During the course of this week, Unisa became aware that the question papers for four modules scheduled to be written during the May/June examination period had been leaked. As a result, the examinations for the affected modules were postponed.
Revised examination dates for the four affected modules have been announced and are as follows:
We sincerely regret the inconvenience the rescheduling of these examinations may have caused you, but assure you that stringent security measures are in place to ensure that incidents such as this do not undermine the integrity of these or any other examinations.
We urge you to report anyone who is in unlawful possession of Unisa examination papers to the Ethics Hotline: 0800 86 96 93 or fraud@kpmg.co.za
Posted: 17 May 2013
Posted: 17 May 2013
Unisa has become aware that the question papers for four modules scheduled to be written during the May/June examination period have been leaked. The examinations for the affected modules have, therefore, been postponed.
The affected modules are as follows:
We sincerely regret the inconvenience this may cause you, but cannot allow incidents such as this to undermine the integrity of our qualifications or our reputation. A high-level Unisa management task team, aimed at tightening the controls of our examination management system, is investigating where the leaks occurred and putting measures in place to prevent incidents of this nature occurring again. We urge you, however, to report anyone who is in unlawful possession of Unisa examination papers to the Ethics Hotline: 0800 86 96 93 or fraud@kpmg.co.za
We understand the anxiety that this will cause and the revised dates for the affected examinations will be communicated as soon as possible.
Posted: 14 May 2013
The Unisa website and myUnisa will be unavailable on 11 and 12 May 2013 due to essential electrical maintenance at Unisa.
The dates and times for the downtimes are as follows:
Please keep these downtime periods in mind when planning your online submission of assignments.
We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Posted: 9 May 2013
The Unisa website and myUnisa will be unavailable for two weekends in May 2013 due to essential electrical maintenance at Unisa.
The dates and times for the downtimes are as follows:
Please keep these downtime periods in mind when planning your online submission of assignments.
We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Posted: 29 April 2013
Applications for student numbers, admission and registration for the 2013 academic year are closed. Please visit the website in July 2013 for updated information for the 2014 academic year.
Posted: 25 April 2013
Due to the strike action by staff on Unisa's campuses, students are encouraged to apply online and submit assignments via myUnisa rather than visit campuses until further notice.
Posted: 16 April 2013
The dates and times for the downtimes are as follows:
Please keep these downtime periods in mind when planning your online submission of assignments.
We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Posted: 16 April 2013
The strike at the South African Post Office (SAPO) over the past five weeks has had a negative impact on Unisa processes and on Unisa students. During this period, many assignments were not delivered to Unisa and marked assignments to be returned to students were either not delivered or were delivered very late.
Semester 1 assignment due dates will not be changed. Unisa will, however, accept assignments until 15 April 2013. This arrangement excludes all assignments for Signature Modules, i.e. AFL1501, BPT1501, EUP1501, GGH3708, SJD1501 and SUS1501. Please remember that you can submit your assignments to Unisa via myUnisa: https://my.unisa.ac.za.
Please note: You must submit at least one assignment per module to Unisa by 15 April 2013 to gain admission to the examination.
Posted: 4 April 2013
There may be intermittent interruptions of service on myUnisa on Monday 11 March 2013. Students who have assignments due on 11 March 2013 will be accommodated. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Posted: 11 March 2013
Unisa is currently experiencing a problem in the creation of new myLife email accounts for students registered since 1 February 2013. The impact of this problem varies from student to student. Students affected by this problem can now download your study material by visiting https://registration.unisa.ac.za/info. Click on the link "Study material available for download".
Posted: 8 February 2013
Unisa offices will be closed from 15:30 on Friday 21 December 2012 and re-open at 08:00 on Wednesday 2 January 2013. During this period all applications and registrations, and related services via the web, fax and e-mail will not be available. Students will not be able to register online during this period. Online registration services will be restored at 08:00 on Wednesday 2 January 2013. Similarly, e-mails sent to the university during this period will neither be processed nor responded to. The university e-mail systems will be restored at 08:00 on 2 January 2013.
Limited web-based services, such as parts of myUnisa and the Library databases, may be available, mainly for viewing only, during this period.
