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Modise dedicates VJOY 2022 Regional Award to Unisa Radio

EWN reporter and former Unisa Radio newsreader, Kgomotso Modise, recently won the Vodacom Journalist of the Year 2022 Gauteng Regional Award in the category Live Reporting and Breaking News for her work covering the Senzo Meyiwa case and the Rosettenville shootout between police and cash-in-transit robbers. Read more

Unisa plays a lead role in the transformation agenda of the CA profession

Kebaabetswe Ramushwana enrolled at Unisa to study for a Bachelor of Accounting Sciences while she worked as a radiographer. After graduating, she joined the university as a student assistant in the College of Accounting Sciences while completing her CTA exams. Today, she works for Unisa as a Senior Lecturer and Chair of the Department of Financial Governance. Read more

Unisa alumni changing lives

More students thank Unisa alumni for contributing towards the Alumni Fund that has paid for their outstanding fees and allowing them a chance to graduate sooner than they imagined. Read more

Key stakeholders ponder water solutions at Unisa conference

Unisa’s Institute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability recently hosted the highly successful 2022 iNanoWS Guvhangano under the theme Think Globally, Research Locally, which attracted the attendance of more than 200 key stakeholders from industry, academia and government; all working in the field of water treatment and sustainability. Read more

Ready to change the world

"I am proud of myself," says the former student leader, Rudorwashe Mpofu, who completed her accounting sciences degree through Unisa after four years of difficulties. Mpofu recently graduated from Unisa and is ready to change the world.Read more

Partnerships that combat youth unemployment

Unisa’s Department of Human Resource Development and ETDP-SETA recently held a seminar with the university’s interns to provide a platform for professionals in training to report back on the progress of their internship programme and identify areas of improvement and provide solutions to challenges faced by interns. Read more

Unisa students voyage to the Southern oCean seAsonal Experiment winter 2022 cruise

Unisa students, Sandra Maluleke and Udoka Ogugua formed part of the South African Polar Research Infrastructure team collaborating on the Southern oCean seAsonal Experiment winter 2022 cruise. The students were trained in ocean surveillance, basic meteorology, biodiversity analysis, and water sampling techniques. Read more

CGS hosts successful postgraduate virtual open day

The College of Graduate Studies recently hosted a postgraduate virtual open day to inform prospective students about Unisa’s diverse range of programmes, support services, learning tools and resources available for postgraduate students. Read more

Unisa’s engineering disciplines best in SA: Times Higher Education global ranking

The globally respected and widely referenced Times Higher Education World University Rankings, which rates over 1 700 universities across 104 countries and regions, has placed Unisa’s engineering disciplines across the board in joint first place in South Africa. Read more