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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.’

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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.

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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.

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A continental Leadership Transformation Programme established
ALCRL
Posted on 15 May 2013

The African Union’s New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership (ALCRL) recently co-hosted a roundtable aimed at establishing a continental leadership transformation programme.

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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).

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Empathic Communication and Dementia: Internationally Recognised Memory Bridge Programme comes to South Africa
Stephan Geyer
Posted on 14 May 2013

Memory Bridge, an innovative intergenerational programme that diminishes the social and emotional isolation of older persons with dementia, will be implemented in Pretoria from 13 to 28 May.

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Centre for Human Rights course targets African judges as Optional Protocol comes into force
Frans Viljoen
Posted on 14 May 2013

Judges from five African countries (Botswana, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda) joined participants from 20 other African countries for a course on socio-economic rights, presented by the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria from 6 to 10 May 2013.

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Tuks representatives shine at G20 Youth Forum in Russia
Elzet Hurter/Martie Bradley
Posted on 08 May 2013

The G20 Youth Forum was the largest international event organised for young leaders in 2013, and over 1 500 young leaders, students and academics, representatives from the business world and governments participated in it.* Six students from the University of Pretoria had been selected as representatives of the South African youth contingent to attend the Forum in Saint Petersburg from 17 to 21 April 2013.

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Prof Ann Skelton incumbent of UNESCO Chair in Education Law in Africa
Elzet Hurter
Posted on 07 May 2013

The Director of the Centre for Child Law, Prof Ann Skelton, has been appointed by the University Council as the incumbent of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s (UNESCO) Chair in Education Law in Africa.

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Information Design and UP Law Clinic collaborate
Visual Arts
Posted on 06 May 2013

Third year Information Design students in the Department of Visual Arts recently took part in an exciting collaborative project with the UP Law clinic. The students were tasked with creating a new, dynamic visual identity for the UP Law Clinic.

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