grown in South Africa. The province is also deemed particularly vulnerable to the impact of climate change, partly because it is exposed to extreme weather events.
Mass vaccination can keep this neglected disease under control
Mass dog vaccination campaigns can have a substantial impact on keeping rabies under control.
Mammal Research Institute Annual Southern Right Whale Survey
The Mammal Research Institute of the University of Pretoria will start flying their 36th annual helicopter survey of the Southern Cape’s right whale population on 29 September this year
Taking the battle against disease into the family home
The fight for the health and wellbeing of South Africans should be taken into the homes of the neediest individuals and families, believes Professor Jannie Hugo, Head of the Department of Family Medicine at UP.
UP PhD student receives prestigious award for best research in basic pharmacology
Mr Werner Cordier, who is currently doing a PhD under the supervision of Prof Vanessa Steenkamp from the Department of Pharmacology at UP, was awarded the prestigious IPASA (Innovative Pharmaceutical Association of South Africa) award for best research in basic pharmacology for his research titled ‘An in vitro mechanistic evaluation of the hepatotoxic properties of Solanum aculeastrum’.
Research Focus: Personality Across Ethnocultural Groups in South Africa: So similar yet different.
So similar yet different! This is the conclusion of a research team representative of five local and foreign universities published in the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology.
Research Focus: Send in the Perfect Business Rescue Practitioner
INSiAVA shines at Photonics West, California
INSiAVA was a first time exhibitor at the SPIE Photonics West exhibition, held 5-7 February 2013 in San Francisco, California, USA. The official number of attendees exceeded 20,000.
Publishing workshop held with the aim to boost research output
The Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences hosted a publishing productively workshop from 21 to 25 January 2013 at the Farm Inn in Pretoria. Nineteen staff members of the Faculty attended the workshop. Participants were divided into groups, consis
New research programme in Electronic Defence through South Africa / Saudi Arabia partnership with University of Pretoria
CSIR and its Saudi Arabian partner, the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), have taken the next step in their bi-national initiative to enhance engineering research capabilities in Radar and Electronic Defence by establishing a new research program at the University of Pretoria (UP) in the Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering. This initiative also includes the creation of a bi-national research cluster and several Human Capital Development (HCD) programmes at South African and Saudi Arabian universities.
University of Pretoria launches CBI-electric low voltage Chair in Power Electronics
The Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering at the University of Pretoria (UP) launched the CBI-electric low voltage Chair in Power Electronics.
Office for Research Support established in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences
An Office for Research Support, under the authority of Prof Stella Nkomo, has been established in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences. The official opening of this new initiative took place on Monday, 21 May 2012.