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The ten aspects critical to the success of tuition and learning at Unisa
Speaking at the recent Unisa Management Lekgotla, Professor MH Mogashoa unpacked the key elements of tuition support and facilitation of learning at Unisa, including, among others, digital access centres, student preparedness diagnostics and an early alert system. Read more
New Unisa journal gives a voice to Africa’s nanoscience expertise
Launched within the Postgraduate Studies, Innovation and Commercialisation Portfolio of the College of Graduate Studies, the journal Nano-Horizons will be a vehicle for scientific excellence in the multidisciplinary fields of nanoscience and nanotechnologies on the African continent and beyond. Read more
Autumn graduations kick off at Unisa
‘Graduations are the hallmark and pinnacle of trajectories that students follow in the life-long pursuit of wisdom and knowledge in the various degrees they undertake at Unisa,’ wrote Professor Puleng LenkaBula in a personal message to newly minted graduates as the autumn graduation season commences on 14 March 2022. Read more
Reimagining African intellectual futures in the aftermath of Covid-19
Energised and committed to enhancing and realising the academic agenda, senior managers across all levels at Unisa, government executives and members of the diplomatic community are meeting at an all-inclusive Unisa Management Lekgotla on 11 and 12 March 2022. Read more
Budget 2022: Government should face SA’s problems head-on
A panel of specialists participating in the College of Economic and Management Sciences’ fourth Budget Discussion concurred that the tax windfall from the surge in commodity prices in 2021 brought budget relief in the short term, but that concerns remained for the long term. Read more
Reimagining the futures of higher education towards 2050
“For us to protect knowledge systems, we must ensure that the intellectual futures of South Africa, the continent and the world are protected with an understanding that we exist as individuals who are inextricably bound to society,” said Professor Puleng LenkaBula, speaking at a Unisa-hosted international conference on the futures of higher education. Read more
Unisa forges firm ties at DIRCO’s Ubuntu Awards
As the only university head invited to the Department of International Relations and Cooperation’s 2022 Ubuntu Awards, Unisa’s Professor Puleng LenkaBula engaged with national and international movers and shakers on the side-lines to promote, among others, the university’s science, economics and humanities initiatives. Read more
Let us make 2022 more lit!
Speaking at the opening of the 2022 academic year, Professor Puleng LenkaBula encouraged Unisans to look forward to a productive year, and to embrace an African university shaping intellectual futures in pursuit of academic excellence. Read more
Extending mutual higher education quality expertise into Africa
Following discussions between Unisa's Principal and Vice-Chancellor and Ethiopia’s former Minister of Science and Higher Education, a high-level delegation from the Ethiopia Education and Training Authority recently visited Unisa to share in the institution’s expertise on issues relating to quality assurance during an intensive programme. Read more
Sisipho Mayo’s NPO bridges the gap to opportunities
When she founded the Tozama Foundation in 2020 after her mother’s passing, little did Sisipho Mayo know that she was going to add value to her mother’s legacy of being loving, warm-hearted and a giver to communities. Read more
