Browsing UP Inaugural Addresses by Title

Browsing UP Inaugural Addresses by Title

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  • Friedland, Erich Karl Helmuth; University of Pretoria. Dept. of Physics (University of Pretoria, 1980-05-29)
    The interaction of science and technology is the driving force of modern society. The wealth of an industrial nation depends critically on the efficiency with which society makes use of its scientific resources. In the ...
  • Van Amstel, S.R.; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science. Dept. of Medicine (University of Pretoria, 1990-06-28)
    Veterinary Medicine is a profession with a long and honorable history. This profession, along with the other health professions have played a major role in the health and welfare of both man and animal. Veterinary Medicine ...
  • Kupe, Tawana (University of Pretoria, 2019)
    “Mr Chancellor, it is my honour to introduce to you and the congregation Prof Tawana Kupe. Professor Tawana Kupe was appointed Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria in 2018 with his duties commencing ...
  • Van Niekerk, J.M.; University of Pretoria. Dept. van Radiodiagnostiek (University of Pretoria, 1975-09-25)
    Since the discovery of X-rays in 1895 by Conrad Rontgen, progress in the technical field has more or less kept pace with advancement in clinical radiology. One aspect of radiology, however, lagged behind the enormous ...
  • Nicholson, C.M.A. (Caroline Margaret Anne), 1960- (University of Pretoria, 2004)
    Text of professorial inaugural address delivered on 11 May 2004.
  • Oosthuizen, J.S.; University of Pretoria. Dept. of Sociology (University of Pretoria, 1980-06-12)
    The purpose of this inaugural lecture, entitled The self-image of sociology — and sociologists, is to focus attention on the image which sociologists have of their discipline and of themselves. Four premises which outline ...
  • Potgieter, J.H. (Johan Hendrik), 1952-; University of Pretoria. Dept. of Semitic Languages (University of Pretoria, 1989-06-01)
    SUMMARY The academic discipline, Semitic languages comprises of four main language groups, namely North Eastern, North Western, South Western and South Eastern Semitic languages. Although the main emphasis in the ...
  • Crafford, D.; University of Pretoria. Dept. of Science of Religion and Missiology (University of Pretoria, 1989-04-27)
    An effort has been made to define missiology. It is the study of the salvation that God has provided for the world in Christ and through the Holy Spirit in the coming of this kingdom into this suffering and sinful world; ...
  • Maree, N.; University of Pretoria. Dept. van Opmeetkunde en Stads- en Streeksbeplanning (University of Pretoria, 1978-06-22)
    Possible adaptations in education and training are discussed in the light of the role to be played by surveying and town planning in a world in which the enormous increase in urban populations is regarded as a very serious ...
  • Skawran, P.R.; University of Pretoria. Dept. of Psychology (University of Pretoria, 1935-03-13)
  • Kritzinger, J.H.; University of Pretoria. Dept. van Ou-Testamentiese Eksegese (University of Pretoria, 1939-04-15)
  • Lombard, A. (Antoinette) (2007-05-09)
    Twelve years into democracy, South Africa is still facing deep-seated social and economic inequalities. The expanding divide between the rich and the poor emphasises the sharp division between the modern economy and the ...
  • Roos, N.O.; University of Pretoria. Dept. van Beeldende Kuns (University of Pretoria, 1979-06-14)
    The development of art in South Africa barely spans 100 years. Many artists from Holland, England, Germany and France, together with their colleagues in South Africa, helped to develop it to the present level. Only ...
  • IJsselmuiden, Carel, 1954-; University of Pretoria. Dept. of Community Health (University of Pretoria, 1996-10-10)
  • Schoeman, Hermanus Stephanus; University of Pretoria. Dept. of Statistics (University of Pretoria, 1981-09-10)
    During the course of many centuries Statistics has developed from a political science concerned with the analysis of facts about the State, to a mathematical science for studying the observations of non-deterministic ...
  • De Loor, B.; University of Pretoria. Dept. of Statistics (University of Pretoria, 1939-03-15)
  • Stoker, D.J.; University of Pretoria. Dept. of Statistics (University of Pretoria, 1963-04-17)
    In this lecture the general statistical procedure and the principles underlying the application of the theory to practical problems were considered critically. After a general discussion of the theory of statistical inference ...
  • Groenewald, P.S. (Pieter Schalk); University of Pretoria. Dept. van Bantoetale (University of Pretoria, 1967-09-26)
  • Peeters, Leopold, 1925-; University of Pretoria. Dept. van Romaanse Tale (University of Pretoria, 1975-03-20)
  • Lombard, S.H.; University of Pretoria, Dept. of Diarying (University of Pretoria, 1959-10-30)
    This lecture oulines dairying as a subject taught at university level. Its technological bias does not disqualify it as a subject in academic education which has to include many subjects other than the pure sciences owing ...