(Archive)

Caster Semenya wins silver in London
Danie Cornelius
Posted on 12 Aug 2012

When Caster Semenya was chosen to carry the SA flag during the London 2012 Olympic Games opening ceremony, it was a good omen of things to come for the 21-year-old Tukkie athlete.

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TuksSport bags another Olympic medal
Morris Gilbert
Posted on 10 Aug 2012

TuksSport has bagged another medal at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London.

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Tuks players selected for the Gauteng North Senior Netball team
Riana Bezuidenhout
Posted on 14 Jun 2012

Congratulations to all Tuks Divas and Tuks 1 players who were selected in the Gauteng North Senior Ladies A and B squads. The tournament is taking place in Johannesburg from 5 - 11 August 2012.

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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.

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Innovative staff members from the Faculty of Education awarded
Faculty of Education
Posted on 09 Nov 2012

Two staff members of the Faculty of Education were rewarded for their innovative approach to education at the Education Innovation Awards gala evening, held on 18 October 2012. The aim of the Awards is to acknowledge exceptional contributions to education innovation by staff of the University of Pretoria.

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Staff of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences awarded
Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences
Posted on 07 Nov 2012

The annual Education Innovation Awards gala evening of the University of Pretoria took place on 18 October 2012.

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Dr Carina Visser elected as Vice-President of IGA
Martie Meyer
Posted on 06 Nov 2012

Dr Carina Visser from the Department of Animal and Wildlife Sciences in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences was elected as Vice-President of the Board of Directors of the International Goat Association (IGA) during the XI International Conference on Goats in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria in September 2012. Dr Visser succeeds Prof Donkin in this position, who also attended the conference.

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New Programme in Business and Marketing Research
Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences
Posted on 06 Nov 2012

The Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at the University of Pretoria is proud to announce the launch of the brand new GfK Programme in Business and Marketing Research.

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UP Deputy Dean elected as President of the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa
Nicolize Mulder
Posted on 05 Nov 2012

Prof Gerhard Lindeque, Deputy Dean in the Faculty of Health Sciences, Head of the Department for Obstetrics and Gynaecology; and Chairperson of the School of Medicine at the University of Pretoria (UP) can now also add the title of President of the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa (CMSA) to his resumé.

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Recipient of NMMU Alumni Achiever Award for 2012
Department of Tourism Management
Posted on 05 Nov 2012

Prof Ernie Heath, from the Department of Tourism Management at the University of Pretoria, was one of the five recipients of the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University’s (NMMU) Alumni Achiever Award for 2012.

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