SANRAL concludes research on the behaviour of road users

Posted on August 04, 2016

Enterprises UP, through the University of Pretoria's School of Public Management and Administration, was tasked with researching and drafting a curriculum for the Department of Education to use in primary school road safety education.

Students put knowledge to practice in disability sector

Posted on July 15, 2016

Third-year BAdmin Public Administration students were given the opportunity to make a difference in the disability sector by applying their skills to pre-identified organisations which do not receive government subsidies, lack a variety of skills and have a multitude of needs, as part of their...

Pioneering research on governance innovation at UP

Posted on July 12, 2016

The Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation (GovInn) at the University of Pretoria (UP) is the first research institution in Africa dedicated entirely to governance innovation.

Building managerial capacity in the SAPS through professional development

Posted on August 11, 2015

Fifty-six commanders in the SAPS successfully completed the Public Management Development Programme (PMDP), which was presented by Continuing Education at University of Pretoria (CE at UP) and the School of Public Management.

UP expert serves on international commission for programme accreditation

Posted on July 01, 2015

Professor Jerry Kuye from the School of Public Management and Administration in UP’s Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences was part of the international expert commission tasked with affording international accreditation to public administration programmes. The commission assembled at...

Professor emeritus remains productive

Posted on February 23, 2015

Prof Chris Thornhill, professor emeritus at the School of Public Management and Administration (SPMA), has retired in 2001, but is still actively engaged in teaching and research.

Top achievers awarded

Posted on January 27, 2015

The School of Public Management and Administration (SPMA) hosted its 2014 Annual Top Achievers Award Ceremony at the Conference Centre’s reception hall. The top achievers were presented with awards ranging in categories from first-year level to master’s degree level. The SPMA is proud...

A record broken

Posted on March 28, 2014

An article by Prof Chris Thornhill, an Emeritus Professor in the School of Public Management and Administration, has broken all records on the UP Space database with 3 839 views in March 2014 only of this article.