News & Events (Archive)

Protea call-up for Tuks' Nicole
Posted on 07 Jun 2010

Nicolene Terblanche on Friday (4 June) became the latest Tuks addition to the National Ladies Hockey team currently on tour in China.

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Tuks defend title at Sun City Tournament
Posted on 07 Jun 2010

Defending champions Tuks will be one of six first teams to contest the Sun City/Mitre Invitational Netball Challenge title.

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The School of Dentistry has acquired a cone-beam computerised tomography scanner
Posted on 04 Jun 2010

The University of Pretoria is the first institution in South Africa to acquire a Cone Beam Computerised Tomography - Vatech CBCT. The scanner has recently been introduced in UP's School of Dentistry and will be used for producing diagnostic imaging techniques in medicine and dentistry such as x-rays and ultrasound.

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Former coach of Tuks wrestling not to return to University
Posted on 04 Jun 2010

Former coach of Tuks Wrestling, Dries van Heerden, will not in future re-assume any of his previous duties at the University of Pretoria. Contrary to media reports that Van Heerden will join TuksSport again in his capacity as coach he will have no ties with the university.

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UP Arts and Ancient Egyptian and near Eastern Society year programme - 2010
Alex Duffey
Posted on 04 Jun 2010

UP Arts invites you to the following events hosted in collaboration with the Ancient Egyptian and near Eastern Society during 2010.

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UP students currently in New York for first leg of exchange with Fordham
Prof Steve Koch
Posted on 03 Jun 2010

BCom(Hons) Economics and BCom(Hons) Econometrics students from the University of Pretoria are participating in the Emerging Markets and Country Risk Analysis Program that is part of a UP/Fordham institutional agreement. These students are currently in New York and are sponsored by the Consul General of South Africa, that is based in New York, the South African Reserve Bank, the University of Pretoria and Fordham University.

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Construction Economics Advisory Board
Tersia Toerien
Posted on 03 Jun 2010

The Department of Construction Economics recently invited members of senior management from Industry to serve on the department's Advisory Board.

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UP design alumnus receives excellence award
Suzette Snyman
Posted on 01 Jun 2010

Jacques Lange became the first recipient of the Department of Visual Arts Alumni Award of Excellence at a 'Design Chat' function held at the Van Wouw House in Pretoria on 27 May 2010.

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Tuks does it again in the 2010 qualifying examination of SAICA
Prof Johan Oberholster
Posted on 01 Jun 2010

The results of Part 1 of the Qualifying Examination (QE 1) of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) were released on Friday 28 May 2010 after being written in January for the first time in 2010. A total of 2921 candidates wrote the exam of which 1492 passed.

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Dr. Sven Ouzman invited to NRF's Expert Team on Palaeosciences
Posted on 28 May 2010

The Steering Committee of the Palaesciences, chaired by Deputy Minister of Science and Technology, Derek Hanekom, recently invited Dr. Sven Ouzman of UP Anthropology & Archaeology to the Expert Team for the Palaeosciences.

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