The university wishes all students a Merry Christmas and a successful New Year. We are looking forward to serving our students at 08:00 on Wednesday 2 January 2013.
Posted: 14 December 2012
The university management wishes to inform staff and students that it is fully aware of media reports about the apprehension and arrest by the police yesterday (Tuesday, 30 October 2012) of certain individuals who were found to be in possession of Unisa examination papers.
Management wishes to also assure staff and students that it is doing everything within its power to ensure that this incident does not compromise the integrity of Unisa examinations.
The university is currently collaborating with the Organised Crime Unit of the South African Police Service in a bid to solve the case, and it will release further relevant details in due course.
Posted: 31 October 2012
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Posted: 16 October 2012
The university received over 80 000 applications for the first semester 2013 application period. All successful applicants will be informed via e-mail and post by the end of October 2012. If you do not receive an application notification by the end of October, please send an e-mail to study-info@unisa.ac.za.
Applicants whose applications could not be finalised as a result of outstanding documentation will be informed in November that they are not eligible to register until they complete their applications in the next application period. The next application period if from 2 to 19 April 2013.
Posted: 5 October 2012
You can now submit your Unisa multiple-choice assignments via your mobile phone. Conditions apply: you need to be a registered myUnisa user (https://my.unisa.ac.za/portal/pda from your phone or https://my.unisa.ac.za from your PC), have a mobile phone capable of running the application (if you're not sure, download the application from https://my.unisa.ac.za/mobileapp and try it out) and have sufficient airtime on your phone. For more information, go to https://my.unisa.ac.za/mobileapp.
Posted: 16 August 2012
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Posted: 13 June 2012
Posted: 6 June 2012
The myUnisa site will be unavailable from 16:00 (CAT) on Friday 8 June 2012 to 07:45 (CAT) on Tuesday 12 June 2012 due to essential maintenance on Unisa systems. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause
Posted: 5 June 2012
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Posted: 14 May 2012
I urge all Unisa students who are writing exams at the moment to take the issue of arriving early at the exam venues very seriously. We all know that there are unpredictable traffic problems countrywide; this is beyond our control. We all know that there may be limited parking spaces at the venues; this is also beyond our control. Despite these issues, it remains the responsibility of each Unisa student to leave home early enough to avoid these issues. If it means leaving your homes before dawn, so be it. This is your future, it is a once in a lifetime sacrifice. Please try, by all means possible, to arrive at the exam venue hours before the time. It is not in Unisa's interest for any one of you to miss an examination opportunity. Please put everything aside and focus on this life-changing and career-enhancing opportunity. I am proud of all of you and I know that you can make it.
From Convy Baloyi, Unisa Dean of Students
Posted: 10 May 2012
Please note that there may be intermittent interruption of service availability on all Unisa systems, including myUnisa, the Unisa public website, Registration and Library sites from 08:00 to 20:00 CAT on Saturday 5 May due to essential maintenance. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Posted: 3 May 2012
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Posted: 4 April 2012
Unisa has experienced significant growth in student enrolments, which means that not all students can be accommodated at certain examination centres in Durban. In addition, Unisa examinations will, with immediate effect, no longer be written at the Durban Regional Centre.
Students registered to write examinations at examination centres in Durban may, therefore, be assigned to an alternative examination centre in Durban. Full details of these changes will be available on myUnisa from 14 March 2012.
Students in the Durban area may still go to myUnisa to make changes to examination venues between 14 March 2012 and 30 March 2012. Please note, however, that 6 of the 11 Unisa examination centres in the Durban area are already fully booked. The myUnisa system will only allow examination venue changes to be made at venues with available space.
Posted: 29 February 2012
Please note that all Unisa systems, including myUnisa, the Unisa public website, Registration and Library sites, may be intermittently unavailable from Saturday 25 February at 14:00 to Sunday 26 February 2012 at 18:00 due to essential maintenance. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Posted: 24 February 2012
All Unisa systems, including myUnisa, the Unisa corporate website, and the registration and Library websites, will be unavailable between 15:00 and 17:00 (CAT) on Sunday 12 February 2012 due to essential maintenance. We apologise for the inconvenience.
Posted: 7 January 2012