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Goal-driven engineer shakes up the industry

Unisa's Dr Adolph Anga Muleja is one of ten chosen South African researchers in the Talented Young Scientist Programme—a bilateral exchange programme between China and SA.Read more

Connectivity and data boost for students

30 GB per month for two months from mid-May to mid-July 2020 is up for grabs in a ground-breaking partnership between Unisa and MTN.Read more

Covid-19 study blues? Unisa’s expert counsellors are here to support you.

Given the current uncertain circumstances it may be difficult to manage your Unisa studies. Find out about the Unisa counselling and support services that are in place to assist you .Read more

It’s all systems go for Unisa’s online examinations

Harnessing its expertise and vast experience as a pioneer in ODeL, Unisa is enabling its students to proceed with the 2020 academic year by means of alternative assessment formats in May/June, including online examinations.Read more

The disease that gave the world a wake-up call

Professor Douglas Boateng of Unisa's Graduate School of Business Leadership analyses the latest data and says the ultimate victory will depend on each one of us to remain disciplined and fully focused on the goal.Read more

Unisa Law alumnus is dedicated to serving Unisa's international students across the globe

This advocate for human rights, who received his Bachelor of Commerce in Law degree in March, is dedicated to serving Unisa's international students across the globe.Read more

Undaunted by lockdown and homelessness, Sakhile targets a bright tomorrow

Shaping futures in the service of humanity through accessible open distance learning is what Unisa is all about, and Sakhile Nsibande is determined to change the fortunes of his family with a qualification from the institution.Read more

Unisa leads the way in HE during Covid-19

Listen to an SAfm interview in which Professor Mandla Makhanya, Unisa Principal and Vice-Chancellor, discusses the challenges higher education faces during the Covid-19 crisis, and how Unisa's open, distance and e-learning model serves as an example for other universities.Read more

Paramedic powers part-time to LLB at Unisa

Henry Horne completed all forty modules, achieving sixteen distinctions, in March this year. His story is a familiar one at the university where hundreds of thousands of students make use of the opportunities afforded them by open, distance, and e-learning to shape their futures.Read more