Rhodes Psychology researcher wins continental award
AchieversArchivesResearchRhodes University October 13, 2017
Rhodes University’s Psychology researcher won a top award and fifteen received honourable mentions at the Student Presentation Awards during the inauguration of continental 2017 Pan African Psychology Union conference in Durban recently. Yanela Ndabula, a PhD student from the Critical Studies in Sexualities and Preproduction (CSSR) unit won the... Read more
Interior Design, third year student Lungelani Myeni had a close call when he made it into the top ten of the PG Bison 1.618 Competition. Myeni stood a chance to win a once in a lifetime opportunity to attend the 2017 Milan Furniture Fair in Italy. Myeni and his... Read more
Storme de Scally, an MSc student at the Centre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics (CMEG) at the University of Pretoria, was awarded the Best Performing Student at the 2017 Gauteng Biotech Fundi Awards. This award recognised De Scally’s achievement in attaining the highest overall academic average among all UP... Read more
Two family medicine registrars from Stellenbosch University’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences recently received a much needed financial boost for their research that targets the improvement of rural health conditions. Drs Karlien Doubell and Milton Groenwald both received a Rural Fellowship Award granted by the Discovery Rural Foundation.... Read more
First-year Public Relations Management students gathered, filled with inspiration and thrilled to be in the presence of well-grounded Vaal University of Technology Master’s student Ms Katucia Moussongo, as she launched her “fiction-poetic” book. The launch took place at auditorium G106 on 7 September. She explained the different parts of... Read more
University of Pretoria in world top 100 for Law
AchieversArchivesUniversity of Pretoria October 9, 2017
The University of Pretoria (UP) has been ranked 92nd in the world for law, according to the latest Times Higher Education Law subject ranking, published today. It is the only local university in the top 100. ‘We are delighted that UP’s Faculty of Law has received this recognition. This... Read more
In order to raise awareness of the environment and to promote recycling, final-year UP Education student Irini Moutzouris entered Miss Earth SA as part of her community engagement project for Visual Arts in the Department of Humanities Education – and won. She will use the platform to demonstrate the... Read more
Witsies named top sportswoman
AchieversArchivesAthleticsUniversity of the Witwatersrand October 6, 2017
Tanita Ramburuth-Hurt won the prestige’s Gauteng Sportswoman of the Year 2017 title while Maria Combrink won the Gauteng Disabled Sportswoman if the Year 2017. Ramburuth-Hurt is a member of Wits Tang Soo Do. She won three gold medals at World Martial Arts Games in October 2016 in the junior... Read more
A case study on the governance failure at African Bank written by UCT Graduate School of Business (GSB) academic Associate Professor Stephanie Giamporcaro and MBA student Matthew Marrian has been recognised as one of the top 10 business case studies of the year. When local micro lender African Bank... Read more
Professor Catriona Macleod, Professor of Psychology and SARChI Chair of Critical Studies in Sexualities & Reproduction to receive the 10th Social Change Award, which recognises prominent psychologists for their contribution to social change in the country. Macleod will also present a lecture titled; “The spectacular failure and extraordinary success... Read more
