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Unisa celebrates biggest crop of Research and Innovation Award winners in years

At the university’s largest Research and Innovation Awards ceremony in years, 120 awards were presented to 112 dedicated researchers and innovators during a virtual ceremony on Friday, 3 June 2022, for achievements from 2020 to 2022.Read more

"We must act together to build a brighter future"

Delivering the keynote address at 12th Annual Thabo Mbeki Africa Day Lecture, Professor Toyin Falola, an African and global intellectual legend, took stock of what the African Union has achieved since its launch twenty years ago.Read more

The journey after graduation: a travel advisory

Drawing on her extensive personal experience, Professor Fortunate Silinda recently provided graduates with invaluable advice on important things to bear in mind as they continue down the road of life.Read more

Just do it!

Dianne Gibson recently graduated with an LLB degree at Unisa after 28 years on a completely different career path. She advises people of all ages to follow their dreams without letting any limitations stand in their way.Read more

Keeping hope alive and learning how to dance in the rain

Refusing to give up during the darkest time of her life, Riaana Robberts wrote her final exams going through chemotherapy after being diagnosed with aggressive stage-three breast cancer. Read more

CHE site visit concluded successfully

Three hundred stakeholders at Unisa participated in thirty-three sessions during a recent site visit by a panel from the Council on Higher Education to conduct an overall evaluation of the institution’s quality management in several focus areas.Read more

Unisan awarded a coveted Fulbright grant

Maxine Schaefer, a PhD student in Linguistics and Modern Languages, has been awarded a Fulbright Visiting Student Researcher grant to conduct nine months’ research in the United States of America and to work with a leader in her field.Read more

Psychology graduate soars above challenges

A tenacious student who survived ordeals that could have derailed her academic journey has bagged another degree and is one step further towards being an independent clinical psychologist. Read more

Innovator in the service of humanity earns a training opportunity in Switzerland

Mbuso Ngcongo, a Bachelor of Science in Computing student, is one of the winning innovators earmarked to attend a training programme in Switzerland, in September of this year.Read more