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Western Cape staff volunteer to ease students' registration journey
In the true spirit of Ubuntu, staff from different departments at Unisa's Cape Town Campus recently volunteered their time to alleviate frustration among students queueing to complete their registration at the institution. Read more
Long live Unisa, long live!
Unisa staff and students share their well wishes ahead of the university's 150th anniversary (#Unisa150) official academic opening ceremony on Friday 10 February 2023. Read more
Unisa author scoops two creative awards
Dr Gerda Taljaard-Gilson from the Department of Afrikaans and Theory of Literature was recently awarded the prestigious ATKV Prose Prize and the kykNET-Rapport Fiction Prize for her novel Vier susters. Read more
Harvesting indigenous knowledge epistemologies for the promotion of the African heritage
The School of Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Studies successfully hosted the third Indigenous Epistemologies Seminar Series focusing on harvesting indigenous knowledge epistemologies to promote the African heritage. Read more
Forging ahead to enhance academic and institutional sustainability
On 10 February 2023, exuberant Unisans gathered at the university’s Muckleneuk Campus in Pretoria, while others joined the prestigious official opening ceremony of the 2023 academic year online to reflect on the 2022 highlights and positively envision the year that will be. Read more
Jubilant Unisans celebrate 150th anniversary prior to academic opening ceremony
The 2023 official academic opening ceremony marks Unisa's 150th anniversary (#Unisa150). Joyful Unisans are gathering outside the Muckleneuk Campus to commemorate the milestone in song and dance. Read more
150th anniversary academic opening to be led by Unisa's first black womxn VC
Friday 10 February 2023 marks the academic opening of Unisa’s 150th year of academic excellence (#Unisa150). Join Prof Puleng LenkaBula, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the institution, as she charts the course towards the vision of reclaiming Africa’s intellectual futures. Read more
A university committed to shaping lives
As Unisa celebrates its 150th anniversary this year, the institution has shaped people’s lives in many ways. Kgomotso Tshabalala, Security Officer at Unisa, is a beneficiary of the institution’s insourcing agreement in 2016. In this #Unisa150Stories series, she shares how the university improved her life. Read more
Unisa participates in the 2022 National Three Minute Thesis Competition
The College of Graduate Studies facilitated the university's participation in the 2022 National Three Minute Thesis Competition. Through three of its students, Unisa joined over 900 universities worldwide that participated in 2022. Read more
College of Law hosts groundbreaking conference for emerging researchers
CLAW recently held a groundbreaking conference for young and emerging scholars. The flagship event, which is a partnership between Unisa's PCIL and APGRON, provides a platform for students and emerging researchers to grow, be involved in engaged scholarship and act as a facilitator of mentorship and transformation of the knowledge economy. Read more
