UP-supported start-up launches HIV self-testing platform
GautengLatest newsUniversity of Pretoria August 10, 2020
Aviro Health, a start-up supported by the University of Pretoria’s (UP) technology incubator and accelerator,TuksNovation, has launched a chatbot-based platform that offers people access to HIV self-testing resources, and the information they need to seek treatment and manage their condition during this unprecedented time. The platform, called Ithaka, is... Read more
UP professor leads process to adopt new UN standards on peaceful assemblies
GautengLatest newsUniversity of Pretoria August 3, 2020
The United Nations Human Rights Committee last week adopted comprehensive standards on the way in which States should deal with peaceful assemblies. These guidelines are authoritative for the 173 States in the world that have ratified the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The 18-member committee of international experts... Read more
WITS develops a therapeutic for aggressive Breast Cancer
AchieversGautengLatest newsUniversity of the Witwatersrand July 16, 2020
Researchers at the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS) have developed a potential treatment for Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC), a particularly aggressive cancer which mostly affects women of colour under the age of 50. Currently, treatment of breast cancer includes using drugs which selectively target hormone receptors, those which... Read more
Five finalists announced in the ‘Aspire, Higher’ Wits student competition
AchieversGautengLatest newsUniversity of the Witwatersrand July 15, 2020
Wits Business School (WBS), Reckitt Benckiser (RB) and its Durex brand, Gilead, and UNAIDS are pleased to announce the five finalists in the inaugural “Aspire, Higher” sexual health innovation competition for students. The three winners will be chosen on 16 July 2020. “Aspire, Higher” was created to tackle the... Read more
Nine types of ‘remote-work personalities’ to look out for in your colleagues
CareersGautengUniversity of Pretoria June 30, 2020
Working remotely is not every employee’s cup of tea. Some employees cope well, while others feel overwhelmed engaging with remote technology to get their work done. A wide range of employees with diverse ‘remote-work personalities’ have emerged during the lockdown. Are we really aware of the capabilities, passion and... Read more
Study on the state of magma in crustal reservoirs
GautengLatest newsResearchUniversity of the Witwatersrand June 11, 2020
The study challenges a recently-emerged paradigm that magma chambers are huge masses of crystals with just a very small amount of melt. Wits PhD student, Willem Kruger’s study on the state of magma within plutonic magmatic systems in the Earth’s crust has been published in the high impact journal, Nature Communications. ... Read more
UP uses Blackboard Collaborate to support staff and students during the closure of campus
GautengLatest newsUniversity of Pretoria June 10, 2020
The University of Pretoria use Blackboard Collaborate to support teaching and learning and administrative tasks during the closure of the University The shutdown of South Africa’s institutions of higher learning is not a new phenomenon, with the country having experienced several severe interruptions to its university academic programmes in... Read more
Textbook co-edited by UP academic reveals slow pace of transformation
GautengLatest newsResearchUniversity of Pretoria June 9, 2020
The first ever university and industry textbook on diversity management in the South African workplacereveals that race and gender representation remains largely elusive, in both the public and private sectors. Managing Diversity in the South African Workplace – co-edited by Professor Nasima Carrim of the University of Pretoria (UP)... Read more
UJ first SA university to add cloud accounting platform to syllabus
GautengLatest newsUniversity of Johannesburg June 5, 2020
In a major boost for accountants of the future, the University of Johannesburg (UJ) has become the first tertiary education institution in South Africa to adopt Xero Learn. Developed by Xero, the global cloud accounting and small business platform, the aim of Xero Learn is to help drive innovation... Read more
Chancellor’s Medal for graduate investigating learners’ understandings about scientific
GautengLatest newsUniversity of Johannesburg June 3, 2020
Penn Mafor, a Master’s graduate in the Faculty of Education has earned herself the highest student honour in the Faculty’s cohort of the 2020 autumn graduates, following her selection as the most meritorious study of 2019. Mafor passed her Master’s studies with distinction at the University of Johannesburg (UJ),... Read more
