News & Events
Ensuring successful transition for first-time students
Unisa’s recent Student Retention Unit Showcase provided a picture of a range of support and retention strategies implemented by the unit to promote student success and retention.Read more
Outstanding South Africans to be honoured at the 2021 Calabash Awards
Unisa Chancellor Thabo Mbeki will be honouring four remarkable individuals for their contribution to the transformation and development of the country.Read more
A curriculum that embraces indigenous languages
Unisa held the Recognition of Prior Learning webinar with the aim to recognise the impact of the programme and showcase videos profiling students who were admitted into the university’s qualifications using the RPL process.Read more
Unisa’s Registrar and NSRC visit the vaccination site
Professor Steward Mothata and members of the NSRC rolled up their sleeves at the Unisa Campus Health Clinic’s vaccination site to show support and encourage Unisans to take advantage of the vaccination programme offered by the university.Read more
Unisa’s senior academics set the record straight
In an opinion piece published by the Sunday Times, three academic executives responded to sentiments that have been expressed in the media which are injurious to Unisa’s academics, scholars, students and alumni.Read more
Her impactful art gives black women a voice
For Lethabo Huma, a Unisa visual multimedia student and one of the artists selected to be part of a Time Magazine project, art is a very personal craft that she uses to speak to the world about women’s issues as she struggles to express herself verbally. Read more
Workshop examines the oral testing of PhD candidates
PhD candidates’ oral defence of their thesis in front of a panel of examiners will form part of the examination process in future, and attendees received guidance on how to implement best practices in this regard at Unisa. Read more
Ensuring postgrad performance during Covid-19
A recent conference focused on providing Unisa’s postgraduate students with extensive support to ensure that they can confidently present their research studies to peers and established scholars, and that they receive critical feedback from a panel of academics. Read more
Unisa multidisciplinary team wins the NRF Science Team Award
A Unisa team of researchers has been working to change the status quo of implementing new energy technologies in Africa, and the NRF has recognised their scientific contributions to society by awarding them the Science Team Award.Read more
