Expert on self-determination theory visits Faculty of Education
Faculty/Fakulteit
Posted on 23 May 2012
Professor Christopher Niemiec from the University of Rochester, an established scholar and expert on self-determination theory, is visiting the Department of Educational Psychology between 22 and 28 May 2011.
TuksAthletics dominates SA Junior Team
Danie Cornelius
Posted on 22 May 2012
A final team of 31 athletes have been announced to represent South Africa at the World Junior Championships in Barcelona, Spain, from 10–15 July 2012. TuksAthletics contributed no fewer than ten athletes to the team, which includes Gerhard de Beer, bronze medal winner at the 2011 IAAF World Youth Championships.
Creative collaboration for Aphasia and TBI therapy
Department of Communication Pathology/Departement Kommunikasiepatologie
Posted on 22 May 2012
The Departments of Communication Pathology and Music at the University of Pretoria teamed up to help patients with aphasia and traumatic brain injuries (TBI).
Public seminar: Minister Trevor Manuel on South Africa’s future
Shirley de Villiers
Posted on 21 May 2012
The Department of Political Sciences and the Institute for Strategic and Political Affairs at the University of Pretoria is hosting a seminar on a planned future for South Africa, to be presented by Minister Trevor Manuel on Monday, 4 June 2012.
UP appoints international expert in Genomics
Martie Meyer
Posted on 18 May 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.
Physics department is hosting SAIP 2012 conference
Johan Janse van Rensburg
Posted on 11 Apr 2012
The Department of Physics at the University of Pretoria is hosting the 57th Annual Conference of the South African Institute of Physics from 9 to 13 July 2012.
UP student in the Department of French wins international writing competition
Annamarie de Beer
Posted on 16 May 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).
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights presents the Helen Kanzira Memorial Lecture
the Centre for Human Rights/die Sentrum vir Menseregte
Posted on 16 May 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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