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Paramedic powers part-time to LLB at Unisa
Henry Horne completed all 40 modules, achieving 16 distinctions, in March this year. His story is a familiar one at the university where hundreds of thousands of students make use of the opportunities afforded them by open, distance and e-learning to shape their futures. Read more
Unisa legal eagle serves SA
Prof Mpfariseni Budeli-Nemakonde is one of only three law academics appointed by the President to the South African Law Reform Commission. Read more
Unisan shaping country's future
Eveshnie Reddy on Mail & Guardian's Top 200 South African list. Read more
Unisa criminologist scoops international award
Unisa Criminologist, Dr Mahlogonolo Thobane, from the Department of Criminology & Security Science and School of Criminal Justice entered the young criminologists’ research article competition initiative by the International Society of Criminology and the United Nations Office on Drugs Crime/Education for Justice (E47). Read more
Unisa law student named top essayist
Gilbert Phindile Kato, an LLM student at Unisa and a candidate attorney at Webber Wentzel Attorneys, was recently announced as the winner of the LLM category at the Annual Legal Essay Writing Competition Awards ceremony. Read more
Dismissal of directors: South Africa’s law needs clarity on the role of courts
Writing in The Conversation, the College of Law’s Rehana Cassim says that when directors are unfairly removed from office by a hostile board, the legal remedies open to them are unclear. Read more
Unisa alum is Oxford-bound
Recent BCom Law graduate, Sarel van Baalen, who has won a scholarship to complete an MBA at the prestigious University of Oxford, says that he will most definitely encourage other professionals to further their careers with a Unisa qualification. Read more
Balneologist bags a power post
The International Geothermal Association has appointed Unisa's Dr Azwindini Ernest Tshibalo as its ambassador in South Africa to conduct research on geothermal energy and contribute data to a global database. Read more
Cornering the market
Two Unisa student entrepreneurs have joined forces to establish BartersConner, believed to be the world’s first textbook bartering exchange. Read more
Growing capacity for ODeL research
At a recent College of Law event, Prof Christine Ofulue from the National Open University of Nigeria stated that Unisa can develop an agenda through identifying fields that are relevant to the ODeL context. Read more
