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

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

Unisa’s Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Puleng LenkaBula, recently hosted the founder and CEO of Moodle, Dr Martin Dougiamas, to strengthen the university’s relationship with one of the world’s largest learning management systems. Read more

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

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