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Unisa improves its position in the Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings

The 2025 results released this week show that the university’s performance regarding the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals rose to 66,3, compared to 65,3 achieved in 2024. Three of the SDGs on which it provided evidence (8 – Decent work and economic growth, 4 – Quality education, and 5 – Gender equality) scored in the top quartile worldwide, while a further four scored in the top half. Read more

Hoping to turn her love of travelling, culture, and the SA countryside into a career

Unisa alumna Prudence Motshweni is passionate about travel, culture and helping people create meaningful experiences. Her love for tourism began with a genuine love for the beautiful countryside and rich heritage of South Africa. Read more

Unisa’s impact behind bars and beyond

Actor, comedian and author Sthembiso Ndlovu, a proud Unisa alumnus, recounts his inspirational journey of self-discovery from incarceration to a thriving career in the performing arts and world of literature. Read more

Unisa: South Africa’s premier producer of world-class graduates

With its autumn graduations under way at venues across the country, the University of South Africa takes great pride in again producing the largest cohort of graduates in the country – at all levels from diplomas to doctorates. Read more

Changing student lives through golf

The Unisa Midlands Region Shaping Futures Golf Challenge attracted golfers from the North West and Gauteng provinces to change the lives of Unisa students who need relief from their student debt. Read more

Unisa PhD graduate earns spot at prestigious Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting

The university proudly celebrates the achievement of one of its distinguished alumni, Dr Unathi Thango, who has been selected to attend the prestigious Eighth Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting on Economic Sciences in Germany. Read more

Artificial intelligence as an academic collaborator and challenger

At the opening of Unisa’s 2025 Research and Innovation Week, keynote speaker Professor Nyna Amin from the University of KwaZulu-Natal spoke on challenging the established frameworks in academia in order to lay a firm foundation to incorporate artificial intelligence in higher education. Read more

G20 to the people: Unisa and DIRCO launch Town Hall Outreach Programme

Unisa, in partnership with the Department of International Relations and Cooperation, recently launched the G20 Presidency Community Engagement Town Hall Outreach Programme to take the G20’s agenda directly to communities to inform, engage and gather input from ordinary South Africans. Read more

Unisa innovators making global waves in Switzerland

A Unisa delegation of staff and student innovators has set off to Switzerland for an international exchange programme to explore and connect with the country’s globally acclaimed innovation ecosystem.Read more