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19 May Open Day
29 May Lectures end (quarter 2 / semester 1)
 

News

UP appoints international expert in Genomics - 18/05/2012
Prof Don Cowan, an international researcher of note and the former Director of the Institute Microbial Biotechnology and Metagenomics at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) was appointed from 1 May to lead the newly established Centre for Genomics at the University of Pretoria. The Centre is essentially a virtual platform that facilitates and hosts the Institutional Research Theme (IRT) for Genomics.
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights presents the Helen Kanzira Memorial Lecture - 16/05/2012
On Tuesday, 15 May 2012, Ms Navi Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, presented the Annual Helen Kanzira Memorial Lecture at the University of Pretoria.
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UP student in the Department of French wins international writing competition - 16/05/2012
Sabine Petsch, an honours student in French and Visual Studies at UP, will be travelling to Paris at the end of May to receive the first prize at the awards ceremony for the Espace en Jeu (Space in Play) competition that was organised by the Observatoire de l’Espace du CNES (Space Observatory of the National Centre for Spatial Studies).
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Senior Government Mediation Training Workshop planned for July - 15/05/2012
The Centre for Mediation in Africa will convene its second Senior Government Mediation Training Workshop at the University of Pretoria from 10 to 13 July 2012. The workshop is aimed at government officials at the level of ambassador and first political secretary. The bulk of the participants will be from African countries.
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Staff exchange scholarship awarded - 15/05/2012
Prof Deon Meiring of the Department of Human Resource Management has been selected by the Europe & South Africa Partnership for Human Development (EUROSA) Consortium Selection Committee for a staff exchange scholarship in the framework of the EUROSA programme.
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University of Pretoria celebrates International Nurses Day - 15/05/2012
On 11 May 2012, the Department of Nursing Science of the University of Pretoria celebrated the annual International Nurses Day, as well as the inauguration of selected members into the prestigious Africa Honor Society for Nurses.
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Xayata officially part of the TuksRES family - 15/05/2012
Saturday, 12 May 2012 marked the official launch of Xayata as a residence. “House Xayata” is now a thing of the past.
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More news headlines...


 
GIBS scoops top honours as Africa’s best business school - 14/05/2012
 
Professor Cheryl de la Rey honoured by Rhodes University for her contribution to social change in the country - 14/05/2012
 
Six Tuks players make the cut for Spar SA Netball Team going to Jamaica - 14/05/2012
 
Tuks athlete Marc Mundell qualifies for Olympics - 14/05/2012
 
TuksFootball: AmaTuks’ PSL debut just around the corner - 14/05/2012