Seminar: 'Highly Educated Women in Tanzania', Wednesday, 2nd March, 11:00-12:00 at the IWGS Seminar Room
Felix Liersch
Posted on 28 Feb 2011
The Institute for Women's and Gender Studies would like to invite interested parties to attend an exclusive seminar on "Highly Educated Women in Tanzania: Opportunities and Constraints for Constructing Educational Agency" given by visiting Finnish scholar Mari-Anne Okkolin, M.Soc.Sc., and to be hosted at the Institute's seminar room (Human Sciences Building, 20-18) on the 2nd of March 2011 at 11:00-12:00 o' clock.
Statistics SA Training Session for the SUPERCROSS software package; 3rd March 2011, 9 - 1pm, HSB 20-18
Felix Liersch
Posted on 28 Feb 2011
StatsSA invites you to a training session on their cutting-edge SUPERCROSS software package. The data under review includes social, population, economic, industry and other statistics vital for engaging in contemporary research.
Ongoing Exhibition: 'Tracing the Xenophobic Crises, 2008-2010'; Ground Floor Human Sciences Building
Felix Liersch
Posted on 28 Feb 2011
The IWGS in collaboration with the refugee non-governmental organization 'Our Voice' is proud to invite you to view an exhibition entitled "Tracing the Xenophobic Crises, 2008-2010" on the Ground Floor of the Human Sciences Building.
IGWS hosted 'Visiting Intern' from the University of Göteborg
Felix Liersch
Posted on 28 Feb 2011
From the 23rd of January to the 20th of February 2011, the IGWS hosted 'Visiting Intern' Awa Westerling from the University Götenborg, who assisted the Institute with various projects.
UP scientists unravel hidden plant pathogenic fungi
Albe van der Merwe
Posted on 27 Feb 2011
Scientists from the Department of Genetics and the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute recently discovered a previously unknown species of a Eucalyptus pathogen.
New TuksRag Queen is crowned
Posted on 25 Feb 2011
Petroné Snyman was crowned the 2011 TuksRag Queen at the Rag Queen Debutants competition held at the University of Pretoria yesterday. The 19-year-old Snyman hails from Edenvale in Johannesburg and is a second year student in BSc Actuarial and Financial Mathematics at the University of Pretoria.
Japanese scientists contribute to local capacity development
Department of GGM
Posted on 25 Feb 2011
A group of highly qualified Japanese scientists from the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) are currently visiting the University of Pretoria to contribute to undergraduate learning, postgraduate supervision and world class research in the Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology (GGM).
TuksSport & SSC lauch special needs program
Posted on 24 Feb 2011
The Student Sport Committee (SSC) & TuksSport have launched a new program in which opportunities will be created for disabled student sports men and women.
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