Posted on July 12, 2022
UP’s Faculty of Veterinary Science plays an important part in supporting South Africa’s small-scale farming community, through our Primary Animal Health Care training programme.
Posted on July 07, 2022
The Centre for the Study of Resilience in the Faculty of Education at UP recently collaborated with Books for Africa to donate educational books to two underserved educational institutions in Atteridgeville.
Posted on June 28, 2022
28 learners from the UP-PUA took part in a global knowledge-sharing initiative that gave learners the chance to discuss university life with students from five countries around the world: South Africa, India, Morocco, USA, & Iraq.
Posted on June 27, 2022
The team behind UP’s JuniorTukkie programme – which helps high school learners do better at school and prepare for university life – now supports even more learners through their free jTOnline e-learning platform.
Posted on June 07, 2022
Since the 1990s the Onderstepoort Animal Blood Bank (OABB) has been the saving grace of many dogs, cats, and even prized stud sheep, horses and cattle in need of life-saving blood transfusions.
Posted on June 02, 2022
Fifty aspirant youth entrepreneurs from the community are taking part in the first entrepreneurial course fully funded by UNICEF at the Mamelodi Business Hub in association with UNICEF South Africa and Price Waterhouse Coopers.
Posted on June 01, 2022
A UP professor and his third-year conservation ecology students have embarked on a novel campaign to contribute to carbon dioxide reduction in the atmosphere – by growing spekboom in non-recyclable coffee cups.
Posted on May 31, 2022
The gardens around the women’s residence at House Khutso are set to get a new addition. Work on creating an in-house food garden started in April, after joint planning from residents and UP landscape architecture students.
Posted on May 23, 2022
Staying true to the spirit of giving, Occupational Therapy students at UP recently participated in an outreach initiative called the Bunnies of Hope Easter project that brought joy to more than 100 children at Happy Sabby Day-Care in Daspoort.
Posted on May 10, 2022
The Mamelodi Campus Pre-University Academy has been so successful that it’s been extended and rebranded as the UP Pre-University Academy. Learners from more schools across Tshwane will now be able to access the programme, which helps high school learners improve their performance and be...
Posted on April 08, 2022
As part of a vaccination drive against rabies, staff and student volunteers from UP’s Faculty of Veterinary Science recently provided free care and advice for pets and their owners in Bronkhorstspruit, east of Pretoria.
Posted on April 06, 2022
UP’s Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology has embarked on a new Adopt a School project as a way of giving back to the community.
Posted on April 04, 2022
A recent University Social Responsibility Network (USRN) webinar, hosted by Prof Norman Duncan, UP Vice-Principal: Academic, focused on how community engagement changed during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the hybrid approach that’s been created.
Posted on March 09, 2022
The University of Pretoria Pre-University Academy (UP-PUA) recently held two Excellence Pivot Orientation sessions at UP’s Mamelodi and Groenkloof campuses to begin preparing school-goers for the transition to tertiary education.
Posted on February 22, 2022
A unique community engagement project led by the University of Pretoria (UP) is providing immediate relief and support for donkeys in 10 villages in the Blouberg Municipality in Limpopo.
Posted on January 21, 2022
The University of Pretoria Pre-University Academy recently collaborated with the Hong Kong Polytechnic University to provide school learners from Mamelodi with a rich learning experience in robotics and coding.
Posted on December 06, 2021
Congratulations to the winners of the University Social Responsibility (USR) photographic competition! October marked USR Month at the University of Pretoria (UP) and was a time during which the University showcased its commitment to social responsibility through various activities and campaigns....
Posted on November 30, 2021
The University of Pretoria’s (UP) Mamelodi Campus is providing high school learners with career guidance sessions. Currently, learners learn about study methods, how to love mathematics, public speaking skills and leadership skills, as well as information on where to study and find bursaries.
Posted on November 09, 2021
Making an inexpensive kit available to support STEM education will be a terrific contribution to all the kids in our country.” – UP’s Prof Tania Hanekom on the Robot School that UP’s Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering Department has initiated for school learners.
Posted on October 27, 2021
The University of Pretoria (UP) will host an expo that will introduce the public to various organisations that are working to uplift the Mamelodi community. The Mamelodi Expo will take place at UP’s Mamelodi Campus on 30 October 2021 from 9am to 1pm.
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