Unisa’s Centre for Lifelong Learning recently held a ground-breaking hybrid seminar on micro-credentials and the opportunities they present in extending the value of short learning programmes, giving more options to those wanting to gain additional knowledge and skills. Read more

The university has added another positive building block in shaping intellectual futures by receiving an unqualified audit opinion for its 2021 financial statements. Read more

The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants has moved programmes offered by Unisa’s College of Accounting Sciences from a previous rating of three to continued full accreditation. This serves as affirmation that Unisa’s accounting qualifications meet, to an appropriate extent, the education and related requirements. Read more

A recent survey conducted by the university’s Student Retention Unit shows that 81% of prospective Unisa students regard the institution as their university of first choice and that the proactive services provided by the unit are vital in this regard. Read more

The Unisa Alumni Relations Office concluded 2022’s activities with a visit to alumni in Mauritius. The office had the opportunity to visit 18 of the 21 chapters this year, and rekindle relationships with Unisa’s valued alumni after the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more

Unisa boasts alumni chapters in ten African countries and eleven in South African regions. The chapters were established in 2008 to play an integral part in the university’s sustainability. Read more

Bezalem Eshetu Yirdaw, a PhD student in Unisa’s College of Science, Engineering and Technology, was announced as one of the top 20 scientists awarded the 2022 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Sub-Saharan Africa Young Talents Award for her work in child morbidity. Read more

Great excitement was evident as graduates who could not attend the autumn graduation ceremonies in Unisa’s Eastern Cape Region recently collected their certificates. Read more

Is there a gap in the market, and is there a market in that gap? Unisa’s Directorate of Innovation, Technology Transfer and Commercialisation has been training staff and students to evaluate whether their proposed solution addresses a real market need. Read more