UP academic, students excel in case study competition
AchieversArchivesUniversity of Pretoria July 19, 2018
University of Pretoria (UP) academic, Dr Melissa van der Merwe and students Jodie Vosloo and Paige Bowen were part of two teams that excelled in a case study competition at the recent International Food and Agribusiness Management Association’s (IFAMA) Conference. Held in Buenos Aires, the competition, now in its... Read more
2018 World Choir Games off to a roaring start
ArchivesLatest newsUniversity of Pretoria July 16, 2018
The Hatfield Campus of the University of Pretoria (UP) was a hive of activity as choirs from all over the world converged on the Aula, Musaion and Rautenbach Hall, in the last few days, for the 2018 World Choir Games. The Games, which are held biennially, are co-hosted by... Read more
Going with the flow in pharmaceutical manufacturing
ArchivesLatest newsUniversity of Pretoria July 9, 2018
Nicole Neyt, a PhD student in the Riley Research Group, housed in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Pretoria (UP), recently won the first prize in the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)’s Twitter poster conference, in the category of engineering, for her work in flow chemistry. This... Read more
Lightning is a natural phenomenon that most people do not fully understand. Its magnitude and force is so great that it has the potential to cause devastating destruction, bringing damage to infrastructure, livelihoods and even life. Yet, it is something many people seem to underestimate and even disregard. In... Read more
Op-Ed: Foreign doctorates are attractive – but don’t write off homegrown PhDs
AchieversArchivesUniversity of Pretoria July 3, 2018
Introducing more skilled employees into the economy is an important path to development for many middle income countries. That’s why increased and improved training at the top end of the education level – PhDs – is considered so vital. Many countries encourage students to pursue their PhDs abroad in... Read more
Khanimamba Hlungwani, a postgraduate student in the Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development at the University of Pretoria (UP), and her team mates from other universities emerged as the winners of the prestigious 2018 Agbiz Student Case Study Competition. The competition, which was part of the recent... Read more
UP students in Gauteng Youth Parliament sitting
ArchivesLatest newsUniversity of Pretoria June 22, 2018
University of Pretoria students have won 10 out of 20 seats in the Tshwane region to participate in this year’s Gauteng Youth Parliament sitting, which met on 15 June to discuss issues affecting South Africa’s youth. The event will be televised on DSTV Channel 408 and the House will vote... Read more
Tuks FM back to school drive with Menlyn Park a big success
ArchivesLatest newsUniversity of Pretoria June 13, 2018
A charity drive hosted by Tuks FM in partnership with Menlyn Park, has resulted in a vast amount of goods collected for disadvantaged students of the University of Pretoria (UP). The ‘Back to school campaign’ called upon students, residents of Pretoria and the business community to contribute groceries, toiletries and blankets,... Read more
Ismail Lagardien, the former executive dean of business and economic sciences at Nelson Mandela University, recently penned an article in Business Day entitled ‘Business education in desperate decline’, 22 May 2018) in which he contends, among other claims, that business management and administration education is in ‘desperate decline’. With... Read more
Poor consumers let down by ineffective listeriosis messaging
Latest newsUniversity of Pretoria June 6, 2018
More than two months have passed since the World Health Organisation confirmed that the listeriosis outbreak in SA was the biggest globally, and consumers in the country were cautioned about the dangers of consuming contaminated products. Subsequently, the Department of Health urged consumers to destroy and refrain from consuming... Read more
