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Unisa scores in THE Emerging Economies University Rankings 2020
The story: Unisa is one of only ten South African universities to make the rankings 2020, featuring in the segment #251–300.
Comment: Unisa scores highly on female power, coming 24th overall with a female: male student ratio of 67:33. In the World University Rankings 2020, the university places 151+ in Law.
The year of growing and developing the academe
Prof Mandla Makhanya, Principal and Vice-Chancellor, officially opened the 2020 academic year on 14 February 2020 and took the platform to address Unisa’s annual vision. He said that the university had an imperative to achieve national and global relevance and quality.
Making academic progress against all odds
A positive and extraordinarily resilient attitude is what helped Zenon Ndayisenga, a Unisa student and asylum seeker from Burundi, to survive against staggering odds.
World-renowned expert on business transformation becomes fellow of World Academy
Unisa alumnus Prof Colin Coulson-Thomas, President of the Institute of Management Services (IMS), has become a fellow of the World Academy of Productivity Science. This fellowship honours those who have made a significant contribution to the world through their promotion of productivity science and practice.
Remarkable research on positive experiences in higher education
Molebogeng Makobe-Rabothata has realised that a traditional Western approach and measuring tool would not be ideal, because it is not relevant and authentic to understanding positive experiences in an African university that includes diverse academic employees.
Unisa researcher exploring the universe through astronomy and astroparticle physics
South Africa is host to the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope, located in the Karoo, the place of birth for Lerothodi Lapula Leeuw, an astrophysics professor at Unisa’s College of Graduate Studies (CGS).
A potent mix for a power couple
It was chemistry that brought professors Ajay and Shivani Mishra together but it is "the chemistry beyond chemistry" that has propelled them and their careers ever since they completed their first joint research project.
Data mining guru strikes research gold
A veritable Ninja master at using data mining to solve complex problems, Dr Katherine Malan was recently honoured for her research excellence at the Unisa Research and Innovation Awards Ceremony.
Growing capacity for ODeL research
At a recent College of Law event, Prof Christine Ofulue from the National Open University of Nigeria stated that Unisa can develop an agenda through identifying fields that are relevant to the ODeL context.
He's the [ideas] man
A passion for research with a practical application resulting in innovation that benefits South Africa has seen Prof Lukas Snyman crowned as the top intellectual property creator at Unisa for 2010 to 2018 by the DST.
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Diplomat wife honoured at Unisa's graduations in Ethiopia
Unisa made it possible for diplomatic spouses to have their own careers by studying in foreign countries.
From a domestic worker to an assistant director - against all odds!
In 2003, a then domestic worker, Ms Johannah Baloyi, turned a new leaf in life when she graduated with a BA degree in Political Science and Communication at Unisa. Sixteen years later, on 26 September 2019, Baloyi returned to Unisa to graduate with a degree in Bachelor of Arts (Health Science and Social Services), this time around as an Assistant Director at the Department of Labour.
At 91, inquisitive Conradie has become the oldest man to obtain a doctorate at Unisa
Don't take everything at face value; you have to question things, said 91-year-old Andries Conradie, who has become the oldest man to obtain his doctorate at Unisa.