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  • UP represented at conference on interdisciplinary business research

    Posted on May 25, 2017

    Prof Anské Grobler recently attended the Society of Interdisciplinary Business Research (SIBR) 2017 Conference on Interdisciplinary Business and Economic Research, hosted in Sydney on 15 and 16 April 2017.

  • Marketing Professor receives NRF rating

    Posted on May 23, 2017

    Prof Pierre Mostert of the Department of Marketing Management was honoured at the University of Pretoria's Academic Achievers Awards, held on 9 May 2017, for his National Research Foundation (NRF) rating.

  • Changing the lives of Marketing Management students – one bursary at a time

    Posted on April 12, 2017

    The lives of 40 Marketing Management students were changed on Wednesday, 29 March 2017, when they were informed that they were recipients of the 2017 Banking Sector Education and Training Authority (BANKSETA) bursaries. For these bursaries, 40 of the best performing BCom (Marketing Management)...

  • Marketing Management honours students learn how to turn data into insight

    Posted on April 10, 2017

    On 22 March 2017, the BCom Honours (Marketing Management) class was privileged to receive the opportunity to work on their first client challenge given to them by the research company, Consulta.

  • Consumers and branding: “market yourself as a brand”

    Posted on April 05, 2017

    The Marketing Management students in the Consumer Behaviour module had the privilege of hosting Prof Ernest North as a guest lecturer on 27 March 2017.

  • Cultural and sub-cultural influences on consumer behaviour

    Posted on April 04, 2017

    On 15 and 16 March 2017, the Consumer Behaviour students in the Department of Marketing Management were given the unique opportunity to come dressed up for class and partake in a class competition.

  • UP's CA-students once again shine in the January 2017 ITC

    Posted on March 31, 2017

    The Chartered Accountancy (CA) students of the University of Pretoria have once again delivered an exceptional performance in the January 2017 Initial Test of Competence (ITC) of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA), with a first-time writer pass rate of 89,3%.

  • UP students to represent South Africa in 2017 KPMG International Case Competition

    Posted on March 29, 2017

    Two third-year BCom Accounting Sciences students, Erin de Hart and Daniel Hafner, have been selected as part of a four-member team that will represent South Africa at the 2017 KPMG International Case Competition (KICC).

  • L’Oréal Brandstorm Challenge 2017

    Posted on March 15, 2017

    On 15 February 2017, Ms Virginie Dias-Tagnon (Talent Director – Africa) and Ms Funeka Sogoni (Recruitment Manager) from the cosmetics company L’Oréal visited the third-year Marketing Research students to brief them about the annual L’Oréal Brandstorm Challenge.

  • UP's Karl Frenzel named global Young Tax Professional of the Year 2016

    Posted on March 14, 2017

    Karl Frenzel, a BCom Accounting honours student at the University of Pretoria in 2016, has been awarded this year's Young Tax Professional of the Year title at the global final held in Amsterdam.

  • EMS tops the local 2017 QS World University Rankings by Subject

    Posted on March 09, 2017

    This year's edition of the QS World University Rankings by Subject was published on 8 March 2017. The University of Pretoria has been ranked first in South Africa for Accounting and Finance, and placed in the 151–200 band (the top 4% of all participating institutions worldwide).

  • Prof Nkomo receives A-rating

    Posted on December 09, 2016

    Professor Stella Nkomo, Deputy Dean for Research and Postgraduate Studies in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, received an A2-rating from the National Research Foundation (NRF).

  • Experimental design expert from Connecticut visits Marketing Management

    Posted on December 05, 2016

    The Department of Marketing Management hosted Prof Robin Coulter from the University of Connecticut from 5 to13 November 2016. Prof Coulter’s research focuses on consumer behaviour issues. She is the President of the Academic Council for the American Marketing Association, and is an active...

  • Innovation earns accounting lecturers a National Teaching Excellence Award

    Posted on November 25, 2016

    Their passion for student-centred education and innovation has earned Prof Stephen Coetzee and Ms Astrid Schmulian a 2016 National Teaching Excellence Award from the Council on Higher Education (CHE) and the Higher Education Learning and Teaching Association of Southern Africa (HELTASA).

  • Prof Nkomo receives Continental Lifetime Achiever award

    Posted on November 25, 2016

    Professor Stella Nkomo, Deputy Dean for Research and Postgraduate Studies in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, has been recognised as a Continental Lifetime Achiever in CEO Global's Africa's Most Influential Women in Business and Government Awards.

  • Students excel in Supply Chain Management practical assignment

    Posted on November 25, 2016

    BCom Supply Chain Management students from the Department of Business Management were congratulated at a recent awards ceremony hosted by the department and Bramhope Group, one of Department of Business Management's partners in student development and a company dedicated to transferring skills to...

  • UP partners with UNSW and SAICA for a international VAT symposium

    Posted on November 24, 2016

    The Department of Taxation at the University of Pretoria held a two-day symposium on 19 and 20 October 2016, co-hosted by the School of Business from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Australia.

  • How rhino poaching is affecting SA tourism

    Posted on November 23, 2016

    Rhino poaching in two of South Africa’s most famous game reserves is starting to have an impact on tourism and could affect future visitor numbers if the situation does not improve, according to a new study by the University of Pretoria.

  • UP represented at CIMA Qualitative Management Accounting Research Workshop

    Posted on November 22, 2016

    The Chartered Institute for Management Accountants (CIMA) hosted its Qualitative Management Accounting Research workshop at the beginning of October 2016 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

  • Dr Elda du Toit presents at World Finance Conference

    Posted on November 22, 2016

    Dr Elda du Toit, a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Financial Management, recently attended the World Finance Conference in Manhattan, New York.

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