News & Events

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

Midlands Region collaborates with municipalities to enhance student support

The Unisa Midlands Region is collaborating with local municipalities to improve essential service delivery and support services to regional students.Read more

Durban hosts successful Spring graduations

Despite the pouring rain in Durban, graduation brought a range of emotions for the graduating students. Mostly, however, feelings of excitement and a sense of accomplishment. Read more

Unisa promotes globally recognised engineering qualifications

To ensure the quality of its programme offerings, Unisa’s School of Engineering works with advisory boards that consist of members from industry, other institutions of higher learning and accreditation bodies.Read more

Hard work pays off for KZN’s Information Literacy Programme trainees

The Department of Information Science recently held a certificate award ceremony for 72 trainees who completed the Information Literacy Programme in KZN.Read more