Open Day was a success!
Sanku Tsunke
Posted on 21 May 2013
I am pleased to inform you that I received many messages conveying positive feedback on the UP Open Day 2013. I was especially pleased about comments that the UP team of staff, students and volunteers was especially helpful and friendly.
My heartfelt appreciation to all who contributed to a positive experience for parents, prospective students, families, school principals and teachers. I encourage you to keep up the good work. Open Day is an important event for the University for attracting good students, and for broadly enhancing the reputation and status of the University.
Open Day 2013: School learners encouraged to choose University of Pretoria
Sanku Tsunke
Posted on 20 May 2013
‘Making a choice to enrol at a university, and deciding which university to attend are the most important decisions any young person can make in their lifetime. Therefore, make a good decision: choose the University of Pretoria.’
TuksGolf Training Centre officially opened at the University of Pretoria
Sanku Tsunke
Posted on 17 May 2013
The University of Pretoria prides itself on its publicly recognised achievements pertaining to its various sporting fraternities. These achievements can be attributed to the University’s sporting facilities, which are of the highest quality among South African universities. To add to its quality achievements, the University of Pretoria, through TuksSport and the High Performance Centre (hpc), has now officially opened a golf training centre.
Prof Themba Mosia appointed as Vice-Principal: Student Affairs
DUR
Posted on 16 May 2013
Dear Colleagues
I am pleased to announce that Professor N Themba Mosia has been appointed as Vice-Principal: Student Affairs at the University of Pretoria. Prof Mosia will join the University on 1 July 2013. His portfolio will focus on all aspects of the quality of student life, aimed at providing students with a value-added holistic experience of student life in all its facets. The Departments of Student Affairs and of Residence Affairs and Accommodation will report to him.
South African law professor to report to the United Nations on Lethal Robots
Nicolize Mulder
Posted on 16 May 2013
South African human rights law professor, Christof Heyns, will submit a widely anticipated report on Lethal Autonomous Robots (LARs) to the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council on 29 May 2013.
Prof Heyns, from the University of Pretoria (UP), was appointed as UN Special Rapporteur on extra-judicial, summary or arbitrary executions in 2010. During last year, he conducted worldwide research on the question whether states should be allowed to use LARs - weapons that, once deployed, can use lethal force without further human intervention - during war, or peace.
Local politicians, international experts and prominent thought-leaders to rethink governance processes
Nicolize Mulder
Posted on 15 May 2013
Clr Kgosientso Ramokgopa, Executive Mayor of Tshwane, international academics and activists such as Susan George as well as prominent local voices like Prince Mashele, Mzuqisi Qobo and Andries Bezuidenhout are to take part in a week-long think tank on governance at the University of Pretoria (UP).
South Africa has achieved liberation, but no equality yet – Reverend Jesse Jackson
Sanku Tsunke
Posted on 30 Apr 2013
The struggle for equality in South Africa is not yet over, says renowned American civil rights activist, Reverend Jesse Jackson. He warned the country not to celebrate the downfall of apartheid prematurely as it still has deep layers which need to be addressed.
Academics honoured at the University of Pretoria
Sanku Tsunke
Posted on 26 Apr 2013
The University of Pretoria paid tribute to its academics from various fields of study for their outstanding research endeavours. Thirty researchers were acknowledged for their commitment to quality education and research at this year’s Academic Achievers Awards held on 24 April 2013.
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