News & Events (Archive)

Fellowship awarded to UP student
Alta Terblanche, edited by/geredigeer deur Philip Snyman
Posted on 27 Dec 2011

A paediatrician associated with the University of Pretoria was awarded fellowship training in a state of the art hospital in Australia.

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Tshwane Enterprise Development Programme (TEDP) makes positive contribution
Prof Jurie van Vuuren
Posted on 03 Apr 2012

In 2009 the City of Tshwane initiated a programme to enhance entrepreneurship within the city by providing a training and mentorship opportunity to entrepreneurs that operate on different levels within the city, with the University of Pretoria as the service provider.

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2012 – The Year of the Students
Sanku Tsunke
Posted on 03 Apr 2012

The new Student Representative Council of 2012 described this year as the ‘Year of the Students’ - driven by pursued excellence of tolerance and inclusivity of student representation. They pledged this at their formal inauguration on 27 March 2012 at the University of Pretoria’s Hatfield campus.

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Dr Reuel Khoza speaks on leadership
GIBS News
Posted on 02 Apr 2012

According to DR Reuel Khoza, author of the book Attuned Leadership, who spoke at last week’s GIBS Forum, ”powerful leaders don’t lead from the top, but consult the people around them before they make decisions”.

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Swedish Ambassador talks on climate change
Martie Meyer
Posted on 02 Apr 2012

On 29 March 2012, the Swedish Ambassador, Mrs Anna Lindstedt, visited the University of Pretoria’s Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences.

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Vote for Miss Varsity Cup 2012
Student Life
Posted on 02 Apr 2012

The national Miss Varsity Cup competition will be hosted on 9 April 2012 at the final Varsity Cup match where Miss Tuks Varsity Cup, Cayla Esterhuysen, will compete against the other Miss Varsity Cup’s from universities around South Africa.

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TuksLaw team wins three out of four rounds at the 2012 Philip C Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition
Elzet Hurter
Posted on 02 Apr 2012

TuksLaw won three of the four preliminary rounds against universities from India, Turkey and the Dominican Republic, but lost against a Belgian university.

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Prestigious Tomorrow's Leaders Convention attracts dynamic leaders
Prof Karel Stanz
Posted on 30 Mar 2012

The prestigious “Tomorrow's Leaders Convention”, hosted annually by the Leadership magazine and DHL, attracts dynamic leaders who have already achieved extraordinary success in their careers and who are earmarked to head their companies and organisations.

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New GIBS Dean has his work cut out
Sunday Times, Business Times
Posted on 15 Feb 2012

The University of Pretoria's Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) has appointed Nick Binedell to the newly created position of Dean at GIBS.

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World Water Day 2012 celebrated with a cross-faculty round-table discussion
Hannes Rautenbach
Posted on 30 Mar 2012

On World Water Day, 22 March 2012, researchers at the University of Pretoria gathered to discuss the topic Water Research: Working across disciplines.

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