Tuks does it again in SAICA’s Initial Test of Competence 2013
Prof Johan Oberholster
Posted on 28 Mar 2013
The results of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants’ (SAICA’s) Initial Test of Competence (ITC) (formerly known as QE 1) were released on Wednesday, 27 March 2013, after being written in January 2013. A total of 3 117 candidates wrote the exam, of which 2 272 (73%) passed.
Tourism Management takes students “north-south-south” with a student mobility programme
Tourism Management Division
Posted on 05 Mar 2013
The Tourism Management Division has a North-South-South Student Mobility Programme and Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Oulu in Finland.
The MoU was signed in 2005 and focuses on collaboration in the fields of tourism management and environmental studies. The collaboration has resulted in research publications, co-edited books and student exchange programmes.
National Department of Tourism makes bursaries available for postgraduate studies in Tourism Management
Tourism Management Division
Posted on 05 Mar 2013
The Memorandum of Understanding signed between the National Department of Tourism (NDT) and the University of Pretoria in 2012, establish a formal basis of cooperation in support of tourism research and skills development activities between the NDT and UP. The NDT has made funds available to provide financial assistance to a number of postgraduate students at honours, master’s and doctoral level in pursuing tourism-related research studies commissioned by the NDT.
Debate on drug control and the realisation of the right to health
Jegede Ademola & Solomon Cobbinah
Posted on 22 Feb 2013
It was a gentle clash of ideas at the Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, when two distinguished personalities, Mr Stephen Lewis, codirector of AIDS-Free World, and Mr Mandiaye Niang, Regional Representative for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in Southern Africa (UNODC), presented brilliant arguments for and against an interesting topic: 'Is the strict control of drugs essential to the realisation of the right to health?' before a diverse audience drawn from various African states.
New Head for the Department of Business Management
Department of Business Management
Posted on 20 Feb 2013
Prof Anske Grobler has been appointed as Head of the Department of Business Management with effect from March 2013.
Prof Grobler obtained a PhD (Marketing Communication) degree in 1986 and has been actively involved in teaching and research at tertiary education institutions since 1980. She held lecturing positions at the University of the Free State and the University of Johannesburg before joining the University of Pretoria.
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