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CAS declares 2023 the year for excellent student support

Committed to advancing and achieving its targets and mandate of strengthening student support services, the College of Accounting Sciences has declared the 2023 academic year for excellent student support by lining up a range of programmes to help students achieve their goals. Read more

Lekgotla cements Unisa’s vision for the future

Taking place on 14 and 15 March, the Principal and Vice-Chancellor’s Lekgotla offers academics and executives a platform to deliberate on improving the university’s outputs in the key areas of teaching, learning and research, and to re-examine the institution’s strategic pillars. Read more

Unisa climbs ten positions in Webometrics world ranking

Focusing on three main benchmarks – visibility, transparency or openness, and excellence – the Webometrics Ranking’s first edition for 2023 places Unisa at 795th among more than 31 000 universities worldwide, up from 805th in 2022. Read more

‘Unisa is an environment for growth and opportunities’

Media personality Luyolo Mkalipi, a former Unisa Radio volunteer and alumnus, urges the university to continue providing learning opportunities to its communities. In this #Unisa150Stories article, he shares how the practical experience gained at Unisa Radio presented him with new career opportunities. Read more

Forging ahead to enhance academic and institutional sustainability

Unisa’s prestigious official opening of the 2023 academic year reflected on, among others, the institution’s 2022 highlights and what it envisions for this year. The university declared that its theme for this year is ‘Reclaiming Afrika’s Intellectual Futures’. 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

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

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 Professor 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

Triumphant Unisans bring their A-game to the Metathon

The Silent Snipers Team comprising of two Unisa students, Susan Jonas and Tamara Jonas, recently won first place in South Africa at the 2022 AR/VR Africa Metathon. For the duo, Unisa teaches students to take initiative, be independent and acquire virtual skills, which assisted them to conquer the challenge. Read more