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Proactive approach ensures student success and retention at Unisa

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

Celebrating Unisa’s 2022 milestones

Speaking at the official closing of the 2022 academic year, Professor Puleng LenkaBula, Principal and Vice-Chancellor, said the celebration was testament to the commitment and hard work of Unisans. Read more

Unisan awarded the 2022 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Sub-Saharan Africa Young Talents Award

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

Proud Eastern Cape graduates receive certificates

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

Up-and-coming Unisa postgrad physicist earns science award in Italy

Masedi Masekane, a joint doctoral student from Unisa’s Department of Physics and the University of Zagreb, was recently awarded a young scientist award in Trieste, Italy. Read more

Unisa student innovator accepted into the UK Future Female Business School

Caroline Matenchi, Unisa’s Biomedical Science student and inventor of an Agricultural Smart Sensor, has been accepted into the UK Future Female Business School Accelerator Programme. The programme aims to empower women in start-up, inter-median and functioning businesses to improve their target market and to be different in the Green-Tech solutions industry.Read more

Unisa hosts Moodle supremo

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

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

Unlocking Unisa's innovative ideas

Unisa, as an entrepreneurial university, launched the Directorate of Innovation, Technology Transfer and Commercialisation's (DITTC) Pre-Incubation Programme in 2020. The programme was born from a need to support the innovative ideas emerging from the university and guide these to deliver a minimum viable product.Read more