Q-Photo and UP Archives Photographic Workshops
Alida Green
Posted on 02 Mar 2011
More than 150 students, staff and members of the public attended the first of four Q-Photo and UP Archives photographic workshop on Saturday 26 February.
Interview with Prof Christof Heyns - UN special rapporteur
Paul Tullis
Posted on 02 Mar 2011
Prof Christof Heyns of the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria in South Africa, recently began a two-year mandate as the United Nations Special Rapporteur for Extrajudicial, Summary and Arbitrary Executions covering incidents of murder either by a government or in which a government fails to adequately investigate and prosecute such crimes.
World Kidney Day - 10 March
Prof G van Biljon
Posted on 02 Mar 2011
World Kidney Day (WKD) is a global health awareness campaign focusing on the importance of our kidneys and reducing the frequency and impact of kidney disease and its associated health problems. The slogan for this year's campaign is Protect Your Kidneys and Save Your Heart. Two consultants at the University of Pretoria, Prof G van Biljon and Dr Patience Sigwadi, were invited by the National Kidney Foundation to participate in a schools outreach programme.
National Schools Moot Court Competition 2010/11
Cherryl Botterill
Posted on 01 Mar 2011
The first annual National Schools Moot Court Competition will take place at the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg on National Human Rights Day, 21 March 2011. Teams from four schools in each of the nine provinces - a total of 72 learners - have been selected to take part in this groundbreaking event.
Occupational Therapy Lecturer exchange to Sweden
Rulaine Smith
Posted on 01 Mar 2011
A teacher-exchange program funded by the Linnaeus-Palme program has been established between the Occupational Therapy Departments at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden & the University of Pretoria, South Africa
Seminar: 'Highly Educated Women in Tanzania', Wednesday, 2nd March, 11:00-12:00 at the IWGS Seminar Room
Felix Liersch
Posted on 28 Feb 2011
The Institute for Women's and Gender Studies would like to invite interested parties to attend an exclusive seminar on "Highly Educated Women in Tanzania: Opportunities and Constraints for Constructing Educational Agency" given by visiting Finnish scholar Mari-Anne Okkolin, M.Soc.Sc., and to be hosted at the Institute's seminar room (Human Sciences Building, 20-18) on the 2nd of March 2011 at 11:00-12:00 o' clock.
Statistics SA Training Session for the SUPERCROSS software package; 3rd March 2011, 9 - 1pm, HSB 20-18
Felix Liersch
Posted on 28 Feb 2011
StatsSA invites you to a training session on their cutting-edge SUPERCROSS software package. The data under review includes social, population, economic, industry and other statistics vital for engaging in contemporary research.
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