‘You can be whatever or whoever you want to be’ – 2018 UP Derek Gray Award recipient

Posted on May 17, 2019

“I love learning about the world around me and how science can shape and change it,” says first-year student Rahil Samlal, who is studying towards a BSc Microbiology degree in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Pretoria (UP). Rahil is also the winner...

Beating hunger: How aeroponics could provide the solution to feeding 10 billion people

Posted on May 17, 2019

On 15 May the Bernard Harrison & Friends Conservation Award for 2019 was presented to Dr Katja Koeppel, a wildlife veterinarian in the OP Faculty of Veterinary Science’s Department of Production Animals.

Minister of Higher Education and Training Naledi Pandor gets PhD from UP

Posted on May 16, 2019

Minister of Higher Education and Training Dr Naledi Pandor took her portfolio seriously by going back to class and graduating with a PhD in Education from the University of Pretoria (UP) this week. Her research topic was ‘The contested meaning of transformation in higher education in...

UP Graduate Centre hosts UP Doctoral Commonwealth Scholarship networking and idea exchange

Posted on May 16, 2019

The Graduate Centre in the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Department of Research recently hosted a meet-and-greet event at which current and new UP Doctoral Commonwealth Scholarship students met and interacted with each other and their study supervisors.

‘Her fervour was contagious’ – UP Dean on supervising Minister Naledi Pandor’s PhD studies

Posted on May 16, 2019

Minister of Higher Education and Training Dr Naledi Pandor recently received a PhD in Education at UP. Professor Chika Sehoole, Dean of the Faculty of Education, told Primarashni Gower about his experience of supervising this high-profile cabinet minister

UP pays tribute upon passing of Dr Fred Brownell, designer of South Africa’s flag

Posted on May 15, 2019

Faculty members at the University of Pretoria (UP) have paid tribute to UP alumnus Dr Fred Brownell, designer of South Africa’s iconic flag, who passed away at his home in Pretoria on Friday 10 May.

‘We learn from students as much as they learn from us’ – UP prof on his 101 PhD graduates

Posted on May 15, 2019

Professor Mike Wingfield of the University of Pretoria (UP) has acted as an advisor or supervisor to an impressive 101 PhD graduates, as of April 2019.

First dual-registered PhD between UP Health Sciences Faculty and France’s Université Grenoble Alpes

Posted on May 13, 2019

The first dual PhD registration between the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Health Sciences and France’s Université Grenoble Alpes was awarded during the recent Autumn Graduation Ceremonies. Ms Elsa Nolte completed a PhD in Human Physiology at the University of Pretoria, which...