Posted on March 25, 2019
Despite the global decline in new infections, the emergence of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB), a virulent strain that has developed an immunity to the antimicrobial drugs used to treat TB, means the disease remains a public health crisis.
Posted on March 22, 2019
Professor Tawana Kupe, the newly appointed Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria (UP), was officially inaugurated into his position at a function on Saturday, 23 March.
Posted on March 22, 2019
Two researchers from the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS) at the University of Pretoria, Dr Thulani Makhalanyane and Dr Christel Hansen, have been elected to the South African National Committee (SANC) of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), an...
Posted on March 21, 2019
Thirteen University of Pretoria (UP) students and alumni, in conjunction with the Elim Full Gospel Church in Hatfield, Pretoria, will be walking from Cape Town to Pretoria from 21 March to 10 April to over raise funds for needy students.
Posted on March 20, 2019
Message from the Vice-Chancellor and Principal As South Africa celebrates 25 years of democracy in 2019, we are reminded of our history of struggle against oppression and tyranny through important national days like Human Rights Day.
Posted on March 20, 2019
Unlimited Wi-Fi, good infrastructure, food options and a safe environment are factors that contribute to student wellbeing at the University of Pretoria (UP), a survey has revealed.
Posted on March 20, 2019
Toyota South Africa, together with the University of Pretoria (UP) and Enterprises University of Pretoria (Enterprises UP), recently completed another successful run of the Toyota Ses’fikile Training Programme with the aim to help enhance operations in the local taxi industry.
Posted on March 19, 2019
For South African Library Week (18 – 24 March), libraries nationwide aim to celebrate their advancements and highlight the important social, cultural and educational role they play in our broader community.
Posted on March 19, 2019
Ms Yashini Naidoo, a second-year PhD student at the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Centre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics (CMEG), is the runner-up in the Writing category of the South Africa Agency for Science and Technology Advancement (SAASTA) Young Science Communicator Competition. Her...
Posted on March 18, 2019
The University of Pretoria’s Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute (SEMLI) has been at the forefront of developing global standards for recording and reporting on medical encounters (interactions between a healthcare provider and a patient) that occur at mass community-based...
Posted on March 16, 2019
University of Pretoria undergraduates Shampie Doko and Lunga Khumalo of the Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development recently became recipients of the Standard Bank CSI Bursary, which is awarded to students who have shown leadership and academic potential.
Posted on March 16, 2019
As South African universities grapple with transformation, consideration should also be given to the establishment of centres for critical studies on liberalism and institutes for black consciousness and decoloniality, among other initiatives.
Posted on March 16, 2019
The University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Law has again been ranked among the best in the world – this time for an academic work, ‘Child Law in South Africa: Second Edition’, which was edited by Professor Trynie Boezaart of UP’s Department of Private Law.
Posted on March 15, 2019
The growth of fake news and the speed at which it is spreading is a threat to democracy. This is what Professor Tawana Kupe, Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria (UP), said in his address to the global editors of The Conversation, an online publication that collaborates...
Posted on March 15, 2019
The University of Pretoria (UP) is aware of concerns raised by students funded by NSFAS regarding the payment of allowances.
Posted on March 15, 2019
There can be no doubt that we as consumers have become reliant on smart products in various forms – from smartphones to wearable fitness trackers, voice-activated assistants, smart TVs and even smart home technology.
Posted on March 14, 2019
2018 was the year that the University of Pretoria’s TuksSport teams lifted the standard of university sport to an entirely new level, winning four of the Varsity Sports competitions, in the process ensuring Tuks’s dominance as the overall champions for the second consecutive year.
Posted on March 14, 2019
The University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Law recently took top honours at the 2019 Philip C Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition national championship, which was hosted at the University of Johannesburg.
Posted on March 14, 2019
A pioneering surgical procedure using 3D-printed middle ear bones, developed by Professor Mashudu Tshifularo and his team at the University of Pretoria (UP) Faculty of Health Sciences, may be the answer to conductive hearing loss, a middle ear problem caused by congenital birth defects,...
Posted on March 13, 2019
While conservationists work to protect the last free-roaming lions of Africa, rural communities living in areas where these lions exist continue to fear for their lives and for that of their livestock. But new research funded by the University of Pretoria (UP) may offer a way to improve...
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