UMM Live — your workshop platform
Live workshops — join from anywhere in SA
PhD facilitators — live, rigorous, online
The jump from matric to WTW 114 is steeper than most first-years expect. It hits in Week 2. UMM closes the gap — with PhD-led live workshops mapped precisely to your UP module, PhD moderation 18 hours a day, 7 days a week, and past-paper-mapped sessions built around what UP’s examiners actually test.
Every workshop is mapped to UP’s published first-year STEM syllabus — not generic university mathematics. Six compulsory modules. All high-stakes. Every session built around what UP’s examiners actually test. Each module includes 4 live PhD-led workshops per month, plus full Academic Community access with PhD moderation 18 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Not pre-recorded video. Not passive content. Every workshop is a 60-minute, past-paper-mapped session led by a doctorate-level mathematician who knows your UP module — followed by PhD moderation in the UMM Academic Community 18 hours a day, 7 days a week. Questions posted overnight are answered the following morning.
| TIME | PHASE | WHAT HAPPENS |
|---|---|---|
| 10 min | 🔬 ANATOMY | Deconstruct the problem to first principles. The examiner’s patterns identified. Where do UP students characteristically break down in WTW 114 or WTW 158 — and why? |
| 15 min | ⚙️ DRILL | Live solution, step-by-step. Every decision narrated. Common errors surfaced and corrected in real time. Mapped directly to UP past paper questions. |
| 25 min | ✅ CLOSE | You solve, we mark. Exam-equivalent pressure. Competency demonstrated, not assumed. No surprises in the exam hall. |
| 10 min | 💬 OPEN FORUM | Your questions from the Academic Community — the highest-voted problems from enrolled students answered live. |
We do not lecture. We facilitate transformation.
Most supplementary learning is passive, generic, and disconnected from your actual degree. UMM is built around UP’s real syllabi, live doctorate expertise, and a moderated peer community that learns together. The students who pass WTW 114 are not those who studied harder — they are those who understood it differently.
A moderated academic forum — module-specific, PhD-supervised, and built for UP first-years. Post problems, share solutions, and learn from every cohort member’s questions. PhD moderators active 18 hours a day, 7 days a week. Questions posted overnight answered by 9am the following morning.
The students who thrive at UP are rarely those who study in isolation. The UMM Academic Community creates the conditions for cross-fertilisation of ideas — a cohort of first-years learning the same WTW modules, supported by the same PhD team, growing together.
UMM brings together three tiers of academic expertise — PhD graduates with substantial teaching records, doctoral candidates embedded in SA’s research environment, and Masters specialists who recently navigated the same first-year transition your students face now. A fourth tier of undergraduate peer moderators, supervised by the academic team, supports the community forum. Individual profiles are published as panel members complete onboarding.
Full academic team profiles and credentials will be published upon programme launch.
Every module begins with a free trial workshop — no payment details required. Experience the full UMM method before you spend a rand. When you are ready to continue, choose the tier that fits your semester.
Students are our primary focus. UMM also provides structured pathways for parents, a curated Panel of Facilitators (PhD graduates, doctoral candidates and Masters specialists), an Affiliate programme open to all UP students, Junior Moderator roles for Year 2+ undergraduates, Campus Associate positions, and a Society Partnership programme.
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UP’s first year is designed to challenge you from Week 2. The students who thrive are those who build understanding in real time — not those who try to catch up in Week 8.
Every module begins with a free trial workshop — no payment details required. Or send us a WhatsApp before you decide.