Mobilising Unisa Alumni - September 2017

Absa allocates over R6 million for disadvantaged Unisa students

The bank signed an MoU with the university to formalise a long-standing partnership to enhance education through the Unisa-Absa Public Private Partnership Scholarship Programme.

Fee burden headlines US alumni event

The Vice-Chancellor told New York stakeholders that Unisa received a fraction of the funding that a face-to-face university would get in government subsidy for each student at undergraduate level. Read more

Unisa in beer brewing finals

The South African Breweries' 10th Annual SAB Intervarsity Beer Brewing Challenge will pit 16 of South Africa's top tertiary institutions against one another in a bid to win the sought-after accolade of best beer brewing students. Read more

	Message from Mr Sabelo Mhlungu, President of the Unisa Convocation. Read more.
	Unisa alumni, partners and friends in the UK and US can now enjoy tax benefits for their donations. Read more.
	Attend the 2017 Open Innovation Summit at the Unisa Muckleneuk Campus, Pretoria. Read more.
	The latest issue of YOUNISA puts technology under the spotlight. Read more.

Alumni on the move


Unisa women win at WiSA	Setting an example to #DefineTomorrow
Prof Azwihangwisi Mavhandu-Mudzusi is the 2017 Women in Science Awards Distinguished Woman Researcher in Humanities and Social Sciences, with Prof Venitha Pillay as runner up in the same category. Read more.	Prof Mpho Ngoepe's research focuses upon archives and records management in relation to accountability, justice, and auditing. Read more.