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Remembering Prof Kgomotso Masemola

Professor Edith Dinong Phaswana shares a moving tribute to the former Executive Dean of the College of Human Sciences at Unisa, Professor Kgomotso Masemola. She says Masemola will be remembered as a world-renowned erudite scholar, a highly sophisticated academic, a prolific author, and a world-class pan-African theorist. Read more

Your health is your wealth: Campus Health Clinic encourages cancer screening

In commemoration of Women's Month, The Unisa Campus Health Clinic invited staff members to a gender-related cancer screening initiative held at the Muckleneuck Campus. The initiative aimed to promote the well-being of Unisa staff and students. Read more

Unisa hosts MoodleMoot Africa 2023

Unisa, in collaboration with the Open University of Tanzania and other key stakeholders, is hosting the first MoodleMoot Africa conference to discuss innovations that support academic projects across the continent, including student-centric technologies driven by 4IR and artificial intelligence. Read more

Unisa alumni empowered to strengthen postgraduate education

Unisa alumni have answered the call to give back to their alma mater, undergoing comprehensive supervisory training to become mentors and guides for postgraduate students. Discover how this initiative shapes the future of education at Unisa and fosters a strong bond between the university and its accomplished alumni community. Read more

Unisa is reclaiming its place at the top tier of tertiary education in South Africa

A centre of excellence and a lever of optimum participation in the global knowledge arena with impact, Unisa is reclaiming its space in the top tier of South African higher education. In the second edition of the 2023 Webometrics Ranking of World Universities, Unisa has been ranked seventh among the country's 123 institutions of higher learning. Read more

ARWU ranks Unisa in the top eight best universities in South Africa

Attesting the university's commitment to reclaiming its place at the top tier of tertiary education institutions on the continent and globally, the 2023 Academic Ranking of World Universities has ranked Unisa in the top eight best universities in South Africa and the top 1 000 globally. Read more

NSRC's highest decision-making body revisits its policies

The National Student Representative Council convened for the Special National Student Parliament to review and develop its policies. Read more

Unisa @ 150: An SA first as multilingual robotics glossary is launched

The Unisa Science Engagement Centre, in collaboration with the Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages, and the Department of African Languages, officially launched a first-of-its-kind multilingual glossary of one hundred robotics terms in all eleven South African official languages. Read more

Unisa strengthens presence in Ethiopia

A recent open day in Addis Ababa saw a range of meaningful interactions between a wide range of Unisa representatives with both current and prospective students, including the dissemination of graduate and postgraduate information, and the provision of career guidance and student support. Read more