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 The residence experience during lockdown

2020-08-04
By: Jonathan Oladeji
On: August 4, 2020
In: UPNews

JAMEO CALVERT AND PRIDE MATHEBULA On 23 May, the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Dr Blade Nzimande, announced that universities would open in phases from 1 June, allowing the return of 33% of students, including final year students, postgraduate students (who require laboratory work to complete their degrees) and students with online learning challenges to be prioritised. The University of Pretoria has allowed some students back into its residences, making it easier for students to undertake online learning. In online learning, students encountered challenges due to network problems and inability to access online resources. Students reported that studying at home is more challengingRead More →

TuksRes solidarity fund continues

2020-05-04
By: Zurika Raubenheimer
On: May 4, 2020
In: Latest PDBY News, UPInternationalNews, UPNationalNews, UPNews

JAMEO CALVERT The Chairperson of the residence sub-council, Lara Thom, was happy to share with PDBY that the fund has turned out to be successful. According to her, they are ahead of their schedule, and have since been able to make the first round of payments on 27 April. She says that they were able to assist approximately 98 residence students with a disbursement amount to the value of approximately R 47 000. Thom explained that the second round of payments was processed over the weekend of 1 May, and states that “hopefully, this will aid around 150 residence students”. As of 3 May, theRead More →

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