2022

The University of Pretoria’s (UP) Future Africa Institute and the International Science Council (ISC) have signed an agreement to support African agendas and capacities, and strengthen the presence of African science on the global…

“I have many classes in this auditorium, and I’ve never seen it as full as it is this morning,” said Anka Hu, a senior majoring in mathematics and president of the MIT Science Bowl Club, in her opening remarks at the 2022 MIT Science Bowl…

University of Pretoria (UP) Vice-Chancellor and Principal Professor Tawana Kupe has called on African universities to become champions of transformation both internally and across the continent, in a joint effort to transform African…

Accreditation of engineering qualifications is necessary to earn the trust of the public and industry. However, the accreditation of micro-credential courses is equally important, as well as input from industry.This was one of the themes…

Two University of Pretoria scientists have contributed to the first-ever global field assessment of the ecological impacts of grazing in drylands.Professors Peter le Roux, from the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences and Thulani…

The ice-free areas of Antarctica were initially thought to be devoid of life, but with the advent of modern genetic technologies, scientists now know that microorganisms have adapted to living in this extreme environment.Researchers at…

ach year in South Africa, when universities begin new academic calendars, the issue of student funding dominates the national debate as more challenges arise. Among the affected group of students facing financial ‘exclusion’ is the…

When the University of Johannesburg hosted the first World Congress of Constitutional Law to be held in Africa, we reflected on the 17th-century philosopher John Locke, who argued that the law of nature compelled humans not to cause harm.…

Together with their sponsors, scholarship holders of the University of Excellence celebrated the start of the new funding period of the RWTH Education Fund. This year, the event was once again held in a festive atmosphere in the…

Crisis communication is also one of the topics that the Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management at RWTH Aachen University is focusing on. Under the direction of Professor Holger Schüttrumpf, the "HoWas2021"…