UP News
- ‘Educating our future leaders is a collective responsibility,’ UP Vice-Chancellor tells ... 13 February 2025Solving the challenge of helping ‘missing middle’ students afford higher education is a collective societal responsibility
- Bridging the digital divide: Youth empowerment through AI training at UP Mamelodi Campus 12 February 2025UP's Mamelodi Campus hosted students from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University to teach local high school learners how to use AI to create solutions to real-world problems.
- UP’s Prof Tivani Mashamba-Thompson earns C1 NRF Rating 11 February 2025Professor Tivani Mashamba-Thompson, Deputy Dean of Research and Postgraduate Studies in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Pretoria, has made a remarkable leap in her academic career, advancing her National Research Foundation (NRF) rating from Y2 to C1—skipping multiple levels (Y1, C3, and C2) in the process. She is also among the […]
- Cutting-edge new South African Whale Centre set to be developed in Hermanus 11 February 2025A new South African Whale Centre is planned to be constructed in Hermanus which will house the Whale Unit UP’s Mammal Research Institute
- UP celebrates 117 years of innovation and impact 10 February 2025The University of Pretoria (UP) is commemorating 117 years of shaping minds and transforming lives. From its humble beginnings in 1908 to its current status as one of Africa’s leading institutions, UP’s journey embodies the spirit of progress and dedication to knowledge creation.
- UP-led astronomy research team explores formation of giant radio galaxies 9 February 2025Enabled by supercomputing, University of Pretoria (UP) researchers have led an international team of astronomers that has provided deeper insight into the entire life cycle (birth, growth and death) of giant radio galaxies, which resemble “cosmic fountains” – jets of superheated gas that are ejected into near-empty space from their spinning supermassive black holes.
- TuksFM's Emmanuel is going to run and talk about the Sappi Tuks Race 7 February 2025TuksFM listeners will know Emmanuel Radingwana as the one who reflects on the heroics of South African sportspeople in the Sports Show.
- UP researchers use groundbreaking tech to limit livestock methane emissions 7 February 2025Thanks to an investment from the New Zealand government, researchers at UP’s experimental farm have implemented the latest technology in cattle feed machinery.